CV
Education
PhD in Speech Communication. KTH Royal Institute of Technology. 2016 - 2022.
Exchange studies in Computer Science. Monash University. 2012.
MSc in Computer Science. University of Copenhagen. 2011 - 2014.
Exchange studies in Computer Science. Linnaeus University. 2008 - 2009.
BSc in Computer Science. Technological Educational Institute of Athens. 2005 - 2011.
Academic Experience
PostDoctoral Researcher. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 2024.
PostDoctoral Researcher. Humboldt University of Berlin. 2023.
PostDoctoral Researcher. University of Potsdam. 2022-2023.
Visiting Researcher. University of Southern California. 2021.
Visiting Researcher. University of Potsdam. 2020-2021.
Research Intern. Microsoft Research. 2018.
Research Assistant. University of Copenhagen. 2015 - 2016.
Teaching Assistant. University of Copenhagen. 2013 - 2014.
Experience in Industry
Software Developer. QBuy, Copenhagen. 2013 - 2015.
Test Designer. SMS Passcode, Copenhagen. 2013.
Software Developer. Pyxis, Barcelona. 2011.
Software Developer. Leitat Research Centre, Barcelona. 2010.
Funding
Wallenberg Foundation Research Fellowship [Principal Investigator, MIT]. Boston, USA. 2024-2025.
Amazon Alexa Prize Research Funding [Co-organiser (participated in the proposal, not the challenge), funded by Amazon Research]. Seattle, USA. 2018.
Awards
ROMAN [Travel grant]. Pasadena, USA, 2024
HRI [Travel grant]. Stockholm, Sweden. 2023.
Shonan Meeting [Travel grant]. Shonan, Japan. 2023.
Best Paper Nomination (ICMI) Montreal, Canada. 2021.
KTH Nomination for Google Fellowship Stockholm, Sweden. 2019.
ICMI [Travel grant]. Shuzhou, China. 2019.
CogSci [Travel grant]. Montreal, Canada. 2019.
SIGAI - IVA [Travel grant]. Paris, France. 2019.
HRI [Travel grant]. Chicago, USA. 2018.
ICMI [Travel grant]. Glasgow, UK. 2017.
Bringing public art to the public. Danish Arts Foundation [1st Place]. Copenhagen, Denmark. 2016.
ERA-Places Scholarship [funded by the EU and the Greek government]. Barcelona, Spain. 2010.