Short Bio
Nikolaos Mitianoudis received the Diploma in Electronic and Computer Engineering from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece in 1998. He received the MSc in Communications and Signal Processing from Imperial College London, UK in 2000 and the PhD in Audio Source Separation using Independent Component Analysis from Queen Mary, University of London, UK in 2004. Between 2003 and 2009, he was a Research Associate at the Electrical and Electronic Engineering Department at Imperial College London, UK working on the Data Information Fusion-Defense Technology Centre project "Applied Multi-Dimensional Fusion", sponsored by General Dynamics UK and QinetiQ. From 2009 until 2010, he was an Academic Assistant at the International Hellenic University in Thermi, Greece. In 2010, he joined the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the Democritus University of Thrace, Greece, where he currently serves as a Professor in Audio and Image Processing. His research interests include applications of Statistical Signal Processing, Machine Learning, Audition and Vision.
Education
- 2000-2004 Queen Mary, University of London, PhD in Audio Source Separation using Independent Component Analysis.
- 1999-2000 Imperial College London, MSc in Communications and Signal Processing.
- 1993-1998 Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, MEng in Electrical and Computer Engineering.
Employment
- Democritus University of Thrace, Electrical and Computer Engineering Dep. (May 2024 - now). Professor.
- Democritus University of Thrace, Electrical and Computer Engineering Dep. (Jan 2020 - May 2024). Associate Professor.
- Democritus University of Thrace, Electrical and Computer Engineering Dep. (Sep 2013 - Dec 2019). Assistant Professor (Tenured Feb 2018).
- Democritus University of Thrace, Electrical and Computer Engineering Dep. (Jun 2010 - Aug 2013). Lecturer.
- International Hellenic University, (Nov 2008- Jun 2010). Academic Assistant.
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Imperial College London, (Oct 2003- Apr 2009). Research Associate
"Applied Multi-Dimensional Fusion", DIF-DTC project. - Queen Mary, University of London, (Oct 2002- May 2003). Duties: Demonstrator for "Statistical methods for Signal Processing", "Intelligent Signal Processing" and "Real-time DSP" for the MSc course in Digital Signal Processing. Digital Circuits lab demonstrator for first year undergraduates.
- Queen Mary, University of London, (Oct 2001- May 2002). Duties: Electronics and Digital Circuits lab demonstrator for first and second year undergraduates.
- King’s College, University of London, (Oct 2000-May 2001). Duties: Electronics and Digital Circuits lab demonstrator for first year undergraduates.
- University of Macedonia, Greece, EU programme for the preservation of the Byzantine Orthodox Heritage (Oct 1998- Sep 1999). Duties: Computer support and local network administration. Web page authoring and Web server administrator. Sound and image processing activities support.
- AMYLUM Hellas, Corn processing industry (Jul 1997- Sep 1997). Duties: Training electrical engineer.
Societies/Activities
- Senior Member of IEEE.
- Member of Audio Engineering Society (AES).
- Member (Chartered Engineer) of the Technical Chamber of Greece (TEE).
- Associate Editor for IEEE Trans. on Image Processing (2018-2021).
- Guest Editor, Journal of Imaging, Special Issue "Modern Advances in Image Fusion".
- Reviewer for IEEE Signal Processing Letters, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems, IEEE Transactions on Audio, Speech and Language processing, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks, IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters. IET Proceedings on Image Processing, Elsevier Neurocomputing, Elsevier Neurocomputing, Springer Circuits, Systems and Signal Processing.
- Program Committee for the DAFX 2003, ICA 2007, DSP 2009, EUSIPCO 2009, CVCG2010, ICANN 2010, CSNDSP 2010, LVA/ICA 2010, DSP 2011 Conferences.
Sponsorship/Studentships/Distinctions
- Sep 2004 : Royal Academy of Engineering Travel Grant Award.
- Oct 2001 - Sep 2003 : Queen Mary PhD research studentship.
- Oct 2000 - Sep 2001 : King's College PhD research studentship.
- 1998: Graduated 2nd/158 students in my first degree.
- National Scholarships Foundation of Greece (IKY) scholarship (1993, 1995, 1996, 1997) for performance during undergraduate studies. First place scholarship in 1997.
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Technical Chamber of Greece award (1997, 1999 and 2000) for performance during
undergraduate studies.
Hobbies/Interests
- Guitar playing and recording (acoustic, electric), Music Composition.
- Flight, Aviation and Air Traffic Control simulators.
- Digital Photography.
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Cinema, Theatre.