Theodore Patkos

Theodore Patkos is a Visiting Professor at the University of Crete (2014–present) and a Researcher at the Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH) (2013–2020). He holds a PhD (2010) and MSc (2004) in Computer Science from the University of Crete and a BSc (2002) from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.

• Education
  • PhD, Computer Science, University of Crete (2010)
  • MSc, Computer Science, University of Crete (2004)
  • BSc, Informatics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (2002)

His research focuses on Knowledge Representation and Reasoning, Computational Argumentation, Intelligent Agents, and Context-Aware Systems, with applications in Artificial Intelligence, Social Robotics, and Ambient Intelligence. Recent work bridges Knowledge Graphs and Visual Object State Classification via neurosymbolic frameworks.

His publications (2023–2025) emphasize Explainable AI, Argumentation Frameworks, and Zero-Shot Learning. Key projects include SoCoLA (2018–2022) for socio-cognitive agents, DebateLab (2020–2022) for argument analysis, and Message in a Bottle (2020–2023) for wine traceability.

Scientific Awards

• 2025 Most Cited Article (KER)
• 2024 Most Downloaded Article (KER)
• 2022, 2021, 2018, 2012 Best Paper Awards
• 2009–2010 'Manasaki' Fellowship
• 2004–2010 FORTH Scholarship

He has co-supervised 20+ students, including PhD candidates Filippos Gouidis and Alexandros Vassiliades, focusing on neurosymbolic AI, social robotics, and privacy-aware systems.