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This paper aims to provide an overview of the charging tariffs and e-mobility schemes adopted in different EU cities based on a survey conducted within the EU project eCharge4Drivers. The outcomes of the survey are presented and analysed in order to extract a generalised tariffication formula which allows any eMSPs or CPOs to explore different options to overcome the issues that might be affecting their current CP management strategy

On September 29th, 2021 a field testing activity for the INGENIOUS project took place at HRTA’s training facilities in Afidnes (ATC), Attica region of Greece. The INGENIOUS project is about ensuring a high level of protection and augmented operational capacity for First Responders (FR) working inside the disaster area. The main objectives of these two Small Scale Field Tests included the integration of the specific components of the INGENIOUS Toolkit in real-life conditions, in order to provide testing, assessment, validation and improvements for further development steps. FRs have a significant role as they are the end-users that in future will depend on technologies like these, while robustness, accuracy and reliability of the components are crucial acceptance factors. Hence, this work presents these field tests, their outcomes and the assessment of their results from the FR perspective for real-world Search and Rescue (SAR) operations., 2022 SafeGreece: New technologies for Civil Protection services (SafeGreece 2022), 29/9-1/10/2022 @ Thessaloniki, Greece

The transition from conventional vehicles to electric vehicles dictates the design and development of user-centric charging solutions aiming to facilitate the accessibility to as well as the usability of the charging network and improve the user’s charging experience. This paper presents the design of booking services to facilitate electric vehicle users to reserve a charging solution based on their charging preferences and needs. The objective is to develop interoperable booking services for static and mobile charging stations and battery swapping ones which will enhance the communication of user’s reservation requests to theCharging Point Operator, reduce the time wasted by EV users searching unoccupied charging stations and, consequently, improve EV user’s charging experience.

Natural hazards are considered main challenges for the degradation of the built environment and communities across the globe. The frequency and intensity of extreme climatic events is also expected to substantially increase on the European continent, threatening societies and hampering effort for building resilience to disasters (Michalis and Vintzileou, 2022). Technological solutions can play a significant role in all phases of disaster risk management, mostly enhancing prevention, preparedness and response to disasters; however, the provision of accurate, timely and advanced information in case of natural hazards to both citizens and protection authorities remains a challenging issue. Moreover, technological solutions have not yet been sufficiently tested during all the phases of disaster risk management (Ouzounoglou et al., 2022). This work presents the co-creation activities of RiskPACC project, which focuses on enhancing the preparedness actions undertaken by citizens focusing on bridging the Risk Perception Action Gap (RPAG). The RPAG refers to the lack of active engagement of citizens to the preparedness and response phases of crisis situations of evolving risks which are usually focused on one-way and top-down risk communication that is most of the times initiated by Civil Protection Authorities (CPAs). The co-creation approach aims to facilitate interaction between citizens and CPAs by evolving their collaboration into a two-way communication flow and at the same time drive technical developments to enhance understanding the risk perception in an effort to bridge the RPAG between CPAs and citizens. The scope of this work is to provide an overview of the 1st round of co-creation activities carried out in RiskPACC project, and to outline the methodological approach that was put into practice in order to facilitate the activities of Rapid Prototyping. More specifically, an overview of workshops which were carried out with the main objective to bring together technology providers and end users is presented. This aimed at matching the case studies with specific crowdsourcing tools through a series of iterative sessions, which incorporated the use of storyboard user stories to provide an understanding of potential functionalities of each tool. The main outcomes of internal co-creation workshops were employed to optimise the proposed functionalities of the tools based on the requirements and particularities of each case study. This was followed by a series of external workshops which further presented the updated functionalities of tools and also delivered feedback for further development of the conceptual aspects of the technological tools., {"references":["Digital.Labor (2020). Vorgehensweise. Retrievable at https://digitallabor.iao.fraunhofer.de/#vorgehensweise, last access 21/01/2022.","Dübner, S.; Fanderl, N.; Heydkamp, C. (2018, April). City of the Future Ludwigsburg: Co-Creation in Urban Development Processes. In: REAL CORP 2018–EXPANDING CITIES–DIMINISHING SPACE. Are \"Smart Cities\" the solution or part of the problem of continuous urbanisation around the globe? Proceedings of 23rd International Conference on Urban Planning, Regional Development and Information: 141-146. CORP–Compentence Center of Urban and Regional Planning.","Michalis, P.; Vintzileou, E. (2022). The Growing Infrastructure Crisis: The Challenge of Scour Risk Assessment and the Development of a New Sensing System. Infrastructures. 2022; 7(5):68. Retrievable at https://doi.org/10.3390/infrastructures7050068, last access 30/06/2022.","Ouzounoglou, E.; Michalis, P.; Berchtold, C.; Vollmer, M.; Anniés, J.; Amditis, A. (2022). RiskPACC: Integrating risk perception and technological solutions to enhance response to natural hazards. EGU General Assembly 2022, Vienna, Austria, 23–27 May 2022, EGU22-3436. Retrievable at https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu22-3436, last access 30/06/2022."]}

