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Prof. Petros Maragos
Director & Scientific Coordinator
NTUA School ECE & AthenaRC
Petros Maragos received the M.Eng.Ε.Ε. Diploma from the National Technical University of
Prof. Ioannis Emiris
Project Coordinator
Director AthenaRC & NKUA Dept. Informatics
Ioannis Emiris is President of the Board of Directors, and Director General
Prof. Evangelos Papadopoulos
Deputy Director
NTUA School Mech. Eng. & AthenaRC
Evangelos Papadopoulos received a Diploma in Mechanical Engineering from NTUA in 1981,
Dr. Gregory Yovanof
Executive Manager
HERON & Athena RC
Over 20 years high-tech experience with a comprehensive background in strategy, R&D
Field & Space Robotics,
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Prof. Evangelos Papadopoulos
NTUA Mech. Eng. & AthenaRC
Evangelos Papadopoulos received a Diploma in Mechanical Engineering from NTUA in 1981,
Prof. Ioannis Poulakakis
NTUA Mech. Eng. & AthenaRC
Ioannis Poulakakis received a Diploma in Mechanical Engineering (1999) and an M.S.
Healthcare & Social Robotics
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Prof. Petros Maragos
NTUA School ECE & AthenaRC
Petros Maragos received the M.Eng.Ε.Ε. Diploma from the National Technical University of
Prof. Costas Tzafestas
NTUA School ECE & AthenaRC
Dr. Costas Tzafestas is an Associate Professor at the School of Electrical
Asist. Prof. Panagiotis Vartholomeos
NTUA School ECE and Athena RC
Panagiotis Vartholomeos is an Assistant Professor at University of Thessaly, in the
Safety & Security Robotics
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Prof. Kimon Valavanis
University of Denver
Dr. Kimon P. Valavanis joined the University of Denver in September 2008
Prof. Charalampos Bechlioulis
U Patras & Athena RC
Charalampos Bechlioulis received a diploma in Electrical and Computer Engineering (2006), a
Prof. George C. Karras
U Thessaly and Athena RC
Dr. George C. Karras, is an Associate Professor at the University of
Prof. Kostas Kyriakopoulos
NTUA Mech. Eng. & AthenaRC
Kostas J. Kyriakopoulos was born in Athens, Greece in 1962 and received
Strategic Development & National Reforms
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Dr. Vasileia Filidou
Athena RC
Dr. Filidou is the Head of the Proposal Management Office and a
Data Management
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Dr. Athanasios (Nassos) Katsamanis
Athena RC
Dr. Athanasios (Nassos) Katsamanis is a Principal Researcher at ATHENA R.C. since
Dr. Christos Konaxis
Athena RC
Dr. Konaxis is an external collaborator (on secondment) at Athena RC. His
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Prof. Sergios Theodoridis
Head of Education
HERON & NKUA Dept. Informatics
Sergios Theodoridis is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Informatics and Telecommunications
Eleni Mpei
Eleni Mpei is a member of the Heron team, actively contributing to the
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Dr. Vrettos Moulos
Vrettos Moulos has many years of experience in server maintenance and administration,
Stamatis Dragoumanos
Stamatis Dragoumanos is a highly experienced Greek computer engineer and software architect,
Communication & Dissemination
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Education
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Dimitris Lazarou
Dimitris Lazarou is currently the Communication and Engagement Junior Associate at the
Eleni Mpei
Eleni Mpei is a member of the Heron team, actively contributing to the
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Despina Kassianidi
Athena RC
Despina Kassianidi is a research technician and project manager with more than
Sofia Emmanouilidi
Athena RC
Sofia Emmanouilidi is an experienced Financial Project Manager at the Athena Research
Katerina Papoutsi
Katerina Papoutsi is the Personal Assistant to the Executive Committee and a
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Infrastructure and Research
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Antonios Angouridis
Antonios Angouridis is a Mechanical Engineer at the HERON Hellenic Center of
Dr. Niki Efthymiou
Niki Efthymiou holds a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the
Dr. Panagiotis Filntisis
Panagiotis P. Filntisis received his Ph.D. in ECE from NTUA. He is
Dr. Katerina Papadimitriou
Dr. Katerina Papadimitriou received her B.Sc. in Computer Science and her M.Sc.
Dr. Katerina Smyrli
I am a Robotics Engineer specializing in bipedal locomotion of robots and
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Georgios Bolanakis
Georgios Bolanakis is a Junior Researcher at the Athena Research Center (Institute
Nikolaos Chatzis
Nikolaos Chatzis is an Electrical and Computer Engineering graduate (BSc & MSc)
Lydia Gialama
Lydia Gialama received her B.Sc. in Physics and her M.Sc. in Nanomedicine
Nikolaos Leventakis
Nikolaos Leventakis holds a diploma from the School of Mechanical Engineering of
Dimitris Makropoulos
Dimitris Makropoulos was born in 1979. He studied Physics at the University
Isidoros Marougkas
Isidoros Marougkas is a Ph.D. student in the Dept. of Computer Science at
Athanasios (Thanasis) Mastrogeorgiou
Athanasios (Thanasis) Mastrogeorgiou is a robotics researcher whose work connects core algorithms
Panagiotis Mermigkas
Panagiotis Mermigkas was born in Athens in 1987. He received the Diploma
Paris Oikonomou
Paris Oikonomou holds an MEng degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from
Spyros Velanas
Spyros Velanas holds an MEng degree in Mechanical Engineering from the National
Stelios Zarifis
He was born in Athens in 2001. He received his Master of
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Christos Garoufis
I was born in Athens in 1993, and spent my teenage years
Efi Malesiou
I hold degrees in Medicine and in Informatics & Telecommunications (thesis: “Analysis
Charalampos Vossos
Born in Zakynthos in 1996, Charalampos Vossos received his diploma degree in