Scope

The ARCHERS Conference is being organized during December 6-8, 2021 on the occasion of the successful completion of the Project ARCHERS (“Advancing Young Researchers’ Human Capital in Cutting Edge Technologies in the Preservation of Cultural Heritage and the Tackling of Societal Challenges”), which has been implemented with the exclusive grant of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF). This final Conference aims to demonstrate the results achieved through the project and the contribution of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation to the Greek Research Community.

The Objective of the project was to support Early Stage Researchers and to educate and train young scientists in the cutting edge technologies, in which the Institutes of FORTH excel both on the national and the international level, thus, contributing towards reversing of brain drain or, even better, at promoting brain circulation. We proposed to accomplish these objectives via the inter-disciplinary research within the high-quality competitive research activities of the Institutes of FORTH. The areas of interest were the preservation of cultural heritage and the tackling of societal challenges, like environment, clean energy and health.

The SNF Funding allowed us to offer post-doctoral Fellowships for a total of 80.19 person-years as well as PhD Fellowships for 68.78 person-years for PhD Candidates following open calls and candidates’ evaluation. Moreover, we organized 50 Seminars within the ARCHERS Seminar Series and 4 Workshops, one for each of the areas of interest.

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Conference program [All times are in Eastern European Time (UTC+2)]

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Monday, December 6, 2021

Opening Session

16:00– 16:15	Opening remarks Nektarios Tavernarakis, Chairman, Board of Directors of FORTH Eleni Agouridi, Senior Program Officer, Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF)
16:15 – 16:45	Reporting on the outcome of the project ARCHERS Spiros Anastasiadis, ARCHERS project coordinator, Director of FORTH-IESL
16:45 – 17:30	Education to Enterprise Emmanuel P. Giannelis, Walter R. Read Professor of Engineering, Vice President for Research and Innovation, Cornell University, USA

Tuesday, December 7, 2021

Session 1: Cultural Heritage (Chairs: D. Anglos, A. Sarris)

10:00 – 10:30	Investigating the palaeotsunami record of Crete (Greece) – case studies from the southwestern and northern coasts Andreas Vött, Institute of Geography, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Germany
10:30 – 10:50	Ancient mitogenomics of the extinct Cypriot pygmy hippopotamus Nikos Psonis, IMBB, FORTH
10:50 – 11:10	Working on the mountains, working with the mountains. Archaeology in uplands Gianluca Cantoro, IMS, FORTH [Researcher, Institute for Heritage Science, CNR, Rome]
11:10 – 11:40	The Aigina harbour-city Project 2019-2023: Underwater archaeological research and interdisciplinary methodological issues Kalliopi Baika, Aix-Marseille Université
11:40 – 12:00	Short break

Session 2: Health (Chairs: I. Talianidis, P. Poirazi)

12:00-12:30	The genomic aetiology of osteoarthritis Eleftheria Zeggini, Institute of Translational Genomics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Germany
12:30-12:50	Targeting Plasmodium oocyst rupture for antimalarial strategies development Chiara Curra, IMBB, FORTH
12:50-13:10	Neuronal ATG1 coordinates autophagy induction with physiological adaptations against impaired brain metabolism Thanos Metaxakis, IMBB, FORTH
13:10-13:30	Towards deep learning applications with biological dendrites Spyridon Chavlis, IMBB, FORTH
13:30 – 14:00	Short break

Session 3: Sustainability (Chairs: S. Anastasiadis, M. Daletou)

14:00-14:30	Making science work for refugees and refugees work for science Antony J. Ryan, OBE, Department of Chemistry and The Grantham Centre for Sustainable Futures, University of Sheffield, U.K.
14:30-14:50	Polymer nanocomposites for breathable applications Konstantinos Andrikopoulos, ICE-HT, FORTH [Assoc. Professor, Department of Physics, Univ. of Patras]
14:50-15:10	Simulation of transport and reaction processes in porous membranes Eugene Skouras, ICE-HT, FORTH & Associate Professor DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, School of Engineering, University of the Peloponnese
15:10-15:30	High performance solid polymer electrolytes for energy storage Emmanouil Glynos, IESL, FORTH [Assist. Professor, Department of Materials Science and Technology, Univ. of Crete]
15:30 – 16:00	Short break

Session 4: Health 2 (Chairs: M. Antona, G. Filippidis)

16:00-16:30	Take a bite on 3D emulation systems for dissecting Nerve Growth Factor (NGF) action in healthy, injured and regenerated teeth Thimios A. Mitsiadis, Institute of Oral Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Zurich, Switzerland
16:30-16:50	How visual short-term memories are encoded in the brain? Panos Sapountzis, IACM, FORTH
16:50-17:10	Nonlinear microscopy as diagnostic tool for the discrimination of activated T cells Evangelia Gavgiotaki, IESL, FORTH [Research Fellow, Harvard Medical School]
17:10-17:30	Artificial intelligence & medicine: Towards a deeply intertwined relation Eleftherios Trivizakis, ICS, FORTH

