Professor Marios Polycarpou is a leading academic in intelligent systems and control engineering at the University of Cyprus, serving as Director of the KIOS Research and Innovation Center. He holds concurrent roles as Visiting Professor at Imperial College London and Founding Member of the Cyprus Academy of Sciences. His expertise spans neural networks, cyber-physical security, and critical infrastructure systems. Education: B.A. Computer Science & B.Sc. Electrical Engineering, Rice University, 1987 M.S. & Ph.D. Electrical Engineering, University of Southern California, 1989-1992 Research Interests: Intelligent systems and networks Adaptive learning control systems Fault diagnosis methodologies Machine learning applications Critical infrastructure resilience Awards: IEEE Neural Networks Pioneer Award (2016) ERC Advanced and Synergy Grants IEEE/IFAC Fellowships Cyprus Distinguished Researcher Award (2015) Grants & Leadership: Directed over 40 research projects Presidency roles in IEEE Computational Intelligence Society and European Control Association Edited prestigious journals including IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks Led major conferences: 2020 IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence and 2018 European Control Conference. Labs & Teams: Founder of KIOS Center (EU-funded excellence center) Developed SEMIoTICS semantic control framework










