Dr. Vassilis S. Kodogiannis

Reader in Computational Intelligence

Computational Intelligence Group,

 

School of Electronics and Computer Science

University of Westminster

London HA1 3TP, UK

Tel: +44-20-79115000, ext. 4250

Fax: +44-20-79115906

Email: kodogiv@wmin.ac.uk

Biography

Dr. Kodogiannis was born in Heraklion, Crete, Greece at 1966. He received the Electrical Eng. Degree from the Democritus University of Thrace, Greece in 1990, the MSc in VLSI Systems Engineering from UMIST, UK, in 1991 and the PhD in Electrical Engineering from Liverpool Univ. in 1994. From 1996-1999 he has been with Technical University of Crete and Univ. of Ioannina, Greece as Visiting Assistant Professor. He is currently Reader in the School of Electronics & Computer Science at Univ. of Westminster, London. He is a member of IEEE and the Technical Chamber of Greece.

Research Interests

  • Applied Artificial Intelligence
    1. Non-Modelling using Neural Networks and Hybrid soft-computing methodologies  (incl. evolutionary computing and wavelet schemes)
    2. Data Mining & Knowledge Discovery (incl. SVMs)
    3. Neuro-Fuzzy Modelling with focus on

Ø     guaranteeing the interpretability of fuzzy rules learned from data,

Ø     handling symbolic (non-numerical) variables,

Ø     fusing expert knowledge and knowledge induced from data

    1. Fuzzy Databases

·       Robotics

    1. Learning Modelling and Control of Underwater Robotic Vehicles
    2. Multi Sensor Data Fusion algorithms for Obstacle Avoidance/Navigation (AUVs)
    3. Intelligent Autonomous Robotic Vehicles
    4. Intelligent Multi-Agents (Coordination of multiple AUVs)
  • Image & Signal Analysis

1.     Image processing and Analysis

2.     Visual motion analysis in time sequences of images

3.     Biomedical Image Processing / Diagnostic tools

4.     Visual Inspection and Quality Control

5.     Biosensors – Pattern recognition

6.     Medical applications of computational intelligence techniques

  • Decision support systems and exploratory data analysis in Finance
  • Bioinformatics – Computational concepts in molecular biology

 

Research Students (MPhil / PhD Candidates)

·       Mr. Edmund Wadge, BSc (Start: January 2002). Theme: Autonomous Underwater Vehicles for inspection and intervention - Hybrid Soft Computing Approaches to Modelling and Control of Non-linear Systems.

·       Miss. Pari Jahankhani, MPhil (Start: May 2002). Theme: Development of Novel Neuro-Fuzzy schemes for EEG Classification

·       Miss Maria Boulougoura, Dipl. EEng. (Start March 2003). Theme: Development of a hybrid intelligent architecture for medical diagnosis.

·       Mr. Dionysis Ampatis, MSc (Start September 2003). Theme: Cooperative Path Planning of Multiple Autonomous Underwater Vehicles.

·       Mr. Konstantinos Christou, MSc, (Start September 2003). Theme: A framework for financial monitoring using hybrid soft-computing techniques.

·       Mr. Mufajjul Ali, BSc, (Start June 2004). Theme: Fuzzy-wavelet schemes for time-series modelling.

 

Current Projects

  • FREESUB - Autonomous Underwater Vehicle for Subsea Interventions 

Human Potential Research Training Network N° RTN1-1999-00308, 

5th Framework - EC 

(Participation through Democritus University of Thrace, Greece)

  • EUNITE- European Network on Intelligent Technologies for Smart Adaptive Systems

IST-2000-29207, 5th Framework - EC

·      IVP- Intracorporeal Videoprobe

IST-2001-35169, 5th Framework - EC

ABSTRACT: IVP work is focused on the development and evaluation of a miniaturised videoprobe system including a micro-electronic image sensor, wireless data transfer, post-processing and display as well as micro-mechanical components and localisation capabilities. The system will be used in medical diagnosis and therapy. Examples for medical applications are post-operative intracorporeal control after abdominal surgery (general surgery, gynaecology or urology) and diagnosis in gastroenterology (colonoscopy, gastroscopy).