Wednesday, December 8, 2021

Session 5: Environment (Chairs: C. Aggelopoulos, E. Skarsoulis)

10:00-10:30	Photocatalytic materials and hollow structures Klara Hernadi, Institute of Physical Metallurgy, Metal Forming and Nanotechnology, University of Miskolc
10:30-10:50	Imaging in waveguides Simos Papadimitropoulos, IACM, FORTH
10:50-11:10	Classification of acoustic and seismic signals Constantine Smaragdakis, Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, University of Crete & Institute of Geodynamics, National Observatory of Athens.
11:10-11:30	Intense terahertz waves and applications Anastasios D. Koulouklidis, IESL, FORTH
11:40 – 12:00	Short break

Session 6: Energy (Chairs: S. Neophytides, M. Daletou)

12:00-12:30	Data-Enhanced Multiscale Theory of Operando Energy Conversion Systems Karsten Reuter, Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Berlin, Germany
12:30-12:50	Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy analysis of Oxygen Reduction Reaction mechanism and energetics for Fuel Cells Panagiotis Giotakos, ICE-HT, FORTH
12:50-13:10	Laser-assisted graphene growth for energy storage applications Nikolaos Samartzis, ICE-HT, FORTH
13:10-13:30	Biochar materials for electrochemical energy storage devices Ioanna Papavasileiou, ICE-HT, FORTH
13:30-13:50	Engineering quantum states in atomically-thin semiconductors Ioannis Paradeisanos, IESL, FORTH [INSA, Toulouse]
13:50 – 14:30	Short break

 Session 7: From Innovation to Exploitation (Chairs: S. Anastasiadis, E. Stratakis)

14:30-15:00	Innovation in the real world Aristos Doxiadis, Partner Big Pi Ventures & Vice Chair of the National Council for Research and Innovation, Greece
15:00-15:20	Polaritonics in view Simeon Tsintzos, IESL, FORTH [QUBITECH, Athens, Greece]
15:20-15:40	Nanomaterials for healthy indoor/outdoor environments: The case of PCNano Materials Vassilios Binas, IESL, FORTH / PCNano Materials
15:40-16:00	The history of oil exploration in Greece Christos Karampatsos, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens & Adjunct Faculty and Department of Electrical Engineering, University of West Attica
16:00-16:20	Inter-political strategies of innovation in Greece during the 20th century: Intellectual property and technical standardization Spyros Tzokas, IMS, FORTH
16:20 – 17:30	Round Table Discussion

Scope

The Workshop aims to highlight the contribution of engineering and computational methods in advancing biological and health sciences. It does so by bringing together top scientists to present their research in advanced genomics, bioinformatics, biomedical engineering and neuroscience along with short presentations from four of the ARCHER fellows.

The workshop is organized in the context of ARCHERS (https://archers.iesl.forth.gr/), a major project implemented by FORTH with the exclusive donation of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF). Through ARCHERS, over 100 young doctoral students and post-doctoral researchers have been supported over the past four and a half years and have carried out cutting-edge research in the Institutes of FORTH across a broad range of interdisciplinary thematics including preservation of cultural heritage and tackling of societal challenges such as environment, clean energy and health.

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15:00 – 15:15	Opening Remarks Spiros Anastasiadis, Archers project coordinator Panayiota Poirazi, Iosif Klironomos, Workshop organizers
15:15 – 15:45	Specialization of brain cell types is encoded by specific 3D genome structures Ana Pombo, Deputy Scientific Director, BIMSB, MDC, Professor, Humboldt University of Berlin
15:45 – 16:15	Automating Machine Learning for the Life Sciences with the JADBio platform Ioannis Tsamardinos, Professor, University of Crete, CEO and Founder JADBIO
16:15 – 17:00	Discussion – break
17:00 – 17:30	Electromechanical wave imaging for noninvasive and direct mapping of arrhythmias in 3D Elisa Konofagou, Professor, Columbia University
17:30 – 18:00	Propagating spatiotemporal patterning in motor cortex during movement initiation and execution Nicho Hatsopoulos, Professor, University of Chicago
18:00-18:30	Discussion – break
18:30 – 19:30	Presentations by ARCHERS Fellows Tinkering a distorted α/β barrel Alexis Molfetas, PhD student, Kokkinidis Lab, IMBB-FORTH,         Mosquito malaria vectors cloak their legs to resist insecticides Mary Kefi, PhD student, Vontas Lab, IMBB-FORTH,         Brain-like Energy Efficient Image Coding (BRIEFING) Froso Doutsi, postdoctoral fellow, Signal Processing Lab Lab, ICS-FORTH         Breast lesion quantification and characterization from Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound Imaging data Giorgos Ioannidis, postdoctoral fellow, Computational Bio-Medicine Laboratory (CBML), ICS-FORTH
19:30 – 20:30	Round Table Discussion

SCOPE

The workshop aims to highlight challenges posed by environmental pollution (in air, soil and water) and ecosystem threats, as well as technologies and actions to be taken to address these challenges.

