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Artificial Intelligence
 
Data Science
 
Algorithms

Archimedes Summer School on Cryptography, Blockchains, and Game Theory

Dates
2024-07-18 11:04 - 2024-07-19 19:04
Venue
Archimedes 1 - Amphitheater

Tutorial Speakers

  • Aggelos Kiayias, University of Edinburgh and IOG
  • Nikos Leonardos, National Technical University of Athens
  • Vangelis Markakis, Athens University of Economics and Business and Archimedes/Athena RC
  • Vassilis Zikas, Purdue University

Program (tentative)

Thursday, July 18

9:30-10:00

Registration - Opening

10:00-12:00

Vassilis Zikas: Introduction to Blockchain - Proof of Work/Stake/Reputation

12:00-12:30

Coffee Break

12:30-13:30

Short talks / Open problems

13:30-15:00

Lunch Break

15:00-17:00

Vangelis Markakis: Game-Theoretic Aspects in Blockchain Systems

17:00-17:30

Coffee Break

17:30-18:30

Discussion / Problem solving

   

Friday, July 19

10:00-12:00

Aggelos Kiayias: Resource Based Systems: Understanding the Blockchain's Value Proposition for Information Technology Services

12:00-14:00

Lunch Break

14:00-15:00

Short talks / Open problems

15:00-15:30

Coffee Break

15:30-17:30

Nikos Leonardos: the Bitcoin backbone, its security analysis, and its connection to consensus

17:30-17:45

Short Break

17:45-18:45

Discussion / Problem solving

18:45-19:00

Closing

   

Registration

There are no registration fees. However, participants should register for administrative purposes by filling the workshop's registration form no later than July 16. Due to space constraints, a limited number of seats are available.

Registration form

 

 

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Vision

To position Greece as a leading player in AI and Data Science

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Mission

To build an AI Excellence Hub in Greece where the international research community can connect, groundbreaking ideas can thrive, and the next generation of scientists emerges, shaping a brighter future for Greece and the world

 

Welcome to ARCHIMEDES, a vibrant research hub connecting the global AI and Data Science research community fostering groundbreaking research in Greece and beyond. Its dedicated core team, comprising lead researchers, affiliated researchers, Post-Docs, PhDs and interns, is committed to advancing basic and applied research in Artificial Intelligence and its supporting disciplines, including Algorithms, Statistics, Learning Theory, and Game Theory organized around 8 core research areas. By collaborating with Greek and Foreign Universities and Research Institutes, ARCHIMEDES disseminates its research findings fostering knowledge exchange and providing enriching opportunities for students. Leveraging AI to address real-world challenges, ARCHIMEDES promotes innovation within the Greek ecosystem and extends its societal impact. Established in January 2022, as a research unit of the Athena Research Center with support from the Committee Greece 2021, ARCHIMEDES is funded for its first four years by the EU Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF).

 
 

NEWS

 
Antonis Anastasopoulos' Keynote Speech on

Antonis Anastasopoulos' Keynote Speech on "Machine Translation and Low-Resource NLP" from the Athens NLP 2025 Summer School is Now Available

Antonis Athanassopoulos, an Assistant Professor at the Computer Science Department of George Mason University,USA, and a Lead Researcher at Archimedes, Athena Research Center, Greece, was one of the keynote speakers at the Athens NLP 2025 Summer School, held at the National Centre for Scientific Research Demokritos in Greece, from 4 to 10 September 2025.His presentation on "Machine Translation and Low-Resource NLP" is now available online.

Christos Papadimitriou Speaks on “Artificial Intelligence: its History, its Present, and its Uncertain Future”

Christos Papadimitriou Speaks on “Artificial Intelligence: its History, its Present, and its Uncertain Future”

Christos Papadimitriou, Donovan Family Professor of Computer Science at Columbia Engineering at Columbia University, USA, and Principal Scientist at the Archimedes Research Unit of the Athena Research Center, Greece, spoke about “Artificial Intelligence: its History, its Present, and its Uncertain Future” during the ten-year anniversary event of diaNEOsis think tank, which took place on March 11, 2026, at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC).

Archimedes Academic Fellow Andreas Lolos Presents Research at WACV 2026

Archimedes Academic Fellow Andreas Lolos Presents Research at WACV 2026

Archimedes Academic Fellow and a third-year PhD student at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens in Greece, Andreas Lolos recently travelled to Tucson in Arizona, USA, and presented the paper "SGPMIL: Sparse Gaussian Process Multiple Instance Learning" at the IEEE/CVF Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV 2026).

 
 

The project “ARCHIMEDES Unit: Research in Artificial Intelligence, Data Science and Algorithms” with code OPS 5154714 is implemented by the National Recovery and Resilience Plan “Greece 2.0” and is funded by the European Union – NextGenerationEU.

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