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Dr Stamos Katsigiannis is an Associate Professor in Computer Science at the Department of Computer Science of Durham University. His research interests lie in the fields of applied machine learning, bioinformatics, health informatics, affective computing, image analysis, image and video quality, and GPU computing.

Before joining Durham, he was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow and a Lecturer at the School of Computing, Engineering and Physical Sciences of the University of the West of Scotland, UK (2016-2020), as well as a junior researcher/PhD candidate at the Department of Informatics and Telecommunications of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece (2009-2016).

He holds a BSc (Hons.) degree in Informatics and Telecommunications from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece, an MSc in Computer Science from the Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece, and a PhD degree in Computer Science from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.

He is also a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA) since 2017.

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Research interests

  • Applied machine learning
  • Bioinformatics
  • Bio-signal processing
  • Health informatics
  • Affective computing
  • Image/video processing
  • Image/video quality
  • GPU computing

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  • Anatomically aware text-to-3D avatar generation
    Meng, Z., Katsigiannis, S., & Ivrissimtzis, I. (2026, December 8 – 2026, December 9). Anatomically aware text-to-3D avatar generation [Conference paper]. Presented at ACM SIGGRAPH European Conference on Visual Media Production (CVMP), London, UK.
  • Mind2Drive: Predicting Driver Intentions from EEG in Real-world On-Road Driving
    Alosaimi, G., Alhamdan, H., E, W., Katsigiannis, S., Atapour-Abarghouei, A., & Breckon, T. (2026). Mind2Drive: Predicting Driver Intentions from EEG in Real-world On-Road Driving. In 2026 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/IJCNN69854.2026.11728469
  • EEG-Driven Intention Decoding: Offline Deep Learning Benchmarking on a Robotic Rover
    Alosaimi, G., Alsayyari, M., Sun, Y., Katsigiannis, S., Atapour-Abarghouei, A., & Breckon, T. (2026). EEG-Driven Intention Decoding: Offline Deep Learning Benchmarking on a Robotic Rover. In 2026 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRA57385.2026.11696100
  • Who holds your students' data? A study on the use of LLMs in Technology-Enhanced learning
    Arnau-González, P., Gimeno-Gómez, D., Canovas-Solbes, A., & Katsigiannis, S. (2026, September 14 – 2026, September 18). Who holds your students’ data? A study on the use of LLMs in Technology-Enhanced learning [Conference paper]. Presented at 21st European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning (ECTEL), Valencia, Spain. Springer Nature.
  • Human Intracranial EEG Biometric Identification
    Belay, B., & Katsigiannis, S. (2025, December 3). Human Intracranial EEG Biometric Identification. Presented at International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (IEEE EMBC), Copenhagen, Denmark. https://doi.org/10.1109/EMBC58623.2025.11253739
  • SKDU at De-Factify 4.0: Vision Transformer with Data Augmentation for AI-Generated Image Detection
    Malviya, S., Bhowmik, N., & Katsigiannis, S. (2025, February 25 – 2025, March 4). SKDU at De-Factify 4.0: Vision Transformer with Data Augmentation for AI-Generated Image Detection [Conference paper]. Presented at De-factify 4.0 Workshop at the 39th Annual AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
  • SKDU at De-Factify 4.0: Natural language features for AI-Generated Text-Detection
    Maviya, S., Arnau-González, P., Arevalillo-Herráez, M., & Katsigiannis, S. (2025, February 25 – 2025, March 4). SKDU at De-Factify 4.0: Natural language features for AI-Generated Text-Detection [Conference paper]. Presented at De-factify 4.0 Workshop at 39th Annual AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
  • Mapping Discrimination in LLM-driven HR Systems
