Nikolaos Passalis is an Assistant Professor with the Department of Informatics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh), Greece. He received the B.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D. degrees in Informatics from AUTh in 2013, 2015, and 2018, respectively. He was a Postdoctoral Researcher with Tampere University, Finland (2018-2019), and with the Computational Intelligence and Deep Learning (CIDL) Group, AUTh (2019-2024), and from 2024 to 2026 he was an Assistant Professor of Computational Intelligence with the Department of Chemical Engineering, AUTh.
He has co-authored more than 90 journal articles, 115 conference papers, and eight book chapters, which have received over 7,800 citations (Google Scholar, h-index 44). He is currently an Associate Editor-in-Chief of Neurocomputing and an Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, and received the AUTh Young Researcher Excellence Award in 2025. His research interests include deep learning, computer vision, robotics and autonomous systems, and interdisciplinary applications of artificial intelligence.
Office: Office 11, Mezzanine, Biology Building, University Campus, AUTH
Positions
- 2026 – present · Assistant Professor, Dept. of Informatics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
- 2024 – 2026 · Assistant Professor (Computational Intelligence), Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
- 2019 – 2024 · Postdoctoral Researcher, Dept. of Informatics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
- 2020 – 2021 · Adjunct Lecturer, Dept. of Financial and Management Engineering, University of the Aegean
- 2018 – 2019 · Postdoctoral Researcher, Tampere University, Finland
Education
- Ph.D. in Informatics (2018), Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
- M.Sc. in Informatics (2015), Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
- B.Sc. in Informatics (2013), Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Selected Honors
- Young Researcher Excellence Award (Engineering/Informatics), Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 2025
- IEEE Senior Member, 2025
- Stanford/Elsevier Top 2% Scientists list, 2023 and 2024
- Keep Going Award, Innovation for Society (IFS) Awards, 2024
- Best paper award candidate (top 7 papers), IEEE ICIP 2019
Editorial Service
- Associate Editor in Chief, Neurocomputing (2026 – present)
- Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems (2024 – present)
- Associate Editor, Neurocomputing (2021 – 2026)
- Section Editor, Data in Brief (2023 – 2025)
Research Projects
Researcher in EU and national projects, including RoboSAPIENS, SYMPHONY, AMBROSIA, INTERSOC (Horizon Europe / DIGITAL Europe), DeepLET (H.F.R.I.), OpenDR, PlasmoniAC, and MultiDrone (H2020).
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