Publications

Journals:

1.      Kodogiannis, V.S., Lisboa, P.J.G., Lucas, J., "Neural Network Modelling and Control for Underwater Vehicles", Artificial Intelligence in Engineering, Vol. 1, 1996, pp 203-212.

2.      Lisboa, P.J.G., Kodogiannis, V.S. and Lucas, J. 'Neural network identification and control of an underwater vehicle’ Transactions of the Institute of Measurement and Control, Vol. 19, No. 4, 1997.

3.      Kodogiannis, V.S., Anagnostakis, "A Study on Advanced Algorithms for Short-term load forecasting ", Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, Vol. 12, 1999, pp.159-173.

4.      Kodogiannis, V.S. "Neural-network-based electric load forecasting systems", Neural, Parallel and Scientific Computations, Vol. 7, No. 3, 1999, pp 405-416.

5.      Kodogiannis, V.S. "Comparison of advanced learning algorithms for short-term load forecasting", Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, Vol. 8, No. 4, 2000, pp 243-259.

6.      V. Kodogiannis, A. Lolis, “A comparison between neural network and fuzzy system models for foreign exchange rates prediction”, Neural, Parallel and Scientific Computations, Vol. 9, Part ¾, 2001, pp. 417-428.

7.      V.S. Kodogiannis, D. Tomtsis, “Neural Network Adaptive Controller for Unmanned Underwater Vehicles”, Neural Network World Journal, Vol. 11, No. 3, 2001, pp. 207-221.

8.      Kodogiannis, V.S., “An efficient fuzzy based technique for signal classification”, Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, Vol. 11, No. ½, 2001, pp. 65-84.

9.      Kodogiannis, V.S., Anagnostakis, E.M., "Soft computing based techniques for short-term load forecasting", Fuzzy sets and systems, Vol. 128, No. 3, 2002, pp. 413-426.

10.   V. Kodogiannis, A. Lolis, “Forecasting financial time series using neural network and fuzzy system based techniques” Neural Computing and Applications, Springer, Vol. 11, No. 2, 2002, pp. 90-102.

11.   H. Al-Roki, P. Chountas, I. Petrounias, V. Kodogiannis, B.Kolev, “Representing & Querying Temporal Workflow Schemas”, Notes in Intuitionistic Fuzzy Sets, Vol. 8, No. 3, 2002, pp. 57-65, ISSN: 1310-4926.

12.   P. Chountas, I. Petrounias, E. El-Darzi, V. Kodogiannis, “Representation of Factual and Temporal Unawareness in Electronic Patient Records”, accepted to Journal of Computational Methods in Sciences and Engineering (JCMSE), 2004

13.   V.S. Kodogiannis, E. Wadge, P. Chountas & I. Petrounias, “Identification of urinary track infections using soft computing techniques”, accepted to Journal of Computational Methods in Sciences and Engineering (JCMSE), 2004

14.   Petrounias, A. Tseng, V. Kodogiannis, “User Controlled Filtering in WEB Usage Mining”, accepted to Journal of Computational Methods in Sciences and Engineering (JCMSE), 2004.

15.   V.S. Kodogiannis, “Intelligent classification of bacterial clinical isolates in vitro, using an array of gas sensors”, accepted to J. Intelligent and Fuzzy systems, 2004.

16.   V. Kodogiannis, E. Wadge, M. Boulougoura, K. Christou, “Feature extraction techniques using adaptive wavelets for signal classification”, WSEAS Trans. on Circuits and Systems, Vol. 3, No. 1, Jan. 2004, pp. 149-154, 2004. ISSN: 11092734.

17.   D. Tomtsis, V. Kodogiannis, P. Chountas, “Distimulus Chromatic Measurement Systems”, WSEAS Trans. on Circuits and Systems, Vol. 3, No. 2, April 2004, pp. 211-214, 2004. ISSN: 11092734.

18.   V. Kodogiannis, I. Petrounias, “Intelligent control of unmanned underwater vehicles”, WSEAS Trans on Systems, Vol. 3, No. 4, pp 1845-1853, 2004. ISSN: 11092777

19.   P. Chountas, I. Petrounias, C. Vasilakis, E. El-Darzi, A. Tseng, B. Kolev, V. Kodogiannis, P. Georgiev, “Temporality and Intuitionistic Fuzzy Data Warehouses”, Notes in Intuitionistic Fuzzy Sets, Vol. 10, No. 4, 2004, pp. 47-55, ISSN: 1310-4926.

20.   V. Kodogiannis, “Neuro-control of Unmanned Underwater Vehicles”, accepted to Int. J. of Systems Science, Taylor & Francis, 2004.

21.   V.S. Kodogiannis “Intelligent gas-sensing systems for bacterial clinical isolates in vitro classification”, submitted to Neural, Parallel and Scientific Computations, 2004.

22.   E. Wadge, V. Kodogiannis, “Urinary tract infections diagnosis based on soft computing methodologies”, submitted to IEEE Trans. on Neural Networks, 2004

23.   V.S. Kodogiannis, E. Wadge “The Use of Gas-Sensor Arrays to Diagnose Urinary Tract Infections”, submitted to Int. Journal of Neural Sciences, World Scient. Publ., 2004.

 

Conferences:

1.      Kodogiannis, V.S., Lisboa, P.J.G. and Lucas, J., "A neural predictive controller for underwater robotic applications", Proc. 2nd IEEE/BCS Workshop on Neural Network Applications and Tools, Liverpool, September 1993, IEEE Computer Society Press, pp. 126-133.

2.      Kodogiannis, V.S., Lisboa, P.J.G., Lucas, J., "Neural Network Based Predictive Control Systems for Underwater Robotic Vehicles", Proc. of ELECTRO '94, Boston, May 1994, pp. 369-376.

3.      Kodogiannis, V.S., Lisboa, P.J.G., Lucas, J., "Long Range Predictive Controller for Underwater Robotic Vehicles using Recurrent Neural Networks", Proc. 2nd IEEE Mediterranean Symposium on New Directions in Control & Automation, Chania, Crete, Greece, June 1994, pp. 217-224.

4.      V. Kodogiannis, A. Lolis, “Forecasting exchange rates using neural network and fuzzy system based techniques”, NNA '01 (Neural Networks and Applications) Conference, Puerto De La Cruz, Tenerife, Canary Islands, (Spain). 2001 WSES Int. Conf on NNA, Feb. 2001, pp. 4241 – 4246.

5.      V. Kodogiannis, “Neuro-Fuzzy based Techniques for Acoustic Signal Classification”, FSFS '01 (Fuzzy Sets and Fuzzy Systems) Conference, Puerto De La Cruz, Tenerife, Canary Islands, (Spain). 2001 WSES Int. Conf on FSFS, February 2001, pp. 5261-5267.

6.      Kodogiannis, V., Lolis, A, “Prediction of foreign exchange rates by neural network and fuzzy system based techniques” ESANN 2001, pp. 245-250, D-Facto publications, ISBN: 2-930307-01-3.

7.      A.K. Pavlou, V.S. Kodogiannis, A.P.F. Turner, “Intelligent classification of bacterial clinical isolates in vitro, using electronic noses”, presented in Int. Conf. on Neural Networks and Expert Systems in Medicine and HealthCare, Milos Island, Greece, 20-22 June 2001, pp. 231-237.

8.      V. S. Kodogiannis, “Neural Network Adaptive Control for Underwater Robotic Systems”, presented in 5th WSES /IEEE Multi-conference CSCC-MCP-MCME 2001, Crete, July 2001, pp. 1271-1276.

9.      D. Tomtsis, V. Kodogiannis, D. Zissopoulos, “Analysis and Measurement of the Modal Power Distribution for Guiding Multimode Fibres”, 5th WSES /IEEE Multi-conference CSCC-MCP-MCME 2001, Crete, July 2001, pp. 3451-3456.

10.   D. Tomtsis, V. Kodogiannis, D. Zissopoulos, “In vitro determination of skin Bilirubin using Chromatic Modulation”, IEEE EMBC 2001 conf., Istanbul, Proceedings of the 23rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE, Vol. 4, 2001, pp. 3946-3949.

11.   Tomtsis, D., Kodogiannis, V.S, “Information extraction from acoustic signals by optical fibre interferometry techniques based on chromatic modulation” in WSEAS/IEEE MMACTEE 2001 Conf., Athens, Dec. 2001. ISBN: 960-8052-47-5, pp.5381-5386.

12.   Kodogiannis, V.S., Tomtsis, D., “An intelligent detection scheme for sonar signal tracking”, 3rd WSEAS NNA (NEURAL NETWORKS AND APPLICATIONS), Interlaken, Switzerland, February 11-15, 2002, pp. 4301-4307, ISBN: 960-8052-48-3

13.   D. Tomtsis, V. Kodogiannis, “Digital Image Processing of Axis-Symmetric Electric Arc Plasma Based on Chromatic Modulation Methods”, in 6th WSES /IEEE Multi-conference CSCC-MCP-MCME 2002, Crete, July 2002, pp. 6881-6885, ISBN: 960-8052-63-7.

14.   V.S. Kodogiannis, A.K. Pavlou, P. Chountas, A.P.F. Turner, “Intelligent diagnosis of urinary tract infections in vivo, using electronic noses” in IASTED SPPRA 2002, June 2002, Crete, Greece, Acta Press, pp. 155-160.

15.   P. Chountas, I. Petrounias, H. Al-Roki, V. Kodogiannis, “Representing & Querying Temporal Workflow Schemas”, In Databases and Information Systems. Proceedings of 5th Int. Baltic Conference on Databases and Information Systems, June 3-6, 2002 Tallinn, Estonia, pp 155-166, Vol. 2, ISBN: 9985-894-40-5.

16.   V.S. Kodogiannis, A.K. Pavlou, P. Chountas, A.P.F. Turner, “Evolutionary computing techniques for diagnosis of urinary tract infections in vivo, using gas sensors”, in 6th Int. Conf. on Neural Networks and Soft Computing, ICNNSC 2002, Poland, (published by Springer-Verlag).

17.   P. Chountas, I. Petrounias, K. Atanassov, V. Kodogiannis, E. El-Darzi, “Representation of Temporal Unawareness” in ADVIS'2002, Second Biennial International Conference on Advances in Information Systems 23-25 October 2002, Izmir, TURKEY, Lecture Notes In Computer Science – 2002, No. 2457, pp. 21-30.

18.   P. Chountas, I. Petrounias, K. Atanassov, V. Kodogiannis, E. El-Darzi, “Representation & Querying of Temporal Conflict” in FQAS 2002, Fifth International Conference on Flexible Query Answering Systems October 27 - 29, 2002, Copenhagen, Denmark, Lecture Notes In Computer Science – 2002, No. 2522, pp. 112-123.

19.   V.S. Kodogiannis, P. Chountas, A. Pavlou, I. Petrounias, H.Chowdrey, C. Temponi, “Electronic Nose: Clinical Diagnosis based on Soft Computing Methodologies”, in 2002 IEEE Int. Symposium of Intelligent Systems – IS’2002, Varna, Bulgaria, Sept. 2002, pp. 254-259, ISBN: 0-7803-7601-3.

20.   E. Wadge, V.S. Kodogiannis, “Sniffing out the Truth: Clinical diagnosis based on soft computing methodologies using gas sensor arrays”, 5th Int. Conf. on Neural Networks and Expert Systems in Medicine and HealthCare, NNESMED 2003, (Quality Grade: 69/75), Sheffield, UK, pp. 93-98.

21.   P. Chountas, I. Petrounias, V. Kodogiannis, “Temporal Modelling in Flexible Workflow Based Environments”, ISCIS XVIII - Eighteenth International Symposium on Computer and Information Sciences, November, 2003, Antalya, Turkey, pp. 123-130, 2003, Springer Eds, ISSN 0302-9743.

22.   D. Tomtsis, V.S. Kodogiannis, E. Wadge, “Optical pH Measurement Using Chromatic Modulation” ICCMSE 2003 Int. conf. Proc., Kastoria, Greece, World Scientific Publishers, pp. 634-638, ISBN 9812385959.

