DRS – Multimodal Data Fusion and Analytics Group

Enhancing Health Risk Monitoring: An Explainable Human-Centric Approach Using Wearable Data and Sensor Integration

G. Tzanetis, A. Toumpas, Z. Vasileiou, G. Meditskos, S. Vrochidis, I. Kompatsiaris, "Enhancing Health Risk Monitoring: An Explainable Human-Centric Approach Using Wearable Data and Sensor Integration", in Proceedings of the ICPR 2024 International Workshops and Challenges (ICPR 2024), S. Palaiahnakote, S. Schuckers, J.M. Ogier, P. Bhattacharya, U. Pal, and S. Bhattacharya, Eds., Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 15619, Springer, Cham, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-88223-4_29

Innovative Visual Analysis Solutions to Support Disaster Management

E. Michail, P. Giannakeris, I. Koulalis, S. Vrochidis, I. Kompatsiaris, "Innovative Visual Analysis Solutions to Support Disaster Management.", in Responding to Extreme Weather Events, D. Sempere-Torres, A. Karakostas, C. Rossi, P. Quevauviller, Eds., 2024. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119741374.ch10

A Semantic Framework for Decision Making in Forest Fire Emergencies

P. Masa, S. Kintzios, Z. Vasileiou, G. Meditskos, S. Vrochidis, I. Kompatsiaris, "A Semantic Framework for Decision Making in Forest Fire Emergencies.", Appl. Sci., vol. 13, no. 16, 2023. https://doi.org/10.3390/app13169065

An Explainable Intervention Prediction for Trauma Patients

Z. Vasileiou, G. Meditskos, S. Vrochidis, N. Bassiliades, "An Explainable Intervention Prediction for Trauma Patients.", in Proceedings of the Semantic Web Applications and Tools for Health Care and Life Sciences (SWAT4HCLS), Basel Switzerland, 13-16 February 2023 (Poster).

Ontology-based technologies for disaster preparedness, response and recovery

P. Masa, G. Tzanetis, S. Kintzios, G. Meditskos, S. Vrochidis, I. Vourvachis, L. Nerantzis, I. Kompatsiaris, "Ontology-based technologies for disaster preparedness, response and recovery.", in Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Civil Protection & New Technologies (SafeThessaloniki 2022), Thessaloniki, Greece, 29 September - 1 October 2022.

An Explainable Multimodal Fusion Approach for Mass Casualty Incidents

Z. Vasileiou, G. Meditskos, S. Vrochidis, N. Bassiliades, "An Explainable Multimodal Fusion Approach for Mass Casualty Incidents.", in Proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Machine Learning and Knowledge Graphs At 33rd International Conference on Database and Expert Systems Applications, DEXA 2022, Vienna, Austria, August 22-24, 2022.

Ontology-based Modelling and Reasoning for Forest Fire Emergencies in Resilient Societies

P. Masa, G. Meditskos, S. Kintzios, S. Vrochidis, I. Kompatsiaris, "Ontology-based Modelling and Reasoning for Forest Fire Emergencies in Resilient Societies.", in Proceedings of the 12th EETN Conference on Artificial Intelligence (SETN 2022), Corfu, Greece, September 7-9, 2022.

Water quality issues: Can we detect a creeping crisis with social media data?

S. Andreadis, N. Pantelidis, I. Gialampoukidis, S. Vrochidis, I. Kompatsiaris, "Water quality issues: Can we detect a creeping crisis with social media data?", in Proceedings of the 27th IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (IEEE ISCC 2022), Rhodes, Greece, 30 June - 3 July, 2022.

