Invited talk | Santa Clara University

Happy to share that on the 5th of May I will be giving an invited talk at Santa Clara University (Silicon Valley, California, US) regarding “Foundation Models in robotics”. The talk will concentrate on holistically investigating the usage of Foundation Models (FMs) in the field of robotics, emphasizing on the following key topics: Particular thanks […]

KLEPTOTRACE final event

Two years investigating complex networks. Designing tools. Spreading knowledge. And most importantly, building a strong, cross-border crew. Thank you, KLEPTOTRACE team! From Europol HQ

Kick-off meeting project FORTIFY

Happy to be invited to participate today and tomorrow to the kick-off meeting of the ISF project FORTIFY in Madrid, in order to represent the Ceasefire Project and the outcomes it has accomplished so far. FORTIFY establishes a global community to address the threat of firearms trafficking. In the meeting activities participate more than 100 […]

New project alert | Salus

Happy to be informed today that our proposal named SALUS: “Strengthening law enforcement with advanced IoT forensic tools and enriched investigation schemes, realised by a Software Defined Network Security-as-a-Service architecture” has been selected to be funded by the EC. The proposal was submitted under call HORIZON-CL3-2024-FCT-01-01. SALUS will address the growing security challenges of IoT […]

TORNADO Physical Kick off meeting

Happy to participate today and tomorrow, along with other colleagues from HUA computer vision group, to the kick-off meeting of project TORNADO (foundaTion mOdels for Robots that haNdle smAll, soft and Deformable Objects), hosted by ITML in Athens, Greece. I am also honoured to serve as the deputy project coordinator. Looking forward to the implementation […]

IEEE Big Data Workshop 2024

Happy to co-chair (together with Panagiotis Sarigiannidis and Chrysostomos Symvoulidis) the “2nd workshop on Big Data Applications for Fight against Crime and Terrorism” at IEEE Big Data 2024 in Washington, D.C. The workshop is supported by the Ceasefire Project, while I am also a co-author of 6 accepted papers, which: List of papers:

TRIFFID Physical Kick off meeting

Happy to host today and tomorrow at the premises of the Harokopio University of Athens the kick-off meeting of TRIFFID Project (auTonomous Robotic aId For increasing FIrst responDers efficiency), where I have the honor to act as the project coordinator. Very fruitful discussions take place and looking forward to the implementation phase.

GANNDALF Kick off meeting

Happy to participate today and tomorrow to the kick-off meeting of project GANNDALF (A Ground-breAking collaboratioN framework realizing the next era of cybercrime Detection And muLtistakeholder investigation For LEAs, judicial ecosystems, and citizens.), hosted by Polish Platform for Homeland Security in Warsaw, Poland. Looking forward to the implementation phase.

ARMADILLO kick-off meeting

Happy to participate on the 3rd and 4th of October to the kick-off meeting of project ARMADILLO (Accurate Reliable Portable and Rapid Methods And Technologies for DetectIon of GHB Substances and Prevention Against Different Forms of VioLence and AssauLt SuppOrted by These Drugs), hosted by the National Centre For Scientific Research “Demokritos” in Athens, Greece. […]

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.