Panagiotis Stamatopoulos

Panagiotis Stamatopoulos is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Informatics and Telecommunications, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, where he has been employed since 1993. He holds a PhD in Computer Science (1988) and a Diploma in Physics (1982) from the University of Athens.

His research spans artificial intelligence, constraint programming, natural language processing, machine learning, and optimization. Specific interests include:

• Hybrid approaches combining constraint programming with operations research
• Natural language understanding for database access
• Parallel processing and distributed constraint solving
• Multi-agent systems and web intelligence applications

His publications show consistent focus on constraint satisfaction algorithms, text summarization techniques, educational timetabling systems, and AI applications in diverse domains like sports analytics and robotics. Recent works demonstrate increased attention to NLP evaluation metrics and multimodal learning.

He has supervised numerous diploma theses and led projects funded by the European Union (EDS, APPLAUSE, PARACHUTE, PARROT), University of Athens, and Olympic Airways.

Stamatopoulos teaches undergraduate courses in Introduction to Programming and Logic Programming, plus postgraduate courses in Advanced Artificial Intelligence. He previously taught Artificial Intelligence, System Programming, and Expert Systems.