Symeon Papadopoulos
Head at Information Technologies Institute (ITI)
Thessaloniki, Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
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Top SchoolSymeon Papadopoulos is a research-driven technology leader with over a decade of experience in multimedia analysis, information retrieval, and large-scale knowledge discovery from social media. As Head of the MeVer group and Principal Researcher at CERTH-ITI, he combines hands-on algorithm design with project leadership and successful EC project participation. He co-founded infalia to bridge research and productization, applying expertise in graph-based clustering, recommender systems, and data/text mining to real-world problems. His academic path—an Eng. degree, a P.D.Eng. from TU/e, an MBA, and a PhD on large-scale social media analytics—reflects a rare mix of clinical, commercial and theoretical perspectives. Notably, his early work on improved DSA imaging was clinically validated, showing a history of taking algorithms into practice. Based in Thessaloniki, he thrives at the intersection of research, system design, and technology transfer.
12 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, Computer Science, 100, PhD, Computer Science, 100 at Aristoteleion Panepistimion ThessalonikisMBA, Business Administration, MBA, Business Administration at Blekinge Institute of TechnologyProfessional Doctorate in Engineering, Information and Communication Technology, Professional Doctorate in Engineering, Information and Communication Technology at Technische Universiteit Eindhoven
German, Dutch, French
Github Skills (37)
extraction6
twitter-api6
feature-extraction6
ids5
datasets5
retrieval5
twitter5
temporal4
duplicate4
large-scale4
indexing4
scale4
python4
nlp4
deep-learning3
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
MKLab-ITI/image-privacy
Apr 2016 - Jul 2022
Contributions:2 commits, 1 push, 1 branch in 6 years 4 months
MKLab-ITI/greek-sentiment-lexicon
Nov 2014 - Apr 2020
Contributions:7 commits, 3 pushes in 5 years 5 months
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