Over the duration of the project, EuroCC2 Cyprus worked at the intersection of high-performance computing, high-performance data analytics, and artificial intelligence, helping these technologies become more useful, more understandable, and more relevant to local needs.
Some of the most rewarding outcomes emerged through focused consultations and Proof-of-Concept (PoC) projects with organisations, some through practical training events that helped participants move from curiosity to capability, and others through outreach activities that opened the conversation to wider audiences across industry, government, academia, and the public.
In this final newsletter, we revisit that journey through three themes that best reflect the spirit of the project: consultations & PoCs, training & skills development, and community outreach.
Consultations & PoCs
Medochemie Ltd.
Our consultation with Medochemie Ltd. focused on a challenge that is both highly practical and highly familiar in regulated environments: the time-consuming literature review and document-processing steps needed during product development.
Together, we explored the feasibility of using Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) to support these processes, allowing large volumes of relevant documents to be searched and synthesized more efficiently.
This story stood out because it captured something essential about EuroCC2 Cyprus: not just talking about AI, but helping organisations understand whether a specific technique could realistically support their own workflows.
Levantina Fish Ltd.
n aquaculture, accurate fish weight monitoring is important — but traditional approaches can be labor-intensive, difficult to scale, and stressful for the fish. Our PoC with Kimagro Fishfarming Ltd. (Levantina Fish) explored a more modern alternative.
Our research engineering team developed a portable stereo-vision system integrated with deep learning to estimate fish weight automatically using RGB images, depth data, and anatomical keypoints.
Vettaky
The Vettaky PoC offered one of the clearest examples of turning data into better operational decisions.
By combining long-term farm and weather records with advanced modelling, the project quantified the economic impact of cooling systems in dairy farming and showed how evidence-based climate adaptation can be supported through HPDA and HPC.
Training & Skills Development
One of the most notable streams in our final year focused on LLM deployment and RAG systems, but this sat within a much broader training portfolio that consistently linked theory with practice. Another memorable stream of training events focused on HPC and Scientific Computing — from materials modelling to domain-specific scientific workflows. These sessions aligned with EuroCC2’s objective of strengthening computational thinking across disciplines. A few representative titles include:
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Community & Outreach
Among the outreach moments that stood out were Industry Day 2024 and the Second Industry Day 2024, the public-sector event AI Technologies for Public Services and Governance (AI4serv-gov), the Hack for a Cause initiative, and science and innovation events such as Reflect Festival, sCYence Fair, Youth Makers Fair, and European Researchers’ Night.
A special role in these activities was played by Zephyr, our miniature supercomputer. Built with 18 Raspberry Pi units, Zephyr helped translate the idea of supercomputing into something visible, interactive, and memorable. Through simulations, LED displays, and live explanations, it allowed visitors of all ages to get an intuitive sense of how HPC works and why it matters.
These events mattered not only because they presented technology, but because they created contact: between experts and newcomers, between infrastructure and actual needs, and between ambition and local reality.
Looking Ahead
Although EuroCC2 is ending, the broader effort does not stop here. CaSToRC will continue building on this momentum through the next phase of the NCC effort and through Pharos-CY, the Cyprus AI Factory Antenna coordinated by The Cyprus Institute.
The journey that began with EuroCC2 has helped lay stronger foundations for the future of HPC and AI in Cyprus — and we look forward to seeing that work continue to grow
