George Kamaras
Staff Artificial Intelligence Engineer at The University of Edinburgh
Athens, Attica, Greece
Summary
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Top SchoolGeorge Kamaras is a Ph.D. student and robotics researcher based in Athens with a decade of experience developing autonomous systems that remain robust in challenging real-world environments. Currently pursuing doctoral research at the University of Edinburgh, he blends theoretical rigor with practical deployment concerns to close the gap between lab performance and field reliability. His background from the National & Kapodistrian University of Athens grounds his work in strong fundamentals, while collaborations across UK institutions reflect a cross-disciplinary approach. Notably, he focuses on building agents that tolerate unexpected conditions rather than just optimizing for ideal scenarios, highlighting an emphasis on safety and resilience.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Robotics and Autonomous Systems at The University of EdinburghBachelor of Science - BS Informatics and Telecommunications, Bachelor of Science - BS Informatics and Telecommunications at National & Kapodistrian University of AthensHeriot-Watt University Edinburgh Campus
Github Skills (25)
face10
openpose10
caffe10
pose10
human-pose-estimation10
keypoint9
machine-learning9
opencv9
pose-estimation9
cpp9
computer-vision9
deep-learning8
ros6
catkin6
ros-driver5
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
yorgosk/openpose_ros
Dec 2018 - May 2019
ROS Catkin package wrapper for the OpenPose library from https://github.com/CMU-Perceptual-Computing-Lab/openpose.
Contributions:80 commits, 71 pushes in 4 months
catkinopenposeros
demetriusHal/sigmod2018
Mar 2018 - Apr 2018
Contributions:76 commits in 21 days
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