Publications – Multimodal Data Fusion and Analytics Group

i-Game: Redefining Cultural Heritage Through Inclusive Game Design and Advanced Technologies

M. V. Kosti, S. Diplaris, N. Georgakopoulou, P. Runnel, C. Marini, N. Rovatsos, A. Barakli, E. de Lera, S. Vrochidis, and I. Kompatsiaris, "i-Game: Redefining Cultural Heritage Through Inclusive Game Design and Advanced Technologies", Electronics, vol. 14(6), pp. 1141, March 2025.

Online Child Grooming Detection: Challenges and Future Directions

N. Mylonas et al, 'Online Child Grooming Detection: Challenges and Future Directions". In: Gkotsis, I., Kavallieros, D., Stoianov, N., Vrochidis, S., Diagourtas, D., Akhgar, B. (eds) Paradigms on Technology Development for Security Practitioners. Security Informatics and Law Enforcement. Springer, Cham, pp 237–247. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-62083-6_19

AI methods in materials design, discovery and manufacturing: A review

I. Papadimitriou, I. Gialampoukidis, S. Vrochidis & I. Kompatsiaris, "AI methods in materials design, discovery and manufacturing: A review", Computational Materials Science, vol. 235, 112793, Feb. 2024, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.commatsci.2024.112793

An ontology-based framework for sports media data interpretation

N. Tsolakis, N. Vryzas, C. Dimoulas, C. Maga-Nteve, G. Meditskos and S. Vrochidis, "An Ontology-Based Framework for Sports Media Data Interpretation," 14th International Conference on Information, Intelligence, Systems & Applications (IISA), Volos, Greece, July 10-12, 2023, pp. 1-8, doi: 10.1109/IISA59645.2023.10345944.

Enhancing Cardiac AI Explainability through Ontology-based Evaluation

N. Tsolakis, C. Maga-Nteve, S. Vrochidis, N. Bassiliades and G. Meditskos, "Enhancing Cardiac AI Explainability Through Ontology-Based Evaluation," 15th International Conference on Information, Intelligence, Systems & Applications (IISA), Chania Crete, Greece, 2024, pp. 1-4, doi: 10.1109/IISA62523.2024.10786663.

A Secure Data Publishing and Access Service for Sensitive Data from Living Labs: Enabling Collaboration with External Researchers via Shareable Data

M. Hernandez, E. Konstantinidis, G. Epelde, F. Londoño, D. Petsani, M. Timoleon, V. Fiska, L. Mpaltadoros, C. Maga-Nteve, I. Machairas, P.D. Bamidis, "A Secure Data Publishing and Access Service for Sensitive Data from Living Labs: Enabling Collaboration with External Researchers via Shareable Data," Big Data and Cognitive Computing, 2024, 8, 55, May 2024.

Towards a Framework for Seismic Data

V. Mastoras, Alexandros Vassiliades, M. Rousi, S. Diplaris, T. Mavropoulos, I. Gialampoukidis, S. Vrochidis, Ι. Kompatsiaris (2023). "Towards a Framework for Seismic Data", Proceedings of the Fifth Ibero-American Knowledge Graph and Semantic Web Conference joint with Fourth Indo-American Knowledge Graph and Semantic Web Conference , University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain, November 13-15, 2023

CNN-based Deep Auto-Encoders for Limited Gas Chromatography – Ion Mobility Spectrometry Data

G. Kirtsanis, G. Dolias, S. Kintzios, K. Ioannidis, S. Vrochidis, I. Kompatsiaris, "CNN-based Deep Auto-Encoders for Limited Gas Chromatography - Ion Mobility Spectrometry Data", in Procceedings of the IEEE I2MTC – International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, Chemnitz, Germany, May 19-22, 2025, (Accepted for presentation)

User-Driven Climate Resilience Across Southern European Region

G. Xekalakis, P. M. Lopez, M. A. Ruiz, T. Tötzer, P. Kaleta, K. Karystinakis, A. Moumtzidou, R. Forjan, P. Christou, C. Anastasiou, V. Pavone, G. D’Angelo, F. Solano Cobos, M. Bügelmayer-Blaschek, S. Boutsis, M. Vurnek, I. Murano, P. Del Prete, P. Kutschera, P., et al., "User-Driven Climate Resilience Across Southern European Regions", Climate, vol. 13(1), January 2025. https://doi.org/10.3390/cli13010002

CylinDeRS: A Large-Scale Dataset for Robust Gas Cylinder Detection in Real-World Scenes

K. Stavrothanasopoulos, K. Gkountakos, K. Ioannidis, T. Tsikrika, S. Vrochidis, I. Kompatsiaris, "CylinDeRS: A Benchmark Visual Dataset for Robust Gas Cylinder Detection and Attribute Classification in Real-World Scenes.", Sensors, vol. 25, no. 4, pp. 1016, 2025.

Cross-domain Hate Speech Detection for Content Moderation in Greek Social Networks

N. Stylianou, T. Tsikrika, S. Vrochidis, I. Kompatsiaris, "Cross-domain Hate Speech Detection for Content Moderation in Greek Social Networks" in 23rd IEEE/WIC International Conference on Web Intelligence and Intelligent Agent Technology, Bangkok, Thailand, December 9-12, 2024, IEEE.

