PeopleofSuperintelligence

Researcher

Yiannis Kompatsiaris

Also known as Ioannis Kompatsiaris, Ιωάννης Κομπατσιάρης

Yiannis Kompatsiaris works on machine learning for multimedia, social media, and big data at the Centre for Research and Technology Hellas. Since 2001 he has taken part in 88 national and European research programs, coordinating 31 of them. In January 2014 he co-founded Infalia, a company for data-intensive web services. He co-authored a 2018 Scientific Reports paper on a gaze-based keyboard and coordinated the EU project AI4Media, which began in September 2020. In 2024 he became an ELLIS Fellow, and as of October 2026 he directs the Information Technologies Institute and heads the Multimedia Knowledge and Social Media Analytics Laboratory.

Now at
Infalia, Information Technologies Institute, National Ethics and Technoethics Committee and CHIST-ERA
Works
1,183
Citations
20,046
h-index
66

Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 17 October 2026.

Timeline

  1. Since 2001

    Research programs at CERTH

    Since 2001 he takes part in 88 national and European research programs and coordinates 31 of them. He serves as principal investigator on 15 industry collaborations. His Ph.D. from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki is on coding of stereoscopic image sequences using 3D models.

  2. Since January 2014

    Co-founding Infalia

    In January 2014 he co-founds Infalia, a company focused on data-intensive web services and applications.

  3. September 2018

    A gaze-based keyboard

    In September 2018 he co-authors a Scientific Reports paper on an error-aware gaze-based keyboard. The system pairs eye tracking with a brain-computer interface that uses error-related potentials.

  4. 2018–2025

    Conference program chairs

    He co-chairs the 13th IEEE Image, Video, and Multidimensional Signal Processing Workshop in 2018. Those meetings also include the 2023 ACM International Conference on Multimedia Retrieval and the 2025 International Conference on Multimedia Modelling.

  5. September 2020

    Coordinating AI4Media

    In September 2020 the EU-funded AI4Media project starts and runs for 48 months. He coordinates AI4Media, and CERTH's research covers deepfake detection, video summarization, and AI bias and fairness.

  6. 2024

    An ELLIS Fellowship

    In 2024 he becomes an ELLIS Fellow, affiliated with CERTH in the Multimodal Learning Systems program.

  7. As of October 2026

    Director of CERTH-ITI

    He directs the Information Technologies Institute at the Centre for Research and Technology Hellas and heads the Multimedia Knowledge and Social Media Analytics Laboratory. His research covers machine learning for multimedia, social media, and big data. He sits on the National Ethics and Technoethics Committee and the scientific advisory board of CHIST-ERA.

Sources and credits

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  1. Kompatsiaris Ioannis – Information Technologies Institute iti.gr. Checked 16 October 2026.
  2. Kompatsiaris Yiannis (Ioannis) · MKLab mklab.iti.gr. Checked 16 October 2026.
  3. An error-aware gaze-based keyboard by means of a hybrid BCI system | Scientific Reports nature.com. Checked 16 October 2026.
  4. Yiannis Kompatsiaris – MEDES 2025 conferences.sigappfr.org. Checked 16 October 2026.
  5. AI4Media-en – Information Technologies Institute iti.gr. Checked 16 October 2026.
  6. Yiannis Kompatsiaris - AI4media ai4media.eu. Checked 16 October 2026.
  7. Yiannis Kompatsiaris | European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems ellis.eu. Checked 16 October 2026.
  8. Fellows & Scholars | elias-ai elias-ai.eu. Checked 16 October 2026.