dimitris.kalles

about me

I was born and raised in Volos (map), in 1969.
 
In 1986 I moved to Patras (map) for my Diploma studies at the Department of Computer Engineering and Informatics.
 
In 1991 I moved on to Manchester (map), to pursue an MSc and then a PhD at (ex-) UMIST.
 
My main research interests are in artificial intelligence at large, but especially so in machine learning. My projects have dealt with decision trees, genetic algorithms, neural networks and reinforcement learning, quite often combining those techniques. Applied research with these techniques has also dealt with the development of educational intelligence as well as strategy games. I am also especially keen in investigating how research results can be translated into meaningful learning material.
 
I have been also involved in most of the efforts to pilot-test collaborative technologies and then deploy them at a large scale (such as virtual classrooms and portals) at the Hellenic Open University, where I now serve as Assistant Professor in Artificial Intelligence.

I am also involved in the teaching of a postgraduate module in the Open University of Cyprus.

I have also worked as an evaluation expert for a branch of the European Commission and I have served as
General Secretary of the Hellenic Artificial Intelligence Society and as a member of the Organising Committee of the 18th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence (Patras, 2008).