- LIGHT4HEALTH: Health Research-Based Innovative Open Educational Resources and Tools for Lighting Design Students and Professionals
Eramus +, KA2 – Cooperation for Innovation and the Exchange of Good Practices, KA203 – Strategic Partnerships for higher education, 20019-2021
Status: Ongoing
Abstract: L4H’s Consortium develops a novel educational course to teach health research methods and findings to lighting designers at graduate level. The course is based on the Health Research-Based Innovative Open Educational Resources and Tools for Lighting Design Students and Professionals designed by Consortium and Associated partners. Project partners benefit from Erasmus+ funding to develop together a cross-disciplinary course on the intersection of lighting design and health research by selecting the most relevant health research methods, tools, and findings in Neurology, Photobiology, Neuroendocrinology, Neurobehavioral Studies, Psychophysiology of Perception, as well as Behavioural, Cognitive and Environmental Psychology, and introducing them into lighting design curricula. The course is extended with rich and professionally produced open educational materials, and an online Virtual Lab platform aimed at accessibility and fostering implementation across Europe. In addition, the project will facilitate the learning mobility opportunities for both students and staff of participating universities through a series of summer schools.
Partners: AAU CPH (Denmark), University of Wolverhampton (UK), Jefferson (Philadelphia University + Thomas Jefferson University) (USA), KTH Royal Institute of Technology (Sweden), University of Applied Sciences in Wismar (Germany), ITMO (Russia).
Associated Partners: VIA-Verlag company (Germany), Università Iuav di Venezia (Italy),Vicenza Institute of Architecture (Italy), Roma Tre University (Italy), Tallinn University (Estonia)
Post: AAU principal investigator - LYS: Evaluating portable circadian lighting market solutions for elderly people
Direct funding from Copenhagen and Aarhus municipalities, 2019
Status: Completed
Abstract: The goal of this project is to briefly evaluate different solutions and technologies that can be found in market, aiming to efficient circadian lighting for elderly people using portable luminaries.
More specifically, this project:
– Describes metrics in terms with circadian lighting
– Evaluates existing lighting solutions in regards to a list of parameters and validate their actual quality (visual and non-visual) using relevant metrics and measurements with specialised equipment.
– Produces generic circadian lighting scenarios, suitable for elderly residents, using portable luminaries.
Partners: AAU, Copenhagen municipality, Aarhus municipality
Post: AAU principal investigator - CRETE: Critical Skills for Electronic Engineers of 2020
Erasmus+ Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices: Strategic Partnerships, 2018-2020
Status: Ongoing
Abstract: The CRETE project will offer a curriculum of modules that enhance the skills & knowledge of participant students with the most demanded skills an electronic engineer should has according to the most recent market needs. The proposed curriculum will come as a result of the fruitful collaboration between different scientific disciplines from physics, nanotechnology, artificial intelligence, robotics, quantum computing, electronic engineering, management, data science and pedagogy. The participant academic teachers will be trained in blended teaching and Problem Based Teaching Methods in order to deliver the targeted themes in the most effective way.The project envisioned to contribute to the development of relevant and high quality skills and competences that will enhance the employability of youths across Europe and also be an example for different educational programs and curricula to be adopted.
Partners: AAU, Technical Educational Institute of Crete, Polytechnic Institute of Porto, Thomas More Mechelen-Antwerpen, University of Warsaw, EVM – Ecosistemas Virtuales y modulares SL, Web2Learn
Post: AAU project participant - ITEM: Innovative Teaching Education in Mathematics
Erasmus+ KA2 Capacity Building in the Field of Higher Education, 2018-2021
Status: Ongoing
Abstract: The ITEM project will exploit the skills & experiences of European Partners in modern teaching methods (offline and online), in math teaching in order to assist the Partner Countries to improve the way that the mathematics are taught in the consortium Higher Education Institutions; and thus helped them to prepare more employable and ready to advance technology in their countries. It is also strongly believed that the acquired knowledge & experiences will be gained during the project will assist the participated Programme Countries partners to improve & optimize their mathematics teaching strategies & tools. Mathematics & Statistics is the primary National priority of all the participated Partner countries (Israel, Serbia and Kosovo). The ITEM project envisions to develop and test innovative learning & teaching tools, new methodologies and approaches (learning outcomes and ICT based practices) towards building and enhancing students’ maths skills.
Partners: AAU, Technological Educational Institute of Crete, Czech Technical University, SS Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, University for Health Sciences, Medical Informatics and Technology (UMIT), Holon Institute of Technology, Hadassah Academic College, Weizmann Institute of Science, Academy of Criminalistic and Police Studies, University of Defense, University of Mitrovica, Universum College, Karlstad University, Universidad de La Laguna.