23.   E. Wadge, V.S. Kodogiannis, D. Tomtsis, “Neuro-Fuzzy Ellipsoid Basis Function multiple classifier for diagnosis of urinary Tract Infections” ICCMSE 2003, Kastoria, Greece pp .673-677.

24.   V. Kodogiannis, S. Sotirov, A. Nenov, “Modelling of Electronic Payment by Generalized Net”, 10th ISPE Int. Conf. on concurrent engineering: research and applications, Madeira Island - Portugal, 26 - 30 JULY, 2003, pp. 1043-1046, ISBN 905809622X.

25.   V. Gochev, V. Kodogiannis, “Generalized Net Representing of Fuzzy-Timing High -Level Petri Nets” 10th ISPE Int. Conf. on concurrent engineering: research and applications, Madeira Island - Portugal, 26 - 30 JULY, 2003, pp. 1087-1090, ISBN 905809622X.

26.   M. Boulougoura, E. Wadge, V.S. Kodogiannis, H.S. Chowdrey, “Intelligent systems for computer-assisted clinical endoscopic image analysis”, 2nd IASTED International Conference on BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING, February 16-18, 2004, Innsbruck, Austria, pp. 405-408, ISBN: 0889863792, ACTA Press.

27.   V. Kodogiannis, E. Wadge, M. Boulougoura, K. Christou, “Feature extraction techniques using adaptive wavelets for signal classification”, 4th WSEAS International Conference on AUTOMATION & INFORMATION (ICAI'03), Tenerife, December 2003.

28.   D. Tomtsis, V. Kodogiannis, “Distimulus Chromatic Measurement Systems”, 5th WSEAS Int. Conf. on Mathematical methods and computational techniques in electrical engineering, (MMACTEE 2003), Athens, Dec. 2003.

29.   V. Kodogiannis, “Computer-aided Diagnosis in Clinical Endoscopy using Neuro-Fuzzy System”, IEEE FUZZ 2004, Budapest 2004, CD-ROM Conf. Proc., ISBN: 0-7803-8354-0

30.   V. Kodogiannis, H.S. Chowdrey, “Multi network classification scheme for computer-aided diagnosis in clinical endoscopy”, MEDSIP 2004 - Advances in Medical Signal and Information Processing Int. Conference, 5-8 September 2004, Malta, pp. 262-267, ISBN: 0-86431-439-7.

31.   E. Wadge, V.S. Kodogiannis, “Extended normalised radial basis function for short term load forecasting”, IASTED Int. Conf. On Modelling, Simulation and Optimization (MSO 2004), 17-19 August 2004, Kauai, Hawaii, pp. 154-159.

32.   P. Chountas, V. Kodogiannis, “Development of a Clinical Data-warehouse”, accepted to IDEAS04-DH: Workshop on Medical Information systems, Theme: The digital hospital, September 2004, China.

33.   Petrounias, A. Tseng, B. Kolev, P. Chountas, V. Kodogiannis, “An Intutionistic Fuzzy Component Based Approach for Identifying WEB Based Components”, 2004 2nd International IEEE Conference "Intelligent Systems", Varna, Bulgaria, 22-24 June, 2004, pp. 430-433, ISBN: 0-7803-8278-1.

34.   P. Chountas, I. Petrounias, C. Vasilakis, A. Tseng, E. El-Darzi, K. Atanassov, V. Kodogiannis, “On Uncertainty and Data-Warehouse Design” accepted in ADVIS'2004, Third Biennial International Conference on Advances in Information Systems 20-22 October 2004, Izmir, TURKEY.

35.   B. Kolev, P. Chountas, I. Petrounias, V. Kodogiannis, “An Application of Intuitionistic Fuzzy Relational Databases in Football Match Result Predictions”, accepted to 8th Fuzzy Days, Int. Conf. on Computational Intelligence, Dortmund, Sept. 29 - Oct. 01, 2004.

36.   P. Chountas, V. Kodogiannis, I. Petrounias, B. Kolev, K.T. Atanassov, “On Probability, Null Values, Intuitionistic Fuzzy, & Value Imperfection”, accepted to ICCMSE 2004, Athens, Nov. 2004.

 

 

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