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New learning based method to model crowd behaviour in simulated environments

A team of scientists from CYENS Centre of Excellence and the University of Cyprus, led by Dr Panayiotis Charalambous have created a new learning based method to model crowd behaviour in simulated environments. The...

NFTs and the Madness of Crowds

The NFT market, which has grown hugely over the past year, is declining. Sales on OpenSea, the world’s biggest NFT marketplace, are down 67% over the past month according to DappRadar’s NFT marketplace tracker. The number...

S+T+ARTS artist in residence Joseph Hovadik talks about his project – Cyprus Vital Signs

The S+T+ARTS Residency hosted by CYENS Centre of Excellence, kicked-off at the beginning of February. S+T+ARTS Residencies is part of S+T+ARTS – an initiative of the European Commission that explores and exploits the innovation potential of...

Explainability problem in real economy

Black Box AI models invite questions about whether we can rely on this technology outside of research environments, as well as whether the models’ predictions can be trusted enough to be used in real...

Augmented retail experience

Augmented reality brings us the illusion that virtual objects exist in a real space by superimposing them with the surrounding environment through the AR display. Transparent screens available on the market now are approaching...

Digital future of football

FC Barcelona is the first elite football club to enter the metaverse realm. Barca’s president, Joan Lapota, announced that Barcelona will be making their own metaverse with own cryptocurrency and launching own chain of NFTs. There...