Towards AI-Driven Prediction of Terrorism Risk Based on the Analysis of Localized Web News

G. Koutidis, K. Loumponias, T. Tsikrika, S. Vrochidis and I. Kompatsiaris, "Towards AI-Driven Prediction of Terrorism Risk Based on the Analysis of Localized Web News," in IEEE Access, vol. 12, pp. 167288-167299, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2024.3485913

VERGE in VBS 2025

N. Pantelidis, D. Georgalis, M. Pegia, D. Galanopoulos, K. Apostolidis, K. Stavrothanasopoulos, A. Moumtzidou, K. Gkountakos, I. Gialampoukidis, S. Vrochidis, V. Mezaris, Ι. Kompatsiaris, "VERGE in VBS 2025", 31st International Conference on Multimedia Modeling, Napa, Japan, January 8-10, 2025

Comparative Analysis of Learning-Based Approaches for Change Detection in Satellite Images

Pegia M., Jónsson, B. Þ., Moumtzidou, A., Gialampoukidis, I., Vrochidis, S., Kompatsiaris, I., "Comparative Analysis of Learning-Based Approaches for Change Detection in Satellite Images", IEEE Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 2024 , vol. 18, pp. 3766-3781, 2025, doi: 10.1109/JSTARS.2024.3522350.

Innovative digital forensic and investigation tools for Law Enforcement: The EMPOWER & TRACY Approach

N. Avgerinos, P. Mertis, M. Tsangaris, N. Desipris, G. Lyberopoulos, E. Theodoropoulou, K. Filis, J. Sarajlić, M. Pastor, D. Chatzakou, G. Kalpakis, C/ Chatzikonstantinou, D. Tsatsou, S. Demertzis, P. Leskovsky, S. Linehan, J. Mulcahy, I. Karvelas, M. Á. Fernández, A. Alegria, "Innovative digital forensic and investigation tools for Law Enforcement: The EMPOWER & TRACY Approach", in 20th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications and Innovations (AIAI 2024), Corfu, Greece, 27-30 June 2024

AI-based framework for supporting micro and small Hosting Service Providers on the report and removal of online terrorist content

G. Kalpakis, C. Paternoster, M. Mancuso, D. Kozhuharova, T. Spathi, T. Semertzidis, ... & Vrochidis, "AI-Based Framework for Supporting Micro and Small Hosting Service Providers on the Report and Removal of Online Terrorist Content", In Paradigms on Technology Development for Security Practitioners (pp. 249-261). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland, 2024

A Comprehensive Review of Deep Learning-based Anomaly Detection Methods for Precision Agriculture

K. Gkountakos, K. Ioannidis, K. Demestichas, S. Vrochidis and I. Kompatsiaris, "A Comprehensive Review of Deep Learning-based Anomaly Detection Methods for Precision Agriculture" in IEEE Access, vol 12, pp. 197715-197733, December 2024.

ITI-CERTH participation in ActEV and AVS Tracks of TRECVID 2024

K. Gkountakos, D. Galanopoulos, A. Leventakis, G. Tsionkis, K. Stavrothanasopoulos, K. Ioannidis, S. Vrochidis, V. Mezaris, I. Kompatsiaris, “ITI-CERTH participation in ActEV and AVS Tracks of TRECVID 2024”, Proc. TRECVID 2024 Workshop, Gaithersburg, MD, USA, Nov. 2024.

Applied logic and semantics on indoor and urban adaptive design through knowledge graphs, reasoning and explainable argumentation

E. A. Stathopoulos, A. Vassiliades, S. Diplaris, S. Vrochidis, I. Kompatsiaris, "Applied logic and semantics on indoor and urban adaptive design through knowledge graphs, reasoning and explainable argumentation.", The Knowledge Engineering Review, vol. 39, 2024, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0269888924000043

Multimodal fusion of inertial sensors and single RGB camera data for 3D human pose estimation based on a hybrid LSTM-Random forest fusion network

V. R. Xefteris, A. C. Syropoulou, T. Pistola, P. Kasnesis, I. Poulios, A. Tsanousa, S. Symeonidis, S. Diplaris, K. Goulianas, P. Chatzimisios, S. Vrochidis, "Multimodal fusion of inertial sensors and single rgb camera data for 3d human pose estimation based on a hybrid lstm-random forest fusion network.", Internet of Things, 2024. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iot.2024.101465

Descriptor Impact on Multimodal 3D Retrieval

M. Pegia, B. Þ. Jónsson, A. Moumtzidou, S. Dimplaris, I. Gialampoukidis, S. Vrochidis, I. Kompatsiaris, "Descriptor Impact on Multimodal 3D Retrieval", in Content-based Multimedia Indexing (CBMI), Reykjavik, Iceland, 18-20 September 2024, pp. 1-7, doi: 10.1109/CBMI62980.2024.10859199

VERGE: Simplifying Video Search for Novice Users

N. Pantelidis, M. Pegia, D. Galanopoulos, D. Georgalis, K. Apostolidis, K. Stavrothanasopoulos, A. Moumtzidou, K. Gkountakos, I. Gialampoukidis, S. Vrochidis, V. Mezaris, I. Kompatsiaris, "VERGE: Simplifying Video Search for Novice Users", in Content-based Multimedia Indexing (CBMI), Reykjavik, Iceland, 18-20 September 2024, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/CBMI62980.2024.10859248.

Wildfire Detection for Emergency Responders using X

D. Stefanopoulos, A. Bozas, M. Maslioukova, G. Christodoulou, Y. Kouloglou, M. Pegia, A. Moumtzidou, I. Gialampoukidis, K. Avgerinakis, S. Vrochidis, I. Kompatsiaris, "Wildfire Detection for Emergency Responders using X", in Content-based Multimedia Indexing (CBMI), Reykjavik, Iceland, 18-20 September 2024, pp. 1-7, doi: 10.1109/CBMI62980.2024.10858873.

