Prof. Evangelos Akylas Profile

Prof. Evangelos Akylas

at Cyprus Univ of Technology

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Proceedings Article | 20 September 2020 Poster + Presentation + Paper

Exploring the importance for promoting Earth observation in education

Diofantos Hadjimitsis, Phaedon Kyriakides, Chris Danezis, Evangelos Akylas, Nicholas Kyriakides, Christiana Papoutsa, Kyriacos Themistocleous, Rodanthi Mammouri, Argyro Nisantzi, Athos Agapiou, Christodoulos Mettas, Marios Tzouvaras, Maria Prodromou, Eleni Loulli, George Melillos, Vasiliki Lysandrou, Dimitris Antoniades, Andreas Christofe, Haris Kontoes, Gunter Schreier, Albert Ansmann, Silas Michaelides, Anastasis Evagorou, Elpidoforos Anastasiou, Thomaida Polydorou, Kyriacos Neocleous, Milto Miltiadou, Evagoras Evagorou, Christos Theocharides, Georgios Leventis, Andreas Anayiotos, Stelios Tziortzis, George Komodromos

Proceedings Volume 11534, 1153416 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2574134

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Proceedings Article | 26 August 2020 Paper

Preliminary assessment of offshore wind speed around Cyprus based on Sentinel-1 Level 2 OCN data

Stylianos Hadjipetrou, Stelios Liodakis, Anastasia Sykioti, Philip Fayad, Evangelos Akylas, No-Wook Park, Phaedon Kyriakidis

Proceedings Volume 11524, 115240O (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2571945

KEYWORDS: Synthetic aperture radar, Satellites, Statistical analysis, Wind measurement, Spatial resolution, Wind energy, Meteorology, Surface roughness, Error analysis, Temporal resolution

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Proceedings Article | 24 April 2020 Paper

The ERATOSTHENES Centre of Excellence (ECoE) as a digital innovation hub for Earth observation

Diofantos Hadjimitsis, Gunter Schreier, Haris Kontoes, Albert Ansmann, George Komodromos, Kyriacos Themistocleous, Kyriacos Neocleous, Silas Michaelides, Rodanthi Mamouri, Ioannis Papoutsis, Johannes Bühl, Egbert Schwarz, George Melillos, Stelios Tziortzis, Chris Danezis, Argyro Nisantzi, Christodoulos Mettas, Christiana Papoutsa, Marios Tzouvaras, Evagoras Evagorou, Athos Agapiou, Milto Miltiadou, Andreas Christofe, Maria Prodromou, Eleni Loulli, Anastasia Yfantidou, Maroula Alverti, Vasiliki Lysandrou, Thomaida Polydorou, Phaedon Kyriakidis, Nicholas Kyriakides, Evangelos Akylas, Andreas Anayiotos, Vincent Ambrosia, Marcello Maranesi, Peter Zeil, Lena Halounova, Daniel Barok, Simonetta Cheli

Proceedings Volume 11418, 114180F (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2567070

KEYWORDS: Satellites, Data acquisition, Solar energy, Environmental monitoring, Data storage, Ecosystems, Atmospheric monitoring, Climate change, Clouds, Data communications

