Eleni Boumpa

Eleni Boumpa is a Researcher and Ph.D. candidate at the Department of Computer Science and Biomedical Informatics, University of Thessaly. She leads the AuDi-o-Mentia research team and is affiliated with the Intelligent Systems Laboratory. Her work focuses on assistive technologies for people with neurodegenerative diseases, smart environments, cyber-physical systems, and healthcare in consumer electronics.

• Education: BSc in Computer Science & Biomedical Informatics (2018), University of Thessaly
• Current Role: Ph.D. candidate since 2018, researching 'Ambient Assistive Systems in Smart Environments'

Her research interests include developing smart systems for elderly care, gas leakage detection via TinyML, logistics optimization, and security in healthcare wearables. Her work is funded by the EPICS in IEEE program and has led to innovations like home assistive systems for dementia patients.

Awards:

• 1st place in IEEE Mind the Gap 2017 (dementia assistive system)
• Finalist in Microsoft Imagine Cup 2017
• 3rd place at ECESCON 2017 (best business idea)

Advising & Grants: As team leader of AuDi-o-Mentia, she coordinates interdisciplinary research on memory aids for neurodegenerative diseases. Her projects integrate acoustic-based systems, tinyML, and sensor networks into assistive technologies.

Labs & Teams: Member of the Intelligent Systems Laboratory and founder of the AuDi-o-Mentia team, focusing on dementia care technologies.