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Associate Research Professor
Academy of Athens (Greece)
Giorgos Papanastasiou is an Associate Research Professor at the Mathematics Research Centre of the Academy of Athens and a Lead Researcher at the Archimedes Unit (Athena RC). His research is at the forefront of AI for science, focusing on multimodal generative AI and causal machine learning frameworks that embed physics and biology information directly into model architectures.
With a background spanning leadership roles at Pfizer and faculty positions at the Universities of Edinburgh and Essex, Giorgos specializes in bridging the gap between theoretical AI and industrial impact. He has secured over €3,000,000 in research funding as a PI or Co-I from prestigious bodies including Horizon Europe (OPTIMA IHI), NextGenerationEU (Archimedes), the MRC (by UKRI), and the British Heart Foundation.
A prolific contributor to the field, he has authored over 120 scientific publications in top-tier journals and conferences, including Nature Communications, npj Digital Medicine, npj Imaging, Medical Image Analysis, and IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, as well as core AI venues like NeurIPS and MICCAI. He also serves as an Associate Editor for the IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics.