Dr Christiana Papoutsa from the Eratosthenes Research Centre, Cyprus University of Technology visited the Maxwell Centre where she met with the Head of the Laboratory for Scientific Computing, Cambridge University, Dr Nikos Nikiforakis and his team members. During this meeting Dr Papoutsa presented the existing activities of the Eratosthenes Research Centre and described the vision of the EXCELSIOR project to upgrade the existing Eratosthenes Research Centre into a sustainable and autonomous Centre of Excellence in the field of Earth Observation and Space-Based Monitoring of the Environment. She focused on the importance of collaborating with acknowledged research centres which have an extensive experience in working with partners from the industrial sector. During this meeting, Dr Nikos Nikiforakis gave helpful comments and insightful suggestions based on his broad experience for which we would like to thank him.
