Nikolaos Giannakeas has a BSc in Physics (University of Ioannina, Greece) and Computer Science (Hellenic Open University, Greece) and a Ph.D. diploma in the field of Bioinformatics (Medical School, University of Ioannina, Greece). He has worked for more than 15 years on research projects funded by National and European Programs (3rd CSF, NSRF 2007-2013, NSRF 2014-2020, FP6, FP7, Horizon 2020). Currently, he is an Assistant Professor (2019–present) of Signal and Systems at the Informatics and Telecommunications Department, University of Ioannina, Greece. Research interests: Signal Processing and Image Analysis, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, and Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering.