John N. Karigiannis

Innovative Research & Development activities at the Global R&D Centre in Robotics, Automation and Instrumentation of GE Aviation at Bromont. The area of our research aims not only towards the design but also the industrialization of innovative intelligent robotic systems that solve complex manufacturing challenges by employing state of the art computer vision techniques as well as Deep Learning models and Reinforcement Learning algorithms.

Project Engineer in the Special Missions Group & Defense at Bombardier Aerospace. Working on diverse missionized projects for clients and governmental agencies around the globe. My role involves defining and maintaining project information related to the tasks, milestones and deliverables associated, within a large department of engineers. Analyzing information for resource balance, cost projections and identifying project risks.

Research in - machine learning algorithms - multi-agent architectures with applications in robotics (mobile robots and redundant kinematic chains), - reinforcement learning algorithms - design of multi-agent architecture

Working on research projects covering - virtual reality - human-computer interaction - multi-modal recognition - robotics. Obtaining funding for externally funded projects from EU General Secretariat for Research and Technology. Supervising a group of 15 professionals in the corresponding areas.

Coordinating Design and Development activities of major infrastructure projects related to state of art visualization (i.e. www.tholos254.gr -www.theatron254.gr). Evaluating the state of art technologies in the specific domain. Formulating technical specifications for the Tender Documents. Running Tenders both at national and international level exceeding €15 million Euros. Directing 3rd European Framework of Support activities (reporting – payments etc) funding the specific project.

- Software development at the Development Programs Department at the Research & Development Division. - Worked on several Information Society Technologies (IST) projects, mainly focusing on the development of a mobile wearable outdoor Augmented Reality (AR) system. - Created an innovative, wearable, outdoor, augmented-reality based, prototype to visualize cultural heritage sites, achieving to earn both, the Science - Education Trophy and the Grand Prix de Jury at the Laval Virtual 2002 competition.

Working on a project called MRS (Multi Robot Simulation system) developed partially for Bombardier Inc (contract STEAR-12, given to Bombardier Inc. by Canadian Space Agency). This visual 3D environment supported control and task planning operations such as remote viewing, tele-manipulation, task planning, designing collision-free trajectories and visual workcell layout.

Dissertation titled: "Development of a Distributed Multi-Agent Architecture for Developmental Robotic Control on the Basis of Fuzzy Logic and Reinforcement Learning Techniques: Application in the Domain of Dexterous Manipulation" Supervised by: Prof. S. Tzafestas

Thesis: Software Architecture and Design of Task Deduction and Task Planning Components for a Multiple Robot Simulation System. Publisher: Ottawa, National Lib. of Canada, ISBN: 0612543188 Supervised: Prof. R.V. Patel (Univ. of Western Ontario), Prof. F. Khendek (Concordia University)

Real Time Systems - Robotics