Sofia SOILE obtained a diploma in Rural and Surveying Engineering (1995) Master of Science (MSc.) in Geoinformatics (2013) from the NTUA. She is a member EDIP of the Lab. of Photogrammetry of the SRSE of NTUA. She participates in undergraduate and postgraduate courses, attending exercises and diploma theses. She has a broad professional activity in the fields of Photogrammetry, and Computer Vision and she has worked as a Researcher in more than 40 Research Programs (European, GSRT, Hellenic Ministry of Culture, Archaeological Society of Athens etc.), aiming at the Photogrammetric Data Acquisition and Processing, 3D scanning via Laser Scanners, White Light Scanners, Handheld Scanners, 3D Modeling of Sites, Industrial Applications, Spaces and Complexes Objects, 3D applications for monument restoration, CAD modeling, 3D Inspection, Structure Monitoring, Deformation Analysis, Processing and Modeling of Point-Cloud Data, BIM Modeling, Computer Vision Techniques in Monuments, Multidimensional (5D) Spatial Systems Information etc. She is co-author in more than 50 scientific papers in the fields of photogrammetry and compute vision, that have been published in peer-reviewed International Scientific Journals and Conference Proceedings. She is a member of the interdisciplinary team of NTUA, who studied and carried out the interventions for the rehabilitation of the Holy Tomb of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. Also, she is secondment from NTUA to RISA of the TERPSIHORE EU Horizon 2020 project.

Regina Chliverou received her Degree in Photography (1997) from the School of Graphic Arts and Design of the Technological Educational Institute of Athens. She also holds a Postgraduate Degree from the School of Applied Arts of the Hellenic Open University, specializing in Graphic Arts and Multimedia. In 2001, Regina Chliverou was appointed as a Professional Photographer at the Photogrammetric Laboratory of the School of Rural and Surveying Engineering of National Technical University of Athens (NTUA). Since then she has been participating in the educational procedure with lectures and field work in undergraduate and post graduate levels. At the same time she took part so in several research projects as in scientific publications, both in field work and digital image processing.

Athena Zacharia has graduated from the Department of Computer Science and Biomedical Informatics of University of Thessaly, Greece, as well as the joint postgraduate program “Artificial Intelligence and Visual Computing” offered by the University of West Attica (Greece) in collaboration with the University of Limoges (France), oriented towards Image Synthesis & Analysis. Since January 2023 she has been working as a junior researcher and member of the Laboratory of Photogrammetry at the School of Rural, Surveying and Geoinformatics Engineering (National Technical University of Athens, Greece). Currently she is working on the European research projects FELICE (FlExible assembLy manufacturIng with human-robot Collaboration and digital twin modEls), SOPRANO (Socially-Acceptable and Trustworthy Human-Robot Teaming for Agile Industries) and PANDORA, in which she is participating in the development of technology and algorithms for the detection of objects and humans from visual sensors, the development of tools for the integration of aforementioned frameworks into smart industrial environments, and the systems’ architecture.

Thodoris Betsas is a PhD Candidate at the Laboratory of Photogrammetry SRSGE NTUA since 2022. His research interest is on Photogrammetry, 3D Computer Vision and Remote Sensing and more specifically 3D Semantic Segmentation using data from various sensors (Images, Laser Scanner, LiDAR etc). He has two publications and participation in one EU projects. Lastly, he participates as assistant staff in two undergraduate courses (Photogrammetry I and Digital Photogrammetry), in two on going diploma theses and one master project exercise.

Dr. Styliani Verykokou is a postdoctoral researcher at the Lab. of Photogrammetry of the School of Rural and Surveying Engineering of NTUA. She obtained a diploma in Rural and Surveying Engineering (2013) from the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), with a degree of 9.29/10. She has been awarded several scholarships and awards by the National Institute of Scholarships of Greece, the NTUA, the Academy of Athens, the Technical Chamber of Greece, the Thomaidion Foundation (Greece) and the Limmat Foundation (Switzerland), as a result of her performance in her studies. In 2020, she obtained her doctoral degree in Photogrammetry from the School of Rural and Surveying Engineering of NTUA, under the supervision of Prof. Charalabos Ioannidis. The subject of her doctoral dissertation was “Georeferencing procedures for oblique aerial images” and it was supported by the Eugenides Foundation scholarship. She has participated in five research projects as a member of the Lab. of Photogrammetry of NTUA and the Institute of Communication and Computer Systems (ICCS) of NTUA, with the responsibility of development of photogrammetric and computer vision algorithms, 3D reconstruction, multi-dimensional modelling, change detection, procedural modelling, cultural heritage documentation and augmented reality. She has co-authored more than 20 papers in peer-reviewed international scientific journals and conference proceedings on topics including structure from motion, georeferencing, bundle adjustment, metric exploitation of oblique images, 3D modelling, multi-dimensional modelling, cultural heritage documentation and augmented reality. Her main research interests in the fields of photogrammetry and computer vision include structure from motion, 3D modelling and augmented reality.