    Jalilzade, E., Kalameyets, M., Malviya, S., Owens, R., Katsigiannis, S., Farrand, B., & Shi, L. (2025). Mapping Discrimination in LLM-driven HR Systems. In 2025 IEEE International Conference on Big Data (BigData) (pp. 6681-6690). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/BigData66926.2025.11401029
  • Evidence Retrieval for Fact Verification using Multi-stage Reranking
    Malviya, S., & Katsigiannis, S. (2024). Evidence Retrieval for Fact Verification using Multi-stage Reranking. In Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics: EMNLP 2024 (pp. 7295-7308). Association for Computational Linguistics. https://doi.org/10.18653/v1/2024.findings-emnlp.428
  • SK_DU Team: Cross-Encoder based Evidence Retrieval and Question Generation with Improved Prompt for the AVeriTeC Shared Task
    Malviya, S., & Katsigiannis, S. (2024). SK_DU Team: Cross-Encoder based Evidence Retrieval and Question Generation with Improved Prompt for the AVeriTeC Shared Task. In Proceedings of the Seventh Fact Extraction and VERification Workshop (FEVER) (pp. 99-107). Association for Computational Linguistics. https://doi.org/10.18653/v1/2024.fever-1.11
  • Comparative Study of Face Tracking Algorithms for Remote Photoplethysmography
    Jayasinghe, J., Katsigiannis, S., & Malasinghe, L. (2024). Comparative Study of Face Tracking Algorithms for Remote Photoplethysmography. In 2023 International Conference on Electrical, Computer and Energy Technologies (ICECET). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICECET58911.2023.10389182
  • Towards Automatic Tutoring of Custom Student-Stated Math Word Problems
    Arnau-González, P., Serrano-Mamolar, A., Katsigiannis, S., & Arevalillo-Herráez, M. (2023). Towards Automatic Tutoring of Custom Student-Stated Math Word Problems. In AIED 2023: Artificial Intelligence in Education. Posters and Late Breaking Results, Workshops and Tutorials, Industry and Innovation Tracks, Practitioners, Doctoral Consortium and Blue Sky (pp. 639-644). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-36336-8_99
  • Multiclass-SGCN: Sparse Graph-based Trajectory Prediction with Agent Class Embedding
    Li, R., Katsigiannis, S., & Shum, H. P. (2022). Multiclass-SGCN: Sparse Graph-based Trajectory Prediction with Agent Class Embedding. In 2022 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP) Proceedings (pp. 2346-2350). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. https://doi.org/10.1109/icip46576.2022.9897644
  • SOS: Systematic Offensive Stereotyping Bias in Word Embeddings
    Elsafoury, F., Wilson, S. R., Katsigiannis, S., & Ramzan, N. (2022, October). SOS: Systematic Offensive Stereotyping Bias in Word Embeddings. Presented at 29th International Conference on Computational Linguistics (COLING 2022), Gyeongju, Republic of Korea.
  • On the benefits of using Hidden Markov Models to predict emotions
    Wu, Y., Arevalillo-Herráez, M., Katsigiannis, S., & Ramzan, N. (2022, July). On the benefits of using Hidden Markov Models to predict emotions. Presented at ACM Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization (UMAP), Barcelona. https://doi.org/10.1145/3503252.3531323
  • Multi-modal lung ultrasound image classification by fusing image-based features and probe information
    Okolo, G. I., Katsigiannis, S., & Ramzan, N. (2022). Multi-modal lung ultrasound image classification by fusing image-based features and probe information. Presented at IEEE International Conference on BioInformatics and BioEngineering (BIBE 2022), Taichung, Taiwan. https://doi.org/10.1109/bibe55377.2022.00018
  • A Localisation Study of Deep Learning Models for Chest X-ray Image Classification
    Gascoigne-Burns, J., & Katsigiannis, S. (2022). A Localisation Study of Deep Learning Models for Chest X-ray Image Classification. Presented at 2022 IEEE-EMBS International Conference on Biomedical and Health Informatics (BHI), Ioannina, Greece. https://doi.org/10.1109/bhi56158.2022.9926904
  • Does BERT pay attention to cyberbullying?
    Elsafoury, F., Katsigiannis, S., Wilson, S., & Ramzan, N. (2021, July). Does BERT pay attention to cyberbullying? Presented at 44th International ACM SIGIR Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval, Online. https://doi.org/10.1145/3404835.3463029
  • Single-channel EEG-based subject identification using visual stimuli
    Katsigiannis, S., Arnau-González, P., Arevalillo-Herráez, M., & Ramzan, N. (2021). Single-channel EEG-based subject identification using visual stimuli. Presented at 2021 IEEE EMBS International Conference on Biomedical and Health Informatics (BHI), Online. https://doi.org/10.1109/bhi50953.2021.9508581
  • Defining gaze tracking metrics by observing a growing divide between 2D and 3D tracking
    Blakey, W. A., Katsigiannis, S., Hajimirza, N., & Ramzan, N. (2020). Defining gaze tracking metrics by observing a growing divide between 2D and 3D tracking. In IS&T International Symposium on Electronic Imaging 2020 : Human vision and electronic imaging. (pp. 129.1-129.9). Society for Imaging Science and Technology. https://doi.org/10.2352/issn.2470-1173.2020.11.hvei-129
  • On using EEG signals for emotion modeling and biometrics
    Arevalillo-Herráez, M., Chicote-Huete, G., Ferri, F., Ayesh, A., Boticario, J., Katsigiannis, S., Ramzan, N., & Arnau-González, P. (2019, October). On using EEG signals for emotion modeling and biometrics. Presented at 33rd European Simulation and Modelling Conference (ESM), Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
  • On the use of ECG and EMG Signals for Question Difficulty Level Prediction in the Context of Intelligent Tutoring Systems
    Alqahtani, F., Katsigiannis, S., & Ramzan, N. (2019). On the use of ECG and EMG Signals for Question Difficulty Level Prediction in the Context of Intelligent Tutoring Systems. Presented at 19th IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Bioengineering (IEEE BIBE), Athens, Greece. https://doi.org/10.1109/bibe.2019.00077
  • SpotDSQ: A 2D-Gel Image Analysis Tool for Protein Spot Detection, Segmentation and Quantification
    Kostopoulou, E., Katsigiannis, S., & Maroulis, D. (2019). SpotDSQ: A 2D-Gel Image Analysis Tool for Protein Spot Detection, Segmentation and Quantification. Presented at 19th IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Bioengineering (IEEE BIBE), Athens, Greece. https://doi.org/10.1109/bibe.2019.00015
  • ECG-based affective computing for difficulty level prediction in Intelligent Tutoring Systems
    Alqahtani, F., Katsigiannis, S., & Ramzan, N. (2019). ECG-based affective computing for difficulty level prediction in Intelligent Tutoring Systems. Presented at 4th International Conference on UK/China Emerging Technologies (UCET), Glasgow, United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1109/ucet.2019.8881872
  • Image-Evoked Affect and its Impact on EEG-Based Biometrics
    Arnau-González, P., Katsigiannis, S., Arevalillo-Herráez, M., & Ramzan, N. (2019). Image-Evoked Affect and its Impact on EEG-Based Biometrics. Presented at IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (IEEE ICIP), Taipei, Taiwan. https://doi.org/10.1109/icip.2019.8803315
  • SNPs-based Hypertension Disease Detection via Machine Learning Techniques
    Alzubi, R., Ramzan, N., Alzoubi, H., & Katsigiannis, S. (2018). SNPs-based Hypertension Disease Detection via Machine Learning Techniques. Presented at 24th International Conference on Automation and Computing (ICAC), Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.23919/iconac.2018.8748972
  • Remote Heart Rate Extraction Using Microsoft KinectTM v2.0
    Malasinghe, L., Katsigiannis, S., Ramzan, N., & Dahal, K. (2018). Remote Heart Rate Extraction Using Microsoft KinectTM v2.0. Presented at 10th International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedical Technology (ICBBT), Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1145/3232059.3232060
  • Use of Machine Learning for Rate Adaptation in MPEG-DASH for Quality of Experience Improvement
    Alzahrani, I. R., Ramzan, N., Katsigiannis, S., & Amira, A. (2018). Use of Machine Learning for Rate Adaptation in MPEG-DASH for Quality of Experience Improvement. Presented at 5th International Symposium on Data Mining Applications (SDMA), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78753-4
  • Affect Detection for Human-Horse Interaction
    Althobaiti, T., Katsigiannis, S., West, D., Bronte-Stewart, M., & Ramzan, N. (2018). Affect Detection for Human-Horse Interaction. Presented at 21st Saudi Computer Society National Computer Conference (NCC), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. https://doi.org/10.1109/ncg.2018.8593113
  • ES1D: A Deep Network for EEG-Based Subject Identification