Natural hazards are considered main challenges for the degradation of the built environment and communities across the globe. The frequency and intensity of extreme climatic events is also expected to substantially increase on the European continent, threatening societies and hampering effort for building resilience to disasters (Michalis and Vintzileou, 2022). Technological solutions can play a significant role in all phases of disaster risk management, mostly enhancing prevention, preparedness and response to disasters; however, the provision of accurate, timely and advanced information in case of natural hazards to both citizens and protection authorities remains a challenging issue. Moreover, technological solutions have not yet been sufficiently tested during all the phases of disaster risk management (Ouzounoglou et al., 2022). This work presents the co-creation activities of RiskPACC project, which focuses on enhancing the preparedness actions undertaken by citizens focusing on bridging the Risk Perception Action Gap (RPAG). The RPAG refers to the lack of active engagement of citizens to the preparedness and response phases of crisis situations of evolving risks which are usually focused on one-way and top-down risk communication that is most of the times initiated by Civil Protection Authorities (CPAs). The co-creation approach aims to facilitate interaction between citizens and CPAs by evolving their collaboration into a two-way communication flow and at the same time drive technical developments to enhance understanding the risk perception in an effort to bridge the RPAG between CPAs and citizens. The scope of this work is to provide an overview of the 1st round of co-creation activities carried out in RiskPACC project, and to outline the methodological approach that was put into practice in order to facilitate the activities of Rapid Prototyping. More specifically, an overview of workshops which were carried out with the main objective to bring together technology providers and end users is presented. This aimed at matching the case studies with specific crowdsourcing tools through a series of iterative sessions, which incorporated the use of storyboard user stories to provide an understanding of potential functionalities of each tool. The main outcomes of internal co-creation workshops were employed to optimise the proposed functionalities of the tools based on the requirements and particularities of each case study. This was followed by a series of external workshops which further presented the updated functionalities of tools and also delivered feedback for further development of the conceptual aspects of the technological tools., {"references":["Digital.Labor (2020). Vorgehensweise. Retrievable at https://digitallabor.iao.fraunhofer.de/#vorgehensweise, last access 21/01/2022.","Dübner, S.; Fanderl, N.; Heydkamp, C. (2018, April). City of the Future Ludwigsburg: Co-Creation in Urban Development Processes. In: REAL CORP 2018–EXPANDING CITIES–DIMINISHING SPACE. Are \"Smart Cities\" the solution or part of the problem of continuous urbanisation around the globe? Proceedings of 23rd International Conference on Urban Planning, Regional Development and Information: 141-146. CORP–Compentence Center of Urban and Regional Planning.","Michalis, P.; Vintzileou, E. (2022). The Growing Infrastructure Crisis: The Challenge of Scour Risk Assessment and the Development of a New Sensing System. Infrastructures. 2022; 7(5):68. Retrievable at https://doi.org/10.3390/infrastructures7050068, last access 30/06/2022.","Ouzounoglou, E.; Michalis, P.; Berchtold, C.; Vollmer, M.; Anniés, J.; Amditis, A. (2022). RiskPACC: Integrating risk perception and technological solutions to enhance response to natural hazards. EGU General Assembly 2022, Vienna, Austria, 23–27 May 2022, EGU22-3436. Retrievable at https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu22-3436, last access 30/06/2022."]}

The building materials of cultural heritage monuments are subjected to continuous degradation throughout the years, mainly due to their exposure to harsh and unexpected weather phenomena related to the climate change. The specific climatic conditions at their vicinity, especially when there are local peculiarities such as onshore breeze, are of crucial importance for studying the deterioration rate and the identification of proper mitigation actions. Generalized models that are based on climate data can provide an insight on the deterioration but fail to offer a deeper understanding of this phenomenon. To this end, in the context of the EU-funded Hyperion project a distributed smart sensor network will be deployed at the cultural heritage monuments in four study areas as the solution to this problem. The platform includes smart IoT devices designed to provide environmental measurements close to monuments, a middleware to facilitate the communication and a visualization platform where the collected information is presented.

