Dr. Xanthi S. Papageorgiou (PhD) is Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering, Department of Product & Systems Design Engineering (DPSD) at the University of the Aegean (2025 - today). She currently also serves as the Head of Robotics and Cognitive Systems Unit at UBITECH - The Ubiquitous Technologies Company, Athens, Greece and UBITECH LIMITED, Limassol, Cyprus (2021 – today).
She holds a Mechanical Engineering Degree from National Technical University of Athens (June 2003) and Ph.D. (July 2009) on the subject of Motion Tasks on Neuro-Robotic Systems from the Control Systems Laboratory of the School of Mechanical Engineering of NTUA, where she worked on a number of research projects (2002-2009). She was a Research Associate at the Department of Embodied Interaction and Robotics at the Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP), at the Athena Research Center (“Athena”; R.C.) (2018-2021). Also, she was a Senior Research Fellow in Robotics Control and Decision Systems (RCDS) Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering (MEM), at the Cyprus University of Technology (CUT) (2018-2020).
She was an adjunct Assistant Professor in the School of Mechanical Engineering (MECH) at the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) (2022-2024), and in the Department of Physics, at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (2019-2021). Furthermore, she was a Post-Doctoral Researcher in the Intelligent Robotics and Automation Laboratory, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the NTUA (2013-2018). She joined the Technological Educational Institute of Piraeus, School of Technological Applications, as an Adjunct Lecturer on Digital Control and Microcontrollers (2008-2015).
Her main research interests include neuro-robotics, human/robot interaction, neuroscience, and rehabilitation, as well as motion tasks, force control, compliant, adaptive, and optimal control methods, and their applications to robotic systems, eGovernance, Data Platforms, Traceability, Supply Chain, Food Safety.
She has authored and co-authored more than 70 scientific publications in international journals and conference proceedings. She has also participated in several national and international research programs. She currently is a reviewer in several international journals and conferences. She is a member of IEEE, IEEE Robotics & Automation Society, IEEE Control Systems Society, and the Technical Chamber of Greece.
Research Interests
- Intelligent Robotic & Autonomous Systems
- Human-Robot Interaction
- Robot Control & Decision Systems
- Robotic Motion & Task Planning
- Motion Tasks
- Neuro-Robotics
- Force Control
- Compliant Control
- Adaptive Control
- Optimal Control
- Neuroscience
- Geriatric Rehabilitation
- Brain - Computer Interface (BCI)
- 2009 PhD in Mechanical Engineering, School of Mechanical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens. Thesis Title: “ Motion Tasks for Neuro-Robotic Systems”.
- 2003 Dilpoma (Master of Science in Engineering) in Mechanical Engineering (10 semesters study), School of Mechanical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens. Graduated in the top 5% of her class, GPA: 8.18/10.00
- Georgia Chalvatzaki, Xanthi S. Papageorgiou, Costas S. Tzafestas, Petros Maragos, “Learn to adapt to human walking: A Model-based Reinforcement Learning Approach for a Robotic Assistant Rollator”, IEEE Robotics & Automation Letters, vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 3774-3781, Oct. 2019, DOI: 10.1109/LRA.2019.2929996.
- Georgia Chalvatzaki, Xanthi S. Papageorgiou, Costas S. Tzafestas, and Petros Maragos, “Augmented Human State Estimation using Interacting Multiple Model Particle Filters with Probabilistic Data Association”, IEEE Robotics & Automation Letters, Vol. 3, No. 3, July 2018, p.p. 1872 - 1879, DOI: 10.1109/LRA.2018.2800084.
- Athanasios C. Dometios, You Zhou, Xanthi S. Papageorgiou, Costas S. Tzafestas, and Tamim Asfour, “Vision-Based Online Adaptation of Motion Primitives to Dynamic Surfaces: Application on an Interactive Robotic Wiping Task”, IEEE Robotics & Automation Letters, Vol. 3, No. 3, July 2018, p.p. 1410 - 1417, DOI: 10.1109/LRA.2018.2800031.
- Xanthi S. Papageorgiou, Herbert G. Tanner, Savvas G. Loizou, Kostas J. Kyriakopoulos, “Switching Manipulator Control for Motion on Constrained Surfaces”, Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems, Vol. 62, No. 2, May 2011, p.p. 217-239, DOI: 10.1007/s10846-010-9447-2.
- R. Andres Cortez, Xanthi S. Papageorgiou, Herbert G. Tanner, Alexei V. Klimenko, Konstantin N. Borozdin, Ron Lumia, William C. Priedhorsky, “Smart Radiation Sensor Management: Radiation Search and Mapping using Mobile Robots”, IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine, Vol. 15, No. 3, September 2008, p.p. 85-93.
- 2015 - Best Paper Award, 8th International Conference on Integrated Modeling and Analysis in Applied Control and Automation
- 2008 - Thomaidion Award for Scientific Publications - National Technical University of Athens
- 2007 - Thomaidion Award for Scientific Publications - National Technical University of Athens
- 2006 - Thomaidion Award for Scientific Publications - National Technical University of Athens
- 2005 - Thomaidion Award for Scientific Publications - National Technical University of Athens
- 2005 - Best Presentation Award, Joint 2005 International Symposium on Intelligent Control & 13th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation
- 2004 - Thomaidion Award for Scientific Publications - National Technical University of Athens
- 2004 - 2005 Eugenides Fundation Scholarship for graduate studies
- 2002 - 2003 Award for Academic Excellence in Engineering Sciences for the academic year 2002-2003 (Awarded by the Technical Chamber of Greece; Given to the top 5 students of every year in each department)
- 2002 - 2003 Karydogianni Award for Academic Excellence in the Science of Mechanical Engineer for the academic year 2002-2003 (Awarded by the National Technical University of Athens; Given to the best student of every year in the Department of Mechanical Engineering)