The CYENS Centre of Excellence was established in 2018 as a non-profit organization in the walled city of Nicosia, through securing a competitive proposal from the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 funding program supporting research and innovation. The project is coordinated by the Municipality of Nicosia, partnering with the three public universities of Cyprus, and the European scientific institutions University College London and Max Planck Institute, and supported by the Republic of Cyprus.
The Centre is active in areas of Interactive Media, Smart Systems, and Emerging Technologies, conducting interdisciplinary and applied research in a wide range of disciplines. These include Computer Science, Engineering, Psychology, Neuroscience, Human Factors, Multimedia, Artificial Intelligence, Design, Computational Imaging, Machine Learning, and Virtual and Augmented Reality. At the same time, CYENS acts as a link between academic research and industrial development through the combined expertise of its staff. It is, therefore, able to provide solutions to a wide range of problems and to serve almost all areas of the Smart Specialization Strategy of Cyprus.