Researchers

George Pavlidis

Dr. Pavlidis (Head of the Research Group) received his PhD in Electrical Engineering, earning the distinction of the Ericsson Awards of Excellence in Telecommunications. He has been working for many R&D projects with emphasis on multimedia systems...

Anestis Koutsoudis

Dr, Anestis Koutsoudis is Principle Researcher in the ATHENA - Research and Innovation Centre in Information, Communication and Knowledge Technologies. He has participated in many research and development projects with emphasis on real time 3D graphics...

George Alexis Ioannakis

Dr George Alexis Ioannakis, is Assistant Researcher in the ATHENA - Research and Innovation Centre in Information, Communication and Knowledge Technologies. Among his research interests are the 3d mesh processing, 3d object retrieval, photogrammetry, ...

Chairi Kiourt

Dr. Chairi Kiourt is Assistant Researcher in the ATHENA - Research and Innovation Centre in Information, Communication and Knowledge Technologies  - Xanthi's Division , multimedia department since 2019. Also, as of December 2017, heis PostDoctoral re...

Research Associates

Fotis Arnaoutoglou

Fotios Arnaoutoglou is a Scientific Associate with ATHENA RC. In 1999, he was awarded an Honours Bachelor of Science degree - BSc(Hons), after completing the program of Computer Studies (Visualisation), from the School of Maths and Computing at...

Vasileios Sevetlidis

Vasileios Sevetlidis is Scientific Associate with ATHENA RC , also PhD Candidate in the Dept. of Production and Management Engineering at the Democritus University of Thrace.

Vasileios Arampatzakis

Vasileios Arampatzakis is Scientific Associate with ATHENA - Research and Innovation Centre in Information, Communication and Knowledge Technologies , since 2019. He is also PhD Candidate in the Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering...

Adjunct Researchers

Spyridon Mouroutsos
Prof. Electrical & Computer Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace
(measurements, mechatronics, automation, standards and standardisation)

Vasilios Tsioukas
Prof. Rural and Surveying Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
(photogrammetry, laser scanning and remote sensing for recording processes and methods in close and aerial cases)

Former Researchers & Associates

Georgia Petsa
Electrical & Computer Engineer
(Data management and dynamic web content delivery)

Michael Menesidis
Informatics Engineer
(System integration and mobile app development)

Maria Charalampidou
MSc Electrical and Computer Engineer
(Sensor networks, Ambient intelligence, 3D imaging and digitization)

Christina Makarona
MSc Physicist
(Virtual museums, 3D digitisation, Multispectral imaging, Artwork digitisation and analysis)

Apostolos Tsompanopoulos
Electrical Engineer
Technical Staff of CETI

Valia Kontogianni
Electrical and Computer Engineer
(Digital processing of audio signals and production of a sounds library)

Athina Kokonozi
Physicist
(MPEG-7 metadata on audio signals)

Evgenia Politou
Electrical and Computer Engineer
(JPEG2000 and cultural applications)

Internships

Christos Pylianidis, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece
area of R&D: Natural interaction for game control

Savas Moysidis, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece
area of R&D: Brainwave control of automation systems

Anna Betoula, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece
area of R&D: Brainwaves and remote interaction

George Saatsakis, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece
area of R&D: Web portal and database development

Michael Zampetakis, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece
area of R&D: kinect applications in mechatronics

Ioannis Koutras, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece
area of R&D: Multimedia databases, MPEG7, XML, GIS, Java, Image Processing

Falilatou Bello, Ecole Polytechnique de l’ université de Nantes, France
area of R&D: Web-based 3D virtual museums based on Java technology

Jean-Michel Duchemin, Ecole Polytechnique de l’ université de Nantes, France
area of R&D: Design and implementation of a client-server scheme for progressive transmission of JPEG2000 encoded images over the internet with advanced capabilities

Stergios Chatzopoulos, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece
area of R&D: 3D graphics design, 3D multimedia programming, multimedia databases internet integration, Dynamic and internet-based virtual museum

George Provopoulos, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece
area of R&D: 3D graphics design, 3D multimedia programming, multimedia databases internet integration, Dynamic and internet-based virtual museum

Ioannis Loukos, University of Ioannina, Greece
area of R&D: 3D applications with 3D graphics engines – OGRE 3D

Christos Xanthis, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece
area of R&D: 3D virtual reconstruction of ancient objects

Sotiris Katsis, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece
area of R&D: Data compression and measuring systems (application to a weather station)

Aise Kiourt, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece
area of R&D: Navigation in virtual spaces with Macromedia Director