The workshop is organized in the context of ARCHERS (https://archers.iesl.forth.gr/), a major project implemented by FORTH with the exclusive donation of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF). Through ARCHERS, over 100 young doctoral students and post-doctoral researchers have been supported over the past four and a half  years and have carried out cutting-edge research in the Institutes of FORTH across a broad range of interdisciplinary thematics including preservation of cultural heritage and tackling of societal challenges such as environment, clean energy and health.

Workshop program [All times are in Eastern European Time (UTC+2)]

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16:00 – 16:20	Opening remarks Spiros Anastasiadis, Archers project coordinator Spyros Pandis, Emmanuel Skarsoulis, Workshop organizers
16:20 – 17:00	Atmospheric particulate matter and its impacts on climate, public health and ecosystems Athanasios Nenes – invited Speaker Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
17:00 – 17:20	Estimating response to changes in emissions over Europe Ksakousti Skyllakou ICEHT-FORTH
17:20 – 17:40	Advanced methods for soil and water remediation Christos A. Aggelopoulos ICEHT-FORTH
17:40-18:20	Nomadic giants off the Greek coasts. Will we allow them to survive? Alexandros Frantzis – invited Speaker Pelagos Cetacean Research Institute
18:20-18:40	Pulsed-Source 3D localization with a 3-hydrophone array Despoina Pavlidi IACM-FORTH
18:40 – 19:00	Systematic conservation planning in marine ecosystems Aggeliki Doxa IACM-FORTH
19:00 – 19:30	Round Table Discussion

2^nd ARCHERS Workshop,  27 October 2021

Scope

The workshop aims to highlight the main areas of advanced and sustainable energy science and associated technological applications. The challenges for clear energy will be discussed with special attention to hydrogen related technologies.

The workshop is organized in the context of ARCHERS (https://archers.iesl.forth.gr/), a major project implemented by FORTH with the exclusive donation of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF). Through ARCHERS, over 100 young doctoral students and post-doctoral researchers have been supported over the past four and a half  years and have carried out cutting-edge research in the Institutes of FORTH across a broad range of interdisciplinary thematics including preservation of cultural heritage and tackling of societal challenges such as environment, clean energy and health.

Workshop program [All times are in Eastern European Time (UTC+3)]

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1^st ARCHERS Workshop,  1 October 2021

Scope

The workshop aims to highlight how imaging applied from a wide range of diverse perspectives enables researchers and scholars to survey, monitor or even reveal structures and elements related to ancient life, archaeological and historical sites, monuments and objects of art.

The workshop is organized in the context of ARCHERS, a major project implemented by FORTH with the exclusive donation of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF). Through ARCHERS, over 100 young doctoral students and post-doctoral researchers have been supported over the past four and a half  years and have carried out cutting-edge research in the Institutes of FORTH across a broad range of interdisciplinary thematics including preservation of cultural heritage and tackling of societal challenges such as environment, clean energy and health.

Workshop program [All times are in Eastern European Time (UTC+2)]

10:30 – 10:45	Opening remarks Spiros Anastasiadis, Archers project coordinator Demetrios Anglos, Workshop organizer Apostolos Sarris, Workshop organizer
10:45 – 11:15	Imaging Kerkenes: An Urban Analysis of Ancient Roads and Neighbourhoods Tuna Kalayci, The Department of Archaelogical Sciences. Leiden University
11:15 – 11:45	Convolutional Neural Networks to improve the interpretation of archaeological prospection data collected with Ground Penetrating RadarMerope Manataki, IMS-FORTH and Technical University of Crete
11:45 – 12:15	3D dynamic Electrical Resistivity Tomography in a marine environment Demetris Oikonomou, IMS-FORTH and Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.…
	Short break
12:30 – 13:00	Integrated Approaches in Art Characterization Nikolas Bakirtzis, Cyprus Institute       Sorin Hermon, Cyprus Institute
13:00 – 13:30	Listening to laser light interactions with objects of art: A novel photoacoustic diagnostic approach George Tserevelakis, IESL-FORTH
13:30 – 14:00	Imaging the intangible: Fishing cultural heritage of NE Aegean and the challenge of recording for sustainable management. Dimitra Mylona, INSTAP-SCEC & ΙΝΑΛΕ-ΕΛΓΟ Δήμητρα (PERICLES)
14:00 – 14:30	Round Table Discussion
14:30	Closing Remarks