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Computer Vision, Speech Communication &

Signal Processing Group

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Petros Maragos : Student Research Supervision

Ph.D. Graduated Students
  • C.-S. Fuh,
    Visual Motion Analysis: Estimating and Interpreting Displacement Fields,
    Ph.D. Thesis, Harvard University, 1992.
    Current affiliation: Professor at National Taiwan University.

  • P.-F. Yang,
    Morphological Systems for Character Image Processing and Recognition,
    PhD Thesis, Harvard University, 1993.

  • M. Kim,
    A Morphological Approach to Learning,
    PhD Thesis, Harvard University, 1993.
    Current affiliation: Professor at Korea University.

  • A. Potamianos,
    Speech Processing Applications using an AM-FM Modulation Model,
    PhD Thesis, Harvard University, 1995.
    Current affiliation: Assoc. Professor at Tech. University Crete.

  • L. Pessoa,
    Nonlinear Systems and Neural Networks with Hybrid Morphological/Rank/Linear Nodes: Optimal Design and Applications to Image Processing and Pattern Recognition,
    PhD Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, 1997.
    Current affiliation: Motorola Semiconductor Products Sector, USA.

  • B. Santhanam,
    Multicomponent AM-FM Energy Demodulation with Applications to Signal Processing and Communications,
    PhD Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, 1998.
    Current affiliation: Assoc. Professor at University of New Mexico, USA.

  • M. A. Butt,
    Continuous and Discrete Approaches to Morphological Image Analysis with Applications: PDEs, Curve Evolution, and Distance Transforms ,
    PhD Thesis, Georgia Inst. Technology, Atlanta, 1999.
    Current affiliation: Professor at Institute of Computer Science, UET, Pakistan.

  • D. Dimitriadis,
    Nonlinear Speech Processing, Modulation Models, and Application to Speech Recognition,
    Ph.D. Thesis, National Technical University of Athens, 2005.
    Current affiliation: Principal Member of Technical Staff at AT&T Labs Research, USA.

  • I. Kokkinos,
    Synergy Between Image Segmentation and Object Recognition Using Geometrical and Statistical Computer Vision Techniques ,
    Ph.D. Thesis, National Technical University of Athens, 2006.
    Current affiliation: Assist. Professor at Ecole Centrale Paris, France.

  • A. Sofou,
    Image Segmentation Using Morphological Methods and Active Contours with Application to Soilsection Analysis ,
    Ph.D. Thesis, National Technical University of Athens, 2006.

  • V. Pitsikalis,
    Nonlinear Dymanical Systems and Robust Speech Processing and Recognition,
    Ph.D. Thesis, National Technical University of Athens, 2007.

  • G. Evangelopoulos,
    Texture and Microstructure Analysis with Modulation Models, Energy and Variational Techniques: Detection and Decomposition ,
    Ph.D. Thesis, National Technical University of Athens, 2007.
    Current affiliation: PostDoctoral Fellow at MIT, Massachusetts, USA.

  • A. Katsamanis,
    Nonlinear Computational Speech Modeling with Elements of Aerodynamics of the Vocal Tract,
    Ph.D. Thesis, National Technical University of Athens, 2009.
    Current affiliation: PostDoctoral Fellow at NTUA, Greece.

  • G. Papandreou,
    Image Analysis and Computer Vision: Theory and Applications in the Restoration of Ancient Wallpaintings ,
    Ph.D. Thesis, National Technical University of Athens, 2009.
    Current affiliation: PostDoctoral Fellow at Univ. California at Los Angeles, USA.

  • S. Lefkimmiatis,
    Statistical Signal and Image Processing Methods for Optimum Denoising and Detection with Applications to Satellite Data ,
    Ph.D. Thesis, National Technical University of Athens, 2009.
    Current affiliation: PostDoctoral Fellow at EPFL, Switzerland.

  • A. Roussos,
    Nonlinear Diffusion in Computer Vision and Statistical Shape Models With Applications to Analysis of Articulator Images of Spoken and Sign Language ,
    Ph.D. Thesis, National Technical University of Athens, 2010.
    Current affiliation: PostDoctoral Fellow at Queen's University, UK.

  • N. Zlatintsi,
    Music Signal Processing and Applications in Recognition,
    Ph.D. Thesis, National Technical University of Athens, 2013.
    Current affiliation: PostDoctoral Researcher at NTUA, Greece.

  • S. Theodorakis,
    Sign Language Recognition and Modeling using Visual Processing and Statistical Methods,
    Ph.D. Thesis, National Technical University of Athens, 2014.
Ph.D. Students: Doctoral Thesis in Progress
  • I. Rodomagoulakis,
    Multi-sensor Distant Speech Analysis and Recognition,
    National Technical University of Athens.

  • P. Giannoulis,
    Multi-sensor Acoustic Scene Analysis and Event Detection,
    National Technical University of Athens.

  • P. Koutras,
    Face Modeling, Visual Salient Event Detection and Semantics,
    National Technical University of Athens.

  • A. Tsiami,
    Multi-sensor Speech Enhancement and Speaker Localization,
    National Technical University of Athens.

  • A. Arvanitakis,
    Robotics and Machine Learning,
    National Technical University of Athens.

  • N. Efthymiou,
    Computer Vision and Machine Learning in Multimedia Applications,
    National Technical University of Athens.

  • P. Filntisis,
    Audiovisual Analysis in Multimodal and Multisensory Environments,
    National Technical University of Athens.

  • P. Mermigkas,
    Computer Vision and Applications,
    National Technical University of Athens.
Post Doctoral Reseach Fellows
  • L. Vincent,
    Morphological Algorithms for Image Segmentation,
    Harvard University, 1990-1991.

  • P. Salembier,
    Design of Optimal Nonlinear Filters for Image Pattern Detection,
    Harvard University, 1991.

  • D. Dimitriadis,
    Speech and Audio Processing and Recognition in Multimedia,
    National Technical University of Athens, June 2006-Sep. 2009.

  • G. Evangelopoulos,
    Computer Vision and Audio Processing,
    National Technical University of Athens, June 2008-2010.

  • V. Pitsikalis,
    Speech & Language Processing and Sign Recognition,
    National Technical University of Athens, June 2008-2016.

  • A. Katsamanis,
    Audio, Speech & Language Processing and Recognition,
    National Technical University of Athens, 2013-2015.

  • N. Zlatintsi,
    Audio Signal Processing and Recognition,
    National Technical University of Athens, 2014-present.
Master of Engineering or Master of Science Students
  • H. Hanson,
    Nonlinear Speech Processing and Speaker Identification,
    Harvard University, 1991-92.

  • N. Vasiloglou,
    Methods for Processing and Analyzing Fractal Signals,
    M.Eng. Diploma Thesis, National Technical University of Athens, 2000.

  • V. Pitsikalis,
    Analysis of Chaotic Time-Series with Application to Speech Sounds,
    M.Eng. Diploma Thesis, National Technical University of Athens, 2001.

  • D. Dimarogonas,
    Nonlinear Control Systems with Application to Discrete Event Dynamical Systems,
    M.Eng. Diploma Thesis, National Technical University of Athens, 2001.

  • G. Evangelopoulos,
    Modern Methods for Signal Analysis with Application to Silence-Speech-Noise Detection,
    M.Eng. Diploma Thesis, National Technical University of Athens, 2001.

  • I. Kokkinos,
    Analysis and Prediction of Speech Signals with Methods of Chaotic Time-Series Analysis,
    M.Eng. Diploma Thesis, National Technical University of Athens, 2001.

  • X. Chalkia,
    Digital Processing of Kirlian Images,
    M.Eng. Diploma Thesis, National Technical University of Athens, 2002.

  • A. Kotsenos,
    Applications of Energy Operator and of Energy Separation Algorithm on Phonemes Using Gabor, Gammatone and Gammachirp Filters ,
    M.Sc. Thesis, National Technical University of Athens, 2002.

  • K. Tsiverdis,
    Investigation of the Possibility of Improving the Efficiency of the Digital Image Coding Standard JPEG Using Multiscale Analysis Schemes ,
    M.Eng. Diploma Thesis, National Technical University of Athens, 2003.

  • G.-A. Dimakis,
    Stochastic Processing of Fractal Signals,
    M.Eng. Diploma Thesis, National Technical University of Athens, 2003.

  • G. Papandreou,
    Fast Algorithms for Geodesic Active Contour Evolution with Applications in Computer Vision,
    M.Eng. Diploma Thesis, National Technical University of Athens, 2003.

  • A. Katsamanis,
    Statistical Multiband Demodulation and Speech Analysis using Kalman Filters and Energy Methods,
    M.Eng. Diploma Thesis, National Technical University of Athens, 2003.

  • E. Pnevmatikakis,
    In-painting models for Automatic Image Structure-Texture Restoration and Text Removal ,
    M.Eng. Diploma Thesis, National Technical University of Athens, 2004.

  • M. Stavropoulos,
    Texture Analysis and Modeling in Digital Images using Markov-Gibbs Random Fields,
    M.Eng. Diploma Thesis, National Technical University of Athens, 2005.

  • A. Roussos,
    Theory and Applications of Partial Differential Equations in Computer Vision ,
    M.Eng. Diploma Thesis, National Technical University of Athens, 2005.

  • Ch. Bergeles,
    Moving Object Tracking with Emphasis on Human Gestures ,
    M.Eng. Diploma Thesis, National Technical University of Athens, 2006.

  • M. Raptis,
    Human Gesture Tracking ,
    M.Eng. Diploma Thesis, National Technical University of Athens, 2006.

  • A. Metallinou,
    Segmentation and Classification of Speech, Noise and Silence using Metric Criteria and Statistical HMM/GMM Models, with Applications to Broadcast News Sound Processing ,
    M.Eng. Diploma Thesis, National Technical University of Athens, 2007.

  • O. Diamanti,
    Visual Analysis of Sign Language Videos: Segmentation, Tracking and Feature Extraction,
    M.Eng. Diploma Thesis, National Technical University of Athens, 2007.

  • S. Theodorakis,
    Recognition of Hand Gestures in Sign Language Videos using Hidden Markov Models,
    M.Eng. Diploma Thesis, National Technical University of Athens, 2008.

  • A. Hadjiosif,
    Visual Saliency and Movie Video Summarization,
    M.Eng. Diploma Thesis, National Technical University of Athens, 2008.

  • I. Gkioulekas,
    Computational Modeling of Visual Attention,
    M.Eng. Diploma Thesis, National Technical University of Athens, 2009.

  • K. Drakopoulos,
    Morphology, Active Contours on Graphs and Implementations with Graphcuts,
    M.Eng. Diploma Thesis, National Technical University of Athens, 2009.

  • Th. Kapros,
    Processing of Sound Signals with General Content for Detection of Salient Events,
    M.Eng. Diploma Thesis, National Technical University of Athens, 2010.

  • Th. Chaspari,
    Emotion Recognition by Voice,
    M.Eng. Diploma Thesis, National Technical University of Athens, 2010.

  • G. Gkioxari,
    Three-dimensional Reconstruction of Objects and Buildings with Multiview Geometry,
    M.Eng. Diploma Thesis, National Technical University of Athens, 2010.

  • P. Symvoulides,
    Fractal Features Extraction From Physiological Signals with Application to a Computer Aided Diagnostic System for Mammographies ,
    M.Eng. Diploma Thesis, National Technical University of Athens, 2010.

