I received my diploma and PhD degrees from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the University of Patras in 1999 and 2006, respectively.
My research interests include:
CONTACT INFORMATION
e-mail: georgoul[at]teleinfom.uoi.gr, georgoul[at]gmail.com
Full time Post-Doctoral Research Fellow (October 2006-August 2008) at Georgia Institute of Technology.
Also worked on EU and National projects as a Research Fellow (January 2001-September 2006).
More analytically:
| Oct. 2006 – Aug. 2008 | IFCAHM “Integrated Flight Control and Actuator Health Management sponsored by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) (October 2006-September 2008). “Developing Advanced Diagnostics and Prognostics for System Components” sponsored by Fairchild Controls Corporation (FCC) (January 2007-December 2007). SIPS “Structural Integrity Prognosis System sponsored by DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) (October 2006 – September 2007). Seizure mitigation (2006-2008) |
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| Nov. 2005 – Aug. 2006 | Pythagoras, “Developing new models and methodologies based on soft computing for complex diagnosis systems and medical decision support systems” funded by the Greek Government, supporting Post graduate research at Universities. In charge of the development of algorithms based on soft computing and expert system techniques for the development of a decision support system for medical applications (bladder tumor characterization). |
| Feb. 2004 – Aug. 2006 | Arhimidis, “Cognitive Methods and Tools for Decision Support Systems in Speech Therapy” funded by the Greek Government, supporting Researchers at TEI (Technological Educational Institute) In charge of the development of a decision support system based on intelligent and advanced techniques (case based reasoning, novel fuzzy cognitive maps models, neural networks) to provide support in case of articulation disorders. |
| Apr. 2002 – Mar. 2003 | G7RT-CT2001-05060 ADMAN: Advanced Manufacturing excellence in the process industries. The goal of the project was the development and support of a network consisting of institutes, industrial companies and experts on “Automation and reliability of continuous industrial process”. The main objective of the network was the exploitation of internet as a means for technological transfer on benchmarking and solutions of industrial problems. |
| Apr. 2000 – Mar. 2002 | IST-1999-60004-PSIM: Participative Simulation Environment for Integral Manufacturing Enterprise Renewal. The goal of the project was the development of ontology and a software tool to manage ergonomical and socio-economical issues in a large-scale industrial enterprise exploiting the knowledge of experts. |
| Dec. 1999 – July 2001 | PENED99, “Development of advanced hybrid methods for critical decision support: application in medicine” (program to support young researchers under the Greek Secretariat for Research and Development) entitled. In charge of the development and implementation of hybrid methods based on soft computing techniques for modeling of complex systems and coordinator for the development of a system for acquisition and processing of biosignals towards the development of a decision support system. |
| Jun. 1997 – Sept. 1997 & Jun. 1998 – August 1998 | Employed by Public Power Corporation (Greece) as trainee engineer. |
Areas of Expertise | > Signal processing | ||||||||||||||||||
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Teaching Experience | October 2010-Present | ||||||||||||||||||
Professional Memberships | Technical Chamber of Greece Hellenic Association of Electrical and Mechanical Engineers | ||||||||||||||||||
