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Biography
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Prof. Sotirios A. Tsaftaris received the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, in 2003 and 2006, respectively, and the Diploma degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece, in 2000. He is currently Chair in Machine Learning and Computer Vision and Canon Medical/Royal Academy of Engineering Research Chair in Healthcare AI at the University of Edinburgh. Previously he was with IMT Institute for Advanced Studies, Lucca, Italy where he led the Pattern Recognition and Image Analysis Unit. Prior to that, he held a joint Research Assistant Professor appointment at Northwestern University with the Departments of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) and Radiology Feinberg School of Medicine. He has published extensively, particularly in interdisciplinary fields, with more than 140 journal and conference papers in his active record. His research interests are deep learning, computer vision image analysis and processing.
Education/Academic qualification
Electrical Engineering, Master of Science, DNA-based Digital Signal Processing, Northwestern University
Award Date: 6 Jun 2006
Electrical Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), DNA-based Storage and Retrieval of Digital Signals, Northwestern University
Award Date: 6 Jun 2006
Electrical and Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering
Award Date: 5 Jul 2000
Keywords
- QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
Research Themes and Networks
- College of Science and Engineering Research Themes
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Memcontrol: Mitigating memorization in medical diffusion models via automated parameter selection
Dutt, R., Bohdal, O., Sanchez, P., Tsaftaris, S. A. & Hospedales, T., 8 Apr 2025, Proceedings of the 2025 IEEE Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision. Piscataway, NJ, USA: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, p. 4491-4501 11 p. (IEEE Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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Multimodal machine learning to predict surgical site infection with healthcare workload impact assessment
TWIST Collaborators, McLean, K. A., Sgrò, A., Brown, L. R., Buijs, L. F., Mountain, K. E., Shaw, C. A., Drake, T. M., Pius, R., Knight, S. R., Fairfield, C. J., Skipworth, R. J. E., Tsaftaris, S. A., Wigmore, S. J., Potter, M. A., Bouamrane, M.-M. & Harrison, E. M., 23 Feb 2025, In: npj Digital Medicine. 8, 1, p. 121Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A virtual power plant for coordinating batteries and EVs of distributed zero-energy houses considering the distribution system constraints
Qais, M., Kirli, D., Moroshko, E., Kiprakis, A. & Tsaftaris, S., 15 Jan 2025, In: Journal of Energy Storage. 106, 114905.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Zero-Shot Medical Phrase Grounding with Off-the-shelf Diffusion Models
Vilouras, K., Sanchez, P., O'neil, A. Q. & Tsaftaris, S. A., 8 Nov 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics. p. 1-10Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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GMT: Guided Mask Transformer for Leaf Instance Segmentation
Chen, F., Tsaftaris, S. A. & Giuffrida, V., 28 Oct 2024, (Accepted/In press).Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
Open Access
Activities
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Diffusion Causal Models for Counterfactual Estimation - CLeaR 2022
Sanchez, P. (Keynote speaker) & Tsaftaris, S. (Keynote speaker)
2022Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging (Journal)
Tsaftaris, S. (Associate editor)
15 Apr 2018 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial activity
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Machine Vision and Applications (Journal)
Tsaftaris, S. (Guest editor)
2015Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial activity
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Digital Signal Processing (Journal)
Tsaftaris, S. (Associate editor)
2014 → 2018Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial activity
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Scientific Advisor
Tsaftaris, S. (Advisor)
2012 → 2013Activity: Consultancy types › Work on advisory panel to industry or government or non-government organisation
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CHAI Initiative Studentships (Canon Medical Europe UK)
Tsaftaris, S. (Principal Investigator)
Canon Medical Research Europe Limited
1/02/25 → 28/02/29
Project: Research
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CHAI - EPSRC AI Hub for Causality in Healthcare AI with Real Data
Tsaftaris, S. (Principal Investigator), Baillie, K. (Co-investigator), Beentjes, S. (Co-investigator), Crowley, E. (Co-investigator), Escudero Rodriguez, J. (Co-investigator), Guthrie, B. (Co-investigator), Harrison, E. (Co-investigator), King, R. (Co-investigator), Parsons, M. (Co-investigator) & Whiteley, W. (Co-investigator)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
1/02/24 → 31/01/29
Project: Research
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Virtual Power Plant with Artificial Intelligence for Resilience and Decarbonisation (VPP-WARD)
Kiprakis, A. (Principal Investigator), Kirli, D. (Co-investigator) & Tsaftaris, S. (Co-investigator)
1/05/23 → 31/01/26
Project: Research
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Redefining hemodialysis with data-driven materials innovation: towards miniaturization and the wearable artificial kidney
De Angelis, G. (Principal Investigator), Dimartino, S. (Co-investigator) & Tsaftaris, S. (Co-investigator)
1/04/23 → 30/11/25
Project: Research
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Real-time Digital Twin Assisted Surgery
Tsaftaris, S. (Principal Investigator)
1/03/23 → 28/02/27
Project: Research
Datasets
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Rhizobox validation
Haileselassie, T. (Creator), Fikre, A. (Creator), Fetene, M. (Creator), Tsaftaris, S. (Creator), Doerner, P. (Creator), Tesfaye, K. (Creator), Bontpart, T. (Creator), Concha, C. (Creator), Giuffrida, V. (Creator), Robertson, I. (Creator), Admkie, K. (Creator), Degefu, T. (Creator) & Girma, N. (Creator), Edinburgh DataShare, 1 Aug 2020
DOI: 10.7488/ds/2841
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