Invited talk | Archimedes Talks Series

Happy and honored to participate to the Archimedes Talks Series, discussing about “Foundation Models in robotics”. Date and connection details (for remote participation) provided below. The talk will concentrate on holistically investigating the usage of Foundation Models (FMs) in the field of robotics, emphasizing on the following key topics:✅ Introduction to the fundamental principles and […]

Projects to Policy Seminar

Happy to participate today to the Projects to Policy Seminar (PPS) organized by DG HOME in Brussels for EC projects funded under cluster 3 (security). In principle participating in the disaster response discussions representing project TRIFFID Project (among other as well). Interesting discussions and networking activities.

New paper | The invisible arms race

You can check below one of our recently published articles in IEEE Transactions on Technology and Society, entitled “The invisible arms race: digital trends in illicit goods trafficking and AI-enabled responses”. 💻 Paper link: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10813620 This work comprises a nice example of inter-disciplinary research and a key scientific outcome of the Ceasefire Project Thanks a […]

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.