Awards & Scholarships | National Scholarship Foundation (Greece) scholarship for the academic year 1994-5 | ||||||||||||||||||
Reviewing | Reviewer for many international journals and conferences:
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Publications
ThesisDiagnosis methods based on Advanced data processing and classification techniques. Application in Obstetrics
J1. G. Georgoulas, C. Stylios and P. Groumpos (2006), «Feature extraction and classification of Fetal Heart Rate using Wavelet analysis and Support Vector Machines«, International Journal of Artificial Intelligence Tools, vol. 15, no 3, June 2006, pp. 411-432
J2. G. Georgoulas, C. Stylios and P. Groumpos (2006), «Predicting the risk of metabolic acidosis for newborns based on fetal heart rate signal classification using support vector machines«, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, vol. 53, no 5, May 2006, pp. 875-884
J3. Georgoulas G., Tsoulos I., Gavrilis D., Chrysostomos Stylios C., Joao Bernardes J. and Groumpos P., «Novel approach for fetal heart rate classification introducing grammatical evolution«, Biomedical Signal Processing and Control, vol. 2, April 2007, pp. 69-79
J4. Ι. Tsoumas, G. Georgoulas, E. Mitronikas, A. Safacas: «Asynchronous machine rotor fault diagnosis technique using complex wavelets«, IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, vol. 23, no 2, June 2008, pp 444-459
J5. V Chudácek, L Lhotská, G Georgoulas, C Stylios, M Petrík, M Cepek (2009) «Examining cross-database global training to evaluate five different methods for ventricular beat classification«, Physiological Measurement, vol. 30, 2009, pp 661-677
J6. Otis Smart, Ioannis G. Tsoulos, Dimitris Gavrilis and George Georgoulas, «Grammatical Evolution for Features of Epileptic Oscillations in Clinical Intracranial Electroencephalograms«, Expert Systems with Applications, Volume 38, Issue 8, August 2011
J7. J. Spilka, V. Chudacek, M. Koucky, L. Lhotska, M. Huptych, P. Janku, G. Georgoulasd C. Stylios, «Using nonlinear features for fetal heart rate classiffcation«, Biomedical Signal Processing and Control, in press
J8. J A. Fairley, G Georgoulas, N. A. Mehta, A. G. Gray, C. D. Stylios, D. L. Bliwise, «Computer Detection Approaches for Identification of Phasic Electromyographic (EMG) activity during human sleep«, Biomedical Signal Processing and Control, in press
J9. J A. Fairley, G Georgoulas, G. Dimakopoulos, C.D. Stylios, G.J. Vachtsevanos, D.B. Rye D. L. Bliwise, «Automatic phasic electromyographic metric detection using wavelets«, submitted to Physiological Measurement
B1. D. Brown, G. Georgoulas, H. Bae, G. Vachtsevanos, R. Chen, Y. H. Ho, G. Tannenbaum, J. B. Shroeder (2009), «Particle Filter Based Anomaly Detection for Aircraft Actuator Systems», in K. Valavanis (ed) Applications of Intelligent Control to Engineering Systems. Berlin: Springer-Verlag chapter 4, pp 65-88
B2. J. Echauz, H. Firpi, G. Georgoulas (2009), «Intelligent Control Strategies for Neurostimulation», in K. Valavanis (ed) Applications of Intelligent Control to Engineering Systems. Berlin: Springer-Verlag, chapter 11, pp 247-263
C1. N. Nikitaris, G. Georgoulas, C. D. Stylios and P.P. Groumpos (2001), «An Advanced Software Tool for Analyzing and Interpreting Cardiotocograms», Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Neural Networks and Expert Systems in Medicine & Healthcare, Milos, Island, Greece, 20-22, June 2001, pp. 253-259
C2. A. Koutras I. Christoyianni, G. Nokas, G. Georgoulas, C.D. Stylios, P. Groumpos (2001), «Linear And Nonlinear Approaches For Cardiotocogram Data Prediction», 5th International Workshop on Mathematical Methods in Scattering Theory & Biomedical Technology, 18 – 19 October 2001, Hotel Kontokali Bay, Corfu, pp. 336-344