Cybersecurity in Next Generation Energy Grids: Challenges and Opportunities for Blockchain and AI Technologies

N. Mengidis, T. Tsikrika, S. Vrochidis, I. Kompatsiaris, "Cybersecurity in Next Generation Energy Grids: Challenges and Opportunities for Blockchain and AI Technologies.", in Digital Transformation, Cyber Security and Resilience of Modern Societies, T. Tagarev, K. T. Atanassov, V. Kharchenko, and J. Kacprzyk, Eds., Studies in Big Data, vol 84. Springer, Cham, pp. 299-314. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-65722-2_18

Real-time Alert Framework for Fire Incidents Using Multimodal Event Detection on Social Media Streams

T. Papadimos, N. Pantelidis, S. Andreadis, A. Bozas, I. Gialampoukidis, S. Vrochidis, I. Kompatsiaris, "Real-time Alert Framework for Fire Incidents Using Multimodal Event Detection on Social Media Streams.", in Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, Tarbes, France, 22-25 May 2022.

Flood Hazard and Risk Mapping by Applying an Explainable Machine Learning Framework Using Satellite Imagery and GIS Data

G. Antzoulatos, I. Kouloglou, M. Bakratsas, A. Moumtzidou, I. Gialampoukidis, A. Karakostas, F. Lombardo, R. Fiorin, D. Norbiato, M. Ferri, A. Symeonidis, S. Vrochidis, I. Kompatsiaris, "Flood Hazard and Risk Mapping by Applying an Explainable Machine Learning Framework Using Satellite Imagery and GIS Data.", Sustainability, vol. 14, no. 6, 2022. DOI:10.3390/su14063251

Earthquakes: from Twitter detection to EO data processing

S. Andreadis, I. Gialampoukidis, A. Manconi, D. Cordeiro, V. Conde, M. Sagona, F. Brito, N. Pantelidis, T. Mavropoulos, N. Grosso, S. Vrochidis and I. Kompatsiaris, "Earthquakes: from Twitter detection to EO data processing", IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, Volume 19, 14 February 2022, DOI: 10.1109/LGRS.2022.3149541

WaterMM:Water Quality in Social Multimedia Task at MediaEval 2021

S. Andreadis, I. Gialampoukidis, A. Bozas, A. Moumtzidou, R. Fiorin, F. Lombardo, A. Karakostas, D. Norbiato, S. Vrochidis, M. Ferri, I. Kompatsiaris, "WaterMM: Water Quality in Social Multimedia Task at MediaEval 2021.",in Proceedings of the MediaEval 2021 Workshop (MediaEval'21), 12-15 December 2021.

Multimodal data fusion of social media and satellite images for emergency response and decision-making

I. Gialampoukidis, S. Andreadis, S. Vrochidis, I. Kompatsiaris, "Multimodal data fusion of social media and satellite images for emergency response and decision-making.", in Proceedings of the 2021 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS 2021), 11 July 2021, pp. 228-231.

xR4DRAMA: Enhancing situation awareness using immersive (XR) technologies

S. Symeonidis, S. Diplaris, N. Heise, T. Pistola, A. Tsanousa, G. Tzanetis, E. Batziou, C. Stentoumis, I. Kalisperakis, S. Freitag, Y. Shekhawat, R. Paradiso, M. Pacelli, J. Codinak, S. Millek, M. Marimonk, M. Ferri, D. Norbiato, M. Monego, A. Karakostas, S. Vrochidis, "xR4DRAMA: Enhancing situation awareness using immersive (XR) technologies.", in Proceedings of the 2021 IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Reality (ICIR), Piscataway, NJ, USA, 2021, pp. 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICIR51845.2021.00010

On the Use of Semantic Web Technologies for Forest Fire Emergencies in Resilient Societies

P. Masa , G. Meditskos, A. Karakostas , S. Vrochidis, I. Kompatsiaris, "On the Use of Semantic Web Technologies for Forest Fire Emergencies in Resilient Societies.",in Proceedings of the 2021 International Conference on Security and Management (SAM'21), Las Vegas, USA, July 26-29, 2021.

OntoAqua: Ontology-based Modelling of Context in Water Safety and Security

Α. M. Koufakis, S. Tzanakis, A. Moumtzidou, G. Meditskos, A. Karakostas, S. Vrochidis, I. Kompatsiaris, "OntoAqua: Ontology-based Modelling of Context in Water Safety and Security.", in Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Knowledge Engineering and Ontology Development-KEOD 2021, Valletta, Malta, 25-27 October, 2021.

