Current Projects
TURING — Trustworthy Unified Robust Intelligent Systems
Horizon Europe | Co-Project Coordinator | 2025-2028
TURING investigates the foundations and engineering of robust generative AI systems. The project addresses the reliability, adaptability and trustworthiness of generative models, bringing together methodological research, system development and validation across demanding application settings..
PANDORA — A Comprehensive Framework Enabling the Delivery of Trustworthy Datasets for Efficient AIoT Operation
Horizon Europe | Project Coordinator | 2024–2027
PANDORA brings together 25 partners from Europe, Canada and India to develop a comprehensive framework for creating, assessing and delivering trustworthy data for Artificial Intelligence of Things systems. The project addresses data quality, incompleteness, privacy, robustness and efficiency across the edge–cloud continuum. Its research combines data generation and augmentation, knowledge representation, continual learning, trustworthy AI, edge intelligence and large-scale validation in realistic smart-space environments.
SOPRANO — Socially Acceptable and Trustworthy Human–Robot Teaming for Agile Industries
Horizon Europe | Scientific and Technical Manager | 2023–2027
SOPRANO develops the next generation of flexible and socially acceptable human–robot collaboration for agile industrial environments. It combines robot perception, multimodal interaction, task planning, digital twins and trustworthy AI to enable robots and workers to collaborate safely under changing tasks and conditions.
GreCO — Green Cultural Oases
European Urban Initiative | NTUA Research Partner | 2025 – 2028
GreCO develops a proactive, data-informed approach to sustainable urban tourism in the municipality of Elliniko–Argyroupoli, an emerging destination undergoing one of Europe’s largest urban-regeneration initiatives. The project brings together local government, universities, research organisations, technology providers and community stakeholders to anticipate pressures on mobility, public space, natural ecosystems and social cohesion. Its approach combines geospatial analysis, environmental and mobility monitoring, stakeholder participation and digital tools to support inclusive, culturally enriched and climate-resilient urban experiences. The resulting methods and platform are intended to provide a transferable model for other emerging urban destinations in Europe.
CHeriDDOC — Cultural Heritage Digital Documentation
Erasmus+ | NTUA Project Lead | 2026–2029
CHeriDDOC modernises higher education in cultural-heritage documentation by integrating contemporary digital recording and representation technologies into university curricula. The project brings together the National Technical University of Athens, the University of Catania and the University of Bamberg. Its activities include the development of a shared digital-heritage curriculum, open educational resources and an accessible online learning platform, alongside international workshops, field training, student mobility and collaboration with heritage and industry stakeholders. Students and educators gain practical experience in photogrammetry, 3D scanning, modelling and other methods supporting the sustainable documentation and preservation of cultural heritage.
Selected completed projects
FELICE — Flexible Assembly Manufacturing with Human–Robot Collaboration and Digital Twin Models
Horizon 2020 | Project Coordinator | 2021–2024
FELICE developed adaptive human–robot collaborative assembly systems centred on worker safety, well-being and production flexibility. The project integrated robotic perception, mobile manipulation, multimodal communication, digital twins, ergonomics assessment and adaptive task orchestration in a realistic automotive assembly environment.
sustAGE — Smart Environments for Person-Centred Sustainable Work and Well-Being
Horizon 2020 | Project Coordinator | 2019–2022
sustAGE developed a person-centred platform supporting the health, safety, well-being and productivity of ageing workers. It combined visual perception, wearable and environmental sensing, context modelling, recommendation systems and human-centred artificial intelligence.
ACCORDION — Adaptive Edge/Cloud Compute and Network Continuum over a Heterogeneous Sparse Edge Infrastructure to Support Next-Generation Applications
Horizon 2020 | Principal Investigator | 2020-2023
ACCORDION developed an adaptive infrastructure for deploying and managing next-generation applications across heterogeneous edge and cloud resources. The project addressed application placement, resource orchestration, network adaptation and quality-of-service requirements for computationally demanding interactive applications.