Towards Advanced Wildfire Analysis: A Siamese Network-Based Change Detection Approach through Self-Supervised Learning

D. Valsamis, A. Oikonomidis, C. Chatzichristaki, A. Moumtzidou, I. Gialampoukidis, S. Vrochidis, I. Kompatsiaris, "Towards Advanced Wildfire Analysis: A Siamese Network-Based Change Detection Approach through Self-Supervised Learning", in Content-based Multimedia Indexing (CBMI), Reykjavik, Iceland, 18-20 September 2024, pp. 1-7, doi: 10.1109/CBMI62980.2024.10858874

Vision-Language Pretraining for Variable-shot Image Classification

S. A. Papadopoulos, K. Ioannidis, S. Vrochidis, I. Kompatsiaris and I. Patras, "Vision-Language Pretraining for Variable-shot Image Classification," in 2025 International Conference on Multimedia Modeling, MMM 2025, Nara, Japan, January 8-10, 2025.

Detection of Complex Formations in an Inland Lake from Sentinel-2 Images Using Atmospheric Corrections and a Fully Connected Deep Neural Network

D.F. Mantsis, A. Moumtzidou, I. Lioumbas, I. Gialampoukidis, A. Christodoulou, A. Mentes, S. Vrochidis , and I. Kompatsiaris, "Detection of Complex Formations in an Inland Lake from Sentinel-2 Images Using Atmospheric Corrections and a Fully Connected Deep Neural Network," Remote Sensing, vol. 16(20), pp. 3913, 2024. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16203913

Forecasting Lakes’ Chlorophyll Concentrations Using Satellite Images and Generative Adversarial Networks, Water Resources Research.

N. Nagkoulis, G. Vasiloudis, A. Moumtzidou, I. Gialampoukidis, S. Vrochidis, and I. Kompatsiaris, "Forecasting lakes' chlorophyll concentrations using satellite images and generative adversarial networks," Water Resources Research, vol. 60, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024WR037138

AI-based geospatial intelligence solutions to analyse satellite earth observation imagery for detecting activities related to environmental crime – the PERIVALLON project

Tsikrika T., Benolli F.,Fraternali P., Bellingeri D., Santos J., Berggren j., Villamor Medina Ε. Balbierz S., Dolianidi C., "AI-based geospatial intelligence solutions to analyse satellite earth observation imagery for detecting activities related to environmental crime – the PERIVALLON project", In Environmental Crimes Workshop 2024, Esa-Esrin, Frascati, Italy, 11-12 June 2024

“PERIVALLON: Improved Intelligence Picture and Operational Capacities to Combat Organised Environmental Crime “

Villamor Medina E., Tsikrika T., Fraternali P., Caldararu L., Efstathiou V., Balbierz S., Skarlatos Ε., Korenjak E., Karakostas A., Di Nuovo L., Benolli F., Bellingeri D., Borloo D., Sciunnach R., Berggren J., Manolache O., Petropoulos I., Bors R., Haimov N., Staniforth A., Thompson J., "PERIVALLON: Improved Intelligence Picture and Operational Capacities to Combat Organised Environmental Crime", In: Gkotsis, I., Kavallieros, D., Stoianov, N., Vrochidis, S., Diagourtas, D., Akhgar, B. (eds) Paradigms on Technology Development for Security Practitioners. Security Informatics and Law Enforcement. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-62083-6_16

Innovative Visual Analysis Solutions to Support Disaster Management

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

Mapping the Current Status of CTI Knowledge Graphs through a Bibliometric Analysis

M. Papoutsoglou, G. Meditskos, N. Bassiliades, E., and S. Vrochidis. 2024. Mapping the Current Status of CTI Knowledge Graphs through a Bibliometric Analysis. In 13th Conference on Artificial Intelligence (SETN 2024), September 11–13, 2024, Piraeus, Greece. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 6 pages

Paradigms on Technology Development for Security Practitioners

I. Gkotsis, D. Kavallieros, N. Stoianov, S. Vrochidis, D. Diagourtas, B. Akhgar, "Paradigms on Technology Development for Security Practitioners",‎ 552 pages, Springer, 2024

Integrating AI and Computer Vision for Ballistic and Bloodstain Analysis in 3D Digital Forensics

E. Patsiouras, S. Kyriakou Vasileiou, S. A. Papadopoulos, N. I. Dourvas, K. Ioannidis, S. Vrochidis, I. Kompatsiaris, "Integrating AI and Computer Vision for Ballistic and Bloodstain Analysis in 3D Digital Forensics" in 2024 IEEE International Conference on Metrology for eXtended Reality, Artificial Intelligence and Neural Engineering (MetroXRAINE), St Albans, UK, October 21-23, 2024.

MUDDAT: A Sentinel-2 Image-Based Muddy Water Benchmark Dataset for Environmental Monitoring

C. Psychalas, K. Vlachos, A. Moumtzidou, I. Gialampoukidis, S. Vrochidis and I. Kompatsiaris, "MUDDAT: A Sentinel-2 Image-Based Muddy Water Benchmark Dataset for Environmental Monitoring" IGARSS 2024 - 2024 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Athens, Greece, 2024, pp. 2902-2907, doi: 10.1109/IGARSS53475.2024.10642051.