This paper presents the development of anopen 5G experimentation platform, on top of which third-party experimenters (i.e., SMEs) in the Automotive sector will have the opportunity to develop, deploy and test their services. An Automotive Open Experimental Platform (AOEP) is specified, as a set of hardware and software resources that provides the compute and communication/transport infrastructure as well as the management and orchestration components, coupled with an enhanced Network Application (NetApp) Toolkit tailored to the Automotive sector. The platform exposes secure and standardized APIs to experimenters, to facilitate the different steps towards the production stage of a new automotive service. The platform, being part of the H2020 5G-IANA project, targets different MANO solutions integrating a range of virtualization technologies for enabling the deployment of the end-to-end network services across domains (vehicles, road infrastructure, MEC nodes and cloud resources). The NetApp toolkit is linked with a new Automotive VNFs Repository equipped with an extended list of ready-to-use, open, accessible Automotive-related VNFs and NetApp templates, that forms a repository for SMEs to use and develop new applications. A distributed AI/ML (DML) framework as part of the platform provides functionalities for simplified management and orchestration of collections of AI/ML service components allowing ML-based applications to penetrate the Automotive world.

It is a self-explanatory fact that the growing digitization in the maritime logistics domain is one of the driving factors towards the shipping industry’s further development. However, it is exactly this expanded use of digital applications that increases the possibility of attacks against information systems. These systems, whether located on board ships or ashore (for example within ports or at the premises of shipping companies), are today obviously quite numerous, built with standard components available on the market and in many cases designed/operated without factoring in well the associated cyber risks. It is rather unfortunate that cyber security threats can be manifested at any point of time and techniques used by the various perpetrators are getting more sophisticated over time. “Cyber Preparedness” and a clear framework facilitating the protection of high-value assets are of paramount importance. Despite the fact that cyber risk management is recently encouraged by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and numerous industry stakeholders, clearly there is still a large room for improvement.In order to be well prepared for emerging and future cyber-attacks, efficiently mitigate risks and follow an accurate and cost-efficient cybersecurity investment plan, maritime logistics actors need to base their cybersecurity strategy on a palette of innovations and even push forward for a change of mindset (cultural shift). In the current research effort, the idea of exploiting a Cyber Range solution as part of a cyber-security training platform dedicated to the maritime sector specificity is explored. Such a platform, based on innovative technologies and along with certain tailor–made training activities could facilitate to increase the level of cyber-awareness and ensure the business continuity of all involved actors. Equally important, such a platform could act as a cost-efficient training solution covering the whole maritime logistics value chain.

In this paper, we present a high-level view of RANGER, a novel platform that combines innovative radar technologies with cutting edge technological solutions for early warning, in view of delivering a surveillance platform offering detection, recognition, identification and tracking of suspicious vessels, i.e. capabilities that exceed those of current radar systems. The RANGER platform consists of two radar technologies, a novel Over-The-Horizon (OTH) Radar combined with a Multiple- input and Multiple-output Radar (MIMO) implemented exploiting the latest photonics advancements, a Uniform Communication Gateway (UCG) for seamless, secure and interoperable integration of radars and legacy systems, an Early Warning System (EWS) exploiting data fusion and deep and adaptable machine learning schemes able to automatically detect radar targets and produce early warnings, an Advanced User Interface (AUI) for visualization of the maritime operational picture, and a Common Information Sharing Environment (CISE) gateway adapter for sharing information with the CISE network. The RANGER system aims at significantly progressing the accuracy and long distance detection, identification and recognition rates as well as improving the provision of early warnings and alerts related to maritime operations, thus drastically improving the response and intervention capacity of related European services.

This is a conference abstract entitled 'Best Practices in Serious Games: Gamification Strategies to Support Public Participation in Citizen Observatories' presented at the 2nd International Conference on Citizen Observatories for Natural Hazards and Water Management in Venice, Italy, between 27 and 30 November 2018.&nbsp

In order to provide a clear impact, INFRAMIX developments will be evaluated on user appreciation, transport efficiency and safety performance through three high-value traffic scenarios: (1) Dynamic lane assignment, (2) Roadworks zones, and (3) Bottlenecks. This paper presents an evaluation methodology suitablefor a “hybrid” infrastructure where different types of vehicles are driving. will be structured considering also the project objective of establishing an infrastructure classification scheme, which will set the basis for a timely deployment of an automation-appropriate infrastructure network.

Over the last years, significant resources have been devoted to developing new automation technologies for vehicles, whereas investment and resources for road infrastructure in general have steadily dwindled. INFRAMIX is preparing the road infrastructure to support the transition period and the coexistence of conventional and automated vehicles. Its main target is to design, upgrade, adapt and test both physical and digital elements of the road infrastructure, ensuring an uninterrupted, predictable, safe and efficient traffic. Towards this objective different technologies are deployed; mature simulation tools adapted to automated vehicles characteristics, new methods for traffic flow modelling to study the traffic-level influence of different levels of automated vehicles in different penetration rates, traffic estimation and traffic control algorithms. Moreover, ways of informing all types of vehicles about the control commands issued by the road operator and new kind of visual and electronic signals are developed. The project outcomes will be assessed via simulation and in real stretches of advanced highways.

