Professor Dr. Marios Savvides

Biography

Marios Savvides is the Bossa Nova Robotics Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Director of the CyLab Biometrics Center at Carnegie Mellon University. He received his Bachelor of Engineering in Microelectronics Systems Engineering from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology in 1997, his Master of Science in Robotics from the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon in 2000, and his Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon in 2004. His research interests focus on the development of advanced machine learning algorithms applied to face detection, face recognition, iris biometrics, and general object detection. He is well known for leading the development of a long-range iris capture and matching system and for his contributions to the NIST’s Open Face Recognition Grand Challenge. Marios's work has been recognized with numerous awards, including the 2009 CMU College of Engineering Outstanding Research Award and the 2020 Artificial Intelligence Excellence Award. He has authored over 240 publications and has a significant patent portfolio, with 15 issued patents. Marios has also served as Chief AI Scientist at Bossa Nova Robotics, leading efforts to enhance AI algorithms for retail robotics, and has been involved in various initiatives and committees regarding the ethical implications of biometric technologies.

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