On 18 October, during the week that Italy EXPO 2020 is dedicating to Aerospace, CRS4 is taking part in the "SPACE 4 SUSTAINABILITY - Research, design and technologies for and from space" forum. At the forum - organised by AVIO, a leading company in space propulsion - together with astronaut Luca Parmitano, innovators and scientific…
A new patent has been filed in the field of astrobiology for human space exploration
The University of Sassari, the CRS4 – Center for Advanced Studies, Research and Development in Sardinia, the Sardinia AeroSpace District (DASS), the University of Cagliari and the Tolo Green company have filed the application for a new patent that will help to broaden research activities in the field of astrobiology towards a future where Mars…
BY-COVID: A new project aims to make COVID-19 data accessible. CRS4 works together 52 partners from 20 countries.
On October 13th 2021, the activities of the new BeYond-COVID (BY-COVID) project have started. BY-COVID aims to provide comprehensive open data on SARS-CoV-2, and other infectious diseases across scientific, medical, public health and policy domains. The project will have a strong emphasis on mobilising raw viral sequences, helping to identify and monitor the spread of…
ARSINOE, Climate Resilient Regions Through Systemic Solutions and Innovations: CRS4 works together with 40 partners from 15 countries
A brand-new Horizon 2020 project entitled Climate Resilient Regions Through Systemic Solutions and Innovations—ARSINOE, kicks off on October 1, 2021. ARSINOE is financed by the European Commission with a total budget of 15 million euros and is coordinated by the University of Thessaly. It brings together 41 partners from 15 countries and intends to be…
ROSSANA, the first anthropomorphic robot developed by CRS4
CRS4 presents its first anthropomorphic robot. Rossana – the name derived from ROS Robot Operating System – is able to assist a librarian and interact with visitors. She can inform about the presence of the required books and guide people to the shelves where the books are located. The prototype was developed in collaboration with…
The future is close: CRS4's 30th anniversary. The Conference full video is now available.
CRS4 is celebrating its first thirty years. On Friday 24 September 2021, the conference 'The future is close' took place. Institutional and academic guests attended: Giacomo Cao, Amministratore unico del CRS4 Aldo Accardo, Presidente del Conservatorio di Cagliari Fabio Massimo Castaldo, Vicepresidente del Parlamento Europeo (da remoto) Giorgio Angius, Vicesindaco di Cagliari Carla Medau, Sindaca…
CRS4 presents work on clinical Data Management Plan at 3rd Open Science FAIR conference
On Thursday 23 September, Cecilia Mascia, researcher at CRS4, presented the work "Data Management Plan: a required data travelogue" at the 3rd Open Science FAIR Conference, an international event for all topics related to Open Science. The work is part of the collaborative research carried out by the Bioscience and Visual and Data-intensive Computing groups…
ZagDay 2021: scientific conference in memory of Gianluigi Zanetti
The first edition of "ZagDay", the scientific conference organised by CRS4 in memory of Gianluigi Zanetti, researcher and manager of CRS4's Data-intensive Computing sector, was held today, Monday 13 September 2021. Zag, as friends and colleagues called him, was a physicist who had been an expert in high performance computing, clinical computing and biomedical computing…
CRS4 and Ennova Research to support medical diagnosis of colorectal cancer
CRS4 and Ennova Research have signed a collaboration agreement to jointly develop research projects and promote applications in the fields of energy and environment, healthcare, and smart cities. The complementary nature and synergy between CRS4 and Ennova Research will allow this partnership to focus on applications and the use of enabling technologies related to artificial intelligence,…
ENERGIDRICA: THE RESEARCH PROJECT TO REDUCE ENERGY COSTS THROUGH EFFICIENT WATER INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT
[row][span8] Water infrastructure management is now one of the key areas to evaluate the application and development of new models and technologies for energy efficiency. It is estimated that effective control of facilities can save 10% water and 12% to 30% energy. Therefore, increasing efficiency in water supply and distribution offers great potential for reducing…