BSc thesis defence

I am thrilled and proud to congratulate Jorgen C. on successfully defending today his BSc thesis entitled “Scan image analysis using deep learning techniques”, under my supervision! Jorgen explored the applicability of deep neural network architectures in fine-grained security X-ray image analysis tasks (object detection), involving experimentation with Vision Transformer, CNN and Hybrid models. During […]
Applied Federated Model Personalization in the Industrial Domain

You can find below our recently published journal article in IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society, entitled “Applied Federated Model Personalization in the Industrial Domain: A Comparative Study” and authored by I. Siniosoglou, V. Argyriou, G. Fragulis, P. Fouliras, G. Th. Papadopoulos, A. Lytos and P. Sarigiannidis. The study proposes an advanced Federated Learning […]
TRIFFID Virtual Kick off meeting

Yesterday and today we organized the (virtual) kick-off meeting of project TRIFFID (auTonomous Robotic aId For increasing FIrst responDers efficiency), where I have the honor to act as the project coordinator. Very fruitful discussions took place and looking forward to the implementation phase.
Doctoral student vacancies

The Department of Informatics and Telematics, Harokopio University and the University of Amsterdam offer multiple positions for doctoral students in the research fields of computer vision and robotics. The PhD theses will be jointly supervised by Ass. Prof. Georgios Th. Papadopoulos and Assoc. Prof. Efstratios Gavves. The selected candidates will receive funding from relevant European […]
New paper

You can find below our recently accepted work in IEEE Access, entitled “Multimodal Explainable Artificial Intelligence: A Comprehensive Review of Methodological Advances and Future Research Directions” and authored by N. Rodis, C. Sardianos, P. Radoglou-Grammatikis, P. Sarigiannidis, I. Varlamis and Georgios Th. Papadopoulos. The current study focuses on systematically analyzing the recent advances in the […]
Researcher’s Night 2024

Our group will participate in the ‘Researcher’s Night 2024’ event, as part of the Harokopio University of Athens team! The event will take place on Friday, September 27th at the National Technical University of Athens. Our team members will showcase our latest computer vision research outcomes within the context of Ceasefire Project, namely X-ray image […]
We are back

… summer vacations 🏝 are over, so back 🏁 to our periodic bi-weekly team meetings 🚀🔥!!
(Greek-speaking) seminar alert

The HUA computer vision group is organizing a half-day event, as part of the Department of Informatics and Telematics, Harokopio University “Research outcomes” seminar series (slides in English). The seminar will focus on Date 🗓: Monday, September 30, 14:00-18:00 (Greek time)Place 📌: DIT amphitheater, Omirou 9, 1st floor, Tavros, Athens, GreeceRemoteconnection 💻: https://zoom.us/j/99319120882#success
New paper

You can find below our recently accepted work at IEEE Access regarding “Distributed Maze Exploration Using Multiple Agents and Optimal Goal Assignment”, authored by M. Linardakis, I. Varlamis and G. Th. Papadopoulos. Many existing approaches to robotic exploration adopt optimization techniques through the development of multi-agent systems; however, such methods often overlook critical real-world factors, […]
Ceasefire 5th physical plenary meeting

We’re thrilled to share that our 5th physical plenary meeting was a success! Our team came together in Heraklion, Greece, during September 16 and 17, at the facilities of our partner, FORTH (Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas), to discuss progress, share ideas, and plan for the future of our innovative system. A special highlight […]