Leonidas Akritidis

Leonidas Akritidis serves as a Lecturer at the Department of Science and Technology within the School of Science and Technology at International Hellenic University. He holds a PhD and Diploma in Electrical and Computer Engineering from University of Thessaly and Aristotle University of Thessaloniki respectively.

His educational background includes:

• PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Thessaly (2007-2013)
• Diploma in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (1997-2003)

Akritidis specializes in Natural Language Processing, Deep Machine Learning, and Data Mining with particular expertise in short text clustering, dimensionality reduction, and rank aggregation techniques. His research addresses challenges in sparse data environments and high-dimensional feature spaces, developing novel algorithms for text representation and processing. He has contributed significantly to parallel and distributed computing approaches for big data analytics.

His publication trends reveal a consistent focus on NLP and machine learning applications, with recent work expanding into generative models for tabular data, medical image analysis, and advanced fault detection systems. The research demonstrates progression from foundational text processing techniques to more complex applications in healthcare, e-commerce, and software engineering.

Akritidis has taught multiple courses including Big Data and Cloud Computing, Machine Learning Principles and Concepts, Mobile Application Development, and Web Programming. His research projects include CyberPi (intelligent cyber threat detection), NANOTRIM (transistor sizing optimization), and iMuSe (virtual museum platform). He collaborates extensively with researchers like Panayiotis Bozanis, Miltiadis Alamaniotis, and Athanasios Fevgas, primarily within the Greek academic community.