Collaboration on serious games development

The Multimedia Research Group of Athena Research Centre announces an open call to students and post-grad students of the Engineering Departments of Democritus University of Thrace for a possible collaboration in serious games development. This call is also open for students or post-grads that live in the region and have a programming background and are gaming enthusiasts.
Students and post-grad students that have an interest in programming and specifically 3D game development can express their interest by sending a direct email to George Pavlidis, Dr. Electrical Engineer and Principal Researcher of Athena Research Centre, including their resume until the 15th of March 2014this call remains open indefinitely.
This call can support a limited number of internships on

serious games development, mainly focusing on the application of the Unity3D game engine and the development of first-person simple dynamic interactive virtual environments.

You may contact us directly at Kimmeria University Campus:

Internships 2014

Two positions have been announced for the 1st quarter of 2014 for students of the Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering of Democritus University of Thrace at the ‘Atlas’ system (http://atlas.grnet.gr) regarding students to practice on multimedia engineering and specifically:

Participation in the research and development activities of the Multimedia Research Group of Athena Research Centre in Xanthi, focusing on the digitisation, modelling and dissemination of cultural heritage objects using state-of-the-art methodologies and laboratory infrastructures.

Applicants should have a good knowledge of the english language. Any prior involvement in problem solving and algorithm development using programming is also considered a plus.
Applications are available through the ‘Atlas’ system.

Getting in touch with the Army


The Department, along with the other Departments of the Institute, organized a workshop for the Fourth Army Corps, during May 2007, regarding new technologies in culture and education, where the Institute excels, while proposing a possible cooperation and applications for the Army.
In a sign of honor the Fourth Army Corps awarded the Institute a commemorative plaque.