Digalakis Vassilis

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Speciality: Machine Learning, Pattern and Speech Recognition, Speech Processing and Dialog Systems

Short CV: Vassilios V. Digalakis received the Diploma in EE from the National Technical University of Athens in 1986 and the PhD degree in electrical and systems engineering from Boston University, in 1992. From 1992 to 1995 he was with the Speech Technology and Research Laboratory of SRI International in Menlo Park, CA where he served as a member of the senior staff and principal investigator for ARPA research contracts. At SRI he developed algorithms for the DECIPHER speech recognition system. He holds five patents and received founding stock from Nuance Communications for their use in Nuance’s speech recognition engine. He has also been a member of the board of Dialogos Speech Communications, the first company that deployed automated solutions for contact centers in Greece and Turkey.

Since 1995, he is a Professor in the department of Electronic and Computer engineering of the Technical University of Crete in Chania. From September 2003 to August 2005, he served as the Chairman of the ECE Department. From September 2005 to March 2013 he was the Director of the Telecommunications Systems Institute of the Technical University of Crete. From April 2013 to November 2017, he served as the Rector of the Technical University of Crete. From January 2015 to September 2015 he served as President of the Hellenic Universities Rectors’ Synod.

In the July 2019 national elections, Prof. V. Digalakis was elected Member of Parliament in Chania with the New Democracy party and was appointed Deputy Minister of Education and Religious Affairs, responsible for Higher Education Affairs, where he served until January 2021. In January 2021 he was elected as Chairman of the Standing Committee on Cultural and Educational Affairs.

His research interests are in machine learning, pattern and speech recognition, speech processing, multimodal interfaces and dialog systems. Prof. Digalakis has authored many articles in journals and refereed conference proceedings, and received two best paper awards from the IEEE Signal Processing Society in 1999 and 2000. 

Education: 

• Ph.D. Boston University, ΗΠΑ,1992
• M.Sc. Northeastern University, ΗΠΑ, 1988
• B.Sc. National Technical University, 1986

Research Areas: Machine Learning, Pattern and Speech Recognition, Speech Processing and Dialog Systems.

Sector: Telecommunications Division

Laboratory: Information and Networks Laboratory