RESEARCH LABS

The Laboratory covers mainly the educational and research activities of students and staff of the Department in areas such as Medical image acquisition and formation from various imaging systems, Processing and analysis of Bio-signals and Bio-images, Development of computational algorithms for the quantification and personalization of medicine and support of diagnosis and treatment.

In  Biomedical Imaging Laboratory, with Professor Dimitrios Iakovidis as Laboratory Director, are the following:

• Board members. V. Drakopoulos, M. Savelonas, P. Vartholomaios.

• Members Special Teaching Staff: P. Vennou.

• Members Special Technical Laboratory Staff: P. Karageorgos

• Postdoctoral Researchers: D. Diamantis, P. Kalozoumis ,M. Vasilakakis, A. Stasinakis

• PhD Candidates G. Dimas., D.  Koutsiou, P. Gatoula, G. Sovatzidi, Ε.  Holopoulou, Κ.  Cotter, Μ. Tzinnava. Μ. Baltadourou, N. Teguisi, D. Matthes. P. Sioulas. Ν. Ntaoulas

For more information visit the websites of the research groups active in the laboratory:
https://is-innovation.eu

The Intelligent Systems Laboratory is active in research and teaching in the following areas: Machine Learning Algorithms, Computer Vision, Intelligent Systems, Pervasive Computing, Robotics. The Laboratory’s subject matter is at the cutting edge of research and development with numerous potential applications in every field of science and technology. The cooperation with other Research Laboratories of Public Institutions and University and Research Institutions in Greece and abroad will increase the international recognition of the University, but also of the regions of Thessaly and Central Greece. The collaboration with the private sector is expected to give a significant boost to local industry, which will be able to take advantage of the transfer of know-how from the members of the Laboratory to increase innovation and the efficiency of the products and services provided. The cognitive object of the Laboratory has multiple applications and can contribute to improving the quality of products or services and the productivity of Organizations, Institutes, Enterprises (both in the private and public sector) and other social and scientific institutions and public benefit institutions.

At the Intelligent Systems Laboratory, with Assistant Professor Athanasios Kakaroundas as Laboratory Director, the staff that falls within the scope of the laboratory is appointed. In particular:

• Board Members. Vassilios Plagianakos, Athanasios Kakaroundas, Sotirios Tasoulis , Charalambos Karanikas

• Members Special Teaching Staff : George Spathoulas.

• Members Special Technical Laboratory Staff: Ilias Tsonos.

• Postdoctoral Researchers: Aristides Vrachatis, Georgios Giannukos, Spyridon Georgakopoulos.

• PhD Candidates : Eleni Buba, Vasilios Hioctour, Ioannis Dimos, Stamatis Dragumanos, Athanasia Karamitsou, Evdoxia Kokkinou, Ioannis Koutsougoulos, Dimitrios Lazarou, Georgios Mallis, Ioannis Michelakos, Demetrios Myridakis, Apostolos Pasias, Vasilios Pigadas, Kalliopi Stathopoulou, Vasilios Tsukas, Chrysoula Velaora, Ioanna Zarda, Panagiotis Anagnostou, Petros Barbas, Georgios Myridakis, Georgios Myridakis, Georgios Myridakis, Georgios Myridakis, Georgios Myridakis, Vassiliou Pigadas, Kalliopi Stathopoulou, Vasilios Tsoukas, Chrysoula Velaora, Ioanna Zarda, Panagiotis Anagnostou, Petros Barbas.

The mission of the Intelligent Systems Laboratory includes the following:

• Conducting basic and applied research on topics related to the laboratory’s field of knowledge and publishing the relevant results in reputable international scientific journals and conferences. The conduct of research will be based on the preparation of bachelor theses, as well as postgraduate and doctoral dissertations.

• Covering the teaching and laboratory needs of the Department at undergraduate and postgraduate level in courses related to its cognitive field.

• Attracting resources in the context of research projects and/or the provision of specialised services to private and public sector entities.

• Attracting high quality undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as postdoctoral researchers, from Greece and abroad.

