Projects

International Research Projects

She has been involved or is currently participating, as a participant and as a project coordinator in over 40 internationally and nationally funded projects and studies in the eHealth and Ambient Assisted Living areas and eGovernment, including different European Commission funded projects:

  • Swiss National Science Foundation Instrument Humanities and Social Sciences. From Lab to Life: Cognitive Aging Revisited, 2016 - 2019
  • EU GrowMeUp (social robotics) Horizon2020, 2015-2018
  • EU CogniWin (cognitive support for older adults at work), AAL, 2014-2017
  • EU CaMeli (Care me for Life system for older adults), AAL, 2014-2017
  • EU Miraculous Life (supporting older adults in daily life), FP7, 2013-2016
  • EU SocialRobot (Integrated Social Robotics system for Ageing Well). Marie Curie Actions FP7-PEOPLE-2011-IAPP, 2011-2015.
  • EU AgeingWell (build and animate a European network focus on improving the quality of life of Elderly People by promoting the market uptake of ICT solutions for Ageing Well), ICT PSP, 2012-2014.
  • EU Co-Living (development of an ICT-based Virtual Collaborative Social Living Community for Elderly people, aiming to stimulate and prolong their independent and active living in an inward and outward environment), AAL, 2010-2013.
  • EU MPower (definition of a middleware platform that supports rapid development and deployment of distributed integrated innovative services for elderly and cognitive disabled), eTEN 2006-2008.
  • EU HealthService24 (launching of an innovative mobile health care service supporting patients’ and health professionals’ mobility, increasing patients’ quality of life and lowering health care costs), eTEN 2004-2006.
  • EU LinkCare (linking Health Professionals in Emerging Care Environments), eTEN 2005-2007.
  • DITIS II, Akolouthia (Collaborative Virtual Medical team for home healthcare of cancer patients), Cyprus Research promotion Foundation 2004-2006.
  • DITIS (Telemedicine via Mobile Devices). Cyprus Research promotion Foundation, June 1999 - June 2001.
  • EU MEMO (aimed to overcome technological barriers and support rapid uptake of mobile devices in HealthCare), IST, 2002-2004.
  • EU Next steps in developing Information Society Services in the New Member States: The cases of eHealth), European Institute of Prospective Technological Studies, 2006.
  • EU EPRI (stimulating and developing SME participation in the eHealth field), IST, 2005-2007.
  • EU INTELCITIES (addressing the EU policy objective of the “Knowledge Society” by 2010 by developing the intelligent city), IST, 2004-2005.
  • EU eUser (preparing a state-of-the-art resource base on user needs in relation to online public services and on user oriented methods), IST, 2004-2006.
  • EU PRISMA (promoted a citizen-driven Europe based on innovative approaches to modernising citizens’ services), IST, 2001-2003.
  • EU BEEP-NAS (a Cross Programme Action whose overall aim was to develop, test and implement a methodology linking best practice, benchmarking and knowledge management which has wide applicability across Europe), IST, 2001-2003.
  • EU SeLeNe (conducted a feasibility study into using semantic web technology for syndicating knowledge-intensive resources, such as learning objects, IST, 2002-2004.
  • EU DBGLOBE (aimed at developing novel data management techniques to deal with the challenge of global computing), IST, 2002-2004.
  • EU The future of European eGovernment research Study. European Institute of Prospective Technological Studies, 2005.
  • PTS eTen study on Trans-National deployment potential, sustainability and exploitation models in the context of an enlarged European Union, European Institute of Prospective Technological Studies, 2004-2005.

Reviewer (monitor/auditor) of the following European Commission research projects, funded under the 6th and 7th  framework and the Horizon2020 programme for research, innovation and technological development to the creation of the European Research Area, specifically in eHealth:

