PHAROS AI Factory Project, Greece’s national ecosystem for accelerating Artificial Intelligence innovation, was recently featured in Athens Voice through an interview with Dr Stelios Karozis, researcher at NCSR “Demokritos” and Deputy Technical Coordinator of the PHAROS AI Factory Project. In the interview, Dr Karozis discusses the role and ambitions of the PHAROS AI Factory Project…
PHAROS AI Factory Project, Greece’s national ecosystem for accelerating Artificial Intelligence innovation, coordinated by GRNET, participated in the 90th Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF), held from 5 to 13 September 2026 in Thessaloniki, Greece. Throughout the Fair, PHAROS AI Factory Project was featured alongside its computing platform, the new supercomputer DAEDALUS, at a dedicated booth within…
GRNET, coordinator of the PHAROS AI Factory project, participated in the event “Building Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure for Greece 2030”, held on 4 September 2026 at the Makedonia Palace Hotel in Thessaloniki. The event, organised by Cosmos Business Systems in collaboration with Dell Technologies, focused on the critical role of secure, sovereign, scalable and sustainable Artificial…
The September 2026 edition of AI Report Magazine features the PHAROS AI Factory Project alongside Greece’s new supercomputer DAEDALUS, highlighting how the two infrastructures work together to strengthen the country’s Artificial Intelligence and High Performance Computing ecosystem. The edition includes a dedicated feature on DAEDALUS, as well as an interview with Stefanos Kollias, Chairman of…
PHAROS AI Factory will participate in EuroHPC User Days 2026, taking place on 22–24 September 2026 in Dublin, Ireland, joining the European High Performance Computing (HPC) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) communities for three days of knowledge exchange, collaboration and discussion. PHAROS will be present at the dedicated AI Factories Corner, which will showcase the network…
PHAROS AI Factory, Greece’s national ecosystem for accelerating Artificial Intelligence innovation, coordinated by GRNET, will participate in the 90th Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF), taking place from 5–13 September 2026, at the Thessaloniki International Exhibition & Congress Center (TIF-HELEXPO). The 2026 edition marks 100 years since the first Thessaloniki International Fair in 1926, with Japan as…
PHAROS AI Factory, Greece’s national ecosystem for accelerating Artificial Intelligence (AI) innovation, participated in the HPC Continuum 2026 Conference, held from 6–8 July 2026 at the University of Luxembourg’s Belval Campus, joining leading researchers, industry representatives and policymakers to explore the future of High-Performance Computing (HPC), Artificial Intelligence and Quantum Computing. The three-day international conference…
PHAROS AI Factory, Greece’s national ecosystem for accelerating Artificial Intelligence innovation, participated in the Greeks in AI Symposium 2026, held on 15-17 July 2026 at the Eugenides Foundation in Athens. The annual symposium brought together Greek AI researchers, scientists and industry professionals from around the world to foster collaboration, exchange knowledge and strengthen Greece’s AI…
PHAROS AI Factory was featured at BEYOND 2026, the International Digital Technology & Innovation Exhibition, held from 17 to 19 June 2026 at the Metropolitan Expo in Athens, as part of GRNET’s participation in the Ministry of Digital Governance and Artificial Intelligence pavilion. Throughout the three-day event, visitors had the opportunity to discover PHAROS and…
GRNET, coordinator of PHAROS AI Factory, participated in the international conference “Artificial Intelligence: Consequences and Limits“, co-organised by the University of Piraeus and Purdue University, held on 28–29 May 2026 in Athens. The conference brought together distinguished leaders from academia, government, industry and international organisations to explore the opportunities, challenges and societal implications of Artificial…
PHAROS AI Factory, Greece’s national ecosystem for accelerating Artificial Intelligence innovation, participated in the European Commission Expert Group on Cultural Heritage meeting, held on 9-10 June 2026 in Brussels, Belgium. The meeting brought together representatives of European institutions, cultural heritage organisations, policymakers and experts to discuss emerging developments at the intersection of cultural heritage, digital…
DAEDALUS supercomputer, implemented by the National Infrastructures for Research and Technology (GRNET S.A.), supervised by the Hellenic Ministry of Digital Governance and Artificial Intelligence, has been ranked significantly high in the internationally renowned TOP500 and Green500 lists, the two most recognized global rankings of supercomputing systems. The latest editions of the TOP500 and Green500 rankings…
PHAROS AI Factory, Greece’s national ecosystem for accelerating Artificial Intelligence innovation, participated in the Digital Heritage Summit 2026, held on 25–29 May 2026 at the Cyprus University of Technology in Limassol. As part of the Summit, PHAROS took part in the “Twin it! Policy Roundtable: 3D and AI for Europe’s Culture and Heritage”, on 26…
PHAROS AI Factory will be presented at BEYOND 2026, the International Digital Technology & Innovation Exhibition, taking place June 17–19, 2026, at the Metropolitan Expo in Athens, Greece. The event serves as a key platform for technological advancements, fostering collaboration and highlighting groundbreaking innovations across Artificial Intelligence, High-Performance Computing, quantum technologies, and digital infrastructure. Find…
GRNET, coordinator of PHAROS AI Factory, participated in the event “Supercomputers and Digital Sovereignty”, held on 27 May 2026 at the University of Western Macedonia’s ZEP Campus in Kozani, as part of an initiative by Digital World Summit Greece in collaboration with the University of Western Macedonia. The event focused on the latest European and…
GRNET, coordinator of PHAROS AI Factory, participated in the conference “Artificial Intelligence in Engineering: Innovation and Applications for Western Macedonia”, organized by the Technical Chamber of Greece (TEE) / Department of Western Macedonia, held on 9 May 2026 in Kozani, under the auspices of the Ministry of Digital Governance and Artificial Intelligence. Throughout the conference…
GRNET, coordinator of PHAROS AI Factory, participated in the Global Innovation Summit 2026, held on 6 May 2026 at Messe Basel, Switzerland. Organised by Eureka’s Swiss Chair, the Global Innovation Summit 2026 brought together nearly 1.000 participants from more than 50 countries, including representatives from research organisations, businesses, innovation agencies, and public authorities. The event…
PHAROS AI Factory, Greece’s national ecosystem for accelerating Artificial Intelligence innovation, was featured on Star Channel’s television programme Star Tech, where the Special Secretary for Long-Term Planning of the Government and Coordinator of the Artificial Intelligence Committee, Yannis Mastrogeorgiou, joined journalist Nefeli Agkyridou to discuss Greece’s preparedness for the Artificial Intelligence era. During the feature,…
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April marked another important milestone month for the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking, with significant developments across AI Factories, quantum computing, and Europe’s federated supercomputing infrastructure. Amongst the major highlights was the inauguration of Lucy, the new EuroHPC quantum computer in France, strengthening Europe’s quantum computing capabilities and technological sovereignty. Read more here. EuroHPC JU also continued…