About

I am a researcher in the field of Computer Vision, with focus on computational methods that explain hand(s)-object(s) interactions. Explanation amounts to optimization and takes the forms of modeling, detection and tracking. To that end, I have employed black box and gradient-based optimization over models of appearance, dynamics and further (DCNNs).

I have done all my studies (B.Sc., M.Sc. and Ph.D.) and post-doc (2001-2016) at the Computer Science Department (CSD) of the University of Crete (UOC), and at the Computer Vision and Roborics Lab (CVRL) of the Institute of Computer Science (ICS) at the Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas (FORTH) under the supervision of Prof. Antonis Argyros. I have also spent time (2017-2019) at Oculus/Facebook, Menlo Park, CA, working in hand tracking, in conjunction with Facebook Reality Labs.

Since 2020, I am at CVRL, ICS, FORTH, carrying out research on the same topics. The fields (scientific or otherwise) of primary interest are Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Dynamics and Software Engineering.

One may get a more detailed view of my track record at my CV.

This is an early (2014) PoC which I still find inspiring. It was computed through this work. The head, hands, peripherals, cup and desk are participating in 3D tracking, jointly. Input was RGBD.