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Panagiotis Markopoulos

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San Antonio, Texas
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Dr. Panagiotis Markopoulos has more than 15 years of research and teaching experience in electrical and computer engineering and computer science. He is an internationally recognized and awarded expert in machine learning, artificial intelligence, and signal processing, with research focused on the development of reliable learning systems that operate under real-world constraints and in critical applications. His work spans foundational areas including robust learning under data corruption and adversarial contamination, federated and decentralized learning systems, adaptive and continual learning in non-stationary environments, multimodal learning and structured data fusion, and computationally efficient large-scale learning. He has also contributed to emerging areas including quantum and quantum-inspired optimization for machine learning. Dr. Markopoulos applies these methods across multiple domains including computer vision, remote sensing, cybersecurity, computational healthcare, and wireless communication systems

He has authored more than 80 peer-reviewed publications, including 25 journal articles in leading IEEE and other technical journals, and has presented his research at numerous international conferences. His work has been supported through competitive research funding from major U.S. agencies including the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research (including an AFOSR Young Investigator Program Award), the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, and the National Institutes of Health.

Dr. Markopoulos has held tenure-track and tenured faculty positions at the Rochester Institute of Technology and The University of Texas at San Antonio since 2015, and currently serves as Associate Professor and Cloud Technology Endowed Fellow in the Departments of Computer Engineering and Computer Science at UT San Antonio’s College of AI, Cyber, and Computing. He is the founding director of the Machine Learning Optimization and Systems Laboratory and leads major AI research initiatives at UTSA, including the AI Systems thrust in Computer Engineering and the Trustworthy AI thrust within the MATRIX UTSA AI Consortium for Human Well-Being.

Throughout his academic career, Dr. Markopoulos has successfully mentored numerous doctoral and master’s students to completion, with his advisees receiving prestigious distinctions including the Rochester Institute of Technology Best Doctoral Dissertation Award. His former students now hold technical and research positions at leading technology companies including Apple, Amazon, and AMD.

He currently serves as Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Artificial Intelligence. His professional service includes membership on the IEEE Signal Processing Society Education Board and leadership roles in organizing international technical conferences and workshops.

Dr. Markopoulos’s theoretical expertise, algorithm development, real-world system applications, and extensive scholarship make him a highly credible expert witness in machine learning, artificial intelligence, and signal processing, as well as their applications in computer vision, remote sensing, cybersecurity, computational healthcare, and wireless communication systems.

Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Signal Processing
Wireless Communications
Remote Sensing

Credentials & Licenses

Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering
University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
M.S. in Electronic and Computer Engineering
Technical University of Crete
Engineering Diploma in Electronic and Computer Engineering
Technical University of Crete
German Language Mittelstufe Certificate
Goethe Institute
IEEE Senior Member
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Education

Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering
University at Buffalo, The State University of New York (USA)
20112015
Master of Science in Electronic and Computer Engineering
Technical University of Crete (Greece)
20102012
Engineering Diploma (5-year program) in Electronic and Computer Engineering
Technical University of Crete (Greece)
20042010

Experience

Associate Professor (w/ Tenure) and Cloud Technology Endowed Fellow, Departments of Computer Engineering and Computer ScienceCurrent
UT San Antonio
2025Present
Associate Professor (w/ Tenure) and Margie and Bill Klesse Endowed Professor, Departments of Electrical & Computer Engineering and Computer Science
UT San Antonio
20222025
Associate Professor (w/ Tenure), Department of Electrical & Microelectronic Engineering
Rochester Institute of Technology
20212022
Associate Professor and Cloud Technology Endowed FellowCurrent
The University of Texas at San Antonio
2025Present
Visiting Faculty - Independent Contractor
U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, Information Directorate (contract with Griffiss Institute Inc.)
20212021
Visiting Faculty - Independent Contractor
U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, Information Directorate (contract with Griffiss Institute Inc.)
20202020
Visiting Faculty - Independent Contractor
U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, Information Directorate (contract with Griffiss Institute Inc.)
20182018
Assistant Professor (Tenure Track), Department of Electrical & Microelectronic Engineering
Rochester Institute of Technology
20152022
Graduate Research Assistant
University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
20112015
Lead, AI Systems research thrustCurrent
Department of Computer Engineering, The University of Texas at San Antonio
2025Present
Lead, Trustworthy AI ThrustCurrent
MATRIX: UT San Antonio AI Consortium for Human Well-Being
2024Present
Founding DirectorCurrent
UT San Antonio Machine Learning Optimization and Systems (MILOS) Laboratory
2022Present
Graduate Program in Biomedical EngineeringCurrent
UT San Antonio Main Campus and UT San Antonio Health Science Center
2025Present
Associate Professor and Margie and Bill Klesse Endowed Professor
The University of Texas at San Antonio
20222025
Chair, ECE Digital Signal Processing Concentration
The University of Texas at San Antonio
20222025
Founding Director, Machine Learning Optimization Laboratory
The University of Texas at San Antonio
20222025
Founding Director, Multi-modal Sensing and Signal Processing (MSSP) Laboratory
The University of Texas at San Antonio
20222025
Associate Professor with Tenure
Rochester Institute of Technology
20212022
Founding Director, Machine Learning Optimization and Signal Processing (MILOS) Lab
Rochester Institute of Technology
20212022
Core Faculty, Center for Human-aware Artificial Intelligence (CHAI)
Rochester Institute of Technology
20212022
Extended Faculty, Ph.D. Program in Computing and Information Sciences
Rochester Institute of Technology
20212022
Extended Faculty, Ph.D. Program in Mathematical Modeling
Rochester Institute of Technology
20212022
Member, RIT Faculty Senate
Rochester Institute of Technology
20212022
Assistant Professor
Rochester Institute of Technology
20152021
Visiting Faculty - Independent Contractor
U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, Information Directorate
2018
Visiting Faculty - Independent Contractor
U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, Information Directorate
2020
Visiting Faculty - Independent Contractor
U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, Information Directorate
2021
Visiting Faculty - Independent Contractor
U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory
20182021

Awards

Cloud Technology Endowed Fellowship
Office of the Provost, The University of Texas at San Antonio · 2025
Nominated for University Excellence Award (Innovation and Impact, I-Squared)
The University of Texas at San Antonio · 2025
Margie and Bill Klesse Endowed Professorship
Klesse College of Engineering and Integrated Design, The University of Texas at San Antonio · 2022
Best Doctoral Dissertation Award (university-wide) for Ph.D. advisee Dimitris G. Chachlakis
Rochester Institute of Technology · 2023
UT STARs Program Award
The University of Texas System · 2022
AFOSR Young Investigator Program (YIP) Award
U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research · 2019
Exemplary Performance in Research
Kate Gleason College of Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology · 2019
Exemplary Performance in Research
Kate Gleason College of Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology · 2018
Runner-up Poster Award for “Gait recognition based on tensor analysis of acceleration data from wearable sensors”
IEEE Western New York Image and Signal Processing Workshop · 2018
Student Travel Grant Award for “Adaptive sparse-binary waveform design for all-spectrum channelization"
SPIE Defense and Commercial Sensing · 2017
Student Travel Grant Award for “Direction finding with L1-norm subspaces"
SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing · 2014
Best Paper Award in Physical Layer Communications and Signal Processing for “Some options for L1-subspace signal processing”
International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems (ISWCS) · 2013
Exemplary Reviewer Award
IEEE Communications Society · 2017
Distinguished Conference Paper Award for “Robust Federated Learning via Stable Cosine Similarity”
IEEE International Carnahan Conference on Security Technology (ICCST) · 2025

Memberships

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Professional Society · Senior Member
SPIE - The International Society for Optics and Photonics
Professional Society · Member

Publications

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