Education:
Studied in the school of Rural, Surveying and Geoinformatics Engineering, with major in the scientific field of photogrammetry in the Department of Topography (2014 – 2020).
Student in the Post Graduate Programme “Protection of Monuments” in the School of Architecture – NTUA (2022 – present).

Work experience:
Freelance Surveyor since 2020.
Topographical support of the excavation project of a Mycenaean palace in Agios Vasilios hill, near Xirokambi Laconia, Greece.
Participation in the research program ¨Investigation of automated passive and of active methods for the 3D modeling of objects¨ for the performing research aimed at optimizing the image orientation process from UAVs and the production of large-scale archaeological orthophoto maps.
Participation in the project ¨Geometric Documentation of the monumental cemetery complex at necropolis of Ancient Rhodes¨.
Participation in the project ¨Geometric Documentation of the Archaeological Site of Asklepieion on Kos island¨.

Spoken Languages:
Greek, English, Italian

Koutros Efstratios was born in Kalamata, Greece in 1995. He holds a Diploma in Rural and Surveying Engineer and a Master Degree in Protection of Monuments in the field of Conservation of Building Materials in School of Architecture, both in National and Technical University of Athens. Right now he is studying for his second Master Degree by research in Intelligent Computer Systems and in particular around Heritage Building Information Modelling Systems. During his scholarship he has taken part in several projects regarding geometric documentation of monuments and archeological areas through new technologies such us photogrammetry, laser scanning. He has participated in the excavation and is a part of “Finding Ancient Tenea” project in Chiliomodi, Grecce, since 2019, providing archaeologists with orthophotographs, 3D models and 2D drawings. At the same time he was part of the EU project HYPERION ‘’leverage existing tools, services and novel technologies to deliver an integrated resilience assessment platform, addressing multi-hazard risk understanding, better preparedness, faster, adapted and efficient response, and sustainable reconstruction of historic areas’’. His area of research is related to geometrical documentation of the monuments. Currently he is involved in the restoration project of Mytilene’s Castle in Lesvos island, in behalf of the Greek Minister of Culture. His work concerns the documentation, through photogrammetry and geodesy, of a specific part of the Castle’s wall alongside with the documentary support of the ongoing archaeological research on each side of the wall He has experience and knowledge in software related to Photogrammetry and 3D Reconstruction (Agisoft Metashape, Geomagic Studio, 3Ds Max, Revit), Drawing (AutoCAD Map, AutoCAD Raster Design), GIS (ArcMap, Q-GIS) and Image Processing (Adobe Photoshop).

Anastasia Anastasiou was born in Agrinio, Greece in 1995. She holds a Diploma of Rural and Survey Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens. The subject of her thesis was the Paleochristian church of St. Spyridon in the Medieval Town of Rhodes and more specifically the geometric documentation of the church for the creation of a three-dimensional photorealistic digital model, a video of the 3D model, as well as an interactive tour, using the 3DHOP platform. She is currently in the first year of attendance at a two-year master’s degree programme entitled “Protection of Monuments” at the School of Architecture of the National Technical University of Athens.

She is currently involved in the EU project “Hyperion: Development of a Decision Support System for Improved Resilience & Sustainable Reconstruction of Historic Areas to cope with Climate Change & Extreme Events based on Novel Sensors and Modeling Tools” as a researcher with the object of the geometric documentation of monuments.

She has experience in the field of geometric documentation of monuments, using both geodetic and photogrammetric techniques. More specifically, she has volunteered as an on-site survey engineer at Tenea Project, the excavation project of ancient Tenea taking place in Chiliomodi, Corinth for three consecutive years (September and October 2018-2020). Her duties involved the geometric documentation of the findings of the excavation, as well as the different layers of each section, through the production of 3D models and orthophotographs.

Her technical skills involve laser scanner processing and management software (FARO SCENE), photogrammetry and 3D reconstruction software (including Agisoft Metashape, 3D Systems Geomagic Wrap, Autodesk 3DS Max and PHOTOMOD), CAD software (Autodesk Autocad Map, Autodesk Autocad Raster Design), image and video processing (Adobe Photoshop, Adobe After Effects, GIMP), GIS software (ArcGIS, QGIS) and MATLAB and Java programming language. Moreover she is proficient in TheoLt software which has been used in many of the aforementioned instances of geometric documentation projects, in order to facilitate geodetic measurements. She is fluent in English, French and Spanish.

Evangelos Sartinas holds a Diploma in Computer Engineering and Informatics from the University of Patras and a Master’s degree (MSc) in Signal Processing and Communications from the same department. He is a PhD candidate at Department of Computer Engineering and Informatics of the University of Patras, with the topic “Video Sign Language Recognition and Translation Techniques.” Since March 2024, he has been working as a member of the Photogrammetry Laboratory in the School of Rural, Surveying and Geoinformatics Engineering at the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA). His scientific interests include computer vision, machine learning, as well as signal and image processing.