We align to the opinion of Google DeepMind's CEO, Demis Hassabis, that our current and future undergraduate students should spend time 'learning to learn'. After their graduation, what is important for them in the era of Emerging and Disruptive Technologies (EDTs), including the Semantic Web, AI, IoT, XR and Quantum Computing, is to identify their passions and learn (at least) the core fundamentals of their discipline/degree. How do we learn best? How can we adapt to changes? In this new era (of EDTs) we are entering, the only predictable thing can be that of "the magnitude of the disruption and change".
So, learn how to learn, learn how to adapt, learn how to live
along with EDTs.
Source: https://www.businessinsider.com/google-deepmind-ceo-advice-college-students-ai-change-2025-5.
Semantic Web of Things group, founded in 2020, conducts research on the main research area of Knowledge Representation and Reasoning (KRR), and on the following specific topics:
Ontology Eng. (OE), Semantic Web (SW), Intelligent Web, IoT/WoT, Semantic Web of Things (SWoT), Semantic Data Management, Semantic Trajectories (ST), Conversational AI (Chatbots) and KGs , Linked Data (LD), genAI & OE, Agentic AI & OE, LLMs & SW/OE.
...and the following application domains: Culture, Health (PD, ASD), e-Justice, Military/Search & Rescue (SAR).
| First Name | Last Name | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Konstantinos | Kotis | Group leader, assoc. professor |
| Stamatis | Spirou | PostDoc researcher, Fair AI predictions of gender-sensitive recidivism (FAIR-PReSONS project) |
| George | Bouchouras | PostDoc researcher, LLMs and KGs in healthcare/biomechanics (PDs and ASDs) |
| Sotiris | Angelis | Team member, PhD candidate (Semantic Trajectories) |
| Savvas |
Varitimiadis |
Team member, PhD candidate (KG-based Conversational AI) |
| Pavlos | Bitilis | Team member, PhD candidate (Personal Health Knowledge Graphs (PHKG), Wearables, and PD) |
| Adam | Koletis | Team member, PhD candidate (Semantic Data Integration of PHKG and Artistic Behavior) |
| Andreas | Soularidis | Team member, PhD candidate (Real-time semantic data integration and automated reasoning on IoT-enabled edge devices) |
| Georgios | Anagnostou | Team member, PhD candidate (LLMs in Knowledge Graphs Construction and Semantic Search) |
| Dimitris | Doumanas | Team member, PhD candidate (Utilizing Language Models (LMs) in Decision-Making Support Systems) |
| Alexandros | Karakikes | Team member, PhD candidate (Bias-free ΑΙ -Assisted Implementation of the Intelligence Analysis Cycle) |
| MSc students attending our Master by Research program in Intelligent Computer Systems |
|
Internet
of Things and interoperability through semantic knowledge
representation in the form of ontologies for smart city
applications. (related co-authored paper) |
Supervisor: prof. Goumopoulos Christos |
Completed in 2024 |
|
Knowledge
representation/ontologies on the domain of artworks
conservation. |
Supervisor: prof. Caridakis George |
Completed
in 2024 |
|
Optimization
techniques and architectures for enhanced performance in
intelligent systems. |
Supervisor: prof. Anagnostopoulos Christos-N. |
Completed in 2025 |
Doumanas, D., G. Bouhouras, Soularidis, A., Kotis, K., Vouros, G.
Applied Ontology. 2025;19(4):334-367. doi:10.1177/15705838241305067.
https://doi.org/10.1177/15705838241305067Doumanas, D., Soularidis, A., Kotis, K., Vouros, G.
Artificial Intelligence Applications and Innovations. AIAI 2024. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, vol 714. Springer, Cham.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-63223-5_27G. Bouchouras, P. Bitilis, K. Kotis, and G. Vouros,
First International Workshop on Generative Neuro-Symbolic AI, co-located with ESWC 2024, Hersonissos, Crete, May 2024.
Angelis, S., Moraitou, E., Caridakis, G., Kotis, K.
Knowledge and Information Systems, 4899–4925 (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10115-024-02110-w2. Pliatsios, A.; Kotis, K.; Goumopoulos C.
Internet of Things, 22, 2023
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iot.2023.10075Kotis, K.; Angelis, S.; Moraitou, E.; Kopsachilis, V.; Papadopoulou, E.-E.; Soulakellis, N.; Vaitis, M.
Remote Sens. 2023, 15, 821.
https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15030821Dimara, A.; Vasilopoulos, V.-G.; Papaioannou, A.; Angelis, S.; Kotis, K.; Anagnostopoulos, C.-N.; Krinidis, S.; Ioannidis, D.; Tzovaras, D.
Appl. Sci. 2022, 12, 11650.
https://doi.org/10.3390/app122211650K. Kotis, A. Soularidis
Appl. Sci. 2023, 13, 670.
https://doi.org/10.3390/app13010670Santipantakis, G., Kotis, K., Glenis, A., Vouros, G. A., Doulkeridis, C., Vlachou, A.
Knowledge and Information Systems (KAIS) journal, vol. 64, issue 11, 2985–3015, 2022, Springer
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10115-022-01729-xAngelis, S.; Kotis, K.; Spiliotopoulos, D.
Big Data Cogn. Comput. 2021, 5, 80.
https://doi.org/10.3390/bdcc5040080Varitimiadis, S.; Kotis, K.; Pittou, D.; Konstantakis, G.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(19), 9160
https://doi.org/10.3390/app11199160Kotis, K., Vouros, G., & Spiliotopoulos, D.
The Knowledge Engineering Review, 2020, 35, E4
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0269888920000065Kotis K. and Katasonov A.
International Journal of Distributed Systems and Technologies (IJDST). 2013, 4(3), pp.23
https://doi.org/10.4018/jdst.2013070104EU project funded (COO, Project coordinator)
Erasmus-LS project (BEN, WP leader)
H2020 Coordination and support action (CSA) – FETFLAG-2018-01
1.2 [e-Aegean-Geo-spatial data services] Integrated Geospatial Data Services, Communities of Knowledge, Innovation & Entrepreneurship in North Aegean [e- Aegean Communities]
National Program (North Aegean Regional Development Program 2014-2020, MIS 5093219)
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Towards Engineering Drones’ Semantic Trajectories as Knowledge Graphs
E Moraitou, S Angelis, K Kotis, G Caridakis, EE Papadopoulou,
5th International Workshop on Geospatial Linked Data (GeoLD 2022), co-located with the 19th European Semantic Web Conference (ESWC 2022), Hersonissos, Greece - 29 May 2022
Interlinking and enrichment of disparate organisational data with LOD at applications run-time
A Sotirios, K Konstantinos, M Panagiotis
International Journal of Metadata, Semantics and Ontologies
Children's art museum collections as Linked Open Data
K Kotis, S Angelis, C Maria, M Efstathia
International Journal of Metadata, Semantics and Ontologies 15 (1), 60-70
Funded: Operational Programme of Crete Reginal Administration, Research and Development from SMEs in RIS3Crete sectors
Principal Investigator: Assist. prof. Kotis Konstantinos
Role:Research Subcontractor (Aegean Solutions S.A)
Funded: Operational Programme Competitiveness, Entrepreneurship and Innovation 2014-2020 (EPAnEK)
Principal Investigator: Assist. prof. Kotis Konstantinos
Role: Research Subcontractor (Aegean Solutions S.A)
Funded: Operational Programme Competitiveness, Entrepreneurship and Innovation 2014-2020 (EPAnEK)
Principal Investigator: Assist. prof. Kotis Konstantinos
Role: Research Subcontractor (Aegean Solutions S.A)