Christiana Papoutsa from Cyprus University of Technology gave a presentation of the ‘EXCELSIOR’ project during the MID TERM meeting of the ‘SEO–DWARF’ project, funded by the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Research and Innovation Staff Exchange (MSCA–RISE). During her presentation she mentioned what is the vision of the upcoming Centre of Excellence ‘EXCELSIOR’ and she pointed out how relative activities of the ‘EXCELSIOR’ can benefit the progress of the ‘SEO-DWARF’ Project. Further, during the meeting both Christiana Papoutsa and Milto Miltiadou from CUT had the opportunity to discuss with the partners coming both from the industrial and academic sectors for future collaborations with the ‘EXCELSIOR’ Centre of Excellence.
A strong and experienced research team, of 4 academic and 5 industrial partners, coming from Greece, Italy, Germany, France, Cyprus and Bulgaria constitute the project’s consortium.
Industrial partners: (1) TWT GmbH Science & Innovation; (2) Planetek Italia S.r.l.; (3) I-SEA SAS; (4) Planetek Hellas EPE; and (5) CloudSigma AG and
Academic partners: (1) Laboratory of Remote Sensing, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA); (2) Cyprus University of Technology (CUT); (3) Department of Marine studies, University of the Aegean; and (4) University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Department of Computer Science.