Harmonizing Data Collection in an Ontology for a Risk Management Platform

D. C. Hilbring, J. Mossgraber, P. Hertweck, T. Hellmund, H. van der Schaaf, A. Karakostas, E. Kontopoulos, I. Gialampoukidis, S. Andreadis, S. Vrochidis, I. Kompatsiaris, "Harmonizing Data Collection in an Ontology for a Risk Management Platform", in Proceedings of the Enviroinfo 2018, Shaker-Verlag, 2018.

IoT and Semantic Web Technologies

A. Chatzimichail, E. Stathopoulos, D. Ntioudis, A. Tsanousa, M. Rousi, A. Mavropoulos, G. Meditskos, S. Vrochidis, I. Kompatsiaris, "IoT and Semantic Web Technologies.", in Semantic IoT: Theory and Applications - Interoperability, Provenance and Beyond, Studies in Computational Intelligence, Springer, 2020, p. 3-33.

The Backbone of Decision Support Systems: The Sensor to Decision Chain

P. Hertweck, J. Mossgraber, E. Kontopoulos, P. Mitzias, T. Hellmund, A. Karakostas, D. Hilbring, H. van der Schaaf, S. Vrochidis, J. W. Blume, I. Kompatsiaris, "The Backbone of Decision Support Systems: The Sensor to Decision Chain", International Journal of Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management (IJISCRAM), vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 65-87, 29 August, 2019.

The Sensor to Decision Chain in Crisis Management

J. Mossgraber, D. Hilbring, H. van der Schaaf, P. Hertweck, E. Kontopoulos, P. Mitzias, I. Kompatsiaris, S. Vrochidis, A. Karakostas, "The Sensor to Decision Chain in Crisis Management", in Proceedings of the Int. Conf. on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management (ISCRAM'18).

Testing a Flood Mask Correction Method Of Optical Satellite Imagery Over Irrigated Agricultural Areas

E. Michail, A. Moumtzidou, I. Gialampoukidis, K. Avgerinakis, M. G. Scarpino, S. Vrochidis, G. Vingione, I. Kompatsiaris, K. Labbassi, M. Menenti, F. E. Elghandour, "Testing a Flood Mask Correction Method Of Optical Satellite Imagery Over Irrigated Agricultural Areas", in Proceedings of the 2nd Mapping Water Bodies from Space Conference (MWBS2018), ESA-ESRIN Frascati, Italy, 27-28 March 2018.

VisDrone-VDT2018: The vision meets drone video detection and tracking challenge results

P. Zhu, L. Wen, D. Du, X. Bian, H. Ling, Q. Hu, H. Wu, Q. Nie, H. Cheng, C. Liu, X. Liu, W. Ma, L. Wang, A. Schumann, D. Wang, D. Ortego, E. Luna, E. Michail, E. Bochinski, F. Ni, F. Bunyak, G. Zhang, G. Seetharaman, G. Li, H. Yu, I. Kompatsiaris, J. Zhao, J. Gao, J. M. Martinez, J. C. San Miguel, K. Palaniappan, K. Avgerinakis, L. Sommer, M. Lauer, M. Liu, N. M. Al-Shakarji, O. Acatay, P. Giannakeris, Q. Zhao, Q. Ma, Q. Huang, S. Vrochidis, T. Sikora, T. Senst, W. Song, W. Tian, W. Zhang, Y. Zhao, Y. Bai, Y. Wu, Y. Wang, Y. Li, Z. Pi, Z. Ma, "VisDrone-VDT2018: The vision meets drone video detection and tracking challenge results", in Proceedings of the European Conference on…

Flood relevance estimation from visual and textual content in social media streams

A. Moumtzidou, S. Andreadis, I. Gialampoukidis, A. Karakostas, S. Vrochidis, I. Kompatsiaris, "Flood relevance estimation from visual and textual content in social media streams", in Proceedings of the WWW 2018 Workshop on Exploitation of Social Media for Emergency Relief and Preparedness (SMERP), Lyon, France, 23 April 2018.

