Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Research Infrastructure (RI) Name: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering – ECE (University of Cyprus)

Website: https://www.ucy.ac.cy/ece/en/
Mission: To provide students with the knowledge, ability, and skills to innovate, excel, and lead in the areas of electrical and computer engineering, to keep abreast of the latest technological developments, to conduct world class research, and provide a focal point for development, growth, and entrepreneurship in our community and the region as a whole, to infuse students the values, attitudes, and vision that will facilitate the development of well rounded, educated, productive, and ethical individuals with strong character and life-long learning abilities.
Research Services provided: The ECE has several dedicated laboratories that support the Department’s study programmes.
The ECE laboratories are the following:
(1) The Embedded and Application-specific System on Chip Laboratory
Main Equipment:

- Multi-GPU supercomputers used for machine learning and computer vision applications
- State-of-the-art low-end and high-end FPGA boards for acceleration of compute intensive applications (computer vision, image processing, machine learning)
- Multi-SOC FPGA-Based BeeCube Platform for large-scale hardware emulation
- Embedded Computing Systems (Raspberry Pi, Gumstix Boards, Odroid Platforms)
- Bumblebee Stereoscopic Camera for stereo vision applications
- Smart Camera Nodes based on the Raspberry Pi Computers
- NVIDIA Jetson TK1 embedded GPU platform for accelerated edge computing
- Logic Analyzers/Oscilloscopes/Function Generators for circuit design
- Hybrid Multi-FPGA/Multi-GPU Platform for large scale circuit and system emulation

- Developmental Matrice-100 drones
- Miscellaneous terrestrial robotic platforms
- Drone attachable thermal camera with radiometry (30Hz)

- 12.5 Gb/s Bit Error Rate tester, composed of a 12.5 GHz frequency synthesizer, a pulse pattern generator and the Error Detector unit (Anritsu)
- 40 GHz electrical spectrum analyzer (Anritsu)
- 40 GHz vector network analyzer (Agilent)
- 1 GHz 4 GSa/s scope (Agilent)
- up to 22 GHz frequency synthesizer (Rohde & Schwarz)
- 3 GHz vector signal generator
- Optical spectrum analyzer (Anritsu, 0.07 nm resolution)
- Optical power meter (ILX)
- Distributed Feedback (DFB) laser diodes
- 45-75 GHz Photodiodes
- Electro-optic Mach-Zehnder Modulators (MZM)
- Optical switches, couplers, isolators, circulators
- Tunable optical Filters and Bandpass Attenuators
- Multiplexers/Demultiplexers
- Erbium Fiber Optical Amplifiers (EDFAs)

- Commercial/Custom-made simulation software for optical/wireless telecommunication networks
- Equipment for testing optical/wireless networks (routes, optical/electrical switches, traffic generators, transmitters, receivers, amplifiers, etc)

- High-end servers/workstations and logic analysers
- State-of the-art CAD tools (Synopsys, Cadence, and Mentor Graphic) for development and simulation purposes
- Several FPGA-based prototyping systems

- Real-Time Digital Simulator (RTDS)
- Control Hardware-In-the-Loop (Control-HIL)
- Power Hardware-In-the-Loop (Power-HIL)

- Earth ground testers, Probes & Amplifier AC/DC current meters, and Multi-function installation testers

- Diagnostics for the measurement and monitoring at a high resolution of all the important environmental and operational parameters for photovoltaic technologies
- Climatic chambers, solar simulators, UV chambers, cell and lens characterisations systems and spectral response measurement equipment.

- State-of-the-art high-end computer cluster for full-system, cycleaccurate simulations and digital system development
- FPGA-based hardware emulation engines for prototyping and validation/verification

- Industry-standard computer-aided design software
- High precision mechanical and wet etching fabrication facilities
- State-of-the-art microwave and antenna testing and characterisation facilities
- Enabling coaxial and on-wafer testing of devices

- Semiconductor Characterisation equipment
- Probe Station
- Vector Network Analyser
- Spectrum Analyser
- Vector Signal Generator
- Mixed-signal Oscilloscopes
- Logic analyser
- Temperature chamber
- Arbitrary Function Generator
- PCB prototyping system for up to 6 layer boards
- Wire bonder
- Motorised Laser Cutting System (532nm & 355nm)
- Single Axis Rate Table with Horizontal Tilt Motion Dynamic TES3T
- Accelerometer Test Rig (Bruel & Kjaer)
- Real-time X-Ray Inspection System
- EEG System
- 3D printer

- Spectrum analyzers for EMF measurements in the frequency range 75 MHz -18 GHz
- Power meters
- Complete system for low frequency EMF measurements (50Hz). EMF isotropic field analyzer in the frequency range of 5 Hz to 32 kHz
- Antennas and tripods for measuring EMF
- EMF personal monitors
- EMF data acquisition hardware for continuous monitoring
- Software for design and analysis
- In the process of designing an anechoic chamber for EMC, EMI testing
- Network analysers
- Signal generators and synthesizers

- NI USRP: Software Defined Radio Platform: An affordable, PC-hosted platform used with NI LabVIEW software to build powerful wireless communications systems for research and education.
- Energy Harvesting Development Kit for Wireless Sensors: It is a complete demonstration and development platform for creating battery-free wireless sensors (passive wireless sensor tags) powered by RF energy (radio waves). It is designed and configured for extremely low power operation, and the firmware is pre-installed for out-of-the-box operation.

Research Category:	Engineering and Energy
RI Main Priorities:	The activities of the Department focus on: Biomedical Engineering, Computer Networks, Digital Hardware Design and Embedded Systems, Electronics, Information Systems, Instrumentation, Sensors, and Nanotechnology, Intelligent Systems and Control, Microwaves and Photonics, Power and Renewable Energy, Signal and Image Processing, Telecommunication Systems, Trustworthy System Design
Hosting Legal Entity:	Address: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Cyprus University House "Anastasios G. Leventis" 1 Panepistimiou Avenue , 2109 Aglanzia P.O.Box. 20537 1678 Nicosia , Cyprus Email: ece@ucy.ac.cy Telephones: +357 22892251, +357 22892271, +357 22892240 Fax: +357 22895079
Equipment of RI (and its Labs if applicable)	For more information regarding the RI and its Laboratories, including equipment, please click the attachment below.
RI Contact Person:	Name: Georgios Ellinas Title: Professor / Chair of the ECE Address: 91, Aglantias Avenue Telephone Number: +2235722892273 Email Address: gellinas@ucy.ac.cy