CyMON | The Cyprus Marine Observation Network | CMMI Cyprus

CMMI was established in April 2019 and it is a Centre of Excellence for marine and maritime research, innovation and technology development. CMMI has received funding from the EU’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme and matching funding from the Cyprus Government. The Institute’s vision is to drive sustainable Blue Growth, by building on the needs of industrial and societal blue economy stakeholders. It has ten Research and Innovation Centres that are involved in maritime engineering, marine robotics, maritime digitalisation, marine observation, marine and coastal ecosystems, maritime human element, marine cultural heritage, marine and maritime policies and regional cooperation, and underwater and seabed technologies.
The CMMI Cyprus Marine Observation Network (CyMON) is being designed and developed as a national critical infrastructure for the acquisition and sharing of marine data. It aims to operate as a “Mission Control & Data Centre” (CyMON-MCDC) that will monitor and collect in a reliable, permanent, and consistent way, real-time marine data from smart buoys, gliders, underwater stations and platforms, UUVs and USVs, and other data generating sources. The system will cover the sea areas of the Republic of Cyprus and the data will be available to a wide community, including stakeholders with national responsibilities.