Computer Science

Nikolaos Mavridis

Founder and Director of Interactive Robots and Media Lab (IRML)

Faculty Profile

Dr. Nikolaos Mavridis, PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is an academic and consultant specializing in the fields of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics. He is the founder and director of the Interactive Robots and Media Lab (IRML) and has served in various professor positions, including NYU Poly and AD, Innopolis University, and UAEU. He has been a four-time TEDx speaker, as well as a speaker at Singularity University, and is also a pro-bono contributor to a number of organizations. His interests include human-robot interaction, machine learning, cognitive systems, and he has more than 80 peer-reviewed academic publications. Nikolaos is a member of the MIT Educational Council, a mentor for the MIT Enterprise Forum, and is frequently invited for keynote talks worldwide.

Experience

2014-2019 | Worldwide
Freelance Academic & Consultant
Various Clients
2015-2017 | Kazan, Tatarstan
Full Professor & Robotics Institute Director
Innopolis University
Feb 2013 - Aug 2016 | Athens Greece
Senior Researcher
National Center for Scientific Research Demokritos
Jun 2012 - May 2015 | Brooklyn, New York
Asst. Professor of Research
NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering
2007-2011 | Al Ain, UAE
Asst. Professor of Engineering
United Arab Emirates University (UAEU)
2007-2019 | Various Locations
Founder and Director
Interactive Robots and Media Lab (IRML)
2013-2017 | Greece
Vice-Chair and ExeCom Member
Hellenic Artifical Intelligence Association
2012-2014 | United Arab Emirates
Founding Chair
IEEE UAE Robotics and Automation Society
2010-2019 | European Union
Future Challenges Contributor and Member
European Union Cognitve Systems Network (EUCog)

Education

2018
Certificate in Business, International Relations, and Political Economy
London School of Economics and Political Science
2017
Certificate in Internet of Things
MIT Sloan School of Management
2017
Certificate in Big Data & Business Analytics
MIT School of Architecture and Planning
2002-2007 | Cambridge, MA
PhD full time on-campus
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1999-2000 | Los Angeles, CA
Master of Science in Electrical Engineering
University of California Los Angeles (UCLA)
1993-1999 | Thessaloniki, Greece
Engineering Diploma in EECS
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH)

Honors & Awards

Contribution to IEEE, UAE Award (2015)
Best Paper Award, IEEE iCreate (2014)
Schlumberger Pipe Inspection Robot, i-Design Award (2009)
Microsoft External Research, 50K$ HRI Award (2008)

Publications

2015
QTC3D: Extending the Qualitative Trajectory Calculus to Three Dimensions
Elsevier Journal of Information Sciences
2015
A Review of Verbal and Non-Verbal Human-Robot Interactive Communication
Elsevier Journal of Robotics and Autonomous Systems pp. 22-35
2018
Emotional Storytelling using Virtual and Robotic Agents
World Scientif ic International Journal of Humanoid Robotics Vol. 15
2017
Collision detection, localization & classification for industrial robots with joint torque sensors
26th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN), pp. 838-843
2009
The lbnSina Center: An Augmented Reality Theater with Intelligent Robotic and Virtual Characters
18th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RoMAN09), pp. 681-686
2004
Mental Imagery for a Conversational Robot
IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man & Cybernetics Part B, Vol. 34:3, pp. 1374-1383, IF: 4.88

Courses by Nikolaos

Computer Science

Integrated Intelligence in Robotics: Vision, Language, and Planning

25 Nov - 13 Dec 2019

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