Yannis Korkontzelos

Yannis Korkontzelos is a Professor in Computer Science at Edge Hill University. His research focuses on Natural Language Processing (NLP), Text Mining, and Machine Learning with applications in biomedicine, social sciences, and open-source software analysis. He holds a PhD from the University of York, an MPhil from the University of Cambridge, and a first-class honours Diploma from the National Technical University of Athens.

Education:

• PhD in Computer Science, University of York
• MPhil in Computer Text, Speech and Internet Technology, University of Cambridge
• First-class honours Diploma in Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens

Research Interests: Compositional semantics, multiword expression extraction, document classification, sentiment analysis, and social media analysis. His work integrates computational methods to address challenges in domains such as biomedical research and social media exploration.

Notable Projects:

• Lead developer of OSSMETER (EU FP7 STReP project), an open-source software analysis platform.
• Contributor to ISHER, a social history research tool analyzing 20 years of New York Times articles.

Teaching: Specializes in Big Data Applications, Advanced Analytics tools, and data-driven methodologies.