Scholar
Savvas Papaioannou
Google Scholar ID: liBM_1kAAAAJ
University of Cyprus
Citations & Impact
Citations
631
H-index
16
i10-index
21
Publications
20
Co-authors
24
list available
Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- - Publications:
- - “Cooperative Aerial Robot Inspection Challenge: A Benchmark for Heterogeneous Multi-UAV Planning and Lessons Learned,” accepted to IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine (RAM), 2025
- - “VLM-RRT: Vision Language Model Guided RRT Search for Autonomous UAV Navigation,” accepted for presentation at ICUAS 2025
- - Three papers accepted for ECC 2025
- - “Jointly-optimized Trajectory Generation and Camera Control for 3D Coverage Planning,” accepted for publication in IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC), 2025
- - “Rolling Horizon Coverage Control with Collaborative Autonomous Agents,” accepted for publication in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 2025
- - Awards:
- - Second Prize in the “Multi-Robot Perception and Navigation Challenges in Logistics and Inspection Tasks” Competition at IROS 2024
- - First Prize in the Cooperative Aerial Robots Inspection Challenge (CARIC) with the KIOS CoE team
Research Experience
- - Senior Research Scientist, KIOS Research and Innovation Centre of Excellence, University of Cyprus
- - Research focus: Developing mathematical frameworks for intelligent multi-agent UAV systems, especially for disaster response missions
Education
- - DPhil (PhD), Computer Science, University of Oxford, Kellogg College
- - MSc, Electrical Engineering, Yale University
- - BSc, Electronic and Computer Engineering, Technical University of Crete
Background
- Research interests include multi-target tracking, state estimation, trajectory planning, mathematical programming and optimization, optimal and model predictive control, and artificial intelligence. Focused on developing innovative estimation, decision, and control techniques to create intelligent autonomous systems, particularly for disaster response missions.
Miscellany
- Fascinated about multi-target tracking, state estimation, trajectory planning, mathematical programming and optimization, optimal and model predictive control, and artificial intelligence.
