Dr. Harris Georgiou (MSc, PhD) is a Machine Learning and Data Scientist specializingin mobility analytics, big data, dynamic systems, complex systems, signal/imageprocessing, Bioinformatics and Artificial Intelligence. He is a R&D consultant andsenior researcher for more than 25 years in the field in multiple post-doctorateassignments, focusing on in sparse learning models and fMRI/EEG signal forapplications in Biomedicine and Bioinformatics, next-generation air traffic control,maritime surveillance & urban mobility via Big data analytics & Machine Learningmethods. Since 2016 he is the active LEAR, team coordinator & scientific advisor withthe Hellenic Rescue Team of Attica (HRTA) in several EU-funded R&D projects(H2020) for civil protection, miniaturized robotic equipment & sensors for SARoperations and next-generation advanced technologies for first responders. He is alsocourse leader/lecturer, as well as private consultant, in collaboration with over 190academic institutions, organizations and companies. He has published 88 peerreviewedjournal & conference papers, plus 83 independent & open-access works,technical reports, magazine articles, software toolboxes and open-access datasets, atwo-volume book series on medical imaging and diagnostic image analysis,contributed in six other textbooks and one U.S. patent in related R&D areas. He hasbeen a member of over 90 technical committees in international scientific journals &conferences since 2008.