Post: AAU project participant - LIGHTEL: Energy efficient lighting design for improving well-being of elderly through intelligent circadian lighting
ElForsk project, 2016-2018
Status: Completed
Abstract: Albertslund municipality inaugurated in 2016 its ambitious new health center with medical practitioners, rehabilitation facilities and housing for different groups of care recipients. LIGHTEL installs LED lights with sensors and an advanced intelligent management system. It allows citizens to be ‘prescribed’ a light that supports well-being and health in the form of circadian rhythm and sleep. The light can also prevent depressions and ‘winter mood’. The evaluation of the proposed lighting design will be based on a “holistic” approach involving anthropological (mood & behaviour), sensor-based (actigraphy) and medical factors. With a growing proportion of elderly citizens, not just in the Danish population, but throughout Europe, the potential is enormous for obtaining societal benefits in terms of energy savings and in the form of improved health and safety.
Partners: AAU, Albertslund Kommune, Chromaviso, Gate21, Hvidovre Hospital
Post: AAU project’s responsible - Smart Lighting v2
AAU post-doc project: Knowledge for the world
Status: Completed
Abstract: Smart lighting up to now, is considered as a lighting technology that is focusing mainly on the energy efficiency of lighting systems. This technology includes high efficiency fixtures and simple automated controls that make adjustments based on conditions such as occupancy or daylight availability. But smart lighting can be further extended by including more intelligent controls and methods, aiming not only at higher energy savings, but also at providing human centric lighting by improving people’s well-being. In this context, the goal of this post-doc is to use and adapt major technological developments in artificial intelligence, computer vision and machine learning, so that lighting systems can be designed to be more effective, personalized and meet the needs of people.
Partners: AAU
Post: AAU supervisor - Lighting Metropolis
EU Interreg Denmark-Sweden, 2015-2018
Status: Completed
Abstract: Making Greater Copenhagen a world leader of living labs, for smart human centric lighting. As the 24 partners behind Lighting Metropolis start creating a new and unique ecosystem with the power to rethink, build and deliver smart human centric lighting solutions – its full potential will eventually involve far more collaborators and reach much further, beyond our own borders. The ecosystem will deliver living lighting labs with a world-leading innovative edge, across Greater Copenhagen – the international brand name for the wider border region between Denmark and Sweden.
Partners: 24 companies, universities and organizations
Post: AAU representative for the following demo projects:
■ Circadian lighting for people with eating disorders (Ballerup psychiatric hospital)
■ Intelligent lighting in Musicon path (Roskilde municipality)
■ Smart playful lighting for a pump track in Musicon path (Roskilde municipality)
■ Lysprojekt i Hyldespjældet (Albertslund Municipality)
■ Intelligent lighting for a bike lane to school: designing a gamification approach (Egedal Municipality)
■ Brighter Brunnshog: A VR lighting installation (Kraftringen – Lund Municipality) - The DockWeeder robot for weed detection based on images
EU AGRI-NET project 2016-17
Status: Completed
Abstract: Broad-leaved dock (Rumex obtusifolius L.) is a common and troublesome weed with a wide geographic distribution. The weed is readily consumed by livestock but its nutritive value is less than that of grass. In conventional dairy farming, the weed is normally controlled by using herbicides. In organic farming, no synthetic pesticides are used and there is a risk that broad-leaved dock will spread. The solution proposed here consists of creating a robot that is capable of exploring a pasture by relying on GPS, equipping it with an array of sensors to detect the weed, and also equipping it with a non-chemical method to eliminate detected weeds. We use an existing, robust autonomous platform, we advance the state of the art of weed detection by combining two-dimensional (2-D) and three-dimensional (3-D) imaging, and we adopt and optimize an innovative, environment-friendly hot-water treatment to eliminate weeds.
Partners: AAU, Wageningen University and Research Centre, ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften, AGROSCOPE
Post: Project’s collaborator - The Parenthetical Window: Performing in a full Multimodal Artificial Environment adapted to the Circadian Rhythm
Post-doc project, Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, 2016
Status: Completed
Abstract: Parenthetical Window is a research project that proposes a lighting design for dark rooms and basements, which preserves the best possible conditions for human activity. The endeavor is a cultivation of the full sensorium using abstract forms of art (light, soundscape, fragrances) and its narratives (the illusion of perspective) in order to create a multimodal experience for the user. In this effect, a changeable periodic evaluation will be set in a case-study room by connecting change of light with other senses (smell, corporeal cognition, entertainment).
Partners: AAU, Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies
Post: Project’s collaborator - The Open Solution Platform
TechnioSpring Project, 2015-2016
Status: Completed
Abstract: The proposed project is a human feed-back provider service. This service is provided through a novel multipurpose platform that combines crowdsourcing and crowdfunding concepts. It is mainly intended for solving digital problems that cannot be done for computers alone due to their nature (i.e. extract semantic information from an image, understand the meaning of a tweet, identify actions in video sequences, etc.). The source data to be analyzed is pre-proceed for its optimal human-based “understanding” and it is distributed through the users that will provide the required solution (after an automatic validation process based on a function that incorporates the reliability of the users and a redundancy factor).
Partners: AAU (host institute, CVC Spain)
Post: Project’s Scientific Responsible - Interactive Lighting for cycling tunnels
Capital Region of Copenhagen’s Cycle Super Highways office (CSC) Project, 2015
Status: Completed
Abstract: The objective is to develop an understanding of creating with light with a focus on an interactive lighting design for cycling tunnels through media technology and human/conceptual interaction and functional aspects.
Partners: AAU (coordinator), CSC, Gladsaxe municipality, Copenhagen municipality
Post: AAU Technical Responsible - CPH:Sense – Capturing, Processing and Visualizing traffic data
Collaborative innovation project about intelligent transport systems (ITS), 2014
Status: Completed
Abstract: CPH:Sense suggests a multimodal and distributed approach to get the view on the street space use. Computer Vision and other sensor-based non-intrusive techniques are employed to understand and characterize the street space, featuring state-of-the-art recognition techniques in order to get the semantics out of the scene. To that end, we developed a micro capsule based on a single board computer aiming at improving the capturing, the processing and the visualization of traffic data trough a black-box / local processing oriented approach: this approach permits to stream highly processed forms of information, avoiding the unwanted stream of images and bypassing then any possible privacy issue; this also leads to the possibility of saving historical data and to keep the global infrastructure very light, cheap and agile to scale. The CPH:Sense is based on an Open Hardware and Open Data approach, which makes possible to imagine and create further development both of the sensors and the software in every moment.
Partners: AAU (coordinator), LeapCraft
Post: Project’s Scientific Responsible - Development of Innovative Algorithms and decision support system for the desigN of public trAnsit systems (DIANA)
Archimedes ΙΙΙ national projects, 2011-2013
Status: Completed
Abstract: Τhe objective of the proposed project is the development of an innovative methodology for addressing the Transit Route Network Design Problem (TRNDP). For that purpose, an comprehensive approach will be followed, examining the problem structure and elements in multiple levels, including design objectives, the problem environment and optimization methodologies. Furthermore, developed elements and methodologies will be integrated in a GIS supported decision support system (DSS) for direct use by public transport operators and tested in a number of real world cases.
Partners: ΤΕΙ Crete (co-ordintaor), ΤΕΙ Athens, NTUAthens, Polytechnic of Crete
Post: Project’s Scientific Responsible - DIESI – Integrated System for Internet Music Performance
Thales National Projects (2011-2013)
Status: Completed
Abstract: The objective of the proposed project is to advance the current state-of-the-art in Networked Music Performance (NMP) systems. These systems allow geographically distributed musicians to collaborate or even perform a live concert through computer networks. NMP systems have the potential to advance music creativity, education, and cross-cultural interaction, offering a common platform for social engagement among musicians of any culture and background.
Partners: University of Crete (co-ordinator), National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens University of Economics and Business, Technological Educational Institute of Crete
Post: Research group Responsible - GUARANTEE Project – A Guardian Angel for the Extended Home Environment
ITEA 2 program for advanced pre-competitive R&D in Software-intensive Systems and Services 2009-2012
Status: Completed
Abstract: GUARANTEE provides a technical solution for personal safety in the home environment. It introduces local and network-supported decision making for safety applications on the basis of sensor input and with immediate response and feedback to the people concerned.
Partners: GUARANTEE consortium consists of large companies (such as Philips), SMEs (such as ETIC and ACTIMAGE) and several universities (such as the universities of Madrid and Kaunas) as well as research centers (VTT and ESI).
Post: Research group Responsible - ComVICS – Computer Vision and Intelligent Computer Systems
Lifelong Learning Program Erasmus
Status: Completed
Post: Research group Responsible - 3D Reconstruction and web-based virtual tour for cultural heritage of Aegean region
GSRT, Greece-Turkey Joint Research and Technology Programs, 2005-07
Status: Completed
Post: Project’s Scientific Responsible - VIdeo MultiCASTing for real-time transmission over packet networks
GSRT, Greece-Turkey Joint Research and Technology Programs, 2005-07
Status: Completed
Post: Project’s Scientific Responsible - M-DRAW: Graphics development platform for mobile devices
GSRT – PABET Research program 2005
Status: Completed
Post: Project’s Scientific Responsible - 3D TV
Network of Excellence, IST FP6, 2004-2008
Status: Completed
Post: Research group Responsible - OTELO Mobile Tele-Echography using an Ultra-Light Robot,
IST FP5, 2001-2005
Status: Completed
Post: Research group Responsible - HISCORE High Speed 3D and Colour Interface to the Real World,
IST FP5, 2000-2003
Status: Completed
Post: Research group Responsible - ΝΕΤLogo – The European Interactive Educational Site,
EC, Educational Multimedia Programme, FP5, 1999-2001
Status: Completed
Post: Research group Responsible - Nausika – Odysseia: Development of a pilot software for educational purposes
Ministry of education 19990-2001
Status: Completed
Post: Research group member - Set Marks
CRAFT project 1998-2000,
Status: Completed
Post: Research group member - ACTS Panorama – PAckage for New OpeRational Autostereoscopic Multiview systems and Applications,
EC FP4, 1995-1998
Status: Completed
Post: Research group member - IHIS – Integrated Hospital Information System,
Greek National project EPET II, 1994-1997
Status: Completed
Post: Research group member