C3. G. Nokas, A. Koutras I. Christoyianni, G. Georgoulas, C.D. Stylios, P. Groumpos (2001), «Prediction of Missing Data In Cardiotocograms Using The Expectation Maximization Algorithm», 5th International Workshop on Mathematical Methods in Scattering Theory & Biomedical Technology, 18 – 19 October 2001, Hotel Kontokali Bay, Corfu, pp. 354-362
C4. C. D. Stylios, G. Georgoulas and P.P. Groumpos (2001), «Τhe Challenge of Using Soft Computing for Decision Support during Labour», 23rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 25 – 28 October 2001, Istanbul, Turkey (CD-ROM)
C5. G. Georgoulas, G. Nikolakopoulos, Y. Koutroulis, A. Tzes, and P. Groumpos (2002), «An Intelligent Visual-Based System for Object Inspection and Welding, relying on Active Contour Models-Algorithms», 2nd Hellenic Conference on Artificial Intelligence, SETN-2002, 11-12 April 2002, Thessaloniki, Greece, pp. 399-409
C6. G. Georgoulas, C. Stylios and P. Groumpos (2003). «Integrated Approach for Classification of Cardiotocograms based on Independent Component Analysis and Neural Networks», Proc. of 11th IEEE Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, June 18-20, 2003, Rodos, Greece (CD-ROM)
C7. G. Georgoulas, C.D. Stylios and P.P. Groumpos (2003), «Independent Component Analysis for the analysis and classification of CTG», 5th International Conference in Neural Networks and Expert Systems in Medicine & Healthcare and 1st International Conference in Computational Intelligence in Medicine and Healthcare (NNESMED / CIMED Conference), 21-23 July 2003, Sheffield, UK, pp. 157-162
C8. Γ. Νικολακοπουλος, Μ. Κουνδουρακης, Α. Τζες και Γ. Γεωργουλας (2003), «Χρηση του Simulation Interface Toolkit για την Εξομοιωση και Πειραματισμο Συστηματων Αυτοματου Ελεγχου», Proceedings of the National Instruments-Days Greece 2003 Conference, Athens, Greece
C9. I. Christoyianni, G. Georgoulas (2004), «Classification of Abnormal Tissue in Digital Mammography Using Support Vector Machines», 3rd Hellenic Conference on Artificial Intelligence SETN’04, 5-8 May, Samos Greece, pp. 71-78
C10. G. Georgoulas, C. Stylios, and P. Groumpos (2004). «Classification of Cardiotocograms based on Independent Component Analysis and Support Vector Machines», 3rd Hellenic Conference on Artificial Intelligence SETN’04, 5-8 May 2004, Samos, Greece, pp. 99-108
C11. G. Georgoulas, C. Stylios, J. Bernardes and P. Groumpos (2004), «Classification of Cardiotocograms using Support Vector Machines», Proc. of 10th IFAC Symposium on Large Scale Systems: Theory and Applications (LSS’04), July 26-28, 2004, Osaka, Japan
C12. G. Georgoulas, G. Nokas, C. Stylios, and P. Groumpos (2004), «Classification of Fetal Heart Rate during labour using Hidden Markov Models», ICNN 2004 International Conference on Neural Networks & IEEE 2004 International Conference on Fuzzy Systems, 25-28 July, Budapest (CD-ROM)
C13. G. Georgoulas, C. Stylios and P. Groumpos (2005), «Classification of Fetal Heart Rate using Scale Dependent Features and Support Vector Machines», 16th IFAC World Congress, 4-8 July 2005, Prague, Czech Republic (CD-ROM)
C14. G. Georgoulas, C. Stylios and P. Groumpos (2005), «Investigation and Comparison of different Scale Dependent Features for Fetal Heart Rate Classification», 16th IFAC World Congress, 4-8 July 2005, Prague, Czech Republic (CD-ROM)
C15. D. Gavrilis, G. Georgoulas I. G. Tsoulos and E. Glavas (2005), «Classification of Fetal Heart Rate using Grammatical Evolution», SIPS, Athens, 2005 (CD-ROM)
C16. G. Georgoulas, C. Stylios, and P. Groumpos (2005), «Classification of FHR during the Intrapartum Period Using Wavelet Neural Networks Trained By PSO», 3rd European Medical & Biological Engineering Conference (EMBEC’05), November 20-25, 2005, Prague, Czech Republic (CD-ROM)
