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Educational Technologies    (Leader: Irene Polycarpou)

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Educational Software

• Educational games for STEM subjects
• Simulations for STEM subjects (e.g., virtual laboratories)
• Instructional software for STEM subjects
• Independent Learning software for STEM subjects
• Practice software for STEM subjects
• Interactive multimedia for education
• E-learning

Use of technologies (e.g., smart mobile devices, tablets, wikis, blogs, potcasts, videoconferencing, and social media) in K-12 education

• Use of technologies to aid instruction of STEM concepts
• Use of technologies to aid independent learning of STEM concepts

K-12 education

• Use of educational technologies for K-12 mathematics and science
• Development of educational software for K-12 STEM subjects

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Computer Science Education

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Computer science curriculum

• Investigation into students difficulties with specific computer science concepts

Female participation in computer science

• Recruitment and retention of female students into the field of computer science

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Networks  (Leader: Josephina Antoniou)

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Wireless networks

• Wireless networks technology enhancements

Mobile networks

• Context-Aware Session Management/Radio Resource Management in mobile networks, security concerns

Mathematical modelling for networks

• Modelling for decision-making (game theory, Bayesian principles, cooperative strategies)

Topics in cloud computing

• Privacy Concerns & Tactical Decisions (content owner/content user)
• Advanced content manipulation (creation, management, delivery).

Wireless Sensor Networks

• Energy-efficient communication
• Mobility
• Fault Tolerance

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Computer and Network Security  (Leader: Eliana Stavrou)

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Cybersecurity

• Cyber-attacks/Cyber defence
• Resilience
• DoS
• Penetration Testing

Critical infrastructures protection

Virtualization for security testing

Wireless, mobile, ad-hoc and sensor networks

• Adaptive security
• Intrusion recovery
• Availability, survivability & reliability

Cloud-based Infrastructure & Internet of Things (IoT)

• Security policies
• Trust establishment
• Data protection

Network Systems Performance

• Planning & Deployment of wired and wireless networks
• Security metrics

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Software Engineering (Leader: Nearchos Paspallis)

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Ubiquitous Computing

• Context-awareness
• Self-adaptation
• Model-driven development

Middleware

• Pluggable architectures

End-User Development

• Assistive technology
• Gamification of learning

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Data Management for Systems and Networks   (Leader: Panayiotis Andreou)

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Smartphone Networks

• Smartphone Testbeds
• User-centric Social Networks
• Adaptive Interactive Systems

Wireless Sensor Networks

• Network-aware Query Optimization
• In-network Aggregation
• Storage

E-Health and Ambient and Assisted Living

• Virtual Collaborative Teams
• ICT-services for Homecare

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Computer Vision   (Leader: Paris Kaimakis)

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Markerless Motion Capture

• Hand tracking for human-oriented computer interfaces
• Upper human body tracking for game interaction

Multi-Target Tracking

• Urban road traffic surveillance
• Maritime detection and tracking

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Telecommunications and Mobile Technologies (Leader: Marios Raspopoulos)

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Wireless Networks:

• Physical/link layer technology Enhancements
• Energy and Spectrum Efficiency in Wireless networks
• Device to Device (D2D) and Machine to Machine (M2M) Communications
• Physical and Network Mobility in wireless networks

Modern Wireless Communication Systems

• Planning/dimensioning & adaptability for optimum energy efficiency, spectrum utilization, coverage, capacity user experience, quality, etc.
• Heterogeneous and Multi-standard wireless Communication

Radio Propagation/Radio Channel Modelling

• Radio Propagation Measurements
• Deterministic and Empirical Channel Modelling

Human Exposure to Electromagnetic Radiation

Smart Homes/Cities/Hotels: The role of Telecommunications & Mobile technologies

Mobile Technologies

• Context Aware and Mobile Ubiquitous Systems for improving human life (e.g. e-health, ambient assisted living, personalized human behaviour detection etc.)
• Localisation of wireless nodes (receivers or transmitters)

Multi-Disciplinary application of ICT

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Renewable Energy Systems (UK Team)

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• Electricity load profiles and load management
• Weather parameters in Photovoltaic system design
• Storage for Photovoltaic systems
• Long term performance of Photovoltaic systems
• ICT for Energy Management - Smart Grid: Management of Renewable Energy Sources (Monitoring/optimizing energy production, utilization and storage)

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Combinatorics   (Leader: Demetres Christofides)

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• Extremal graph theory
• Extremal combinatorics
• Random graphs
• Probabilistic methods
• Random Cayley graphs

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Statistics   (Leader: Milto Hadjikyriakou)

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• Association
• Demimartingales/N-demimartingales
• Probability Inequalities
• Stochastic Orders

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Children’s problem behaviour  (Leader: Militsa Nikiforou)

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• Bullying and victimization
• Cyberbullying

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Parenting  (Leader: Militsa Nikiforou)

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• Childhood and Adolescence
• Delinquency and Antisocial Behaviour

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Attitudes towards society and conflict  (Leader: Militsa Nikiforou)

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Cognitive Development   (Leader: Kalypso Iordanou)

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• Argumentation skills
• Scientific Thinking
• Cognitive and Metacognitive processes in Learning
• Intellectual Values
• Developing and Implementing Intervention Programmes

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Beliefs  (Leader: Kalypso Iordanou)

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• Epistemological Beliefs
• Theory of Mind
• Belief Change

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Face Processing  (Leader: Lilia Psalta)

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• Studying face perception with Thatcher Illusion
• Attentional biases in face recognition
• The perception of facial identity and expression
• Processing Inverted Faces - Face Inversion Effect
• Configural and Featural processing

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Processing Emotional Faces  (Leader: Lilia Psalta)

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• The role of emotion in attention to distractor stimuli
• Predicting emotion through appraisal processes and coping
• Perceptual load and visual attention

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Lip Reading Processing in Children with Language Impairments  (Leader: Lilia Psalta)

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Exercise Physiology

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• Respiratory compensation
• VO2max
• Gas changes and blood analysis
• Heart rate Variability

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Exercise and Physical Activity

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• Changes in performance parameters before and after training
• Fitness testing in special populations
• Disease prevention and physical activity
• Body composition changes and physical activity

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Rehabilitation

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• Neurological disabilities
• Post-surgery rehab
• Musculoskeletal pain
• Overuse syndromes