Events – CyCAT

Events

CyCAT holds monthly seminars in this topic and that one. Our seminars are held online where viewers can ask questions. Most of our past seminars can be watched here.

2nd CEPIS International Conference on Digital Skills and IT Professionalism (ICODSIP) – Panel

Dr Styliani Kleanthous, Assistant Professor at the Open University of Cyprus (OUC) and Co-director of CyCAT, participated in the 2nd CEPIS International Conference on Digital Skills and IT Professionalism (ICODSIP), held from 6-7 November 2025, at Universidad de Alcalá (UAH), Spain. During the conference, Dr Kleanthous contributed as a panelist in the session “The Missing Talent: Aligning Digital Skills with Industry Needs”, moderated by Marina Cabrini, Board Member of CEPIS. Drawing on... Read More

7 November 2025 12:00 am (GMT)

Madrid, Spain

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2nd CEPIS International Conference on Digital Skills and IT Professionalism (ICODSIP) – Projects presentation.

Dr Styliani Kleanthous, Assistant Professor at the Open University of Cyprus (OUC) and Co-director of CyCAT, participated in the 2nd CEPIS International Conference on Digital Skills and IT Professionalism (ICODSIP), held from 6-7 November 2025, at Universidad de Alcalá (UAH), Spain. During the conference, Dr Kleanthous participated in the project presentation track, where she presented the PINNACLE project and the AI4Everyone Erasmus+ Project. The... Read More

6 November 2025 12:00 am (GMT)

Madrid, Spain

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Keynote talk by Associate Professor Jahna Otterbacher at the 19th International Conference On Innovations In Intelligent Systems And Applications (INISTA 2025)

Dr Jahna Otterbacher, Associate Professor at the Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences of the Open University of Cyprus and co-director of Cyprus Center for Trustworthy AI (CyCAT), is a keynote speaker at the 19th International Conference on Innovations in Intelligent Systems and Applications (INISTA 2025) held in Ras Al Khaimah, UAE, on October 29-31, 2025. The title of her talk is: “Trust in and Trustworthiness of AI: Building Socio-Technical Infrastructure for Assessing AI Alignment on the... Read More

31 October 2025 12:00 am (GMT)

Ras AL Khaimah, UAE

Visit at the University of Lisbon and the LASIGE research group

Maria Kasinidou, PhD student at the Open University of Cyprus and research associate at CyCAT, visited the University of Lisbon and the LASIGE research group on Tuesday, October 21st 2025. During her visit, Maria presented her PhD research along with the ongoing projects and initiatives of CyCAT. She also had the opportunity to engage with the LASIGE research team, led by Prof. Carlos Duarte, who shared their latest work in the field of AI and human–computer interaction.

21 October 2025 12:00 am (GMT)

Lisbon, Portugal

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8th AAAI/ACM Conference on AI, Ethics and Society

Dr Styliani Kleanthous, Assistant Professor at the Open University of Cyprus (OUC) and Co-director of CyCAT, participated in the 8th AAAI/ACM Conference on AI, Ethics and Society (AIES 2025), held from 20-22 October 2025, at IE University Tower, Madrid, Spain. During the conference, Dr Kleanthous presented the research paper titled "Legal Affiliates’ Views on Algorithmic Decision Making". The paper is available in the Vol. 8 No. 2 (2025): Proceedings of the Eighth AAAI/ACM Conference on AI,... Read More

20 October 2025 12:00 am (GMT)

Madrid, Spain

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“AI in Everyday Life” course for OpenEU PhD Students

The CyCAT team is pleased to offer a self-paced, online version of its innovative course, exclusively for the OpenEU community of PhD students. So, what is AI really? We’ve all heard the hype – as well as the doom and gloom – surrounding Artificial Intelligence. Will AI make our lives easier, by providing us with the futuristic gadgets that we see in sci-fi movies? Or, will it become smarter than us and replace us as decision makers in our own lives? What is all this talk... Read More

1 November 2025 12:00 am (GMT)

Online

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AI4Everyone Erasmus+ Project Kicks Off in Nicosia

The AI4Everyone Erasmus+ Project (2025-1-CY01-KA220-HED-000364525) officially launched with its kick-off meeting in Nicosia, Cyprus, on 18–19 September 2025. Coordinated by Dr. Styliani Kleanthous, Assistant Professor in Human-AI Interaction and co-director of the Cyprus Center for Trustworthy AI (CyCAT), Open University of Cyprus, the project brings together leading European institutions: the University of Trento (Italy), University of Koblenz (Germany), Aalborg University (Denmark), and the... Read More

18 September 2025 10:00 am (GMT+3)

Nicosia, Cyprus

2 Days

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AI in Everyday Life: Course Successfully Completed

Our course “AI in Everyday Life” has officially concluded!Completed on June 30th, the program was offered in both Greek and English through the PINNACLE Project by the CyCAT team, drawing great interest: 341 registered participants (287 Greek • 54 English) 169 received Certificate of Completion (147 Greek • 22 English) Key takeaways:✅ Participants’ AI literacy improved significantly✅ Many showed greater enthusiasm for applying AI in daily life✅ The course... Read More

30 June 2025 12:00 am (GMT)

Online

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30th ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (ITiCSE 2025)

Maria Kasinidou, PhD candidate at the Open University of Cyprus (OUC) and Research Associate at CyCAT, participated in the 30th Annual ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (ITiCSE 2025), held from June 30 to July 2, 2025, at Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands. During the conference, Maria presented the research paper titled "From Teachers to Students: Evaluating Canvas City as a Path to AI Literacy". The paper was the result of a student... Read More

30 June 2025 9:00 am (GMT)

Nijmegen, Netherlands

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33rd ACM International Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization (UMAP 2025)

Dr. Styliani Kleanthous Assistant Professor in Human-AI Interaction at OUC and co-director of CyCAT, attended the 33rd ACM International Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization (UMAP 2025) conference, which took place in New York, USA, on June 16-19, 2025. During the conference, Dr. Kleanthous co-chaired the FairUMAP 2025 Workshop and presented the work she did in collaboration with CYENS CoE.

16 June 2025 12:00 am (GMT)

New York, USA

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