  • E. Antonakos,
    Visual Modeling of Human Faces with Applications in Recognition,
    M.Eng. Diploma Thesis, National Technical University of Athens, 2011.

  • S. Tzoumas,
    Face Detection and Pose Estimation with Applications in Automatic Analysis of Sign Language,
    M.Eng. Diploma Thesis, National Technical University of Athens, 2011.

  • Ch. Minaretzis,
    Speech Synthesis from Text based on Hidden Markov Models,
    M.Eng. Diploma Thesis, National Technical University of Athens, 2011.

  • S. Stasinopoulos,
    Detection and Classification of Human Actions Using Histographic Methods and Markov Models with Application in Martial Arts ,
    M.Eng. Diploma Thesis, National Technical University of Athens, 2011.

  • Ch. Georgakis,
    Human Action Recognition in Video,
    M.Eng. Diploma Thesis, National Technical University of Athens, 2011.

  • N. Karianakis,
    Digital Restoration of Prehistoric Wall-paintings in Akrotiri-Thera,
    M.Eng. Diploma Thesis, National Technical University of Athens, 2011.

  • P. Koutras,
    Eye Gaze Estimation using Active Appearance Models ,
    M.Eng. Diploma Thesis, National Technical University of Athens, 2012.

  • E. Tzirita,
    Automatic Music Transcription,
    M.Eng. Diploma Thesis, National Technical University of Athens, 2013.

  • Z.-I. Skordilis,
    Speaker Source Localization and Speech Denoising Using Multichannel Processing,
    M.Eng. Diploma Thesis, National Technical University of Athens, 2013.

  • G. Retsinas,
    Handshape Recognition from the Alphabet of the Greek Sign Language with Emphasis on the Extraction of Rotationally Invariant Visual Features,
    M.Eng. Diploma Thesis, National Technical University of Athens, 2014.

  • N. Melanitis,
    Applications of 3D Reconstruction with Multiple-View Geometry,
    M.Eng. Diploma Thesis, National Technical University of Athens, 2014.

  • G. Pavlakos,
    Multimodal Gesture Recognition,
    M.Eng. Diploma Thesis, National Technical University of Athens, 2014.

  • K. Maninis,
    Human Action Classification and Recognition in Videos,
    M.Eng. Diploma Thesis, National Technical University of Athens, 2014.

  • C. Sakaridis,
    Geodesic Active Contours on Arbitrary Graphs,
    M.Eng. Diploma Thesis, National Technical University of Athens, 2014.

  • C. Bambis,
    Graph-theoretic Methods of Computer Vision and Machine Learning for Object Detection,
    M.Eng. Diploma Thesis, National Technical University of Athens, 2014.

  • K. Zampogiannis,
    Stochastic Visual Object Tracking,
    M.Eng. Diploma Thesis, National Technical University of Athens, 2014.

  • E. Mavroudi,
    Automatic Human Action Recognition with Enhanced Video Representations,
    M.Eng. Diploma Thesis, National Technical University of Athens, 2015.

  • O. Karathanou,
    Multimodal Segmentation of Movie Videos in Scenes,
    M.Eng. Diploma Thesis, National Technical University of Athens, 2015.

  • G. Anastasiou,
    Automatic Detection of Salient Audio Events,
    M.Eng. Diploma Thesis, National Technical University of Athens, 2015.

  • L. Flokas,
    Sparce Representations and Applications,
    M.Eng. Diploma Thesis, National Technical University of Athens, 2015.

  • N. Kardaris,
    Feature Extraction and Coding Methods for Human Action and Gesture Recognition with Applications in Robotics,
    M.Eng. Diploma Thesis, National Technical University of Athens, 2015.

  • M. Panagiotaropoulou,
    fMRI Data Processing and Their Application in the Problem of Audio-Visual Saliency,
    M.Eng. Diploma Thesis, National Technical University of Athens, 2015.

  • P. Filntisis,
    Audio-Visual Speech Synthesis Using Hidden Markov Models,
    M.Eng. Diploma Thesis, National Technical University of Athens, 2015.

  • N. Kolotouros,
    Geodesic Active Contours and Finite Elements Method for Segmentation on Graphs,
    M.Eng. Diploma Thesis, National Technical University of Athens, 2015.

  • N. Efthymiou,
    M.Eng. Diploma Thesis, National Technical University of Athens, 2015.

  • N. Flemotomos,
    Robust Acoustic Features for Automatic Distant Speech Recognition,
    M.Eng. Diploma Thesis, National Technical University of Athens, in progress.

  • V. Charisopoulos,
    Tropical Geometry and Optimization With Applications to Machine Learning,
    M.Eng. Diploma Thesis, National Technical University of Athens, 2017.

  • E. Nikoloudakis,
    Automatic Human Action Recognition Using Deep Convolutional Neural Nets,
    M.Eng. Diploma Thesis, National Technical University of Athens, 2017.

  • V. Lemonidis,
    Dynamic Gesture Recognition in Static Egocentric Environment using Depth Sensor,
    M.Eng. Diploma Thesis, National Technical University of Athens, 2017.

  • J. Hadfield,
    Virtual Agent for Object Assembly Assistance,
    M.Eng. Diploma Thesis, National Technical University of Athens, 2017.

  • G. Bouritsas,
    Μultimodal Video Understanding with Weakly Supervised Learning Techniques ,
    M.Eng. Diploma Thesis, National Technical University of Athens, 2017.

  • T. Pissas,
    Recognition of Human Actions and Gestures Using Convolutional and Recurrent Neural Nets,
    M.Eng. Diploma Thesis, National Technical University of Athens, 2017.

  • N. Gkanatsios,
    Multimodal Recognition and Segmentations of Actions in Video,
    M.Eng. Diploma Thesis, National Technical University of Athens, 2017.

  • S. Pertikiozoglou,
    Detection of Adversarial Image Examples in Convolutional Neural Nets,
    M.Eng. Diploma Thesis, National Technical University of Athens, 2018.

  • V. Chatzipantazis,
    M.Eng. Diploma Thesis in Progress, National Technical University of Athens.

  • E. Theodosis,
    M.Eng. Diploma Thesis in Progress, National Technical University of Athens.

  • C. Garoufis,
    M.Eng. Diploma Thesis in Progress, National Technical University of Athens.

  • G. Xypolitos,
    M.Eng. Diploma Thesis in Progress, National Technical University of Athens.

  • A. Vioni,
    M.Eng. Diploma Thesis in Progress, National Technical University of Athens.

  • V. Tassopoulou,
    M.Eng. Diploma Thesis in Progress, National Technical University of Athens.

  • M. Christidou,
    M.Eng. Diploma Thesis in Progress, National Technical University of Athens.

  • S. Galanakis,
    M.Eng. Diploma Thesis in Progress, National Technical University of Athens.

  • I. Marougas,
    M.Eng. Diploma Thesis in Progress, National Technical University of Athens.

Bachelor of Science Students
  • N. Weir,
    Analysis of the Maximum Entropy Method of Image Restoration Applied to Infrared and Optical Astronomy ,
    A.B. Thesis, Harvard University, 1987.

  • R. Liebeskind-Hadas,
    An Application of Iterated Function Systems and Skeletonization to the Modeling of Fractal Images,
    A.B. Thesis, Harvard University, 1987.

  • R. D. Ziff,
    Data Structures and Algorithms for Mathematical Morphology,
    Senior Thesis, Harvard University, 1988.

  • H. Hu,
    Forehead Feature Extraction by Deformable Templates,
    A.B. Thesis, Harvard University, 1989.

  • K. L. Young,
    The Analysis-by-Synthesis Method of CELP: Pitch Predictor Enhancements and Fractal Codebook Extensions ,
    A.B. Thesis, Harvard University, 1991.

 

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