Professional Experience

CTO & Co-Founder at Eighth Dimension GmbH

Jan. 2025 – Present · Munich, Germany

At Eighth Dimension, I lead the development of autonomous aerial systems, focusing on integrating real-time object detection, tracking, and multi-session 3D SLAM. My work emphasizes offloading computationally demanding modules to edge and cloud servers, enhancing onboard processing efficiency and expanding payload capacity. I’ve also contributed to the design of AI-powered navigation and planning tools that operate over continuously updated 3D world models built from multi-modal sensor data.

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Products

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Business Partners

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Incubation Partners

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Focus
  • Transforming off-the-shelf drones into fully autonomous assets.
Products
  • Annøt8 – End-to-end video data annotation & training. Reduce training time for your AI-model by 60%.
  • Visiøn8 – Detection & tracking of objects in real time. Multi-modal & multi-session 3D SLAM.
  • AI-Planning & Navigation – AI-powered navigation and planning tool utilizing a continuously updated 3D world model that incorporates new images, LiDAR, and satellite data.
  • Swarming – In-house trained LLM model for fleet management that handles tasks, executes actions, and monitors performance.
Business Partners
Incubation Partners
Related
  • References: Available on Request

Ph.D. Researcher at Luleå University of Technology

Sep. 2021 – Present · Robotics and AI Team, Luleå, Sweden

During my Ph.D., I have focused on the intersection of robotics and distributed computing—developing new methods for edge-enabled autonomy, multi-agent control, and real-time resource allocation. My work has contributed to both academic knowledge and practical deployment through several European projects and educational efforts.

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Publications

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Projects

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Teaching Courses

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Master's Theses Supervised

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Invited Talks

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Research Focus
  • Edge Robotics: Integrating edge and cloud computing into autonomous robotic systems. Emphasis on resilient control, resource orchestration, and system co-design for aerial and multi-agent platforms.
Projects
  • SUNRISE-6G – Team Lead – EU Horizon Research and Innovation Programme 2024–2025
  • AMBITIOUS – Team Lead – EU Horizon Research and Innovation Programme 2024–2025
  • PERSEPHONE – Contributor – EU Horizon Research and Innovation Programme 2024–2025
  • ARCTIC EDGE – Contributor – EU Northern Periphery & Arctic Programme 2024–2025
  • REBOOT SKILLS – Course Owner – Digital Europe Programme 2023–2024
  • 5GEIM – Contributor – Vinovva Project 2021–2024
  • AERO-TRAIN – Project Stakeholder – MSCA ITN–ETN Project 2021–2024
  • G-DRONES – Contributor – Vinovva Project 2021–2023

Miscellaneous Experience

Lecturing & Teaching
Talks
  • Enabling 5G/Edge Connected Robots within Subterranean Environments – Keynote – CCGrid 2025, RISE Workshop, Trømso, Norway 2025
  • Cloud-enabled Remote Control – Lecture – AERO-TRAIN Summer School 2024, Human-Robot Interaction Day, Chania, Greece 2024
  • Edge Connected Drones – Seminar – Automatic Control Group 2023, Lund University, Lund, Sweden 2023
Supervision
Workshops & Events
Honors & Awards
  • IVA’s 100 List – Reconfigurable 6G Quality of Service (QoS) and Edge Integration for Robotics and Automation 2024
Related

Visiting Researcher at Epiroc

Jun. 2025 (1 week) · Automation Lab, Örebro, Sweden

During my visit at Epiroc as a Ph.D. researcher, I facilitated research directions on dynamic resource allocation for edge-enabled autonomous drilling mining machines.

Visiting Researcher at Ericsson

Jan. 2023 – May 2023 · Cloud and Technology, Lund, Sweden

During my visit at Ericsson as a Ph.D. researcher, I developed Kubernetes-based scalable cloud-robot architectures for multi-agent robotic systems.

Automation Engineer at Rockwell Automation (I.C. SYSTEMS)

Mar. 2021 – Aug. 2021 · Athens, Greece

At Rockwell Automation, I worked across three major industrial automation projects for large-scale clients, delivering both hardware and software solutions. My responsibilities included SCADA system development, HMI interface creation, PLC programming, and full-scale electrical panel design and integration. The work involved field visits, client customization, and hands-on deployment of automation systems in production environments.

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Projects

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Core Tasks

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Technical Focus
  • Development and deployment of control systems for large-scale industrial clients, as well as emphasis on SCADA and HMI interface creation, electrical panel design, and PLC-based system integration across food, manufacturing, and oil industries.
Projects
  • Tasty Foods S.A. – Development of SCADA systems for manufacturing process monitoring and control.
  • V. Bougatsos S.A. – Design and implementation of industrial electrical panels and SCADA system integration.
  • Motor Oil (Hellas), Corinth Refineries S.A. – Development of PLC-based control systems and panel design for refinery automation.
Main Tasks
  • Development of SCADA systems
  • Development of HMI systems
  • Design and implementation of electrical panels
  • Development of PLC systems
Related
  • References: Available on Request

Skill Set

Languages
English Greek
Coding
Python MATLAB Simulink C C++
Robotics
ROS ROS2 CAD Augmented Reality
Cloud / Edge
Docker Kubernetes Helm
Industry
PLC SCADA HMI Electrical Design
Misc.
Teaching Supervision Project Management Academic Research