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The "EXCELSIOR" H2020 Widespread Teaming Phase 2 Project: ERATOSTHENES: EXcellence Research Centre for Earth SurveiLlance and Space-Based MonItoring Of the EnviRonment is supported from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 857510 for a 7 year project period to establish a Centre of Excellence in Cyprus. As well, the Government of the Republic of Cyprus is providing additional resources to support the establishment of the ERATOSTHENES Centre of Excellence (ECoE) in Cyprus. The ECoE seeks to fill the gap by assisting in the spaceborne Earth Observation activities in the Eastern Mediterranean and become a regional key player in the Earth Observation (EO) sector. There are distinct needs and opportunities that motivate the establishment of an Earth Observation Centre of Excellence in Cyprus, which are primarily related to the geostrategic location of the European Union member state of Cyprus to examine complex scientific problems and address user needs in the Eastern Mediterranean, Middle East and Northern Africa (EMMENA), as well as South-East Europe. An important objective of the ECoE is to be a Digital Innovation Hub and a Research Excellence Centre for EO in the EMMENA region, which will establish an ecosystem where state-of-the-art sensing technology, cutting-edge research, targeted education services, and entrepreneurship come together. It is based on the paradigm of Open Innovation 2.0 (OI2.0), which is founded on the Quadruple Helix Model, where Government, Industry, Academia and Society work together to drive change by taking full advantage of the cross-fertilization of ideas. The ECoE as a Digital Innovation Hub (DIH) adopts a two-axis model, where the vertical axis consists of three Thematic Clusters for sustained excellence in research of the ECoE in the domains of Atmosphere and Climate, Resilient Societies and Big Earth Data Management, while the horizontal axis is built around four functional areas, namely: Infrastructure, Research, Education, and Entrepreneurship. The ECoE will focus on five application areas, which include Climate Change Monitoring, Water Resource Management, Disaster Risk Reduction, Access to Energy and Big EO Data Analytics. This structure is expected to leverage the existing regional capacities and advance the excellence by creating new programs and research, thereby establishing the ECoE as a worldclass centre capable of enabling innovation and research competence in Earth Observation, actively participating in Europe, the EMMENA region and the global Earth Observation arena. The partners of the EXCELSIOR consortium include the Cyprus University of Technology as the Coordinator, the German Aerospace Center (DLR), the Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS), the National Observatory of Athens (NOA) and the Department of Electronic Communications, Deputy Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy.

Proceedings Article | 12 August 2014 Paper

Effects of tourism and globalization on land cover and the influence on the quality of life of Paphos area in Cyprus

Chrysostomos Italos, Evangelos Akylas, Diofantos Hadjimitsis

Proceedings Volume 9229, 92290Q (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2069967

KEYWORDS: Buildings, Remote sensing, Agriculture, Satellites, Mathematical modeling, Databases, Geographic information systems, Data modeling, Civil engineering, Geomatics

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Since 1960 most of the coastal area cites across the Mediterranean Sea concentrates people due mass immigration of people from the rural to urban areas. The extensive tourism development especially across the coastal areas, create demand of infrastructures and new work positions and intensive pressure to the environment. The new spirit of the globalization creates movability of people and goods around the word. The free transfer of people from countries with big population and low economical wealth, which are moved to areas where they can work. All the above generate demands of labor and Paphos is one of these areas where during the last decades was transformed from a small agriculture village in one excellent tourist destination. Across the coastal areas big tourist infrastructure was built and lot of different people travel from all areas around the word especially during the summer months. All these generate continuous changes to the environment, to the people and the society. The globalization of the universe commerce and the free transfer of goods and people modify the community stratification. The inflow of agricultures products from third countries reduces the local production and generates degradation and desertification of the rural areas. The periodical variation of the population of the area during the summer and winter periods affect to the environment. The increment demand of sources (water, energy and food) during the summer months pressurize the coastal strip area. By estimating a ratio of inflows by the outflows of goods, people and services of the study area and a ratio of the tourists by the local population, a general index can by arise which will clarify the effects on the environment on the study area. This paper presents the results obtained by this study by examining the effects of tourism on land cover and effects on quality of life for the Paphos area in Cyprus. The authors explores the potential of blending in the sustainability study the use of remote sensing especially on the land-cover effects.

Proceedings Article | 12 August 2014 Paper

Evaluation of sustainability indices and indicators in the Paphos district area in Cyprus

Chrysostomos Italos, Evangelos Akylas, Demetris Karidis, Diofantos Hadjimitsis

Proceedings Volume 9229, 92290U (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2070010

KEYWORDS: Geographic information systems, Remote sensing, Environmental sensing, Satellites, Databases, Buildings, Water, Satellite imaging, Environmental monitoring, Earth observing sensors

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Proceedings Article | 12 August 2014 Paper

New toolbox in ArcGIS for the reconstruction of missing satellite data using DINEOF algorithm: a case study of reconstruction of Chlorophyll-a gaps over the Mediterranean Sea

Andreas Nikolaidis, Stavros Stylianou, Georgios Georgiou, Diofantos Hadjimitsis, Evangelos Akylas

Proceedings Volume 9229, 922919 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2069691

KEYWORDS: Satellites, Reconstruction algorithms, Geographic information systems, Raster graphics, MODIS, Climatology, Remote sensing, Binary data, Human-machine interfaces, Satellite imaging

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