Ontology-based Representation of Crisis Management Procedures for Climate Events

E. Kontopoulos, P. Mitzias, J. Mossgraber, P. Hertweck, H. van der Schaaf, X. Hilbring, F. Lombardo, D. Norbiato, M. Ferri, A. Karakostas, S. Vrochidis, I. Kompatsiaris, "Ontology-based Representation of Crisis Management Procedures for Climate Events", in Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Intelligent Crisis Management Technologies for Climate Events (ICMT 2018), collocated with the 15th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management (ISCRAM 2018).

People and vehicles in danger – A fire and flood detection system in social media

P. Giannakeris, K. Avgerinakis, A. Karakostas, S. Vrochidis, I. Kompatsiaris, "People and vehicles in danger - A fire and flood detection system in social media", in Proceedings of the 13th Workshop on IEEE Image, Video, and Multidimensional Signal Processing (IVMSP 2018), Zagori, Greece, 10-12 June 2018.

Speed Estimation and Abnormality Detection from Surveillance Cameras

P. Giannakeris, V. Kaltsa, K. Avgerinakis, A. Briassouli, S. Vrochidis, I. Kompatsiaris,"Speed Estimation and Abnormality Detection from Surveillance Cameras", in Proceedings of the CVPRW NVIDIA AI City Challenge, 2018.

A deep neural network for oil spill semantic segmentation in SAR images

G. Orfanidis, K. Ioannidis, K. Avgerinakis, S. Vrochidis, I. Kompatsiaris, "A deep neural network for oil spill semantic segmentation in SAR images", in Proceedings of the IEEE Int. Conf. on Image Processing (ICIP 2018), Athens, Greece, October 2018.

Social Media Observations for Flood Event Monitoring in Italy over a One-Year Period

S. Andreadis, I. Gialampoukidis, R. Fiorin, F. Lombardo, D. Norbiato, A. Karakostas, M. Ferri, S. Vrochidis, I. Kompatsiaris, "Social Media Observations for Flood Event Monitoring in Italy over a One-Year Period", in Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference Citizen Observatories for natural hazards and Water Management (COWM 2018), Venezia, Italy, 27-30 November 2018.

A Flood Monitoring Tool for Urban Areas Using Satellite, Weather and Social Data

S. Andreadis, A. Moumtzidou, I. Gialampoukidis, S. Vrochidis, I. Kompatsiaris, "A Flood Monitoring Tool for Urban Areas Using Satellite, Weather and Social Data", in Proceedings of the US-Serbia & West Balkan Data Science Workshop 2018 - Big Data and Critical Infrastructures, Belgrade, Serbia, 26-28 August 2018, (poster presentation).

A Crisis Classification System for flood risk assessment: the beAWARE project

G. S. Antzoulatos, A. Karakostas, S. Vrochidis, F. Lombardo, D. Norbiato, M. Ferri, I. Kompatsiaris, "A Crisis Classification System for flood risk assessment: the beAWARE project", in Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference Citizen Observatories for natural hazards and Water Management (COWM 2018), Venezia, Italy, 27-30 November 2018.

Visdrone-det2018: The vision meets drone object detection in image challenge results

P. Zhu, L. Wen, D. Du, X. Bian, H. Ling, Q. Hu, Q. Nie, H. Cheng, C. Liu, X. Liu, W. Ma, H. Wu, L. Wang, A. Schumann, C. Brown, C. Qian, C. Li, D. Li, E. Michail, F. Zhang, F. Ni, F. Zhu, G. Wang, H. Zhang, H. Deng, H. Liu, H. Wang, H. Qiu, H. Qi, H. Shi, H. Li, H. Xu, H. Lin, I. Kompatsiaris, J. Cheng, J. Wang, J. Yang, J. Zhou, J. Zhao, KJ. Joseph, K. Duan, K. Suresh, K. Bo, K. Wang, K. Avgerinakis, L. Sommer, L. Zhang, L. Yang, L. Cheng, L. Ma, L. Lu, L. Ding, M. Huang, N. K. Vedurupaka, N. Mamgain, N. Bansal, O. Acatay, P. Giannakeris, Q. Wang, Q. Zhao, Q. Huang, Q. Liu, Q. Cheng, Q. Sun, R.…

