Savvas Varitimiadis works as an independent researcher - freelancer at Aegean Solutions S.A., where he successfully participates in the design and implementation of projects in cultural informatics domain. Since November 2019, he is a PhD candidate at the University of the Aegean, Department of Cultural Technology and Communication, on the subject: “AI dialogue and QA softbots (ΑΙ chatbots) in the Digital Culture domain”. He holds a bachelor’s degree in history and Archaeology from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (2003), an M.Sc. in "Cultural Informatics and Communication" of the University of the Aegean (2005) and an M.Sc. in "Information Systems" of the University of Macedonia (2014). His research interests include AI Chatbots, Knowledge Graphs, Natural Language Processing, Semantic Web and Databases.