A Framework for Vision-Based 3D Inspections for Maintenance Activities and Digital Twin Integration

P. Vrachnos, C. Ramonell, I. Koulalis, K. Ioannidis, I. Stipanovic and S. Vrochidis, “A Framework for Vision-Based 3D Inspections for Maintenance Activities and Digital Twin Integration”, presented at the 21st International Conference on Content-based Multimedia Indexing (CBMI), Reykjavik, Iceland, Jul. 2024.

Towards Semantically Conscious, Conversation-Based Chatbot Services for Migrants

G. Meditskos, S. Tegos, C. Bouas, A. Tassios, K. Manousaridis, M. Papoutsoglou, T. Mavropoulos, S. Vrochidis, "Towards Semantically Conscious, Conversation-Based Chatbot Services for Migrants" in Artificial Intelligence Applications and Innovations, I. Maglogiannis, L. Iliadis, J. Macintyre, M. Avlonitis, and A. Papaleonidas, Eds. Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature Switzerland, 2024, pp. 139-148.

Enhanced Defect Detection in Airport Runway Infrastructure Using Image-Text Pairing

M. Krestenitis, E. Badeka, I. Koulalis, K. Ioannidisand S. Vrochidis, “Enhanced Defect Detection in Airport Runway Infrastructure Using Image-Text Pairing”, presented at the 21st International Conference on Content-based Multimedia Indexing (CBMI), Reykjavik, Iceland, Jul. 2024

Social Media Monitoring for Disaster Management

S. Andreadis, I. Gialampoukidis, S. Vrochidis, I. Kompatsiaris, "Social Media Monitoring for Disaster Management" in Responding to Extreme Weather Events, Wiley Online Library, pp. 224-242, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119741374.ch11

Semantic Modelling for Representation and Integration of Health Data from Wearable Devices

T. Tasia, C. Maga-Nteve, N. Tsolakis, G. Meditskos, T. Mavropoulos, S. Vrochidis, "Semantic Modelling for Representation and Integration of Health Data from Wearable Devices", In Artificial Intelligence Applications and Innovations, I. Maglogiannis, L. Iliadis, J. Macintyre, M. Avlonitis, A. Papaleonidas (eds), AIAI 2024. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, vol 711. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-63211-2_17

An End-to-End Framework for Cybersecurity Taxonomy and Ontology Generation and Updating

A. Kougioumtzidou, A. Papoutsis, D. Kavallieros, T. Mavropoulos, T. Tsikrika, S. Vrochidis, and I. Kompatsiaris, "An End-to-End Framework for Cybersecurity Taxonomy and Ontology Generation and Updating," in 2024 IEEE International Conference on Cyber Security and Resilience, CSR 2024, London, UK, September 2-4, 2024, IEEE

Multimodality in Media Retrieval

M. Pegia. "Multimodality in Media Retrieval", in Proceedings of the 2024 International Conference on Multimedia Retrieval (ICMR 2024), Phuket, Thailand, June 10-14, 2024.

Multimedia Retrieval in and for XR

M. Pegia, S. Diplaris, S. Vrochidis, H. Schuldt, F. Spiess, R. Arnold, W. Bailer. "Multimedia Retrieval in and for XR" In in Proceedings of the 2024 International Conference on Multimedia Retrieval (ICMR 2024), Phuket, Thailand, June 10-14, 2024.

3DMSE: An Interactive 3D Media Search Engine

M. Pegia, D. Georgalis, N. Pantelidis, B. Þ. Jónsson, A. Moumtzidou, S. Diplaris, I. Gialampoukidis, S. Vrochidis, I. Kompatsiaris. "3DMSE: An Interactive 3D Media Search Engine", in Proceedings of the 2024 International Conference on Multimedia Retrieval (ICMR 2024), Phuket, Thailand, June 10-14, 2024.

Embodied Augmented Reality for Lower Limb Rehabilitation

F. Sarri, P. Kasnesis, S. Symeonidis, I. Th. Paraskevopoulos, S. Diplaris, F. Posteraro, G. Georgoudis and K. Mania, "Embodied Augmented Reality for Lower Limb Rehabilitation", Proceeding of the EUROGRAPHICS 2024, workshop on 'Creating Lively Interactive Populated Environments (CLIPE)' (CLIPE 2024), Limassol, Cyprus, 2024.

Enhanced real-time motion transfer to 3D avatars using RGB-based human 3D pose estimation

I. Poulios, T. Pistola, S. Symeonidis, S. Diplaris, K. Ioannidis, S. Vrochidis, I. Kompatsiaris, "Enhanced real-time motion transfer to 3D avatars using RGB-based human 3D pose estimation" in ACM IMX 2024 Conference, Stockholm, Sweden, June 12-14, 2024.

Resilient and adaptive renovation of the 20th century buildings towards net-zero carbon built heritage – The approach of the SINCERE research project

E. Tziviloglou, C. Stentoumis, J. I. Alvarez, E. Stathopoulos, S. Diplaris, A. Sfetsos, D. Vlachogiannis and I. Karatasios, "Resilient and adaptive renovation of 20th century buildings towards net-zero carbon built heritage - The approach of the SINCERE research project". Proceedings of the 11th International Symposium on the Conservation of Monuments in the Mediterranean Basin (MONUBASIN), Athens, Greece, June 17-19, 2024.

Bias Detection and Mitigation in Textual Data: a Study on Fake News and Hate Speech Detection

A. Kasampalis, D. Chatzakou,T. Tsikrika, S. Vrochidis, I.Kompatsiaris,"Bias Detection and Mitigation in Textual Data: a Study on Fake News and Hate Speech Detection", Advances in Information Retrieval: 46th European Conference on Information Retrieval, ECIR 2024, Glasgow, UK, Proceedings, Part III, Pages 374–383, March 24–28, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-56063-7_29

FIWARE-compatible Smart Data Models for Satellite Imagery and Flood Risk Assessment to Enhance Data Management

Y. Kouloglou, G. Antzoulatos, G. Vosinakis, F. Lombardo, A. Abella, M. Bakratsas, A. Moumtzidou, E. Maltezos, I. Gialampoukidis, E. Ouzounoglou, S. Vrochidis, A. Amditis, I. Kompatsiaris, M. Ferri, "FIWARE-compatible Smart Data Models for Satellite Imagery and Flood Risk Assessment to Enhance Data Management", In Information 2024, 15(5), 257. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10198821

From Research to Applications: What Can We Extract with Social Media Sensing?

A. Bozas, S. Andreadis, D. Chatzakou, S. Symeonidis, O. Theodosiadou, P. Kyriakidis, A. Kokkalas, E. A. Stathopoulos, S. Diplaris, T. Tsikrika, I. Gialampoukidis, S. Vrochidis, and I. Kompatsiaris, "What Can We Extract with Social Media Sensing? - Insights from Research to Applications". SN COMPUT. SCI. 5, 484 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42979-024-02712-9

Frugal and Robust AI for Defence Advanced Intelligence

A. Papagianni, K. Ioannidis, T. Tsikrika, S. Vrochidis, I. Kompatsiaris, "Frugal and Robust AI for Defence Advanced Intelligence", In Springer’s book series “Security Informatics and Law Enforcement“

XR4DRAMA a knowledge-based system for disaster management and media planning

A. Vassiliades, Alexandros, G. Stathopoulos-Kampilis, G. Antzoulatos, S. Symeonidis, S. Diplaris, Sotiris, S. Vrochidis, N. Bassiliades, I. Kompatsiaris, "XR4DRAMA a knowledge-based system for disaster management and media planning", The Knowledge Engineering Review, vol. 39, e1, 2024, Cambridge University Press

Using atmospheric models to simulate backward certain gases that are the result of illegal activities and locate the source

D. Mantsis, I. Gialampoukidis, S. Vrochidis, Τ. Tsikrika, Ι. Kompatsiaris, "Using atmospheric models to simulate backward certain gases that are the result of illegal activities and locate the source", In EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna, Austria, 24–28 Apr 2023, EGU23-2323

Connecting the Elderly Using VR: A Novel Art-Driven Methodology

M.V. Kosti, M. Benayoun, N. Georgakopoulou, S. Diplaris, T. Pistola, V. R. Xefteris, A. Tsanousa, K. Valsamidou, P. Koulali, Y. Shekhawat, P. Sciama, I. Kalisperakis, S. Vrochidis, I. Kompatsiaris, "Connecting the Elderly Using VR: A Novel Art-Driven Methodology". *Appl. Sci. 2024, 14, 2217*, March 2024

VERGE IN VBS 2024

N. Pantelidis, M. Pegia, D. Galanopoulos, K. Apostolidis, K. Stavrothanasopoulos, A. Moumtzidou, K. Gkountakos, I. Gialampoukidis, S. Vrochidis, V. Mezaris, I. Kompatsiaris, B. Þór Jónsson, "VERGE IN VBS 2024", In Proceedings of the 30th International Conference on Multimedia Modeling (MMM 2024), Amsterdam, The Netherlands, January 29 - February 2, 2024.

A Framework for 3D Modeling of Construction Sites Using Aerial Imagery and Semantic NeRFs

P. Vrachnos, M. Krestenitis, I. Koulalis, K. Ioannidis,S. Vrochidis , "A Framework for 3D Modeling of Construction Sites Using Aerial Imagery and Semantic NeRFs". In International Conference on Multimedia Modeling (pp. 175-187). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland, January, 2024

Time-Quality Tradeoff of MuseHash Query Processing Performance

M. Pegia, F. A. López, A. Moumtzidou, A. Gutierrez-Torre, B. Þór Jónsson, J. Lluís Berral-García, I. Gialampoukidis, S. Vrochidis, I. Kompatsiaris, "Time-Quality Tradeoff of MuseHash Query Processing Performance", in Proceedings of the 30th International Conference on Multimedia Modeling (MMM 2024), Amsterdam, The Netherlands, January 29 - February 2, 2024.

Multimodal 3D Object Retrieval

M. Pegia, B. Þór Jónsson, A. Moumtzidou, S. Diplaris, I. Gialampoukidis, S. Vrochidis, I. Kompatsiaris, "Multimodal 3D Object Retrieval", in Proceedings of the 30th International Conference on Multimedia Modeling (MMM 2024), Amsterdam, The Netherlands, January 29 - February 2, 2024.

Object Detection and Recognition in Visual Content Understanding

D. Touska, K. Gkountakos, O. Theodosiadou, T. Tsikrika, S. Vrochidis, "Object Detection and Recognition in Visual Content Understanding", CERTH, Thessaloniki, Greece, Tech. Rep. INFINITY project H2020, 2023.

Deep Explainability: Spin-Geometrical Neural Meta-Structures

S. Karamitziou, T. Mavropoulos, D. Ntioudis, G. Meditskos, s. Vrochidis, I. Kompatsiaris, "Deep Explainability: Spin-Geometrical Neural Meta-Structures", In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Big Data 2023/ 3rd Workshop on Multimodal AI (MMAI 2023), Dec. 15-18. 2023, https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2311.16111

Novel Framework for Quality Control in Vibration Monitoring of CNC Machining

G. Apostolou, M. Ntemi, S. Paraschos, I. Gialampoukidis, A. Rizzi, SVrochidis, I. Kompatsiaris, "Novel Framework for Quality Control in Vibration Monitoring of CNC Machining" Sensors 2024, 24, 307. https://doi.org/10.3390/s24010307

A Monitoring Tool for Terrorism-related Key-players and Key-communities in Social Media Networks

S. Andreadis, I. Gialampoukidis, G. Kalpakis, T. Tsikrika, S. Papadopoulos, S. Vrochidis, I. Kompatsiaris, "A Monitoring Tool for Terrorism-related Key-players and Key-communities in Social Media Networks", In Proceedings of the 2017 IEEE European Intelligence and Security Informatics Conference (EISIC 2017), Dekelia Air Base, Athens, Greece, September 11-13, 2017.

A Multimodal Late Fusion Framework for Physiological Sensor and Audio-Signal-Based Stress Detection: An Experimental Study and Public Dataset

V.-R. Xefteris, M. Dominguez, J. Grivolla, A.Tsanousa, F. Zaffanela, Μ. Monego,S. Symeonidis, S. Diplaris, L. Wanner, S. Vrochidis, I. Kompatsiaris, “A Multimodal Late Fusion Framework for Physiological Sensor and Audio-Signal-Based Stress Detection: An Experimental Study and Public Dataset,” Electronics, vol. 12, no. 23, p. 4871, Dec. 2023. doi: 10.3390/electronics12234871.

Fusion of Environmental Sensors for Occupancy Detection in a Real Construction Site

Α. Tsanousa, C. Moschou, E. Bektsis, S. Vrochidis, I. Kompatsiaris, "Fusion of Environmental Sensors for Occupancy Detection in a Real Construction Site", Sensors 2023, 23, 9596. https://doi.org/10.3390/s23239596

Predicting Consumer Service Price Evolution during the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Optimized Machine Learning Approach

T. Papadopoulos, I. Kosmas, G. Botsoglou, N. I. Dourvas, C. Maga-Nteve, C. Michalakelis, "Predicting Consumer Service Price Evolution during the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Optimized Machine Learning Approach.",Electronics, vol. 12, no. 18, 2023. DOI:https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics12183806

Evaluation of Explainable Artificial Intelligence methods in Language Learning Classification of Spanish Tertiary Education Students

G. Tzionis, G. Antzoulatos, P. Papaioannou, A. Mavropoulos, I. Gialampoukidis, M. González Burgos, S. Vrochidis, I. Kompatsiaris, & M. Vlachopoulou, "Evaluation of Explainable Artificial Intelligence methods in Language Learning Classification of Spanish Tertiary Education Students". In 15th International Conference on Interactive Mobile Communication Technologies and Learning, IMCL 2023, Thessaloniki, Greece, November 9, 2023.

Overcome the Fear Of Missing Out: Active sensing UAV scanning for precision agriculture

M. Krestenitis, E. Raptis, A. Kapoutsis, K. Ioannidis, E. Kosmatopoulos, S. Vrochidis, "Overcome the Fear Of Missing Out: Active sensing UAV scanning for precision agriculture", Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Vol. 172, February 2024, 104581, ISSN 0921-8890, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.robot.2023.104581.

Towards a Paradigm Shift on Mapping Muddy Waters with Sentinel-2 Using Machine Learning

C. Psychalas, K. Vlachos, A. Moumtzidou, I. Gialampoukidis, S. Vrochidis, and I. Kompatsiaris, "Towards a Paradigm Shift on Mapping Muddy Waters with Sentinel-2 Using Machine Learning.", Sustainability, vol. 15, no. 18, p. 13441, Sep. 2023, https://doi: 10.3390/su151813441

Social media sensing for forest wildfires- a case study from Greece

Α. Bozas, G. Sakkas, Y. Kouloglou , A. Moumtzidou, N. Kalopodis, K. Demestichas, I. Gialampoukidis, A. Giordanis, I. Vourvachis, S. Vrochidis, S., & Kompatsiaris, I. (Yiannis), "Social media sensing for forest wildfires- a case study from Greece". in SafeAttica 2023: Proceedings 10th International Conference on Civil Protection & New Technologies (SafeAttica), War Museum, Athens, Greece, 20-30 June, 2023. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10101880

WQEMS platform for inland surface water bodies’ monitoring: serving user communities and supporting expert analyses

M. G. Scarpino, M. Matera, P. Bauer, I. Manakos, A. Kita, K. Vlachos, A. Bozas, I. Serral, A. Moumtzidou, I. Gialampoukidis, S. Vrochidis,"WQEMS platform for inland surface water bodies' monitoring: serving user communities and supporting expert analyses", In SPIE 12786: Proceedings Ninth International Conference on Remote Sensing and Geoinformation of the Environment (RSCy2023), Ayia Napa, Cyprus, 3-5 April, 2023 vol. 1278615.

A Practical and Scalable Privacy-preserving Framework

N. Avgerinos, S. D'Antonio, I. Kamara, C. Kotselidis, I. Lazarou, T. Mannarino, G. Meditskos, K Papachristopoulou, A. Papoutsis, P. Roccetti, M. Zuber, "A Practical and Scalable Privacy-preserving Framework" in 2023 IEEE International Conference on Cyber Security and Resilience (CSR), Venice, Italy, July 31 – August 2023. pp. 598-603.

Digital twinning during load tests of railway bridges – case study: the high-speed railway network, Extremadura, Spain

R. Chacón, C. Ramonell, H. Posada, P. Sierra, R. Tomar, C. Martínez de la Rosa, A. Rodriguez, I. Koulalis, K. Ioannidis, S. Wagmeister, "Digital twinning during load tests of railway bridges - case study: the high-speed railway network, Extremadura, Spain.", Structure and Infrastructure Engineering, vol. 20, no. 7-8, pp. 1105-1119, 2023. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1080/15732479.2023.2264840

VERGE in VBS 2023

N. Pantelidis, S. Andreadis, M. Pegia, A. Moumtzidou, D. Galanopoulos, K. Apostolidis, D. Touska, K. Gkountakos, I. Gialampoukidis, S. Vrochidis, V. Mezaris, and I. Kompatsiaris, “VERGE in VBS 2023” in MultiMedia Modeling: 29th International Conference. MMM 2023, Bergen, Norway, January 9–12, 2023, Proceedings, Part I. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2023, pp. 658–664. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-27077-2_55.

VERGE in VBS 2021

S. Andreadis, A. Moumtzidou, K. Gkountakos, N. Pantelidis, K. Apostolidis, D. Galanopoulos, I. Gialampoukidis, S. Vrochidis, V. Mezaris, I. Kompatsiaris, "VERGE in VBS 2021", Proc. 27th Int. Conf. on Multimedia Modeling (MMM2021), Prague, CZ, Springer LNCS vol. 12573, pp. 398–404, 22-24 June 2021. DOI:10.1007/978-3-030-67835-7_35

“DYNAMO: Dynamic Ontology Extension for Augmenting Chatbot Intelligence through BabelNet”

A. Georgoudi; G. Meditskos; T. Mavropoulos; S. Vrochidis; "DYNAMO: Dynamic Ontology Extension for Augmenting Chatbot Intelligence through BabelNet", in SEMAPRO 2023, September 25- 29, 2023

A Semantic Framework for Decision Making in Forest Fire Emergencies

Masa, P.; Kintzios, S.; Vasileiou, Z.; Meditskos, G.; Vrochidis, S.; Kompatsiaris, I. A Semantic Framework for Decision Making in Forest Fire Emergencies. Appl. Sci. 2023, 13, 9065. https://doi.org/10.3390/app13169065

Automatic transcription of Greek folk dance videos to labanotation based on autoencoders

G. Loupas, T. Pistola, S. Diplaris, C. Stentoumis, K. Ioannidis, S. Vrochidis, and I. Kompatsiaris, “Automatic transcription of Greek folk dance videos to labanotation based on autoencoders” in 25th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, 2023.

Response Time Improvement in Medical Emergency Departments Through Evolutionary Optimization.

C. Kyriakopoulos, I. Gialampoukidis, S. Kintzios, S. Vrochidis, I. Kompatsiaris, “Response Time Improvement in Medical Emergency Departments Through Evolutionary Optimization” in Stud Health Technol Inform. 2023 June 29, 305:234-237. https://doi.org/10.3233/shti230471. doi: 10.3233/SHTI230471. PMID: 37387005.

A Query Expansion Benchmark on Social Media Information Retrieval: Which Methodology Performs Best and Aligns with Semantics?

Stathopoulos EA, Karageorgiadis AI, Kokkalas A, Diplaris S, Vrochidis S, Kompatsiaris I. A Query Expansion Benchmark on Social Media Information Retrieval: Which Methodology Performs Best and Aligns with Semantics? Computers. 2023; 12(6):119. https://doi.org/10.3390/computers12060119

“InSEption: A Robust Mechanism for Predicting FoG Episodes in PD Patients”

Dimoudis D, Tsolakis N, Magga-Nteve C, Meditskos G, Vrochidis S, Kompatsiaris I. "InSEption: A Robust Mechanism for Predicting FoG Episodes in PD Patients". Electronics. 2023; 12(9):2088. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics12092088

“Ince-PD Model for Parkinson’s Disease Prediction Using MDS-UPDRS I & II and PDQ-8 Score”

N. Tsolakis, C. Maga-Nteve, G. Meditskos, S. Vrochidis and I. Kompatsiaris, "Ince-PD Model for Parkinson’s Disease Prediction Using MDS-UPDRS I & II and PDQ-8 Score" in Artificial Intelligence Applications and Innovations. AIAI 2023. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, Maglogiannis, I., Iliadis, L., MacIntyre, J., Dominguez, M. (eds), vol 675. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-34111-3_23

“CoFly: An automated, AI-based open-source platform for UAV precision agriculture applications”

E. Raptis, K. Englezos O. Kypris, Marios Krestenitis, A. Kapoutsis, K. Ioannidis, S. Vrochidis and E. Kosmatopoulos, "CoFly: An automated, AI-based open-source platform for UAV precision agriculture applications", SoftwareX, 2023

“WQeMS Platform for Insland and Surface Water Bodies’ Monitoring: Serving User Communities and Supporting Experts’ Analyses”

G. M. Scarpino, M. Matera, P. Bauer, I. Manakos, A. Kita, K. Vlachos, A. Bozas, I. Serral, A. Moumtzidou, I. Gialampoukidis & S. Vrochidis, ”WQeMS Platform for Insland and Surface Water Bodies' Monitoring: Serving User Communities and Supporting Experts' Analyses”, In Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Remote Sensing and Geoinformation of Environmentʼ 3-5 April, 2023 – Cyprus.

