Ioannis Pitas

Ioannis Pitas is a Professor at the Department of Informatics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH), and serves as the Director of the Artificial Intelligence and Information Analysis (AIIA) Lab. He has held visiting roles at multiple international universities and is actively engaged in research and R&D projects funded by the European Union.

• Education: 1980 - Degree in Electrical Engineering, AUTH; 1985 - PhD in Electrical Engineering, AUTH

Research interests encompass computer vision, machine learning, autonomous systems, biomedical imaging, affective computing, and cultural heritage conservation. His work has resulted in over 920 publications, 11 books, and 35,200+ citations.

Scientific awards:

• IEEE Fellow
• IEEE Distinguished Lecturer
• EURASIP Fellow

Prof. Pitas has coordinated 47 competitive R&D projects, including Horizon Europe initiatives like TEMA, AI4EUROPE, and SIMAR. He leads the International AI Doctoral Academy (IAIDA) under the AI4Media project and has organized major conferences such as IEEE ICIP2001 and EUSIPCO98.