C17. G. Georgoulas, V. Chudáček, J. Rieger, C. Stylios, and L. Lhotská (2005), «Methods and Tools for Processing Biosignals: A Survey Paper», 3rd European Medical & Biological Engineering Conference (EMBEC’05), November 20-25, 2005, Prague, Czech Republic (CD-ROM)
C18. Tsoumas I., Mitronikas E., Georgoulas G., Safacas A. (2005), «A comparative study of induction motor current signature analysis techniques for mechanical faults detection», IEEE International Symposium on Diagnostics for Electric Machines, Power Electronics and Drives (SDEMPED), 7-9 September 2005, Vienna, Austria (Conference CD-ROM, No SD-5072)
C19. G. Georgoulas, C. Stylios, E. Papageorgiou and P. Groumpos (2006), «Tuning Support Vector Machines via Particle Swarm Optimization for the Classification of FHR signals», 18th Biosignal Conference, 28-30 June 2006, Brno, Czech Republic, pp. 169-171
C20. Α. Koutras, I. Christoyianni, G. Georgoulas, E. Dermatas (2006), «Computer Aided Classification of Mammographic Tissue Using Independent Component Analysis and Support Vector Machines», ICANN 2006, part II, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) 4132, pp. 568-577
C21. A. Koutras and G. Georgoulas (2006), «Robust Cardiotocogram Prediction using Independent Component Analysis», Proc. 5th European Symposium on Biomedical Engineering (ESBME), Patras, July 2006 (CD-ROM)
C22. E. Papageorgiou, G. Georgoulas, C. Stylios and P. Groumpos (2006), «Applying computational intelligence methods for tumour characterization», Proc. of World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering (WC2006), Aug. 27 – Sep. 1, Seoul, Korea (CD-ROM)
C23. G. Georgoulas, C. Stylios, V. Chudáček, M. Macas and L. Lhotská (2006), «Classification of Fetal Heart Rate Signals based on features selected using the binary Particle Swarm Algorithm», Proc. of World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering (WC2006), Aug. 27 – Sep. 1, Seoul, Korea (CD-ROM)
C24. A. Papadimitriou, G. Georgoulas, C. Stylios and P. Groumpos, (2006), «Ant colony algorithm for near-optimal arrangement of linear machine layout», Proc. of 1st IFAC Workshop on Applications of Large Scale Industrial Systems (ALSIS´06), August 30-31, 2006
C25. G. Georgoulas, V. Georgopoulos and C. Stylios (2006), «Speech Sound Classification and Detection of Articulation Disorders with Support Vector Machines and Wavelets», Proc. of the 28th IEEE EMBS Annual International Conference, Aug. 30-Sept. 3, 2006, New York City, USA
C26. I. Tsoulos, G. Georgoulas, D. Gavrilis, C. Stylios, J. Bernardes, P. Groumpos (2006), «Introducing Grammatical Evolution in Fetal Heart Rate Analysis and Classification», 3rd IEEE Conference on Intelligent Systems, September 4-6, 2006, London, UK
C27. E. Papageorgiou, G. Georgoulas, C. Stylios and P. Groumpos (2006), «Combining Fuzzy Cognitive Maps with Support Vector Machines for bladder tumor grading», 10th International Conference on Knowledge-Based & Intelligent Information & Engineering Systems (KES2006), 9-11 October 2006, UK Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) 4251, pp 515-523
C28. V. Chudáček, G. Georgoulas, C. Stylios, M. Staviař, M. Hanuliak, and L. Lhotská (2006), «Comparison of Methods for Premature Ventricular Beat Detection», ITAB 2006, October 26-28, 2006, Ioannina – Epirus, Greece
C29. A. Anastasiadis, G. Georgoulas, G. Magoulas, and A. Tzes (2007), «Adaptive Particle Swarm Optimizer with Nonextensive Schedule», Proc. of the GECCO’07, July 7-11, 2007, London, England, UK, pp 168
C30. J. Echauz, G. Georgoulas, O. Smart, A Gardner, H. Firpi, B. Litt, and G.J. Vachtsevanos, (2007), «Monitoring, Signal Analysis, and Control of Epileptic Seizures: A Paradigm in Brain Research», Proc. of the 15th Mediterranean Conference on Control & Automation, June 27-29, 2007, Athens, Greece
C31. L. Burrell, O. Smart, G. Georgoulas and G.J. Vachtsevanos, (2007), «Evaluation of Feature Selection Techniques for Analysis of Functional MRI and EEG», International Conference on Data Mining (DMIN’07), June 25-28, 2007, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
C32. V. Kappatos, G. Georgoulas and E. Dermatas, «Crack Characterization in Ship Hulls Based on Features Selected Using the Binary Particle Swarm Algorithm», 8th HSTAM International Congress on Mechanics, July 12-14, 2007, Patras, Greece
C33. V. Chudáček, M. Petrík, G. Georgoulas, M. Čepek, L. Lhotská, and C. Stylios, «Comparison of Seven Approaches for Holter ECG Clustering and Classification», Proc. of the 29th IEEE EMBS Annual International Conference, August 23-26, 2007, Lyon, France
C34. A. Anastasiadis, G. D. Magoulas, G. Georgoulas, and A. Tzes (2007), «Nonextensive Particle Swarm Optimization Methods», Gallopoulos, Houstis, Kotsireas, Noutsos, Vrahatis (eds), NumAn 2007, Book of Proceedings, pp. 15-18, Kalamata, Greece
C35. M. Huptych, V. Chudáček, G. Georgoulas, L. Lhotská & C. Stylios, «SVM Classification of Holter ECG Beats Using Wavelet Features», 8th International Workshop on Mathematical Methods in Scattering Theory and Biomedical Engineering, 27 – 29 September 2007, Lefkada, Greece
C36. Bin Zhang, Georgios Georgoulas, Marcos Orchard, Abhinav Saxena, Douglas Brown, George Vachtsevanos, Steven Liang, «Rolling Element Bearing Feature Extraction and Anomaly Detection Based on Vibration Monitoring», 16th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, June 25-27, 2008, Ajaccio, France
C37. G. Georgoulas, V.C. Georgopoulos and C. D. Stylios, «Investigating Articulating Disorders Using Empirical Mode Decomposition», 6th European Symposium on Biomedical Engineering, 19 – 21 June 2008, Chania, Crete, Greece
C38. V. Chudáček, M. Čepek, M. Koucký, G. Georgoulas, L. Lhotská and C. Stylios, «Classification Of Intrapartum Foetal Data», 19th International Conference BIOSIGNAL 2008, June 29 – July 1, 2008, Brno, Czech Republic
C39. Ioannis Tsoumas, George Georgoulas, Athanasios Safacas, George Vachtsevanos, «Empirical Mode Decomposition of the Stator Start-up Current for Rotor Fault Diagnosis in Asynchronous Machines», in proceedings of ICEM 2008
C40. Marcos Orchard, Douglas Brown, Ben Bin Zhang, George Georgoulas, and George J. Vachtsevanos, «Anomaly Detection: A Particle Filtering Framework with an Application to Aircraft Systems», ISHM 2008
C41. Douglas W. Brown, Derek L. Edwards, George Georgoulas, Bin B. Zhang, and George J. Vachtsevanos, «Real-Time Fault Detection and Accommodation for COTS Resolver Position Sensors», in Proceedings PHM 2008
C42. Khawaja, T.S. Georgoulas, G. Vachtsevanos, G., «An efficient Novelty Detector for online fault diagnosis based on Least Squares Support Vector Machines», in: AUTOTESTCON 2008 IEEE, Salt Lake Cirty, UT,8-11 Sept. 2008 pp. 202-207
C43. Chudacek, V.; Spilka, J.; Rubackova, B.; Koucky, M.; Georgoulas, G.; Lhotska, L.; Stylios, C.; «Evaluation of feature subsets for classification of cardiotocographic recordings», In Proceedings Computers in Cardiology, 14-17 Sept. 2008 pp. 845-848
C44. Douglas Brown, George Georgoulas, Hyeon Bae, George Vachtsevanos, R. Chen, Y. H. Bill Ho, «Particle Filter Based Anomaly Detection for Aircraft Actuator Systems», in Proceedings IEEE Aerospace Conference 2009, Big Sky, Montana, 7-14 March, 2009
