Vassilis KOSTOPOULOS is a Professor Emeritus of mechanics and composites in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautics, University of Patras, and Director of the Applied Mechanics and Vibrations Lab.  His research activities include the design, analysis, and optimization of composites and space structures, NDI & E, and structural health monitoring of aerospace structures using neural nets, machine learning and AI. He is the author of more than 200 research papers in cited scientific journals.