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Petros Maragos : Research Grants

Research Projects
  • "EASIER: intElligent Automatic SIgn languagE tRanslation"
    Sponsor: European Union Horizon 2020,
    Time/Place: 2021 – 2023, Athena Research Center -- Robotic Perception & Interaction Unit. P. Maragos' participation: Co-PI of Athena RC teams.

  • "SoftGrip: Functionalised Soft robotic gripper for delicate produce harvesting powered by imitation learning based control"
    Sponsor: European Union Horizon 2020,
    Time/Place: 2021 – 2023, ICCS - NTUA. P. Maragos' participation: Co-PI of ICCS-NTUA’s Team.

  • "TeachBot: Intelligent Child-Robot Interaction System for designing and implementing edutainment scenarios with emphasis on visual information"
    Sponsor: European Union (European Social Fund- ESF) and Greek national funds through the Operational Programme «Human Resources Development, Education and Lifelong Learning 2014 2020,
    Time/Place: 2020 – 2021, NTUA. P. Maragos' participation: Scientific Director and Principal Investigator.

  • "e-Prevention: Prevention in Patients with Psychotic Disorders using Long Term Recording and Analysis of Biometric Indexes"
    Sponsor: Greek national funds through the Operational Program Competitiveness, Entrepreneurship and Innovation under the call RESEARCH – CREATE – INNOVATE,
    Time/Place: 2018 – 2021, NTUA. P. Maragos' participation: Scientific Director and Principal Investigator.

  • "i-Walk: Intelligent Robotic Walker for mobility and cognitive assistance of elderly and motor-impaired people"
    Sponsor: Greek national funds through the Operational Program Competitiveness, Entrepreneurship and Innovation under the call RESEARCH – CREATE – INNOVATE,
    Time/Place: 2018 – 2021, ICCS - NTUA. P. Maragos' participation: Scientific Director and Principal Investigator.

  • "iMuSciCA: Interactive Music Science Collaborative Activities"
    Sponsor: European Union Horizon 2020,
    Time/Place: 2017 – 2019, Athena Research Center - Robotic Perception \& Interaction Unit. P. Maragos' participation: Co-PI of Athena RC team.

  • "BabyRobot: Child-Robot Communication and Collaboration"
    Sponsor: European Union Horizon 2020 (Research and Innovation Action)
    Time/Place: 2016 – 2018, “Athena” Research Center - Information Analysis & Modeling Unit.
    P. Maragos' participation: Scientific Director and PI of Athena RC - RPI team.

  • "I-SUPPORT" (http://www.i-support-project.eu/)
    Sponsor: European Union Horizon 2020,
    2015 – 2018, ICCS – NTUA. P. Maragos' participation: Co-PI of ICCS team.

  • " MOBOT: Intelligent Active MObility Assistance RoBOT integrating Multimodal Sensory Processing, Proactive Autonomy and Adaptive Interaction"
    Sponsor: European Union FP7: Specific Targeted Research-Innovation Project (STREP),
    2013 – 2016, ICCS – NTUA. P. Maragos' participation: Scientific Director and Co-PI of ICCS team.

  • "DIRHA: Distant-Speech Interaction for Robust Home Applications"
    Sponsor: European Union FP7: Specific Targeted Research-Innovation Project (STREP),
    2012 – 2014, Athena Research and Innovation Center- Image Analysis & Modeling Unit. Scientific Director and PI of Athena RC - IAMU’s team: P. Maragos; also WP Leader.

  • "COGNIMUSE: Multimodal Signal and Event Processing In Perception and Cognition"
    Sponsor: Greek Ministry of Education and Ministry of Development (Basic Research Program “ARISTEIA”).
    2012-2015, NTUA. Scientific Director and PI: P. Maragos.

  • "BabyAffect: Affective and behavioral modeling of early lexicalizations of ASD and TD children"
    Sponsor: Greek Ministry of Education and Ministry of Development (Basic Research Program “ARISTEIA”).
    2014-2015, NTUA. PI: A. Potamianos, Senior Researcher: P. Maragos.

  • "TIMELY: Time In MEntaL activitY: theoretical, behavioral, bioimaging and clinical perspectives"
    Sponsor: ESF-Cost Action (European Network).
    2010-present, NTUA. PI of NTUA’s team: P. Maragos.

  • "Music Signal Processing and Applications in Recognition"
    Sponsor: Greek Ministry of Education (Basic Research Program "HRAKLEITOS II"),
    2010-2013, NTUA. Scientific Director and PI: P. Maragos.

  • "Dicta-Sign: Sign Language Recognition, Generation and Modeling with Application in Deaf Communication"
    Sponsor: European Union: FP7, Specific Targeted Research-Innovation Project,
    2009 – 2012, NTUA. Scientific Director and PI of NTUA’s team: P. Maragos; also WP Leader.

  • "ASPI: Audiovisual to Articulatory Speech Inversion"
    Sponsor: European Union: Future and Emergent Technologies, 6th Framework Programme,
    2005 – 2008, ICCS – NTUA. Scientific Director and PI of ICCS-NTUA’s team: P. Maragos; also WP Leader.

  • "DIANOEMA: Visual Gesture Analysis and Recognition for Sign Language Modeling and Application to Robot Teleoperation"
    Sponsor: Greek General Secretariat for Research and Technology,
    2000-2001, ICCS - NTUA. Project PI and Coordinator, and Scientific Director of ICCS-NTUA’s team: P. Maragos.

  • "GridNews: Distributed GRID Platform for Advanced Content Management and Retrieval in Audiovisual Broadcast News"
    Sponsor: Greek General Secretariat for Research and Technology,
    2006-2008, ICCS-NTUA. Co-PI: P. Maragos.

  • "MUSCLE: Multimedia Understanding, Semantics, Computation and Learning"
    Sponsor: European Union: Network of Excellence, 6th Framework Programme,
    2004 – 2008, ICCS – NTUA. Scientific Director and PI of ICCS-NTUA’s team: P. Maragos; also WP Leader.

  • "HIWIRE: Human Input That Works In Real Environments"
    Sponsor: European Union: Specific Targeted Research or Innovation Project, 6th Framework Programme,
    2004 – 2007, ICCS – NTUA. Scientific Director and PI of ICCS-NTUA’s team: P. Maragos.

  • "PENED: Computer Vision and Virtual Reality for Three-Dimensional Reconstruction of Archeological Findings with Applications to Wall Painintings and Buildings of the Prehistoric Settlement of Akrotiri in Santorini" ,
    Sponsor: Greek Secretariat for Research & Technology ( PENED-2003),
    2005-2009, NTUA. Project PI and Coordinator, and Scientific Director of NTUA’s team: P. Maragos.

  • "Aero-Dynamic Analysis of the Vocal Tract with Application to Speech Modeling, Synthesis and Recognition" ,
    Sponsor: Greek Secretariat for Research & Technology ( PENED-2003),
    2005-2009, NTUA and Technical University of Crete. Co-PI and Scientific Director of NTUA’s team: P. Maragos.

  • "Statistical Signal and Image Processing Methods for Optimum Denoising and Detection with Applications to Satellite Data" ,
    Sponsor: Greek Secretariat for Research & Technology ( PENED-2003),
    2005-2009, NTUA and National Observatory of Athens. Co-PI and Scientific Director of NTUA’s team: P. Maragos.

  • "Nonlinear Systems for Analysis of Microstuctures in Speech and Image Signals"
    Sponsor: NTUA Basic Research Program "PROTAGORAS",
    Scientific Director and PI: P. Maragos, Nat. Tech. Univ. Athens, 2004 - 2008.

  • "Advanced Optical Imaging and Computer Vision Methods With Applications to Cancer Diagnosis"
    Sponsor: Greek Ministry of Education (Basic Research Program "PYTHAGORAS"),
    2004-2007, NTUA. Co-PI: P. Maragos.

  • "Synergy Between Image Segmentation and Object Recognition Using Geometrical and Statistical Computer Vision Techniques"
    Sponsor: Greek Ministry of Education (Basic Research Program "HRAKLEITOS"),
    2003-2006, NTUA. Scientific Director and PI: P. Maragos.

  • "Integrated System for Control of the Ecologic Quality of Soils"
    Sponsor: Greek Secretariat for Research & Technology (ΠΕΝΕΔ - 2001),
    2002-2006, ICCS-NTUA and Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki. Co-PI and Scientific Director of ICCS-NTUA’s team: P. Maragos.

  • "COST 277: Nonlinear Speech Processing"
    Sponsor: European Union,
    2002-2005, NTUA. PI of NTUA’s team: P. Maragos.

  • "Development of Novel Methods of Digital Processing of Nonstationary Signals for Improving the Accuracy and Resolution of Ultrasound Doppler Sepctroscopy in Measuring Blood Flow"
    Sponsor: ICCS (Basic Research Program ARCHIMEDES),
    2000-2001, ICCS-NTUA. PI: P. Maragos.

  • "Aerodynamic Analysis of Human Vocal Tract with Navier-Stokes Equations and Relations to Speech Production"
    Sponsor: ICCS-Inst. of Computer and Communication Systems (Basic Research Program ARCHIMEDES),
    2000-2001, ICCS - NTUA. Co-PI: P. Maragos.

  • "Evaluation of the Biological Quality of Soils with New Computer Vision Techniques"
    Sponsor: Greek Secretariat for Research & Technology (ΠΕΝΕΔ - 1999),
    2000-2001, Institute of Communication & Computer Systems (ICCS) - NTUA. Project PI and Coordinator, and Scientific Director of ICCS-NTUA’s team: P. Maragos.

  • "AKODIFON: Improvement of Phonemic Recognition by Developing and Using Modulation and Fractal Acoustic Features"
    Sponsor: Greek Secretariat for Research & Technology (ΕΠΕΤ ΙΙ – 98),
    1999-2001, NTUA. Scientific Director and PI: P. Maragos.

  • "Morphological Signal and Image Processing"
    Sponsor: National Science Foundation,
    PI: P. Maragos, Harvard University, 1987-1992.

  • "Morphology-based Image Processing VLSI Chip Architecture"
    Sponsor: Bell Communications Research,
    PI: P. Maragos, Harvard University, 1987-89.

  • "Shape Analysis and Recognition"
    Sponsor: Xerox, Harvard University,
    PI: P. Maragos, 1987--1992.

  • Computer Equipment Grants
    Sponsors: Sun Microsystems and Digital Equipment Corporation,
    Harvard University, PI: P. Maragos, 1988-1991.

  • "Motion Analysis in Satellite Imagery"
    Sponsor: The Analytic Sciences Corporation,
    PI: P. Maragos, Harvard University, 1990-91.

  • "Nonlinear Speech Modeling with Application to Speaker Identification"
    Sponsor: MIT Lincoln Labs,
    PI: P. Maragos, Harvard University, 1991-92.

  • Brown-Harvard-MIT "Center for Intelligent Systems"
    Sponsor: ARO,
    Co-Investigator: P. Maragos, Harvard University, 1992-93.

  • "Nonlinear Systems for Speech Signal Processing"
    Sponsor: National Science Foundation,
    PI: P. Maragos, Harvard University and Georgia Tech, 1992-95.

  • "Co-Channel Demodulation and AM--FM Feature Extraction Using Energy Operators and Energy Separation"
    Sponsor: Center for Research on Applied Signal Processing / U.S.C,
    PI: P. Maragos, Georgia Tech, 1994-95.

  • "Multidimensional Digital Signal Processing Devices for Information Processing, and Electromagnetic Analysis and Measurement"
    Sponsor: Joint Services Electronics Program,
    Co-Investigator: P. Maragos, Georgia Tech, 1996-98.

  • "Morphological Signal Processing: Slope Transforms, Max--Min Dynamics, and Differential Morphology"
    Sponsor: National Science Foundation,
    PI: P. Maragos, Georgia Tech, 1995-98.

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