Lisimachos P. Kondi

Lisimachos P. Kondi is a Professor at the University of Ioannina in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, where he has established himself as a leading researcher in signal processing and communications. His academic career spans over two decades with significant contributions to video compression, wireless transmission, and image processing.

Education:

• Diploma in Electrical Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece (1994)
• M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Northwestern University, USA (1996)
• Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Northwestern University, USA (1999)

Professor Kondi's research focuses on signal processing and communications, with particular emphasis on image/video compression, video transmission over wireless channels, video quality assessment, sparse representations, compressive sensing, super-resolution of video sequences, image watermarking, and shape coding. His work bridges theoretical foundations with practical applications in wireless communications and medical imaging.

His recent publications demonstrate a strong trend toward medical image processing and super-resolution techniques, with increasing integration of machine learning approaches. The research spans from theoretical frame construction for compressed sensing to practical applications in wireless visual sensor networks and medical imaging.

Teaching:

• Current Courses (2022-2023): Communication Systems, Multimedia, Video Processing and Compression
• Previous Courses: Introduction to Programming, Signals and Systems, Topics in Digital Signal Processing, Statistical Signal Processing, Topics in Networking, Topics in Digital Image Processing

Professor Kondi has authored the book 4G Wireless Video Communications (Wiley, 2009) and contributed chapters on Color Image Super-Resolution and Video Telephony to major reference works. His research has been published extensively in top-tier journals including IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, and SPIE Journal of Electronic Imaging.