• Active participation in interdisciplinary postgraduate programmes.

• Collaboration in any form (scientific, educational, research, operational, contractual or other) with Greek and foreign research centres, academic institutions, scientific and technical and other institutions and companies, as long as the scientific objectives coincide, are relevant or complementary to those of the laboratory.

• Organization/co-organization and participation in seminars, symposia, conferences, publications, invitation of internationally recognized personalities and scientists, to promote the objectives and the establishment of the laboratory.

• Promotion of the University’s interface with the private sector.

• Development of the Department of Computer Science and Biomedical Informatics through the upgrading of the level of the provided studies and the research produced, the consequent upgrading of the level of students who choose the department for undergraduate and postgraduate studies, the quantitative and qualitative increase of its scientific staff, as well as the upgrading of its experimental equipment, the increased flexibility and competitiveness in attracting resources from the public and private sector, as well as the participation in research and education projects, and the development of the Department of Computer Science and Biomedical Informatics.

For more information visit the website  http://isl.dib.uth.gr/ 

The Laboratory of Molecular and Computational Biology and Genetics was created to cover the educational and research activities of the students and staff of the Department of Computer Science and Biomedical Informatics (DIB) in the following fields: Molecular Biology, Molecular Genetics, Molecular Diagnostics, Clinical Epidemiology, Molecular and Genetic Epidemiology, Bioinformatics, Genomics, Computational  and Mathematical Biology.

At the Laboratory of Molecular and Computational Biology and Genetics, with Professor Pantelis Bagos as Laboratory Director, the staff that fall within the scope of the laboratory is assigned to the laboratory. In particular:

• Faculty Members:  Pantelis Bagos, Hatzigeorgiou Artemis-Georgia, Braliou Georgia.

• Οι μεταδιδάκτορες ερευνητές:  Panagiota Kontou, Margarita Theodoropoulou, Konstantina Vennou.

• Members Special Technical Laboratory Staff: Rafailidou Eleni.

• PhD candidates.  Ahmed Fouad Rumia, Ioannis Tambosis, Ioannis Petasakis, Avgeris Tsironis

The mission of the laboratory is to:

• the extensive coverage of the teaching and laboratory needs of the Department at undergraduate and postgraduate level in courses related to its cognitive field.

• conducting basic and applied research on topics related to the cognitive subject of the laboratory, through the preparation of bachelor theses, as well as postgraduate and doctoral dissertations and the dissemination of research results through the organization of seminars, conferences, workshops and lectures, as well as the realization of publications in authoritative scientific journals.

• attracting resources in the context of carrying out research projects and providing specialised services to private and public sector organisations

• attracting high quality undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as postdoctoral researchers, from Greece and abroad.

• active participation in postgraduate programmes of study

• the development of research and educational collaborations with other Universities and Research Institutions in Greece or abroad that are engaged in similar or related activities.

• the provision of services in accordance with the provisions of the Law. 159/1984 (A’53).

For more information visit the websites of the research groups active in the laboratory:
http://www.compgen.org/

https://www.dianalab.gr/

Government Gazette  4054/22-09-2020

Government Gazette of the Election of the Director: 1010/03-12-2020

Director: Associate Professor GEORGIOS FOURLAS.

Objects of activity:

• Robotic and Unmanned Systems (underwater, airborne, ground-based)

• Linear & Non-Linear Systems Control

• Predictive Control Systems

• Control with Visual Feedback

• Sensor Data Fusion

• Systems Identification

• Diagnosis & Troubleshooting in Autonomous Systems

• Embedded Systems

• Real Time Systems

The mission of the Laboratory is:

• The service and support of the teaching needs, at undergraduate and postgraduate level, of the Department of Computer Science and Telecommunications as well as other departments of the institution on issues that fall within the scope of the laboratory’s activities.

• Participation in research projects.

• The development of research activities and assistance in the realization of relevant studies in the laboratory’s fields of activity.

• Cooperation and exchange of scientific knowledge with other academic or research institutions in Greece or abroad.

• Cooperation with public sector bodies as well as international organisations or organisations.