  • ELECTOR (Horizon2020) 643481 Start Date 01/01/2015 Duration: 48 Months Coordinator Region Hovedstaden, Hillerod, DK. eHealth in Rheumatology.
  • DECIPHER (FP7 288028) Start Date 01/02/2013 Duration: 48 Months. Coordinator (Agencia de Qualitat I Avaluacio Santitaries de Catalunya. Distributed European Community Individual Patient Healthcare Electronic Record.
  • ICT4Depression (FP7 248778) Start Date: 01/01/2010. Duration: 36 Months. Project Coordinator: VU University Amsterdam. The project aims the development of an ICT-based system for use in primary care that will improve outcomes and increase access to treatment of patients suffering from depressive disorders.
  • MovingLife (FP7 287352) Start Date: 01/09/2011. Duration: 18 Months. Project Coordinator: ATOS ORIGIN. The MovingLife project aims to deliver roadmaps for technological research, implementation practice and policy support with the aim of accelerating the establishment, acceptance and global wide use of mobile eHealth solutions that will support lifestyle changes.
  • eHealth Innovation (FP7 ICT PSP 270986) Start Date: 01/05/2011 Duration: 30 Months. eHealth Innovation is an EU-funded Thematic Network (TN) working to develop consensus among stakeholders on required actions to further the deployment of more personalised eHealth services across Europe.
  • METABO (FP7 216270) Start Date: 01/01/2008. Duration: 42 Months. Project Coordinator: MEDTRONIC IBERICA S.A. The project aims to improve diabetes management strategies through a software platform for more reliable data collection and integration delivering a dynamic model of personalised metabolic behaviour.
  • HeartCycle (FP7- 216695). Start Date: March 2008. Duration: 48 Months. Project Coordinator: Philips Technologies GmbH .HeartCycle will provide a closed-loop disease management solution being able to serve both Heart Failure patients and Coronorary Heart Disease patients, including possible co-morbidities hypertension, diabetes and arrhythmias.
  • Think-Trust (FP7-216890) Start Date: January 2008, Duration: 30 Months, Project Coordinator: Waterford Institute of Technology Ireland. The project investigates Trust, Security, Dependability, Privacy and Identity from ICT and Societal Perspectives and aims the provision of policy recommendations at a European political level.
  • MOBIO Mobile Biometry (IST-2007-214324), Start Date: January 2008, Duration: 36 ManMonths. Project Coordinator: IDIAP Research Institute, Germany. The project is aiming at studying, developing and evaluating non-intrusive bi-modal biometric authentication technologies in the context of mobile devices.
  • CLOCK Challenges of Collaborative Working Environments (IST-2006-035296). Start date: 16th March 2006, Duration: 18 Months, Project Coordinator: Atos Origin, Spain. The project serves a distinct strategic role in the emergent Collaborative Work Environment (CWE) domain focusing on the prospect of launching a Large Technology Initiative conceptually integrating both European Technology Platforms and Living Labs.
  • ESFORS European Security Forum for Web Services Software and Systems (IST-2006-027599). Start date: November 2006, Duration: 24 Months. Project Coordinator: Atos Origin, Spain. The project has the main objectives of creating a forum for discussion of the evolving security and dependability challenges regarding medium and long term software services and producing a set of recommendations for the European Commission’s FP7 program.
  • ENTER A Virtual Enterprise Builder (IST-2000-26052). Start date: 1st January 2001.Duration: 24 ManMonths. Project Coordinator: Singular International SA.
  • KBMOULD (IST-1999-20645) The project aims to develop innovative capacities of SMEs by the detection of technological and business needs and the implementation and validation of technologies for the automation of the digital design of plastic injection moulds based on technologies used by other industrial sector in different countries. Start date: 1st January 2001. Duration: 24 ManMonths. Project Coordinator: AIJU Spain.
  • BEST Better Enterprise System Implementation (IST-2001-35385). The project aims to develop a set of methods and tools to assist enterprises to improve their readiness. Start date: January 2002. Duration: 24 ManMonths. Project Coordinator: Cranfield University UK.
  • X-MOB Extreme Mobility (Developing a Pan-European ASP-Oriented Open Mobile Platform) (IST-2001-37789). The project aims at developing a mobility application platform to host mobile applications with the main features of multi-device, multi-network, multi-user, multi-service, multi-country, open-standards based. Start date: 1st July 2002. Duration: 20ManMonths. Project Coordinator: DMR Consulting S.L Spain.
  • RAPID Roadmap for Advanced Research in Privacy and Identity Management (IST-2001-38310). The project aims at developing a strategic roadmap for applied research and contributing to the development of a robust platform of leading experts that support EU R&D activities in the area of ‘Privacy and Identity Management’. Start date: 1st June 2002. Duration: 12 ManMonths. Project Coordinator: PricewaterhouseCoopers NV.
  • SMARTCORD Co-ordination mechanisms for eEurope Smart Card Chapter implementation (IST-2000-30168). The project aims at providing the required infrastructure and resources to effectively coordinate the Smart Card Chapter (SCC) initiative. Start date: 1st September 2001. Duration: 24 ManMonths. Project Coordinator: Arttic Brussel.
  • KNOW COM Knowledge and Co-operation based engineering for SMEs (IST-1999-57457). The project aims to provide pragmatic, easy to use, low cost and SME specific methods and tools for mould makers to support and improve their way of working. Start date: 1/01/2003. Duration: 24 ManMonths. Project Coordinator: Burg, Austria
  • MEDSI Management Decision Support for Critical Infrastructures (IST-2002-506991) The objective of the project is to develop a web-based integrated set of software services as a tool framework to enhance the capabilities of crisis planners and crisis managers in both private and governmental organizations. Start date: 1/01/2004. Duration 18 ManMonths. Project Coordinator: Telefonica I+D, Spain.