PROFESSIONAL, ACADEMIC, AND PRO-BONO SERVICES
IEEE UAE award: Received in 2015 for having served as Founder and Chair of the
IEEE UAE Robotics and Automation (RAS) Society, from 2012-14
Hellenic Artificial Intelligence Society (EETN): Vice-Chair, 2013-17
EU Cognition III Network (EUCog): Member and Selected Participant in "Future Challenges"
planning workshops for roadmaps of EU CogSys Research, 2010-
IEEE Computational Intelligence Society (CIS): Autonomous Mental Development
Language and Cognition Task Force: Co-chair since 2012, Organizer of the symposium
“Embodied vs. Simulated Behaviour and Cognition: What could Robotics contribute to
Language Sciences?” in 50th Annual Convention of the Association for Artificial
Intelligence & Simulation of Behavior (AISB), London, UK, April 1-4 2014
Professional Memberships: IEEE (International Institute of Electrical & Electronic
Engineers), AAAI (American Artificial Intelligence Society), IMA
(Institute of Mathematics and its Applications), TEE (Greek Engineering Syndicate)
Research Proposal Reviewing: French Agence National Recherche, Greek Res. Mat., EU ERC,
Austrian WWTF, Onassis Foundation, and more.
Multi-party Research Proposal Authoring for EU and beyond: Built international
teams and led the proposal creation of 3 EU FP7 and Horizon proposals, and wrote
parts in many more, including US NSF and other international research funding orgs.
Consulting and Training: services have been provided to academics, universities, labs
and companies regarding AI and robotics-related activities, in numerous countries.
University Committees: UAEU IT College Outreach Committee 2009-10,
Student Recruitment Committee 2008-09, Course Coordination Committee
for ITBP219, University Purchasing Committee, Supervision of internships of
6 CIT student groups, and many more
Graduate Program and Research Center Development:Took part in creation of:
a) UAEU MSc in Cognitive Sciences proposal, b) UAEU PhD program proposal,
c) Research Center in Cognitive Systems and Sciences proposal at UAEU
d) Innopolis Masters in Robotics (designer of program and currciculum)
e) Innopolis Robotics Institute (designer of institute)
GCC Cognitive Science Society: One of the two founding members of the society,
with more than 20 members, ranging across IT, neuroscience, linguistics,
philosophy, medical imaging, psychology, which have spanned across three
universities and two countries. Reading group with 10 enthusiastic 2-hour
presentations per semester
ShanghAI Lectures: Facilitated participation of UAEU and NYU AD
in the international video-conference and online collaboration environment
based lecture series (organized by Prof. Rolf Pfeiffer of UZurich), with participation of
research assistants and students, with full interactivity through H.323 videoconference
“Best pipe inspection robot” award at Schlumberger i-Design: Advised team of two
CIT students which together with two more UAEU students and four
TokyoTech students, who during 2008-09 designed and built a prototype of an oil-
pipe inspection robot, as part of the international i-Design Schlumberger course, and
won the award.
Conference and Workshop Organization: Special Session in IEEE Innovations ’07,
Two workshops in IEEE Innovations ’08 conference, and “Embodied vs.
Simulated Behaviour and Cognition: What could Robotics contribute to
Language Sciences?” workshop in AISB 50th Convention, London, April 1-4 2014
World Robotics Olympiad: Member of four-person team that created and presented
the successful United Arab Emirates bid for hosting the World Robotics Olympiad
2011 in Abu Dhabi. Then, member of technical committee, prepared competitions.
Also taught educational robotics & coached teams (HAEF Athens 2013)
Electrical Engineering Students European Organization EESTEC: Trainer and
Mentor for European Competitions in Machine Learning, IofT, etc. (2014- )
MIT Hellenic Student Association: Vice-President & Executive Committee member (2002-7)
MIT Addir Interfaith Dialog Program: Fellow
MIT Educational Council: Member, performing prospective student interviews
MIT Enterprise Forum: Mentor for numerous start-ups
UCBerkeley HAAS School of Business: Received Social Sector Leadership Certificate
upon completion of seven courses of the Philanthropy University program
Dubai Prime Minister’s Office “Drones for Good” and “Robotics and AI for Good”
competition: Primary Judge
Board Member: In various organizations worldwide, including the Swiss-based
International Non-Profit "Women's Brain Project", advocating for gender-specific
precision medicine related to Brain Disorders (Alzheimer's, Depression etc.)
TED Conferences: TEDx Speaker 4 times (Geneva, Athens, Al Ain, Carthage),
certified for curation and organization of large TEDx events (through TED Global)
Keynote Speaker: Keynotes at Kurzweil's Singularity University Summit, and invited
talks in >10 venues annually, such as institutions, academic & business conferences etc.
Extensive experience in academic program design & accreditation, in curriculum
design, as well as in hiring and team-building for academia/research/startups.