The Cyprus Institute

world class in its standards
international in its membership
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The research organization of the Cyprus Institute comprises cross-disciplinary Research Centers pursuing issues of scholarly relevance, global significance and regional focus.

In total seven, science and technology orientated Research Centers, have been scoped and plan to be established. These include the three active Research Centers; the Energy, Environment and Water Research Center (EEWRC), the Science and Technology in Archaeology Research Center (STARC) and the Computation-based Science and Technology Research Center (CaSToRC).

The leaders of the groups that developed the scoping reports for the Research Centers and selected the research areas that best match the vision of the Cyprus Institute were:

• The Energy, Environment and Water Research Center

  E. Moniz (MIT), P. Crutzen (Mainz University, Nobel Laureate) and W. Khadduri (Editor, Middle East Economic Survey)

• The Science and Technology in Archaeology Research Center

  J.P. Mohen (Musees de l'Homme, Paris) and H. Lechtman (MIT)

• The Computation-based Science and Technology Research Center

  E. Houstis (Purdue University and University of Patras), J. Negele (MIT) and C. Victor Jongeneel (Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research in Lausanne)

• The Biological Sciences and Human Health Research Center

  H. Varmus (a White House Science and Technology Advisor, President of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Nobel Laureate), F. Kafatos (Imperial College, Chair of the newly formed European Research Council) and M. Schwartz (Former Director General of the Pasteur Institute in Paris)

• Center for Technology Management and Finance

  J. Sachs (Columbia University, Director of the Earth Institute), G. Constantinides (University of Chicago, Leo Melamed Professor of Finance) and C. Dematte (Bocconi University)

• The Economic Development Research Center

  J. Sachs (Columbia University, Director of the Earth Institute), G. Constantinides (University of Chicago, Leo Melamed Professor of Finance) and C. Dematte (Bocconi University)

• Center for Information, Communication and Computation

  D. Tsichritsis (University of Geneva, Chairman of the Executive Board of GMD), J. Routi (former European Commissioner for Research) and E. Bloch (IBM, former Director of the US National Science Foundation)