Nikolaos Bourbakis

Nikolaos Bourbakis received his BS degree in mathematics from the National University of Athens, Athens, Greece, and his Ph.D. in computer science and computer engineering, from the Department of Computer Engineering & Informatics, University of Patras, Patras, Greece, in 1983. He currently is a Distinguished Professor in Informatics & Technology and the Director of the Assistive Technologies Research Center (ATRC) at Wright State University, OH. He is a Visiting Research Professor at the Technical University of Crete, Greece. Previous Academic positions: Associate Dean for Research, Director of the Information Technology Research Institute (ATRC) at Wright State University, Associate Director of the Center on Intelligent Systems, Director of the Image-Video-Vision & Applied AI Research Lab, Professor of Electrical Engineering with joint appointment to the Computer Science Department at SUNY-Binghamton, Professor and Lab Director at Technical University of Crete, Greece, and Assistant Professor at GMU. He has published more than 360 articles in refereed international journals, book chapters and conference proceedings, and 10 books as an author, co-author or editor. He is the founder and the EIC of the International Journal on AI Tools, the Editor in Charge of a research series of books in AI (WS Publisher), the founder and general chair of several international IEEE computer society conferences, symposia and workshops. He is or was an Associate Editor in several IEEE and international journals, and a guest editor in 18 special issues in IEEE and international journals related to his research interests. He is an IEEE Fellow, a Distinguished IEEE Computer Society Speaker, an NSF University Research Programs Evaluator, an IEEE Computer Society Golden Core Member, President of the BAI Society, an External Evaluator in University Promotion Committees, an Official Nominator of the National Academy of Achievements for Computer Science Programs, and a keynote speaker in several international conferences. He is also listed in many organizations (Who's Who in Engineering, in Science, in Education, in Intellectuals, in Computer Engineering, AMWS, List of Distinguished Editors, etc.). His research work has been internationally recognized and has won several prestigious awards.

Publications

A Survey and Surveillance Issues in Smart Homes Environment for Assistive Living
A Survey and Surveillance Issues in Smart Homes Environment for Assistive Living
Ryan Patrick, Nikolaos Bourbakis. © 2017. 20 pages.
A surveillance system for assisting the elderly in remaining independent in their familiar environment is one of the subjects interest in recent healthcare studies. When mature...
From Image to XML: Monitoring a Page Layout Analysis Approach for the Visually Impaired
From Image to XML: Monitoring a Page Layout Analysis Approach for the Visually Impaired
Robert Keefer, Nikolaos Bourbakis. © 2016. 24 pages.
Page layout analysis and the creation of an XML document from a document image are useful for many applications including the preservation of archived documents, robust...
International Journal of Monitoring and Surveillance Technologies Research (IJMSTR)
International Journal of Monitoring and Surveillance Technologies Research (IJMSTR)
Nikolaos Bourbakis, Konstantina S. Nikita. Est. 2013.
The International Journal of Monitoring and Surveillance Technologies Research (IJMSTR) publishes cutting-edge research on monitoring and surveillance technologies. The journal...
Multimedia Information Security: Cryptography and Steganography
Multimedia Information Security: Cryptography and Steganography
Ming Yang, Monica Trifas, Nikolaos Bourbakis, Lei Chen. © 2011. 27 pages.
Information security has traditionally been ensured with data encryption techniques. Different generic data encryption standards, such as DES, RSA, AES, have been developed....