Ioannis Kalatzis

Ioannis Kalatzis serves as Professor and Head of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of West Attica, Athens, Greece, holding consecutive leadership terms from 2019-2021 through 2023-2026. His academic career spans teaching postgraduate courses in medical statistics, pattern recognition, and biomedical signal/image processing at the University of West Attica, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, University of Patras, and former Technological Educational Institute of Athens.

His academic qualifications include:

• BSc in Physics from the University of Athens (1987)
• PhD in Medical Physics from the Medical School of the University of Athens (2000)

Research focuses on medical image/signal processing and pattern recognition applications in medicine, with active membership in the Artificial-computational Intelligence and Multidisciplinary Applications (ACIMA) Laboratory and associate roles in the Medical Image and Signal Processing (MEDISP) and Neurophysics Laboratories at the University of West Attica. His work bridges computational intelligence with biomedical problem-solving.

With 63 journal/book chapter publications, 118 conference papers, and two academic books (including 'Medical Signal Processing Algorithms', 2024), his research has achieved over 850 citations (h-index=17, Web of Science). He has secured funding as researcher and coordinator for multiple Greek government and European Union research projects.

Teaching responsibilities include core courses: Computer Programming Principles, Computer Programming Techniques, Medical Signal Processing, and Pattern Recognition in Medicine and Biology. His departmental leadership continues to advance biomedical engineering education and research infrastructure at the University of West Attica.