Position:
Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen University Professor at University of Houston, Member, Steering Committee, Center for the Mathematical biosciences at University of Houston, Adjunct Professor, Department of Health Informatics at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Director at Computational Biomecine Lab, Member, Southwest Public Safety Technology Center at University of Houston, Member at Gulf Coast Consortia, Director, Division of Bioimaging and Biocomputation, Institute for Digital Informatics and Analysis at University of Houston, Member, Texas Learning and Computation Center at W.M. Keck Center for Computational and Structural Biology, Member, Texas Learning and Computation Center at University of Houston
Location:
Houston, Texas Area
Industry:
Higher Education
Work:
University of Houston since Jan 2011
Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen University Professor
University of Houston since 2008
Member, Steering Committee, Center for the Mathematical biosciences
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston since 2006
Adjunct Professor, Department of Health Informatics
Computational Biomecine Lab since 2005
Director
University of Houston since 2005
Member, Southwest Public Safety Technology Center
Education:
University of Pennsylvania 1991 - 1997
PhD, Computer Science
Northeastern University 1989 - 1991
M.Sc., Computer Science
Ethnikon kai Kapodistriakon Panepistimion Athinon 1985 - 1989
Ptychion (B.Sc.), Physics
Skills:
Pattern Recognition
Image Analysis
Computer Vision
Biomedical Engineering
Machine Learning
Honor & Awards:
First Place, Face Recognition Vendor Test (3D Shape Category), 2007.
Eckhard Pfeiffer Distinguished Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Houston, 2006.
Best Poster Award, International Greek Biotechnology Forum, Athens, Greece, 2006.
Best Poster Award, 2nd Hellenic Congress of Atherosclerosis, Athens, Greece, 2006.
Research Excellence Award, Department of Computer Science, University of Houston, 2003.
UH Teaching Excellence Award, University of Houston, 2003.
Society for Heart Attack Prevention and Eradication James E. Muller Vulnerable Plaque New Investigator Prize for Clinical Research, 2003.
IEEE Distinguished Visitor, 2002.
President, University of Houston Chapter of Sigma Xi, 2002.
National Science Foundation CAREER Award, 2000.
Schlumberger Technical Foundation Award, Houston, TX, 1998.