The Computation-based Science and Technology Research Centre (CaSToRC) pioneers in research, development, and deployment of computational and large-scale data methodologies for the advancement of scientific and technological disciplines.

 

 

• Conduct internationally acclaimed research in the previous key areas
• Offer Graduate Programs in HPC & Machine Learning (MS), and in Computational Sciences (PhD)
• Support research actions of other CyI centers and collaborate widely with research and innovation organizations in Cyprus
• Facilitate the uptake of HPC for data-intensive applications in Cyprus

 

 

The Center envisions to be the hub of all computational science and technology research in Cyprus.

• Grow CaSToRC in the direction of data-driven methods including machine learning and AI

• Foster the existing CaSToRC expertise in HPC as well as computational modeling and simulation.

• Assemble a formidable research team in Quantum Computing (through the ERA Chair QUEST project).

• Attract exceptional researchers to Cyprus in all key research areas

• Attain greater relevance to major economic sectors of Cyprus.

 
CaSToRC introduces new directions in existing areas, and it will also expand into new areas:

• High-Performance Computing: Exa-scale computing algorithms, integration of AI methods into large-scale simulations, HPC-driven research to explore strong interactions in fundamental physics.
• Computational Modelling and Simulation: Convergence of physics-based simulation approaches with data-driven methods. Additionally, expansion into green tech/energy storage, computer-aided drug design, microengineering.
• Machine Learning and AI: Emphasis on safe, large language models aligned with human values and objectives, generative models for images, video and multimodal data, trustworthy AI, neuro-inspired AI.
• Quantum Computing: Hybrid quantum-classical algorithms, quantum machine learning, or quantum methods to solve stochastic differential equations necessary in fluid dynamics.