• The organization of seminars, symposia, conferences, lectures as well as the realization of publications and publications and their publication.

• The organization, support and hosting of Lifelong Learning Programmes.

• Την ανάπτυξη προϊόντων και παροχή υπηρεσιών σε ιδιώτες καθώς και σε κάθε μορφής οργανισμούς.

For more information visit the website  http://rcslab.cs.uth.gr/

Government Gazette : 1592/10-05-2019

Government Gazette of the Election of the Director: 603/18-07-2022

Director: Assistant Professor GEORGIOS DIMITRIOU

The “Computer Architecture, Compilers and System Security Laboratory”, with the international name “Computer Architecture, Compilers and System Security Laboratory” and the distinctive title “CACS Lab”, has the mission to serve the teaching and research needs in the fields of Computer Architecture, Compilers and System Security, and in particular:
The coverage of corresponding teaching needs of other departments of the University of Thessaly, if this is possible and requested by these departments.
Conducting research focused on the design and implementation of innovative parallel processing architectures at the hardware level, both processors and accelerators or other co-processors, as well as the design, implementation and integration of security mechanisms in such architectures. Also, the design and construction of compilers with emphasis on optimizations, both general and specific to the above systems, as well as the application of compilers to high-level synthesis techniques, both general and specific to the hardware of these systems. Finally, the design and integration in compilers of security mechanisms for the code they produce, which integrate and guarantee the security of the architecture level.
The provision of services in accordance with the provisions of Article 7 of the Law. 1268/1982.
The cooperation and exchange of scientific knowledge with other Academic or Research Institutions in Greece or abroad in the framework of academic or research projects.
Cooperation with other Research Laboratories of Public Institutions, Organizations, Institutes, Enterprises, municipalities, communities and other social and scientific institutions and public benefit institutions in order to contribute to the improvement of the quality of products or services and productivity.The organization of seminars, conferences, workshops and lectures as well as the realization of publications and publications.

The coverage of the teaching needs of the students of the Department of Computer Science and Telecommunications at undergraduate and postgraduate level, in the fields of computer organization, computer architecture, parallel systems, compilers and their applications for hardware design, compiler optimizations, as well as system security related to architecture and compilers.

The Director of the Laboratory was elected by the General Assembly of the Department of Informatics and Telecommunications, Assistant Professor George Demetriou, who has the general responsibility for the smooth and uninterrupted operation of the Laboratory.

Government Gazette of Incorporation: 1592/10-05-2019
Government Gazette of the Election of the Director: 603/18-07-2022
Director: Assistant Professor Ioannis Konstantinou

The Video and Cloud Computing Technology Laboratory aims to cover, both research and teaching, the cognitive subjects of video coding and transmission, cloud computing   and parallel processing.

The laboratory will provide the appropriate academic environment to meet the teaching and research needs at undergraduate and postgraduate level of the Department of Computer Science and Telecommunications for video and cloud computing. At the same time, through the cooperation and exchange of scientific knowledge with other Academic or Research Institutions in Greece or abroad in the framework of academic or research programs, conditions for the creation of knowledge and education of students will be created.

The research activity focuses on the implementation of systems (both software and hardware) for video compression and transmission, as well as parallel processing and development of corresponding applications in the cloud. For this purpose, algorithms, systems and applications are developed to achieve real-time encoding/decoding of video signals. Finally, the Laboratory conducts research related to the optimization of processing in the Cloud, both at software and system level.

For more information visit the website. http://vdcloud.cs.uth.gr

Government Gazette of Incorporation: 510/19-02-2020
Government Gazette of the Election of the Director: 447/30-06-2020
Director: Assistant Professor NIKOLAOS ZYGOURIS

The Digital Neuropsychological Assessment Laboratory provides the appropriate academic environment to meet the teaching and research needs at undergraduate and postgraduate level of the Department of Computer Science. Telecommunications for the design, analysis and development of new neuropsychological assessment and behavioral improvement tools and the creation of rehabilitation programs for psychopathological disorders. At the same time, through the cooperation and exchange of scientific knowledge with other Academic or Research Institutions in Greece or abroad in the framework of academic or research programs, conditions for the creation, knowledge and education of the students of the Department concerned are ensured.

