Μανώλης Φαλελάκης

manolis falelakisResearch Fellow

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
54124 Thessaloniki – GREECE

Tel: +30 2310 99 6349
Fax: +30 2310 99 6398
Email: manf (at) issel [dot] ee [dot] auth [dot] gr
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Education

2010 PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
PhD Thesis: “Knowledge-based Multimedia Analysis: Balancing between Complexity and Validity”
2004 Diploma of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Diploma Thesis: “Image Representation, Storage and Retrieval based on Colour-Composition Graphs”

Professional Experience

2018 – today Technical Manager – Aristotle University of Thessaloniki,
Research Project: SITIES – Supporting Senior citizens with smart devices ( https://sities-project.gr/)
2017 – today Technical Manager – ViLabs S.A.
Research Project: Families_Share (https://families-share.eu/)
2016 – 2019 Technical Manager – Aristotle University of Thessaloniki,
Research Project: Mobile Age ( https://issel.ee.auth.gr/en/mobile-age)
2011 – 2015 Postdoctoral Research Fellow – Goldsmiths, University of London
Research Project: Vconect – Video Communication for Networked Communities (https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/287760)
2010 – 2012 Postdoctoral Research Fellow – Goldsmiths, University of London
Research Project: TA2 – Together Anywhere Together Anytime ( https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/214793)
2009 Researcher – Aristotle University of Thessaloniki,
Research Project: Teleconferencing facility for the AUTH academic community
2005 – 2009 Researcher – CERTH Information Technologies Institute (CERTH-ITI)
Research Project: ASSIST – Association Studies assisted by Inference and Semantic Technologies ( https://www.iti.gr/iti/projects/ASSIST.html)
2005 – 2009 Researcher – Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Research Project: YSTERA – Computation and Semantic Interpretation of 3D Human Motion for Machine Communication and Virtual Characters Construction (https://mug.ee.auth.gr/rnd/ystera/)
2004 – 2006 Researcher – Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Research Project: PYTHAGORAS – Remote Controlled Intelligent Robot in an Augmented Reality Environment
2001 Research Assistant / Java developer, Forschungszentrum Telekommunikation Wien
Research Project: C1 UMTS Applications Development: LoL@ – a Local Location Assistant

Teaching Experience

2015 – today Examiner, University of London – International Programmes, London, UK
Course: “Neural Networks”
2014 – today Examiner, University of London – International Programmes, London, UK
Course: “Advanced Graphics and Animation”
2013 – today Visiting Lecturer, Singapore Institute of Management, Singapore
Course: “Graphical Object-Oriented and Internet Programming in Java”
2013 – today Visiting Lecturer, Singapore Institute of Management, Singapore
Course: “Introduction to Java & Object-Oriented Programming”
2012 – 2015 Examiner, University of London – International Programmes, London, UK
Course: “Computing Arts and Image Effects”
2003 – 2010 Teaching Assitant, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
Course: “Multimedia Systems and Virtual Reality”
2003 – 2006 Teaching Assitant, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
Course: “Introduction to Computer Systems”

Research areas

  • Human-centered Software Design
  • Knowledge Representation and Reasoning
  • Multimedia semantics
  • Machine Learning

Languages

  • English: Full professional proficiency
  • Spanish: Full professional proficiency
  • Catalan: Elementary proficiency
  • Greek: Native or bilingual proficiency