An abstract introducing Scent to the Safe Athens 2017 audience in Athens 28-30 June 2017.

Publication in the conference proceedings of EUSIPCO, Aalborg, Denmark, 2010

This publication entitled 'Improved LC/LU Maps and Flood Models Through Crowdsourced Information' was presented at the 16th International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology in Rhodes, Greece, between 4 and 7 September 2019.

This publication entitled 'Innovation Sensors for Crowdsourced River Measurements Collection' published at the 16th International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology in Rhodes, Greece between 4 and 7 September 2019.

COREALIS proposes a strategic, innovative framework, supported by disruptive technologies, including IoT, data analytics, next generation traffic management, for modern ports to handle future capacity, traffic, efficiency and environmental challenges. Through COREALIS, the port will minimize its environmental footprint to the city, it will decrease disturbance to local population through a reduction in the congestion around the port. COREALIS proposes a bunch of solutions for the ports based on big data analytics: i) a predictive model for maintenance for the port of Piraeus ii) a cargo flow optimizer based on historical and current data for hinterland connection applying at the Port of Antwerp iii) an optimized Truck Appointment System based on an Estimated Time of Arrival through real time data.

Transport electrification is a major part of global decarbonisation and CO2 emmision reduction. EVs are an enabler of potential reduction of emissions on the basis of a clean energy power mix. Distributed energy generation has the potential to provide a basis for clean energy consumption and energy efficiency due to decreased energy transport and associated losses. However, potential increase of EV fleet size could create the need to re evaluate practices ensuring grid quality and reliability. Innovative ICT applications could contribute towards the green energy shift in transport, in a reliable manner.

This publication entitled 'Innovation Sensors for Crowdsourced River Measurements Collection' published at the 16th International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology in Rhodes, Greece between 4 and 7 September 2019.&nbsp

This publication entitled 'Improved LC/LU Maps and Flood Models Through Crowdsourced Information' was presented at the 16th International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology in Rhodes, Greece, between 4 and 7 September 2019.&nbsp

One of the preconditions for genuine sustainability is a heritage that is present anywhere and anytime in everyday life. We present PLUGGY, a Pluggable Social Platform for Heritage Awareness and Participation. PLUGGY will address the need of society to be actively involved in cultural heritage activities, not only as an observer but also as a creator and a major influencing factor. With PLUGGY, we aim to bridge this gap by providing the tools needed to allow users to share their local knowledge and everyday experience with others, together with the contribution of cultural institutions. Users will be able to build extensive networks around a common area of interest, connecting the past, the present and the future. It will be powered by its users and puts people's values, aspirations and needs first. Users of PLUGGY will be the providers of information about cultural heritage in the everyday and ordinary, real life. Through its social platform and by using its innovative curation tools, designed to solely focus on a niche area in social media, citizens will be able to act as skilled storytellers by creating fascinating personalised stories and share them through social networking with friends, associates and professionals. In this paper, we describe a structured formative and summative evaluative approach of PLUGGY’s core concepts and the results will be used to inform and improve its design.

Vehicle-based mobility is a major producer of greenhouse gases globally, with the transport sector accounting for over 25% of CO2 emissions at a European level and 20% at a global level. Consequently, electrification of road transport has the potential to drastically reduce air-pollutants contributing to climate change as well as city noise pollution. However, the wider adoption of electromobility by motorists and road transport operators remains relatively low, with one of the biggest obstacles in the wide acceptance of Electric Vehicles (EVs) being related to the lack of communication standards for electromobility data exchange, due to the complexity of required data structures and information models in EV Service Provision. NeMo, a 4 year European H2020 project, has designed the Common Information Models (CIM), based on the first set of recommendations of eMi3 (1) group, ensuring via provided tools that all operators provide coherent and consistent data and formats, contributing to services interoperability.

Transport electrification is a major part of global decarbonization and CO2 emission reduction. EVs are an enabler of potential reduction of emissions on the basis of a clean energy power mix. Distributed energy generation has the potential to provide a basis for clean energy consumption and energy efficiency due to decreased energy transport and associated losses. However, potential increase of EV fleet size could create the need to re evaluate practices ensuring grid quality and reliability. ICT applications could contribute towards the green energy shift in transport, in a reliable manner. Such services will be designed and developed by NeMo, a 4 year European H2020 project.