Scholar
Petros Maragos
Google Scholar ID: A2XydgGCY9gC
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens
Citations & Impact
Citations
5,636
H-index
36
i10-index
161
Publications
20
Co-authors
26
list available
Contact
Publications
Resume (English only)
Research Experience
- Joined Harvard University’s Division of Applied Sciences in 1985 as a professor of electrical engineering for eight years, affiliated with the Harvard Robotics Lab.
- Joined Georgia Tech’s School of ECE and its Center for Signal and Image Processing in 1993.
- Held a joint appointment as Director of Research at the Institute for Language and Speech Processing in Athens (1996–1998).
- Joined NTUA faculty in Fall 1998 as Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and PI at the Institute of Communication and Computer Systems.
- Founded and has led the Computer Vision, Speech Communication & Signal Processing Lab (CVSP) since 1999.
- Served as Director of NTUA’s Intelligent Robotics and Automation Lab (2008–2025).
- Directed NTUA’s Division of Signals, Control and Robotics for ten years.
- Held visiting positions at MIT (2012), UPenn (2016), and USC (2023).
- Scientific Director of the Robot Perception & Interaction Unit at Athena Research Center (2012–2022).
- Co-founder and Acting Director of the Robotics Institute at Athena Research Center since 2023.
- Director and Scientific Coordinator of the Hellenic Robotics Center of Excellence since 2025.
Background
- Current research and teaching interests include computer vision and image processing, audio-speech & language processing, machine learning, and robotics.
- Has taught 20 university courses in the above areas.
- Highly cited on Google Scholar; listed in Stanford/Elsevier’s top 2% of highly cited scientists worldwide.
- Named an inaugural Highly Ranked Scholar by ScholarGPS (top 0.05% of all scholars globally).
- Co-authored two textbooks: one on computer vision & machine learning and another on signals & systems; co-edited three research books.