In addition, the actions undertaken by the Digital Neuropsychological Assessment Laboratory fall within the areas of the construction and use of computer programs to detect and improve the learning abilities of children and adolescents as well as psychopathological disorders of individuals belonging to all age groups at the behavioral level, in combination with the monitoring and improvement of their brain activity, which can be controlled either by modern imaging techniques or by weighted neuropsychological

The Digital Neuropsychological Assessment Laboratory, headed by Nikolaos Zygouris, Assistant Professor, includes faculty members and PhD candidates of the Department of Computer Science and Telecommunications with research interests in Pedagogical Science and Neuropsychology.

For more information visit the website. http://edu.cs.uth.gr

Government Gazette of Incorporation:  510/19-02-2020

Government Gazette of the Election of the Director:  447/30-06-2020

Director: Assistant Professor ANTONIOS DADALIARIS.

The mission of the laboratory is to:

• The provision of the appropriate academic environment for the coverage of teaching and research needs at undergraduate and postgraduate level of the Department of Computer Science and Telecommunications for the design, analysis and development of algorithms and applications in the fields of analysis, design and development of algorithms and applications of hardware and software for discrete and integrated electronic circuits and systems. The activities of the laboratory cover a wide range of activities including microprocessors, sensors and their networking, telecommunication devices, methodologies and design tools, as well as applications, which are optimized by parallel hardware-software design (in discrete layer, ASIC or FPGA). They concern their modelling and simulation, the development of new design methodologies with emphasis on power consumption, reliability and optimal performance over a wide range of operational parameters, the implementation of algorithms and CAD tools to support the new design methodologies using parallel and distributed architectures, for all levels of computer system design, the development and implementation in hardware of algorithms for specific applications (digital, discrete and integrated) such as telecommunication systems, power transmission systems, discrete and integrated sensors, sensor networks, and in general applications where there is significant benefit from hardware-software interoperability.

• The cooperation and exchange of scientific knowledge with other Academic or Research Institutions in Greece or abroad in the framework of academic or research programs.

• The cooperation with other Research Laboratories of Public Institutions, Organizations, Institutes, Enterprises, municipalities, communities and other social and scientific bodies and public benefit institutions in order to contribute to the improvement of the quality of products or services and productivity.

• The organization of seminars, conferences, workshops and lectures as well as the realization of publications and publications.

• The creation of a software library on the analysis, design and development of algorithms and hardware and software applications of discrete and integrated electronic circuits and systems and its exploitation for research purposes.

Government Gazette of Incorporation:  3848/10-09-2020

Government Gazette of the Election of the Director: 1010/03-12-2020

Director: Assistant Professor PERISTERA BAZIANA

Government Gazette of Incorporation: 3848/10-09-2020

Government Gazette of the Election of the Director: 1010/03-12-2020

Director: Assistant Professor Konstantinos Kolomvatsos

For more information visit the website: http://metis.cs.uth.gr/

Government Gazette of Incorporation: 4974/27-10-2021

Government Gazette of the Election of the Director: 603/18-07-2022

Director: Associate Professor EVANGELOS SPYROU

The Laboratory will serve the teaching and scientific/research needs of the Department in the fields of Computer Vision and Multimedia Analysis and specifically the following closely related areas and their applications:

• Feature extraction and matching from visual content.

• Processing and semantic analysis and understanding of multimedia

• Multimodal information fusion.

• Multimodal processing and analysis of multimedia data.

• Annotation, indexing, search and retrieval of multimedia data.

• Pattern recognition in multimedia data.

• Image and video segmentation.

• Machine and deep learning on multimedia data.

• Recognition of emotion and human behaviour from multimedia data.

• Human-computer interaction.

• Exploration and visualization of multimedia databases.

• Mapping and visual odometry.

• Computer graphics and applications.

• Augmented and virtual reality