    Arnau-González, P., Katsigiannis, S., Ramzan, N., Tolson, D., & Arevalillo-Herráez, M. (2017). ES1D: A Deep Network for EEG-Based Subject Identification. In 2017 IEEE 17th International Conference on Bioinformatics and Bioengineering (BIBE) (pp. 81-85). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/BIBE.2017.00-74
  • Perceptual video quality evaluation by means of physiological signals
    Arnau-González, P., Althobaiti, T., Katsigiannis, S., & Ramzan, N. (2017). Perceptual video quality evaluation by means of physiological signals. Presented at 9th International Conference on Quality of Multimedia Experience (QoMEX), Erfurt, Germany. https://doi.org/10.1109/qomex.2017.7965651
  • Spot detection in 2D-gel electrophoresis images
    Kostopoulou, E., Katsigiannis, S., Maroulis, D., Pappa, K., & Anagnou, N. (2015, May). Spot detection in 2D-gel electrophoresis images. Presented at 6th Panhellenic Conference on Biomedical Technology (ΕΛΕΒΙΤ), Athens, Greece.
  • A novel approach for accurate 2D-gel image segmentation
    Kostopoulou, E., Katsigiannis, S., Maroulis, D., Pappa, K., & Anagnou, N. (2015). A novel approach for accurate 2D-gel image segmentation. Presented at 10th Conference of the Hellenic Society for Computational Biology & Bioinformatics, Athens, Greece.
  • A custom grow-cut based scheme for 2D-gel image segmentation
    Kostopoulou, E., Katsigiannis, S., & Maroulis, D. (2015). A custom grow-cut based scheme for 2D-gel image segmentation. Presented at 37th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (IEEE EMBC), Milan, Italy. https://doi.org/10.1109/embc.2015.7318879
  • A GPU vs CPU performance evaluation of an experimental video compression algorithm
    Katsigiannis, S., Dimitsas, V., & Maroulis, D. (2015). A GPU vs CPU performance evaluation of an experimental video compression algorithm. Presented at 7th International Workshop on Quality of Multimedia Experience (QoMEX), Pylos, Greece. https://doi.org/10.1109/qomex.2015.7148134
  • Parallel computing techniques for performance enhancement of a cDNA microarray gridding algorithm
    Katsigiannis, S., & Maroulis, D. (2013). Parallel computing techniques for performance enhancement of a cDNA microarray gridding algorithm. Presented at IEEE International Symposium on Signal Processing and Information Technology (IEEE ISSPIT), Athens, Greece. https://doi.org/10.1109/isspit.2013.6781922
  • A GPU based real-time video compression method for video conferencing
    Katsigiannis, S., Maroulis, D., & Papaioannou, G. (2013). A GPU based real-time video compression method for video conferencing. Presented at 18th International Conference on Digital Signal Processing (IEEE DSP), Santorini, Greece. https://doi.org/10.1109/icdsp.2013.6622719
  • Enhancing the performance of a microarray gridding algorithm via GPU computing techniques
    Katsigiannis, S., Zacharia, E., & Maroulis, D. (2013). Enhancing the performance of a microarray gridding algorithm via GPU computing techniques. Presented at 13th IEEE International Conference on BioInformatics and BioEngineering (IEEE BIBE), Chania, Greece. https://doi.org/10.1109/bibe.2013.6701689
  • A contourlet transform based algorithm for real-time video encoding
    Katsigiannis, S., Papaioannou, G., & Maroulis, D. (2012). A contourlet transform based algorithm for real-time video encoding. Presented at SPIE Photonics Europe, Real-Time Image and Video Processing 2012, Brussels, Belgium. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.924327
  • Contourlet Transform and Support Vector Machines for Image Analysis and Processing
    Katsigiannis, S. (2010, October). Contourlet Transform and Support Vector Machines for Image Analysis and Processing. Presented at 1st International Conference for undergraduate and graduate students in Informatics and Related Applications (EUREKA! 2010), Patras, Greece.
  • Contourlet Transform for Texture Representation of Ultrasound Thyroid Images
    Katsigiannis, S., Keramidas, E. G., & Maroulis, D. (2010). Contourlet Transform for Texture Representation of Ultrasound Thyroid Images. In Artificial Intelligence Applications and Innovations. Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-16239-8_20

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