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Antonis Argyros (Αντώνης Αργυρός) is a Professor of Computer Science at the Computer Science Department (CSD), University of Crete (UoC) and a researcher at the Institute of Computer Science (ICS), Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH) in Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
At FORTH, Antonis leads the Human-Centered Computer Vision (HCCV) group. HCCV is dedicated to creating intelligent vision systems that place humans at the heart of perception and understanding. It focuses on designing algorithms and technical solutions that can model, perceive, and interpret human presence in all its complexity. Core tasks include estimating human pose, geometry, state, motion, actions and activities, with the ultimate goal of enabling machines to understand human state, interactions, behaviour and intentions. Guided by this vision, we strive for a future where technology engages with people naturally and meaningfully—where machines not only see but truly comprehend humans. By achieving this, HCCV unlocks applications that advance well-being and human potential across diverse domains such as safety, health, accessibility, and overall quality of life.
Antonis Argyros is also a founding member of SceneOpsis, a spin-off company of the Institute of Computer Science (ICS-FORTH), that capitalizes on computer vision techniques to effortlessly digitize spaces into immersive experiences.
Antonis received a B.Sc. degree (1989), an M.Sc. degree (1992) and a Ph.D. degree (1996) in Computer Science from CSD-UoC. He has been a postdoctoral fellow at the Computational Vision and Active Perception Laboratory at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm, Sweden. His current research interests fall in the areas of computer vision and pattern recognition, with emphasis on human body pose and shape analysis and on the recognition of human gestures, actions, activities and intentions. He is also interested in applications of computer vision in the fields of robotics and smart environments. In these areas, he has published more than 250 papers in scientific journals and refereed conference proceedings, and has delivered more than 70 invited and keynote talks in international events, universities and research centres.
Antonis Argyros has served as a general co-chair of ECCV'10, as a Program Co-chair of IEEE FG’20, ICVS'19, as a co-organizer of HANDS'15, '17, '18, '19, '22 and ARVW’20, and as an Area Chair/Area Editor/Associate Editor in several editions of top vision (ICCV, ECCV, BMVC, ICPR), robotics (ICRA, IROS) and signal processing (EUSIPCO) conferences. He serves/has served as a member of the Advisory Board of the IET Image Processing journal, as an Area Editor for the Computer Vision and Image Understanding Journal (CVIU), as a member of the Editorial Board of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters journal and of the Computer Animation and Virtual Worlds (CAVW) journal, as a reviewer in more than 35 journals and as a TPC member of more than 70 conferences in computer vision, computer graphics, robotics and related disciplines. Since 1999, Antonis Argyros has been involved in more than 30 European and national RTD projects on computer vision, pattern recognition, image analysis and robotics.
Antonis Argyros has served as the Chairman of CSD-UoC, Chairman of the Postgraduate Studies Committee of CSD-UoC, Deputy Chair of CSD-UoC, Chair of the Interdepartmental Committee of the Brain and Mind interdisciplinary graduate program, Chairman of the Scientific Council of ICS-FORTH, as Deputy Member of the Board of Directors of the European Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics (ERCIM) and a member of its Strategy Task Group.
This is a link to the google scholar profile of Antonis Argyros.
Sample research results
Funded projects
Currently, Antonis Argyros is Project Investigator for the following projects, dealing with their computer vision-related aspects:
- MAGICIAN - iMmersive leArninG for ImperfeCtion detectIon and repAir through human-robot interactioN, 1/10/2023 - 30/9/2027, Project Investigator for FORTH, H2020
- Greece4.0 - Δίκτυο Αριστείας για την Ανάπτυξη, Διάδοση και Εφαρμογή Τεχνολογιών Ψηφιακού Μετασχηματισμού στην Ελληνική Μεταποιητική Βιομηχανία, στο πλαίσιο της Δράσης Εμβληματικές δράσεις σε διαθεματικές επιστημονικές περιοχές με ειδικό ενδιαφέρον για την σύνδεση με τον παραγωγικό ιστό, 1/8/2023 - 30/9/2025, Project Investigator for University of Crete
There is a more detailed page describing participation in funded projects as well as research results. You can also visit the youtube channel that features videos from selected research activities.