INVOLVEMENT IN EUROPEAN AND NATIONALLY FUNDED PROJECTS
INVOLVEMENT IN EUROPEAN AND NATIONALLY FUNDED PROJECTS
RONDA (visit website)
ROadway Network Distress Assessment
Research on computer vision and deep learning methods and analytics tools for automated traffic monitoring with UAVs
Funding Agency: Cyprus Research and Innovation Foundation, 2019
CARAMEL(visit website)
Artificial Intelligence based cybersecurity for connected and automated vehicles
Research on computer vision and deep learning methods for detecting and mitigating attacks on camera sensors of an autonomous vehicle.
Funding Agency: European Commission - Horizon 2020, 2019
SWIFTERS (visit website)
Safe and Rapid Evacuation Facilitated by Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Swarms
Research on computer vision and deep learning methods for disaster management
Funding Agency: European Union Call for proposals 2018, DG-ECHO
PREDICATE (visit website)
Preventing Disasters by Capitalizing on Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Systems Technology
Research in optimized computer vision for UAV applications based on Deep Learning
Involvement in Deliverables and Exercises
2016-2018, European Union Call for Proposals 2015 for prevention and preparedness projects in the field of civil protection and marine pollution, DG-ECHO, UCY Principal Investigator.
FAULTADAPTIVE (visit website)
Fault-Adaptive Monitoring and Control of Complex Distributed Dynamical Systems
Research on improving detection performance in Smart Camera Networks under uncertainty.
2013-2017, European Research Council Advanced Grant , 7th Framework Program, EU, UCY Principal Investigator.
SAFEMETAL
Increasing EU Citizen security by utilising innovative intelligent signal processing systems for Euro-coin validation and metal quality testing
2011-2013, Research for the benefit of SMEs, 7th Framework Program, EU, UCY’s Principal Investigator, €1,252,484 (~€260,000 to UCY).
EVAGORAS (visit website)
High-performance computing using reconfigurable hardware for biological, ecological and medical applications
2011-2013, EU Intereg Programme, €780,000.
EMPSoC (visit website)
Energy Efficient Embedded and Mobile Multiprocessor System-on-Chip Architectures
2008-2010, Cyprus, Research Promotion Foundation, Principal Investigator, €130,000, Collaboration with Cyprus University of Technology and Signal Generix Ltd
Software Programming Languages: C, C++, JAVA, PYTHON, MIPS Assembly, Batch Scripting
Software Programming Tools/Suites: Microsoft Visual Studio, Dev-C++, C-Free, Netbeans, Eclipse, MATLAB, Keil uVision, OpenCV, Android Studio, Java Native Interface (JNI)
GPU Programming: Nvidia CUDA
Mobile Programming: Android, ARM-based processors
Web Programming: HTML, CSS, Javascript
Web Design Tools/Platforms: Joomla, Dreamweaver, FrontPage, Google Sites
Hardware Description Languages: Verilog, VHDL
Hardware Development Tools: Vivado Design Suite, Xilinx SDK, Xilinx Design Suite, Cadence Design Suite, Synopsis Design Tools
Deep Learning Software: Tensorflow, Keras, PyTorch, MatConvNet, Matlab Neural Network Toolbox
Type Setting and OfficeTools: Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Powerpoint, Excel, Visio), Open Office, Libre Office, Latex
Operating Systems: Microsoft Windows (XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10), Android OS, GNU Linux (Fedora, SUSE, Ubuntu, Red Hat), Solaris Oracle, MAC OS X
Database Systems: MySQL
Multimedia: Windows Movie Maker, Audacity, Paint.NET, NCH Videopad Editor
Cyprus national expert on RPAS (Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems) for the European Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection
Organiser of Seminar Series at KIOS Research Center (2016-2017)
President of the KIOS Researchers Leadership Council (2017-2019)
Presentations and Talks:
Keynote speaker at the 12th Cyprus Workshop on Signal Processing and Informatics, “Efficient Deep-Learning-Based Object Detection for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles”, 10 July 2019
Seminar on “Improving the Detection Performance in Collaborative Smart Camera Networks”, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Cyprus, October 2016.