Diofantos G. Hadjimitsis
External Affairs and Business Development Director, ERATOSTHENES Center of Excellence
Areas of Expertise
Remote Sensing & GIS
Bio
Prof. Diofantos G. Hadjimitsis is a Full Professor at the Department of Civil Engineering and Geomatics at the Cyprus University of Technology (CUT) and Managing Director of the Eratosthenes Centre of Excellence. A former Vice-Rector of Academic Affairs (2016–2019), he played a key role in elevating CUT’s global ranking. He is also Vice President of the Cyprus Agency of Quality Assurance and Accreditation in Higher Education.
Prof. Hadjimitsis is a leading expert in remote sensing and GIS, founding the Remote Sensing & Geo-Environment Lab at CUT. He coordinates the €38M H2020 ‘EXCELSIOR’ Teaming project and has led or participated in over 150 funded projects. Listed among the world’s top 2% scientists by Stanford University, he has authored over 500 publications and serves on several editorial boards.
He holds a PhD and MPhil in Satellite Remote Sensing from the University of Surrey, and an MSc in Real Estate and Property Management (RICS). Professionally, he is a civil engineer and accredited valuator, and a long-standing member of ETEK. He has also worked in academia in the UK and Cyprus and has supervised large-scale civil projects exceeding €40M. He chairs the SPIE RSCy International Conference and is the first leader of NASA’s MedRIN network.
Affiliate organization
Eratosthenes is a new, autonomous, and self-sustained Centre of Excellence of the Cyprus University of Technology (CUT) and it has been established through the ‘EXCELSIOR’, H2020 Widespread Teaming Phase 2 project. The newly established centre has been created as a result of upgrading the existing Remote Sensing and Geo-Environment Lab, which has been operating within the Department of Civil Engineering and Geomatics of the Cyprus University of Technology since 2007. The vision of the ERATOSTHENES Centre of Excellence is to become a world-class Digital Innovation Hub for Earth Observation, space technology and Geospatial Information and to be the reference Centre in the Eastern Mediterranean, Middle East, and North Africa. The Digital Innovation Hub will create an ecosystem which combines state-of-the-art remote sensing, data management and processing technologies, cutting – edge research opportunities, targeted education services and promotion of entrepreneurship. In order to be dynamic and innovative, the Digital Innovation Hub will be based on two major infrastructures, which are a Satellite Ground Receiving Station and a Ground-based atmospheric remote sensing station. ERATOSTHENES Centre of excellence is paving the way for Cyprus to enter the space arena.
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