VisDrone-SOT2018: The Vision Meets Drone Single-Object Tracking Challenge Results

L. Wen, P. Zhu, D. Du, X. Bian, H. Ling, Q. Hu, C. Liu, H. Cheng, X. Liu, W. Ma, Q. Nie, H. Wu, L. Wang, A. G. Perera, B. Zhang, B. Heo, C. Liu, Do. Li, E. Michail, H. Chen, H. Liu, H. Li, I. Kompatsiaris, J. Cheng, J. Fan, J. Zhang, J. Y. Choi, J. Li, J. Yang, J. Choi, J. Zhao, J. Han, K. Zhang, K. Duan, K. Song, K. Avgerinakis, K. Lee, L. Ding, M. Lauer, P. G., P. Zhang, Q. Wang, Q. Xu, Q. Huang, Q. Liu, R. Laganire, R. Zhang, S. Yun, S. Zhu, S. Wu, S. Vrochidis, W. Tian, W. Zhang, W. Chen, W. Hu, W. Wang, W. Zhang, W. Ding, Xi. He, X. Li, X. Zhang, X. Luo, X. Hu, Y. Meng,…

beWARE: Enhancing Decision Support and Management Services in Extreme Weather Climate Events

A. Karakostas, S. Vrochidis, Y. Kompatsiaris, B. Kantsepolsky, J. Mossgraber, S. Dasiopoulou, B. Mandler, A. Karppinen, M. Ferri, I. Vourvachis, C. Castro, K. Lintrup, "beWARE: Enhancing Decision Support and Management Services in Extreme Weather Climate Events", in Proceedings of the Enviroinfo 2018, Shaker-Verlag. https://beaware-project.eu/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/factsheet_v2.pdf

Applying Semantic Web Technologies for Decision Support in Climate-Related Crisis Management

E. Kontopoulos, P. Mitzias, S. Dasiopoulou, J. Mossgraber, S. Mille, P. Hertweck, T. Hellmund, A. Karakostas, S. Vrochidis, L. Wanner, I. Kompatsiaris, "Applying Semantic Web Technologies for Decision Support in Climate-Related Crisis Management", in Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference Citizen Observatories for natural hazards and Water Management (COWM 2018), Venezia, Italy, 27-30 November 2018.

Road passability estimation using deep neural networks and satellite image patches

A. Moumtzidou, M. Bakratsas, S. Andreadis, I. Gialampoukidis, S. Vrochidis, I. Kompatsiaris,"Road passability estimation using deep neural networks and satellite image patches", in Proceedings of the 2019 conference on Big Data from Space (BiDS’19), Munich, Germany, 2019, pp. 1–4.

Intelligent traffic city management from surveillance systems (CERTH-ITI)

K. Avgerinakis, P. Giannakeris, A. Briassouli, A. Karakostas, S. Vrochidis, I. Kompatsiaris, "Intelligent traffic city management from surveillance systems (CERTH-ITI)", in Proceedings of the NVIDIA AI city challenge, IEEE Smart World, USA, August 2017.

LBP-flow and hybrid encoding for real-time water and fire classification

K. Avgerinakis, P. Giannakeris, A. Briassouli, A. Karakostas, S. Vrochidis, I. Kompatsiaris, "LBP-flow and hybrid encoding for real-time water and fire classification", in Proceedings of the ICCV-MSF 2017, IEEE/ISPRS 4th Joint Workshop on Multi-Sensor Fusion for Dynamic Scene Understanding, 2017. DOI: 10.1109/ICCVW.2017.56

A Topic Detection and Visualisation System on Social Media Posts

S. Andreadis, I. Gialampoukidis, S. Vrochidis, I. Kompatsiaris, "A Topic Detection and Visualisation System on Social Media Posts", in Proceedings of the International Conference on Internet Science, Springer, Cham, 2017, pp. 421-427.

