Dr. Athanasios Koutras (IEEE M' 06) received both the Diploma and the Ph.D. Degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Patras, Greece, in 1996 and 2022, respectively. He is an Associate Professor at the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Peloponnese in Patras, Greece. His research interests include medical image analysis, brain signal analysis, speech and audio processing, and brain-computer interfaces. Dr. Koutras is the head of the Signal, Image Processing & Pattern Recognition (SIPPRE) Group in the ECE Department and a member of the IEEE, ENNS, and Technical Chamber of Greece.