Nektarios Tavernarakis, a researcher at the Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH), has recently been awarded the prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Investigator Grant for his research proposal titled "Molecular Basis of Neuronal Ageing - NeuronAge."

The Institute for Computer Science of the Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas (FORTH), in collaboration with the Greek Research and Technology Network (GRNET S.A.) within the framework of the third phase of the Enabling Grids for E-sciencE (EGEE), funded by the European Union, is proud to invite you to a seminar entitled "Topics in Grid Technologies". The seminar will take place on Thursday, 30 October and Friday, 31 October 2008 at the Stelios Orphanoudakis seminar room, at 8:45a.m.

The Institute for Mediterranean Studies (IMS) of the Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas (FORTH) is proud to announce the completion of the research program Digital Crete: Mediterranean Cultural Itineraries. The project makes available to the public a wealth of cultural information about archaeology, environment, cultural foundations, as well as history, art and music of the island of Crete via the webpage http://digitalcrete.ims.forth.gr. IMS has also organized an event to present the project results at its premises (Melissinou and Nikiforou Foka street, at the old town of Rethymno) on Friday, October 24, 2008, from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm.

Crete University Press has the honor to invite you on Wednesday, October 08 at 7pm to a literary evening entitled "Science and Religion" in honor of the Greek edition of the book "Science and Religion-Some historical perspectives" by John Hedley Brooke.

15-19 September 2008, Crete, Greece.

Dr. John Mather, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and 2006 Nobel Prize Laureate in Physics, will give a Public Lecture (in English) titled "Deciphering the Big Bang" on Wednesday, 2nd of July at 8 p.m.

Την Κυριακή 25 Μαΐου 2008, στις 12:00 το μεσημέρι, στο αμφιθέατρο “Γιώργος Λιάνης” του Ίδρυματος Τεχνολογίας και Έρευνας (ΙΤΕ), θα πραγματοποιηθεί η απονομή των Διακεκριμένων Προπτυχιακών Υποτροφιών του Ινστιτούτου Πληροφορικής του ΙΤΕ "Στέλιος Ορφανουδάκης".

Held regularly since 2001, the Astronomical Data Analysis (ADA) conference series is focused on algorithms, signal and data processing. The 5th ADA conference is co-organized by the French Atomic Energy Commission (CEA/Saclay), the Institute of Computer Science of FORTH, the Departments of Physics and Computer Science of the University of Crete and it is sponsored by the European Space Agency. It will take place in Heraklion of Crete in Greece, on 7-9 May 2008.

Μια σημαντική συνεργασία υπεγράφη χτες μεταξύ του Ινστιτούτου Πληροφορικής του Ιδρύματος Τεχνολογίας και Έρευνας και της Βουλής των Ελλήνων που αφορά στην αναβάθμιση ηλεκτρονικών υποδομών και παρεχόμενων υπηρεσιών της Βουλής.

On January 30?31, the High-Performance and Embedded Architecture and Compilation (HiPEAC) network of excellence met for its kick-off meeting in Göteborg, Sweden. The meeting was attended by 170 computing system researchers from all over Europe.