The Convergence of Physics-based Modeling with Data-driven Methods
The Cyprus Institute and the University of Cyprus Announce the Cyprus Computational Science Symposium (CONVERGE)
The Cyprus Institute and the University of Cyprus are pleased to announce the Cyprus Computational Science Symposium: The Convergence of Physics-based Modeling with Data-driven Methods (CONVERGE), taking place on February 26–27, 2026, at the new buildings of the Engineering School of the University of Cyprus in Nicosia.
The symposium is jointly organized by the Computation-based Science & Technology Research Center (CaSToRC) of the Cyprus Institute and the Computational Sciences Lab at the University of Cyprus. CONVERGE aims to bring together researchers working on physics-based computational modeling and simulation with researchers developing machine learning and AI methods, fostering dialogue between communities that increasingly share scientific and methodological challenges.
The symposium adopts a broad view of computational science, extending beyond traditional physical sciences and engineering to include biology, medicine, and socio-economic systems, wherever advanced computational modeling and data-driven methods play a central role. Its goal is not only to showcase cutting-edge research, but also to help build a shared technical language that can seed new interdisciplinary collaborations.
The event will feature:
- Contributed (technical) talks bridging computational modeling and ML/AI methods
- Discussions focused on cross-community methodological challenges
- Opportunities to foster collaboration and networking across computational science, engineering, and AI
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Registration
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Agenda
Organizers
Constantine Dovrolis
Director of CaSToRC, The Cyprus Institute / Adjunct Professor of Computer Science, Georgia Tech, USA.
Stavros Kassinos
UCY-CompSci Leader & Professor Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Cyprus.
Keynote Speakers
Awni Hannun
Research Scientist, Machine Learning Research Group, Apple Inc. / Co-creator of MLX / Former Research Lead, Deep Speech
Boris Bonev
Research Scientist, Machine Learning and Scientific Computing, NVIDIA / Algorithms, AI & High-Performance Computing
Paris Perdikaris
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, University of Pennsylvania / Researcher in computational science and machine learning for scientific modeling
Invited Speakers
Alex Cheema
Co-Founder at EXO Labs
Anna Onisiforou
Senior Scientist / Head of the AI & Systems Bioinformatics Unit
Charalambos Chrysostomou
Research Lead, Machine Learning for Remote Sensing & Geospatial Analysis, ERATOSTHENES Centre of Excellence
Charalampos Konstantinou
Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Cyprus
Dimitris Drikakis
Vice President for Global Partnerships / Dean & Professor, School of Sciences and Engineering / Member of the Council & Senate
Dimokratis Grigoriadis
Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Cyprus / Research Team UCY-CompSci
George Pallis
Professor, Department of Computer Science / Associate Director, Laboratory of Internet Computing, University of Cyprus
George Spyrou
Bioinformatics ERA Chair & Department Head / Professor, The Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics
George Zittis
Research Scientist & Group Leader, Climate Downscaling & Extremes Research Group, Climate and Atmosphere Research Center (CARE-C), The Cyprus Institute
Giannis Koutsou
Assistant Professor, Computational Science / Researcher in lattice QCD and high-performance computing / Contributor to EuroCC, AQTIVATE, ENGAGE, NiceQuarks & 3D-nucleon projects
Gregory Papagregoriou
Senior Scientist / Group Leader at Biobank.cy Center of Excellence in Biobanking and Biomedical Research
Harris Papadopoulos
Associate Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering and Informatics
Herodotos Herodotou
Associate Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering and Informatics, Cyprus University of Technology / Head, Data Intensive Computing Research Lab
Loizos Michael
Professor, Cognitive Systems Programme, Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences
Marios Zacharia
Mohammad Hadi Sedaghat
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, CompSci Lab, University of Cyprus / Whole-lung modeling for lung function and aerosol deposition (Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow)
Myrianthi Hadjicharalambous
Scientific Coordinator, RIMS & CaSToRC, / Coordinator of the EuroCC-2 Project on HPC & AI / The Cyprus Institute
Panayiotis Kolios
Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science / Faculty Member, KIOS Research and Innovation Centre of Excellence, University of Cyprus
Panos Papanastasiou
Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Cyprus
Savvas Karatsiolis
Senior Research Associate / SuPerWorld Research Group, CYENS Center of Excellence
Sotirios Chatzis
CUT – Associate Professor & Department Chair, Department of Electrical Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering
Vangelis Harmandaris
Professor & ERA-Chair SimEA, The Cyprus Institute / University of Crete / Institute of Applied and Computational Mathematics (IACM), FORTH
Vasileios Vavourakis
Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Cyprus
Xenia Miscouridou
Lecturer, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences