George L.

Caridakis

Contact Image, Video and Multimedia Systems Laboratory Voice: +302107722491

Information National Technical University of Athens Cell: +306955265087
School of Electrical & Computer Engineering E-mail: gcari[at]image.ntua.gr
Computer Science Division www: image.ntua.gr/~gcari
Education
PhD in electrical and computer engineering, National Technical University of
Athens, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering 2009
• Thesis Topic: Aective Analysis in Human Computer Interaction
• Advisor: Professor Stefanos Kollias
Degree in Informatics and Telecommunications, National and Kapodistrian
University of Athens, Department of Informatics and Telecommunications 2004
• Thesis Topic: National Blood Reserve Information System
• Advisor: Professor Sergios Theodoridis

Research Aective Computing, Human Computer Interaction, Embodied Conversational Agents,

Interests Machine Learning, Articial Intelligence, Pattern Recognition, Image Processing, Mul-
timodal Fusion and Processing, Universal Access and Assistive Technologies

Research
Experience Institute of Communications and Computer Systems
Research associate 2004 to 2007
• HUMAINE - Human-Machine Interaction Network on Emotion
FP6 { Network of Excellence
Research associate 2006 to 2010
• CALLAS - Conveying Aectiveness in Leading-edge Living Adaptive Systems
FP6 { Integrated Project
Research associate 2004 to 2008
• Ask-IT Ambient Intelligence System of Agents for Knowledge-based and Inte-
grated Services for Mobility Impaired Users
FP6 { Integrated Project
Research associate 2007 to 2008
• Dianoema - Visual analysis and Gesture recognition for Sign Language modeling
and robot tele-operation
General Secretariat for Research and Technology { Image, Sound and Language
Processing Framework
Research associate 2004 to 2005
• Synennoesi - An educational platform for the Greek Sign Language, exploiting
avatar and animation technologies
General Secretariat for Research and Technology { E-learning Framework
Research associate 2004 to 2008

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 • Pythagoras NTUA Researcher Support Program - Intelligence and emotion in
interactive enviroments
EPEAEK - Ministry of Education, Lifelong Learning and Religious Aairs
Research associate 2004 to 2005
• Information system for monitoring and managing medical information focusing
on blood reserves
Research grant - National Technical University of Athens

National Technical University of Athens, School of Electrical & Computer

Engineering, Computer Science Division
PhD Candidate 2004 to 2009
• Calculation and Semantic Perception of Three Dimensional Human Motion for
Human Computer Interaction and Virtual Character Animation
Researcher Support Program 2003 - General Secretariat for Research and Tech-
nology

Academic
Experience Teaching Assistant
National Technical University of Athens 2004 to 2009
• Computer Graphics
• Imaging Technology and Analysis
• Neural Networks and Computational Intelligence
• Computer Programming
• Human Computer Interaction

Reviewer
• Journals and Conferences
• Journal on Multimodal User Interfaces
• IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks
• Neural Networks Journal
• Neurocomputing
• Advances in Human-Computer Interaction Journal
• Aective, Interactive and Cognitive Methods for E-Learning Design
• International Conference on Aective Computing & Intelligent Interaction { ACII
• IEEE International Conference on Image Processing { ICIP
• International Conference on Articial Neural Networks { ICANN
• International Conference of Kansei Engineering and Emotion Research { KEER
• Educational Research and Reviews (ERR)
• Articial Intelligence in Medicine
• Hellenic Conference on Articial Intelligence
• Research and Development Funding Programs
• Israel Science Foundation
• Kentucky Science and Engineering Foundation

Editorial Board Member

• Intelligent Information Management Journal

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 Programme Committee Member
• Specication and Computation of Aect in Collaborative and Social NETworks -
SCACSNET'09

Member of the Humaine Association

Publications
Journals
• G. Caridakis, K. Karpouzis, N. Drosopoulos, S. Kollias, Adaptive Sign Language
Recognition using Self Organizing Markov Models, IEEE Transactions on Pattern
Analysis and Machine Intelligence, (under review).
• G. Caridakis, K. Karpouzis, N. Drosopoulos, S. Kollias, SOMM: Self Organizing
Markov Map for gesture recognition, Pattern Recognition Letters, , 31 (2010), p
52-59, 2010.
• G. Caridakis, K. Karpouzis, N. Drosopoulos, S. Kollias, A critic review of Sign
Language Recognition Approaches, ACM Computing Surveys, (under review).
• G. Caridakis, K. Karpouzis, M. Wallace, L. Kessous, N. Amir, Multimodal user's
aective state analysis in naturalistic interaction, Journal on Multimodal User In-
terfaces, Springer, ISSN 1783-7677 (Print) 1783-8738 (Online), DOI 10.1007/s12193-
009-0030-8, Volume 3, pp 49-66, 2010.
• J.-C. Martin, G. Caridakis, L. Devillers, K. Karpouzis, S. Abrilian, Manual an-
notation and automatic image processing of multimodal emotional behaviors:
validating the annotation of TV interviews, Personal and Ubiquitous Comput-
ing, Special issue on Emerging Multimodal Interfaces, Volume 13, Number 1 /
January, pp. 69{76, 2009.
• L. Kessous, G. Castellano, G. Caridakis, Multimodal emotion recognition in
speech-based interaction using facial expression, body gesture and acoustic anal-
ysis, Journal on Multimodal User Interfaces, Springer, ISSN 1783-7677 (Print)
1783-8738 (Online), DOI 10.1007/s12193-009-0025-5, 2009, Volume 3, pp 33-48,
2010.
• G. Caridakis, K. Karpouzis, S. Kollias, User and Context Adaptive Neural Net-
works for Emotion Recognition, Neurocomputing, Elsevier, Volume 71, Issue
13-15, pp. 2553{2562, 2008.
• S.E. Fotinea, E. Efthimiou, K. Karpouzis, G. Caridakis, A Knowledge-based Sign
Synthesis Architecture, Universal Access in the Information Society 6 (4), pp.
405{418, Springer, 2008.
• G. Caridakis, A. Raouzaiou, E. Bevacqua, M. Mancini, K. Karpouzis, L. Malat-
esta and C. Pelachaud, Virtual agent multimodal mimicry of humans, Language
Resources and Evaluation 41 (3{4), Special issue on Multimodal Corpora, pp.
367{388, Springer, 2007
• K. Karpouzis, G. Caridakis, S-E. Fotinea, E. Efthimiou, Educational Resources
and Implementation of a Greek Sign Language Synthesis Architecture, Comput-
ers & Education, Special Issue in Web3D Technologies in Learning, Education
and Training, Elsevier, Volume 49, Issue 1, pp. 54{74, August 2007.
• S. Ioannou, G. Caridakis, K. Karpouzis, S. Kollias, Robust Feature Detection for
Facial Expression Recognition EURASIP Journal on Image and Video Process-
ing, Article ID 29081, pp. 1{22, 2007.
Book Chapters
• G. Caridakis, P. Tzouveli, L. Malatesta, A. Raouzaiou, K. Karpouzis, S. Kollias,
Aective e-Learning System: Analysis of Learners' State, in A. Tzanavari and N.
Tsapatsoulis (eds) Aective, Interactive and Cognitive Methods for E-Learning

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 Design: Creating an Optimal Education Experience, IGI Global, ISBN: 978-1-
60566-940-3, January 2010
• G. Castellano, G. Caridakis, A. Camurri, K. Karpouzis, G. Volpe, S. Kollias,
Body gesture and facial expression analysis for automatic aect recognition in
Scherer, K.R., B?nziger, T., Roesch, E. (Eds.) A blueprint for an aectively com-
petent agent: Cross-fertilization between Emotion Psychology, Aective Neuro-
science and Aective Computing. Oxford: Oxford University Press, (accepted)
• R. Cowie, E. Douglas-Cowie, K. Karpouzis, G. Caridakis, M. Wallace, S. Kol-
lias, Recognition of Emotional States in Natural Human-Computer Interaction,
D. Tzovaras (ed.), Multimodal User Interfaces, pp. 119{153, Springer Berlin
Heidelberg, 2008.
• K. Karpouzis, G. Caridakis, L. Kessous, N. Amir, A. Raouzaiou, L. Malatesta, S.
Kollias, Modeling naturalistic aective states via facial, vocal, and bodily expres-
sions recognition, T. Huang, A. Nijholt, M. Pantic, A. Pentland (eds.), Lecture
Notes in Articial Intelligence, Special Volume on AI for Human Computing, pp.
91{112, Springer, 2007.
• G. Castellano, L. Kessous, G. Caridakis, Multimodal emotion recognition from
expressive faces, body gestures and speech, C. Peter, R. Beale (eds), Aect and
Emotion in Human-Computer Interaction, Lecture Notes in Computer Science,
Springer, 2007.
Conference
• G. Caridakis, J. Wagner, A. Raouzaiou, Z. Curto, E. Andre and K. Karpouzis,
A multimodal corpus for gesture expressivity analysis, to appear in International
Workshop on Multimodal Corpora: Advances in Capturing, Coding and Analyz-
ing, Multimodality, LREC 2010, 18 May, Malta, 2010
• G. Caridakis, K. Karpouzis, N. Drosopoulos, S. Kollias, Adaptive gesture recogni-
tion in Human Computer Interaction, International Workshop on Image Analysis
for Multimedia Interactive Services (WIAMIS), London, UK, 2009
• S. Fotinea, E. Efthimiou, G. Caridakis, O. Diamanti, N. Mitsou, K. Karpouzis,
C. Tzafestas, P. Maragos, DIANOEMA: Visual analysis and sign recognition for
GSL modelling and robot teleoperation, 8th International Gesture Workshop,
GW2009, Bielefeld University, Germany, 2009.
• G. Caridakis, O. Diamanti, K. Karpouzis, P. Maragos, Automatic Sign Language
Recognition: vision based feature extraction and probabilistic recognition scheme
from multiple cues, 1st ACM International Conference on PErvasive Technologies
Related to Assistive Environments (PETRA), July 15{19, Athens, Greece, 2008.
• G. Caridakis, K. Karpouzis, C. Pateritsas, A. Drosopoulos, A. Stafylopatis, S.
Kollias, Hand Trajectory-based Gesture Recognition using Self-Organizing Fea-
ture Maps and Markov Models, IEEE International Conference on Multimedia
& Expo (ICME), June 23{26, Hannover, Germany, 2008.
• Lori Malatesta , George Caridakis, Amaryllis Raouzaiou, Kostas Karpouzis,
Agent Personality Traits in Virtual Environments Based on Appraisal Theory
Predictions, AISB: Articial and Ambient Intelligence, Language, Speech and
Gesture for Expressive Characters, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, April 2{4, 2007
• G. Caridakis, C. Pateritsas, A. Drosopoulos, A. Stafylopatis, S. Kollias, Prob-
abilistic Video-Based Gesture Recognition Using Self-Organizing Feature Maps,
17th International Conference on Articial Neural Networks (ICANN),September
9{13, Porto, Portugal, 2007.
• S. Ioannou, L. Kessous, G. Caridakis, K. Karpouzis, V. Aharonson, S. Kollias,
Adaptive On-Line Neural Network Retraining for Real Life Multimodal Emotion
Recognition, International Conference on Articial Neural Networks (ICANN),
Athens, Greece, September 2006.
• J.-C. Martin, G. Caridakis, L. Devillers, K. Karpouzis, S. Abrilian, Manual An-

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 notation and Automatic Image Processing of Multimodal Emotional Behaviours:
Validating the Annotation of TV Interviews, 5th Conference on Language Re-
sources and Evaluation (LREC), Genoa, Italy, May 2006.
• G. Caridakis, L. Malatesta, L. Kessous, N. Amir, A. Raouzaiou, K. Karpouzis,
Modeling naturalistic aective states via facial and vocal expressions recognition,
International Conference on Multimodal Interfaces (ICMI 2006), Ban, Alberta,
Canada, November 2{4, 2006
• G. Caridakis, A. Raouzaiou, K. Karpouzis, S. Kollias, Synthesizing Gesture Ex-
pressivity Based on Real Sequences, Workshop on multimodal corpora: from mul-
timodal behaviour theories to usable models, LREC Conference, Genoa, Italy,
24{26 May, 2006.
• E. Bevacqua, A. Raouzaiou, C. Peters, G. Caridakis, K. Karpouzis, C. Pelachaud,
M. Mancini, Multimodal Sensing, Interpretation and Copying of Movements by a
Virtual Agent, Perception and Interactive Technologies, Kloster Irsee, Germany,
June 19{21, 2006
• S. E. Fotinea, E. Efthimiou, K. Karpouzis, G. Caridakis, Dynamic GSL synthesis
to support access to e-content, HCI International, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, 2005.
• G. Caridakis, K. Karpouzis, G. Sapountzaki, S-E. Fotinea, E. Efthimiou, A dy-
namic environment for Greek Sign Language Synthesis using virtual characters,
ACM Web3D Symposium, March 29 { April 1, Bangor, UK, 2005.
• K. Karpouzis, G. Caridakis, S-E. Fotinea, E. Efthimiou, Educational Resources
and Implementation of a Greek Sign Language Synthesis Architecture, Interna-
tional Workshop on Web3D Technologies in Learning, Education and Training,
Udine, Italy, 2004.

Citation metrics
Papers 43
Citations 141
Years 5
Cites/year 28.20
Cites/paper 4.70
h-index 8
hc-index 8
hI-index 1.88
e-index 5.57
g-index 10
hI,norm 3
hm-index 3.02
AWCR 52.55
AW-index 7.25
AWCRpA 13.15

Professional Galanis Sports Data, Athens, Greece

Experience
Information Technology 2000 to 2004
• Equipment and network support
• Software design, development and support for:
• Interface and intermediate layer for character and graphics generator com-
munication (MSL AGILE, ORAD DVG, Inscriber)
• Greek Chess Federation Information System and Elo calculation
• Olympiakos F.C. ticketing services and bulk printing
• Sports data collection
• Web applications design, development and support for:
• Virtual League (football virtual game) for Flash.gr

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 • International Chess Championships webcasting through Portable Game No-
tation for chessfed.gr
• Basketball Scouting Services (FPT)
• Basketball Summer Camp (Fiat Summer League)
• Hellenic Weightlifting Federation - weightlifting.gr
Graphics Generator & Sports Statistics 1995 to 2000
• Data collection and statistic processing in sport events
• Supervision in installation, conguration and operation of graphics and character
generators and information systems at live broadcasting coverage of sport events

Technical Skills
Operating Systems : Ms Dos, MS Windows (95, 98, ME, NT 4.x, 2000, XP), Linux
- Ubuntu
Programming : Delphi, C, C++, Java, VB, JSP, ASP, PHP, Javascript, HTML,
XML, UML, Lab View, Matlab, Perl, Prolog, SQL, VRML
Databases : Oracle9i Database Administration and Performance Tuning (Training
course at Oracle Greece), MySql

Other Skills
Automobile and motorcycle driving license
PADI Open Water Diving - Tzanoudakis diving School
Oshore Sailing Diploma - Hellenic Oshore Racing Club
Speed Boat Operator - Glyfada Port Authority

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