About
I was born and raised in Zakynthos island in Greece. I studied in Technical University of Crete, where I acquired a Diploma in Electical and Computer Engineering in 2017, and a MSc in Electronic and Computer Engineering in 2019, under the supervision of professor Georgios Chalkiadakis.
From 2019 until 2023 I carried out my PhD dissertation in Autonoma University of Barcelona in collaboration with the Artificial Intelligence Research Institute (IIIA-CSIC) and Enzyme Advising Group.
During my PhD studies I worked with professors Carles Sierra and Juan Antonio Rdríguez-Aguilar towards Trastworthy Task Allocation for Human Teams.
Currently I work as a postdoctoral reseach fellow at the University of Southampton in the team of profesor Sarvapali (Gopal) Ramchurn.
My interests in research lie in Team Formation in Multiagent Systems, Trustworthy and Explanable Intelligence Systems, and Algorithmic Game Theory.
During my PhD studies, I participated in several European projects, such as the The AI4EU ecosystem and the The Yoma OR.
During the academic years (2017-2018) and (2018-2019), I was a teaching assistant for the courses of multi-agent systems and artificial intelligence in the school of EECE at Technical University of Crete.
Moreove, I voluntarily participated as organiser assistant in the 1st International Summer School of Artificial Intelligence & Games, and the the 19th Advanced Course on AI: Artificial Intelligence for Multi-Agent Worlds Summer School.
Researcher in Artificial Intelligence & Multi-agent Systems.
- Hometown: Zakynthos, Greece
- Living in: Southampton, UK
- Workplace: University of Southampton
- Degree: PhD
- Email: a.geogara @ soton.ac.uk
- Language: Greek (native), English
Resume
Sumary
Athina Georgara (Αθηνα Γεωργαρα)
Researcher in Artificial Intelligence and Multiagent Systems.
Education
Industrial PhD
Sep 2019 - Dec 2023
Artificial Intelligence Research Institute (IIIA), CSIC, Barcelona, Spain
MSc in Electronic & Computer Engineering
Oct 2017 - Aug 2019
Technical University of Crete, Chania, Greece
Hedonic Games in the Real World: Machine Learning and Theoretical Extensions.
Diploma in Electrical & Computer Engineering*
Sep 2011 - Sep 2017
Technical University of Crete, Chania, Greece
A Serious Game Approach to Promote Civic Actions at Local Level.
* The Diploma in ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING of the SCHOOL OF ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING, Technical University of Crete, is an Integrated Master Degree, level 7 of the National and European Qualification Framework (Hellenic Ministry of Education Decree134328/Z1, FEK B’ 3987, 14/09/2018)
Project Participation
RAI UK
Aug 2024 - Currently
RAI UK aims to deliver world-leading best practices for how to design, evaluate, regulate, and operate AI-systems in ways that benefit people, society and the nation.
ValAware
May 2023 - Dec 2023
The ValAware project works towards the development of a toolbox to build Value-Aware AI resting on two pillars: An architecture for consciousness inspired by the Global Neuronal Workspace model, and a foundational framework for moral decision-making.
Yoma OR
Jun 2022 - Dec 2023
The Yoma (youth agency marketplace) Operational Research (Yoma OR) project, aims to support African countries in developing learning to earning opportunities by involving local youth – growing their digital skills while finding concrete answers to the climate resilience challenges their communities face.
Tailor
Sep 2020 - Dec 2022
The Tailor project aims to build a strong academic-public-industrial research network with the capacity of providing the scientific basis for Trustworthy AI leveraging and combining learning, optimization and reasoning for realizing AI systems that incorporate the safeguards that make them in reliable, safe, transparent and respectful of human agency and expectations.
AI4EU
Oct 2019 - Dec 2021
AI4EU is the European Union’s landmark Artificial Intelligence project, which seeks to develop a European AI ecosystem, bringing together the knowledge, algorithms, tools and resources available and making it a compelling solution for users. Involving 80 partners, covering 21 countries.
Teaching Experience
Teaching Assistant
[Comp 517] Multi-Agent Systems, 2017-2019
School of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Technical university of Crete; course taught by Prof. G. Chalkiadakis
[Comp 417] Artificial Intelligence, 2018-2019
School of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Technical university of Crete; course taught by Prof. G. Chalkiadakis
Professional Experience
Research Fellow
Aug 2024 - Currently
University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
Software Engineer
May 2023 - Dec 2023
Artificial Intelligence Research Institute, CSIC, Barcelona, Spain
AI Consultant
Sep 2019 - Mar 2023
Enzyme Advising Group, Barcelona, Spain