VALANIS ARTEMIS
Last updated 30/09/2006

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Full Name:	Artemis Valanis
Title	Dipl. Rural and Surveying Engineer, NTUA
Date /Place of birth:	28 July 1978 / Athens
Home Address:	Plastira127 Nea Smirni, 171 22 Athens
Telephone:	+30-6945772801
E-mail:	avalanis@central.ntua.gr

STUDIES

2004 – today: PhD Candidate at the Laboratory of Photogrammetry of the School of Rural and Surveying Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens – THESIS SUBJECT: “Process automation in digital photogrammetry”

2003: Graduate of the School of Rural and Surveying Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens (Grade 7.89).

DIPLOMA THESIS

2003: «Automatic restitution of image products for close range applications» (Supervisor: Professor Andreas Georgorpoulos) Grade: 10. (Distinction Technical Chamber of Greece)

SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS

Digital Photogrammetry, image processing, projective geometry, computer vision, statistical processing, laser scanner calibration, 3D scene reconstruction, image feature extraction, 3D representation and visualization, programming, close-range applications.

CONFERENCE PAPERS

Ioannides C., Valanis A., Georgopoulos A., Tsiligiris E., 2006, “3D Model generation for deformation Analysis Using Laser scanning data of a Cooling tower”, Proc. “3rd IAG Symposium on Geodesy for Geotechnical and Structural Engineering and 12th FIG Symposium on Deformation Measurements”, 22-24 May 2006, Baden, Austria

Tsakiri M., Stathas D., Bithas A., Valanis A., 2005, “Development of a method for the control of Terestrial Laser scanners”, Proc. “1^st National Conference on Metrology: Metrology in Greece – Research, Applications, Priorities and Prospects”, 11-12 November 2005, Athens (In Greek)

Valanis A., Tsakiri M., 2004, "Automatic target identification for laser scanners", Proc. XX. ISPRS Congress, Istanbul, Turkey, 12-23 July, Vol XXXV [CD-ROM]

Valanis A., Georgopoulos A., 2003 "Restitution automation for close-range applications", International Archives of Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 34(Part 3/W8), pp. 79-84

Valanis A., 2002 "Fitting, portrayal and mapping for the production of 2nd order surfaces photomosaics", International Archives of Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing, 34(B5), pp. 463-467

PARTICIPATION IN CONFERENCES

2006: “3rd IAG Symposium on Geodesy for Geotechnical and Structural Engineering and 12th FIG Symposium on Deformation Measurements”, Baden, Austria, 21-25 May 2006

2004: “XX. ISPRS Congress”, Istanbul, 12-23 July 2004

2003: “Photogrammetric Image Analysis” (ISPRS Conference), Munich, 17-19 September 2003

2002: “Close-Range Imaging, Long-Range Vision”, (ISPRS Commission V Symposium), Corfu, 2-6 September 2002

PARTICIPATION IN RESEARCH PROGRAMS

2005: Public Power Corporation S.A. – NTUA “Counseling services for the geometrical documentation for the project of the upgrade of a cooling tower” (Project supervisor C. Ioannidis). Participation in the research team for the registration of laser scanner data and the creation of the three-dimensional model of the cooling tower.

2003-2005: Thalis Program “High accuracy terrestrial laser scanning for geodetic work on deformation monitoring” (Supervisor M. Tsakiri) Participation in the research team for the development of algorithms for data processing and laser scanner calibration.

2001: Ministry of Civilization - NTUA “Development of modern digital methods for the documentation of Byzantine Monuments by means of imagery and… Application on the Holy Monastery of Daphni” (Project supervisor A. Georgopoulos) Participation in the research team for the creation of cartographic developments for the Mosaics of the Dome of the Daphni Monastery.

PARTICIPATION IN ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES IN THE SCHOOL OF RURAL AND SURVEYING ENGINEERING OF NTUA

2005-06: Laboratory assistant for «Photogrammetry ΙΙ», 6^th semester

Laboratory assistant for «Programming Techniques», 2^nd semester

Laboratory assistant for «Computer Science Introduction», 1^st semester

2004-05: Laboratory assistant for «Photogrammetry ΙΙ», 6^th semester

Laboratory assistant for «Programming Techniques», 2^nd semester

Laboratory assistant for «Computer Science Introduction», 1^st semester

2002-03: Co-supervision for «Geodetic Field Training Ι» του 4^ου εξ.

LANGUAGE CERIFICATES

2003: Zentrale Mittelstufenprüfung, Goethe Institut (Gesamtnote Sehr Gut)

2002: Certificate of Proficiency in English, University of Cambridge (Grade A)

COMPUTER SKILLS

Software: ErMapper, Erdas, Soft-Plotter, AutoCAD, Word, Excel, Power Point, Front Page, Word Perfect, Photoshop, Corel,

Programming Languages: Matlab, Visual C++, C++, C