Participation of the Cyprus National Cyber Security Team at the ENISA HackFest 2020

The Cyprus Computer Society announces the participation of the Cyprus National Cyber Security Team at the online training event 'ENISA Hackfest 2020'.

As it was already announced due to the unforeseen circumstances the European Cyber Security Challenge for 2020 was cancelled. As a result, this year the European National Teams will not have the opportunity to meet in…

The Cyprus Computer Society and the IT Teacher Association announce the 1^st Pancyprian Informatics Competition BEBRAS for Primary School Students and the 11^th Pancyprian Informatics Competition BEBRAS for Gymnasium Students.

All information related to the competition are available on the BEBRAS Cyprus website: http://bebras.org.cy/en…

The 1st online LightSense Living Lab was held on Wednesday, October 21, as part of the project "Intelligent light detection for next-generation smart networks" (LightSense)

The aim of the project is the holistic response to the energy and security needs of the energy distribution networks in Cyprus, in terms of timely error prevention and interference detection.

The project is co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund and the Republic of Cyprus, through the Research…

An online meeting took place on 15 October for the COST Action 18115 - Tribes

Tribes COST Action is funded by COST - European Cooperation in Science and Technology  and aims at advancing collaboration between stakeholders to evolve and improve scientific measures…

Provided that the epidemiological conditions with the coronavirus pandemic will allow it and also that the requirements and decrees of the Cyprus Ministry of Health will make it practically feasible, the Cyprus Computer Society intends to organise the 4^th Pancyprian Robotics Competition Robotex that was cancelled due to the pandemic. 

With the University of Cyprus and the Cyprus Youth Board as co-organizers, Robotex Cyprus will return…

The Cyprus Computer Society (CCS) is proud to announce the distinctions of Cypriot students in the International Informatics Competitions held online - due to a pandemic - in September 2020.

Specifically, the Cypriot delegation won the bronze medal at the 2020 International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI 20), with Charalambos Georgiou. IOI was held online from 13 to 19 September 2020. Dimitris Chrysostomou, Christos Falas and Costas Tziapouras were part of the National Team which…

The Cyprus Computer Society is proud to announce its participation at the Diversity Chapter Cyprus (DCC).

DCC aims to promote social inclusion and ensure equal opportunities for all employees by fostering diversity thinking and implementation of inclusive practices in the workplace. It provides a Memorandum of Understanding, generating an ethical, voluntary commitment to develop and promote diverse and inclusive policies and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all employees in…

During the lockdown period in Cyprus, which started on March 16^th, the Cyprus Computer Society (CCS) and the ECDL Cyprus personnel continued working remotely from their homes.

Immediately to the lockdown period, free of charge distance learning sessions were introduced with the support of our members. These were offered to trainers, educators and the general public in order to support them to their personal development. To date, more than 20 sessions have been offered to…

The Final multiplier event in Cyprus was organized in parallel to the award ceremonies of the Cyprus Informatics Olympiad, the BEBRAS competition and the Cyprus Cyber Security Challenge. The event took place on Monday September 16, 2019 and managed to attract almost 200 person.

During the event, Mr. Toumazis Toumazi presented the project, it’s scope and outcomes. In addition, one of the high school students Leonidas Leonida talk about his experience…

Following up the success of the previous years, the students workshop "Coding our Future" was organized once again in the framework of the All Digital Week in order to engage primary school students in gaining coding skills.

The workshop was offered to Primary school children, and, depending on the age, the following workshops took place:

• 1st and 2nd grade: Introduction to coding with the use of "Run Marco" and "Robot mouse"
• 3rd…

The Cyprus Computer Society within the framework of the Erasmus+ program "SMART WOMEN" (2016-1-MT01-KA202-015202) offered a workshop on "Entrepreneurship and E-Commerce" In September 2018 in the city of Nicosia in Cyprus.

The program was offered only for women and aims to increase the knowledge and skills of the participants in e-commerce and…

The Cyprus Computer Society within the framework of the Erasmus+ program "SMART WOMEN" (2016-1-MT01-KA202-015202) offered a workshop on "Entrepreneurship and E-Commerce" from 20-24 August 2018 in the city of Pafos in Cyprus.

The program was offered…