Hellenic Institute of Advanced Studies: Founding event for innovation and robotics

With the great participation of distinguished Greek researchers and scientists, the inaugural web conference of the Hellenic Institute of Advanced Studies was successfully held, an academic initiative of Greeks of the Diaspora that aims to bring recognized Greek academics to the world. bridges of cooperation with Greek universities and research centers.

The meeting was held with the participation of Deputy Minister of Research and Innovation Christos Dimas and under the auspices of the Consulate General of Greece in Boston. The Deputy Minister of Research and Innovation Mr. Dimas praised the initiative of establishing the Hellenic Institute of Advanced Studies, expressing the support of the Greek government in this important effort of academic networking. Mr. Dimas developed the Government’s initiatives and measures to promote and increase research funding in Greece, presented policies that support innovation and link research with development, and referred to the launch of an innovation center on its premises. CHROPEI in Attica. The Consul General Mr. Stratos Efthymiou stressed the crucial importance of utilizing the scientific diaspora of Greece and the possibilities offered by scientific diplomacy in this direction.

One of the pioneers of this initiative, Petros Koumoutsakos, Professor of Computer Science, President of the Department of Applied Mathematics and Director of the Harvard Institute of Applied Science, presented the mission of the objectives and reasons that led to the , Caltech, Stanford, Rice and ETHZ to unite with the aim of promoting scientific knowledge in and for Greece and reversing the brain drain.

Dora Varvarigou, professor at NTUA and professor at MIT Dimitris Bertsimas discussed the creation of bridges between the diaspora and Greece and gave examples of this cooperation. The rector of the NTUA, Andreas Boudouvis and the professor of Robotics at the University of Rice, Lydia Kavraki, presented initiatives of the Institute for collaborations with Universities and Businesses and the strengthening of the Greek academic community through collaborations with expatriate colleagues.

The initiative of the Institute for the promotion of robotics in Greece was analyzed by George Pappas (professor at the University of Pennsylvania) and Michalis Triantafyllou (professor at MIT), while Eleni Hatzi (ETI Zurich) and Daphne Manousaki ( HIAS next steps that include conferences, joint research programs and the creation of work offices for the members of the Institute in Greece.

The session closed with a discussion and exchange of ideas between the participating professors and researchers and Deputy Minister Dimas, organized by Efthymios Kaxiras (professor and president of the Harvard Physics Department) and Dimitris Psaltis (professor at the Polytechnic) of Loz.

More about the purposes, mission and plans of the Hellenic Institute of Advanced Studies, which brings together the brilliant scientists of Greece and the Diaspora, can be found at hellenic-ias.org

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