C45. George Georgoulas, Voula Georgopoulos, George Stylios and Chrysostomos Stylios, «Detection of Articulation Disorders using Empirical Mode Decomposition and Neural Networks», In Proceedings of the 2009 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks, June 14-21, Atlanta, USA, pp 959-964
C46. Vassilios Kappatos, George Georgoulas, Chrysostomos Stylios and Evangelos Dermatas, «Evolutionary Dimensionality Reduction for Crack Localization in Ship Structures using a Hybrid Computational Intelligent Approach», In Proceedings of the 2009 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks, June 14-21, Atlanta, USA, pp 1531-1538
C47. Salman Mohagheghi, George Georgoulas, Chrysostomos Stylios, Peter Groumpos «Evolutionary Approaches to the Linear Machine Layout Problem», INCOM 09, 13th IFAC Symposium on Information Control Problems in Manufacturing, 3-5 June 2009, Moscow, Russia, pp 1228-1233
C48. Jacqueline Fairley, George Georgoulas, George Vachtsevanos, «Sequential Feature Selection Methods for Parkinsonian Human Sleep Analysis», 17th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation MED 09, June 24-26, 2009, Thessaloniki, Greece, pp 1468-1473
C49. George Georgoulas, Vassilios Kappatos, Vagelis Dermatas, Chrysostomos Stylios, «Wavelet Usage for features extraction for crack localization», 17th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation MED 09, June 24-26, 2009, Thessaloniki, Greece, pp 1540-1545
C50. Vaclav Chudacek, George Georgoulas, Michal Huptych, Chrysostomos Stylios and Lenka Lhotska, «Discriminating between V and N beats from ECGs introducing an integrated reduced representation along with a Neural Network classifier», ICANN 2009, part II, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) 5769, pp. 485–494
C51. V. Chudáček, L. Lhotská, G. Georgoulas and C. Stylios, «Is it possible to distinguish different types of ECG-holter beats based solely on features obtained from windowed QRS complex?», World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Munich, Germany, September 7 – 12, 2009
C52. Brown, D., Georgoulas, G., Bole, B.; Pei, H.-L., Orchard, M., Tang, L., Saha, B., Saxena, A., Goebel, K. & Vachtsevanos, G., «Prognostics Enhanced Reconfigurable Control of Electro-Mechanical Actuators», 2nd International Conference on Prognostics and Health Management (PHM), September 27 – October 1, 2009
C53. Václav Chudáček, Jiří Spilka, Michal Huptych, George Georgoulas, Petr Janků, Michal Koucký, Chrysostomos Stylios, Lenka Lhotská, «Comparison of Linear and Non-linear Features for Intrapartum Cardiotocography Evaluation – Clinical Usability vs. Contribution to Classification», International Conference BIOSIGNAL 2010, June 27 – June 29, 2010, Brno, Czech Republic
C54. Jacqueline Fairley, George Georgoulas, Chrysostomos Stylios, David Rye, «A Hybrid Approach for Artifact Detection in EEG Data», 20th International Conference on Artificial Neural, ICANN 2010, 15-18 September 2010, Thessaloniki, Greece, LNCS 6352, pp. 436-441, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2010
C55. Jacqueline Fairley, Ashley Johnson, George Georgoulas, and George Vachtsevanos, «Automated polysomnogram artifact compensation using the generalized singular value decomposition algorithm», IEEE EMBS 2010
C56. J. Fairley, G. Georgoulas, C. Stylios, G. Vachtsevanos, D. Rye and D. Bliwise, «Phasic Electromyographic Metric detection based on wavelet analysis», 19th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation MED 2011, 20-23 June 2011, Corfu, Greece, pp. 497-502
C57. G. Piperagas, G. Georgoulas, A. Lykas, C. D. Stylios and K. Parsopoulos, «Integrating Particle Swarm Optimization with Reinforcement Learning in Noisy Problems», accepted as a full paper for GECCO-2012
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