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Dr. Dimitrios Giakoumis

Researcher B’

  • Diploma of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 2006
  • MSc "Advanced Computing and Networking Systems", Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 2008
  • Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department of the Polytechnic School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (2012)

Dr. Dimitrios Giakoumis is a Principal Researcher (Grade B’) at the Information Technologies Institute of the Centre for Research and Technology Hellas (CERTH).

His main research interests include human-robot interaction, robot vision, service robot perception and cognition, affective computing, human motion, activity and behaviour analysis and modelling, safe and social-aware robot navigation, biosignals processing and sensor management, multimodal interfaces, machine learning and pattern recognition.

He has been working as a Researcher with ITI since February 2007 and he has been involved in more than 20 research projects, funded by the EC and the Greek State. These include the Horizon 2020 RAMCIP, BADGER, HR-Recycler, Ageing@work and BACCHUS projects, where he contributed to the Technical Coordination and Quality Management of the project consortium. In addition, he has been the Technical Coordinator of project “ACTIVE” in Heathcare Service Robots, funded by the Hellenic Foundation of Research and Innovation (HFRI) and PI for CERTH for project ARISE (Horizon Europe). He is currently the Coordinator of the EC-Funded projects RobetArme, MANiBOT and PLIADES (Horizon Europe), in the fields of AI, Data and Robotics.

Recent Publications

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  • A. Sidiropoulos, D. Konstantinidis, X. Karamanos, T. Mastos, K. Apostolou, T. Chatzis, M. Papaspyropoulou, K. Marini, G. Karamitsos, C. Theodoridou, A. Kargakos, M. Vogiatzi, A. Papadopoulos, D. Giakoumis, D. Bechtsis, K. Dimitropoulos, D. Vlachos, "A Novel Autonomous Robotic Vehicle-Based System for Real-Time Production and Safety Control in Industrial Environments.", Computers, vol. 14, no. 5, May 12, 2025, doi: 10.3390/computers14050188
  • E. E. Lithoxoidou, A. Stamos, A. Triantafyllidis, C. Georgiadis, E. Altsitsiadis, D. Giakoumis, K. Votis, S. Dewitte, D. Tzovaras, G. Eleftherakis, T. Prescott, "Exploring the influence of perceived extroversion in embodied virtual agents on trust and likability.", User Modeling and User-Adapted Interaction, Springer, vol. 35, no. 2, 2025, doi: 10.1007/s11257-025-09428-2
  • S. Stavridis, L. Droukas, Z. Doulgeri, D. Papageorgiou, F. Dimeas, Á. Soriano, S. Molina, S. A. Deiri, M. Hutchinson, J. Pulido-Fentanes, I. Hroob, R. Polvara, M. Hanheide, G. Cielniak, N. Samarinas, D. Kateris, D. Bochtis, G. Peleka, S. Papadam, D. Triantafyllou, A. Papadimitriou, C. Papadopoulos, I. Mariolis, D. Giakoumis, D. Tzovaras, "Robotic Grape Inspection and Selective Harvesting in Vineyards: A Multisensory Robotic System With Advanced Cognitive Capabilities.", IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine, 2024, doi: 10.1109/MRA.2024.3487324
  • S. Barlakas, K. Tsiakas, D. Alexiou, I. Kostavelis, D. Giakoumis, D. Tzovaras, "Artificial Potential Field-Based Kinematic Bidirectional-RRT for Robot-Trailer Kinematics.", in Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Imaging Systems and Techniques (IEEE IST 2024), Tokyo, Japan, October 2024.
  • K. Tsiakas, D. Alexiou, D. Giakoumis, A. Gasteratos, D. Tzovaras, "Automated data labelling for pedestrian crossing and not-crossing actions using 3D LiDAR and RGB data.", in Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Imaging Systems and Techniques (IEEE IST 2024), Tokyo, Japan, October 2024.
Contact
Dr. Dimitrios Giakoumis
Building A - Office 1.9

Information Technologies Institute
Centre of Research & Technology - Hellas
6th km Harilaou - Thermis, 57001, Thermi - Thessaloniki
Tel.: +30 2311 257707
Fax: +30 2310 474128
Email: dgiakoum@iti.gr