TOWARDS A PARADIGM SHIFT ON MAPPING MUDDY WATERS IN WATER RESERVOIRS WITH SENTINEL-2 USING MACHINE LEARNING

K. Vlachos, C. Psychalas, A. Moumtzidou, I. Gialampoukidis, S. Vrochidis & I. Kompatsiaris. (2023). "TOWARDS A PARADIGM SHIFT ON MAPPING MUDDY WATERS IN WATER RESERVOIRS WITH SENTINEL-2 USING MACHINE LEARNING.", Ιn Ninth International Conference on Remote Sensing and Geoinformation of the Environment (RSCy2023), Ayia Napa, Cyprus, 3-5 April, 2023 (Poster).

Artificial Intelligence to counter Cyber-Terrorism

S. Bianchi, M. Mancuso, C. Paternoster, G. Kalpakis, T. Tsikrika, S. Vrochidis, D. Kozhuharova, and B. Jaeger. “Artificial Intelligence to counter Cyber-Terrorism. ” in Proceedings International Conference on Cybersecurity and Cybercrime, 5-7 December 2023, Vol. 10

Tweaking EfficientDet for frugal training

G. Orfanidis, K. Ioannidis, S. Vrochidis and I. Kompatsiaris, “Tweaking EfficientDet for frugal training. In Proccedings International Conference on Multimedia Retrieval 2023 (ICMR 2023), Thessaloniki, Greece, 12 - 15 June 2023

Adaptive Quality Diagnosis Framework for Production Lines in a Smart Manufacturing Environmen

A. Kyriakopoulos; Ilias Gialampoukidis; Stefanos Vrochidis; Ioannis Kompatsiaris. "Adaptive Quality Diagnosis Framework for Production Lines in a Smart Manufacturing Environment". Machines 2023, 11(4), 499; https://doi.org/10.3390/machines11040499.

Assessing Virtual Reality Spaces for Elders Using Image-Based Sentiment Analysis and Stress Level Detection

Kosti, M.V.; Georgakopoulou, N.; Diplaris, S.; Pistola, T.; Chatzistavros, K.; Xefteris, V.-R.; Tsanousa, A.; Vrochidis, S.; Kompatsiaris, I. Assessing Virtual Reality Spaces for Elders Using Image-Based Sentiment Analysis and Stress Level Detection. Sensors 2023, 23, 4130. https://doi.org/10.3390/s23084130

Flood-Related Multimedia Benchmark Evaluation: Challenges, Results and a Novel GNN Approach

Thomas Papadimos, Stelios Andreadis, Ilias Gialampoukidis, Stefanos Vrochidis, Ioannis Kompatsiaris, "Flood-Related Multimedia Benchmark Evaluation: Challenges, Results and a Novel GNN Approach", Sensors 2023, 23(7), 3767; https://doi.org/10.3390/s23073767

Mobile App Interventions for Parkinson’s Disease, Multiple Sclerosis and Stroke: A Systematic Literature Review

Triantafyllidis A, Segkouli S, Zygouris S, Michailidou C, Avgerinakis K, Fappa E, Vassiliades S, Bougea A, Papagiannakis N, Katakis I, Mathioudis E, Sorici A, Bajenaru L, Tageo V, Camonita F, Magga-Nteve C, Vrochidis S, Pedullà L, Brichetto G, Tsakanikas P, Votis K, Tzovaras D. Mobile App Interventions for Parkinson’s Disease, Multiple Sclerosis and Stroke: A Systematic Literature Review. Sensors. 2023; 23(7):3396. https://doi.org/10.3390/s23073396

Standardized and extensible reference data model for clinical research in Living Labs

C. Maga-Nteve, G. Epelde, M. Hernandez, N. Tsolakis, E. Konstantinidis, G. Meditskos, P. Bamidis and S. Vrochidis, “Standardized and extensible reference data model for clinical research in Living Labs” in 12th International Conference on Current and Future Trends of Information and Communication Technologies in Healthcare (ICTH 2022). Procedia Computer Science, October 26-28, 2022, Volume 210, Pages 165-172. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2022.10.133

Towards a taxonomy for health living lab data collection devices

Petsani, D. ; Santonen, T. ; Konstantinidis, E. ; Enriquez, L. ; Petronikolou, V. ; Maga, C. ; Makroglou, S. & Bamidis, P.(2022) Towards a Taxonomy for Health Living Lab Data Collection Devices. In Leandro Bitetti, Iain Bitran, Steffen Conn, Jessica Fishburn, Eelko Huizingh, Marko Torkkeli, Jialei Yang (Eds.) Proceedings of the XXXIII ISPIM Innovation Conference

MuseHash: Supervised Bayesian Hashing for Multimodal Image Representation

M. Pegia, B. Þ. Jónsson, A. Moumtzidou, I. Gialampoukidis, S. Vrochidis, and I. Kompatsiaris, ”MuseHash: Super- vised Bayesian Hashing for Multimodal Image Representation” in ACM ICMR ’23: ACM International Conference on Multimedia Retrieval, June 10– 15, 2023, Thessaloniki, Greece. Proceedings of the 2023 ACM International Conference on Multimedia Retrieval, pp. 434–442, https://doi.org/10.1145/3591106.3592228.