NCSR Demokritos. The research behind the capability.
Meet the people, laboratories and innovation pathways connecting Greek AI research with practical applications.
A scientific anchor for Greece’s AI ecosystem.
Demokritos brings together AI research, infrastructure expertise and technology transfer. Its contribution reaches beyond a single project: it connects researchers, businesses and national initiatives around the methods and evidence needed to make AI useful.
PHAROS is a wider national and European collaboration. GRNET coordinates the AI Factory; Demokritos contributes scientific and technical expertise alongside other consortium organisations.
Thought Leaders / Demokritos
The people behind the science, with published statements and clearly labelled research summaries.
NCSR Demokritos
Vangelis Karkaletsis
Director & Chairman of the Board; PHAROS technical coordinator
«Ο Δημόκριτος έχει κεντρικό ρόλο στα εργοστάσια και οικοσυστήματα τεχνητής νοημοσύνης.»
English summary: Demokritos plays a central role in AI factories and ecosystems. In the same intervention, Karkaletsis emphasised the importance of algorithms for reliable AI.
Contribution. Connects the centre’s scientific capabilities with PHAROS infrastructure, services and tools. His official 2026 biography identifies him as PHAROS technical coordinator.
Paliouras’s published research profile brings together machine learning, knowledge discovery, biomedical informatics and event recognition. This work connects foundational AI methods with complex scientific and operational problems.
Contribution. Heads SKEL, The AI Lab, and has led international research projects and co-founded research spin-offs. This card summarises his published work; it is not a personal quotation.
The Institute’s official directory places Giannakopoulos in its Computational Intelligence Laboratory. His inclusion makes the researchers behind Greece’s AI capacity visible alongside institutional leadership.
Contribution. Contributes computational-intelligence research within IIT. An attributed interview or personal statement can be added when a suitable published source is available.
Independent editorial coverage. Published perspectives do not imply participation in AIStrategy.gr or institutional endorsement. Roles and sources reviewed 6 November 2026.
