Dr. Panagopoulos holds a Ph.D. from the School of Electrical Computer Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens. His thesis was entitled “Identification of the writer of ancient Greek inscriptions and study of the style that archaeological finds were made of, using novel algorithms of pattern recognition and image processing”. He worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the Artificial Intelligence & Information Analysis Laboratory (Department of Informatics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki). He has received both an ICCS (Institute of Communication and Computing Systems) Scholarship, (2005-2008) and John S. Latsis Public Benefit Foundation Grant for the original research project “Writer identification of ancient Greek inscriptions”. His scientific field is Pattern Recognition in Visual, Artistic and Cultural Applications. His research interests pertain to Application of Digital Signal Processing and Pattern Recognition in Archaeology-Heritage, Arts and Cultural Heritage, Digital Image and Audio Processing, Pattern Recognition, Computer Vision, Artificial Intelligence.

Roles and Responsibilities in HAL:

• Research Program Manager
• Co-head of the C: Hub Gamification Hub
• Research support in Pattern Recognition and Gamification Processes
• Co-writer of papers and conference presentations in collaboration with other members of HAL’s research team.

Experience in Similar Projects:

• CIAK – Common Initiatives to AcKnowledge and Valorize the Tourism Potential of the Program Area through Cinema – Interreg Greece – Italy 2014 – 2020.

Useful Links:
https://avarts.ionio.gr/gr/department/people/407-panagopoulos/