A multimodal approach in estimating road passability through a flooded area using social media and satellite images

A. Moumtzidou, P. Giannakeris, S. Andreadis, A. Mavropoulos, G. Meditskos, I. Gialampoukidis, K. Avgerinakis, S. Vrochidis, I. Kompatsiaris, "A multimodal approach in estimating road passability through a flooded area using social media and satellite images", in Proceedings of the Working Notes Proceeding MediaEval Workshop, multimedia satellite task MediaEval 2018, Sophia Antipolis, France, 29-31 October, 2018.

Towards to integrate a multi-layer Machine Learning Data Fusion approach into Crisis Classification and Risk Assessment of extreme natural events

G. Antzoulatos, I. Koulalis, A. Karakostas, S. Vrochidis, I. Kompatsiaris, "Towards integrating a multi-layer Machine Learning Data Fusion approach into Crisis Classification and Risk Assessment of extreme natural events", in Technology Development for Security Practitioners, B. Akhgar, D. Kavallieros, and E. Sdongos, Eds., Springer, Security Informatics and Law Enforcement Series, 2021.

The Crisis Classification component to strengthen the early warning, risk assessment and decision support in extreme climate events

G. Antzoulatos, A. Karakostas, S. Vrochidis, I. Kompatsiaris, "The Crisis Classification component to strengthen the early warning, risk assessment and decision support in extreme climate events", in Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Dynamic of Disasters - DOD 2019, Kalamata, 2019.

A Deep Neural Network Slope Reduction Model on Sentinel-1 Images for Water Mask Extraction

M. Mpakratsas, A. Moumtzidou, I. Gialampoukidis, S. Vrochidis, I. Kompatsiaris, "A Deep Neural Network Slope Reduction Model on Sentinel-1 Images for Water Mask Extraction", in Proceedings of the 40th Asian Conference on Remote Sensing (ACRS 2019), Daejeon, Korea, 2019.

Multimedia Analysis Techniques for Flood Detection Using Images, Articles and Satellite Imagery

S. Andreadis, M. Bakratsas, P. Giannakeris, A. Moumtzidou, I. Gialampoukidis, S. Vrochidis, I. Kompatsiaris, "Multimedia Analysis Techniques for Flood Detection Using Images, Articles and Satellite Imagery", in Proceedings of the Working Notes Proceeding MediaEval Workshop, Sophia Antipolis, France, 27-29 October 2019.

Flood detection with Sentinel-2 satellite images in crisis management systems

A. Moumtzidou, M. Bakratsas, S. Andreadis, A. Karakostas, I. Gialampoukidis, S. Vrochidis, I. Kompatsiaris, "Flood detection with Sentinel-2 satellite images in crisis management systems.", in Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management (ISCRAM 2020), Blacksburg, Virginia, USA, 24-27 May 2020.

A modified Single-Shot multibox Detector for beyond Real-Time Object Detection

G. Orfanidis, K. Ioannidis, A. Tefas, S. Vrochidis, I. Kompatsiaris, "A modified Single-Shot multibox Detector for beyond Real-Time Object Detection.", in Proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Pattern Recognition, (ICPR 2020), Milan, Italy, 10 & 15 January 2021.

A Multi-Layer Fusion Approach For Real-Time Fire Severity Assessment Based on Multimedia Incidents

G. Antzoulatos, P. Giannakeris, I. Koulalis, A. Karakostas, S. Vrochidis, I. Kompatsiaris, "A Multi-Layer Fusion Approach For Real-Time Fire Severity Assessment Based on Multimedia Incidents.", in Proceedings of the 17th ISCRAM Conference – Blacksburg, VA, USA May 2020, Amanda Lee Hughes, Fiona McNeil and Christopher Zobel, Eds., 2020.

Border surveillance using computer vision enabled robotic swarms for semantically enriched situational awareness

G. Orfanidis, S. Apostolidis, G. Prountzos, M. Riga, A. Kapoutsis, K. Ioannidis, E. Kosmatopoulos, S. Vrochidis, I. Kompatsiaris, "Border surveillance using computer vision enabled robotic swarms for semantically enriched situational awareness", in Proceedings of the Mediterranean Security Event 2019 (MSE2019), Heraklion, Greece, 29-31 October 2019.