Panayiotis Smeros

Natural Language Processing Researcher

As a researcher at UniBE, I develop methods for capturing semantic and linguistic forms of meaning in interview transcripts.

• Expertise
  • Natural Language Inference, Large Language Models
  • Transformers, PyTorch, Pandas, NumPy, Scikit-learn, SpaCy, Seaborn, Python
• Projects
  • Modeling Meaning in Text Data for the Social Sciences

Machine Learning Researcher

As a researcher at EPFL, I proposed methods for combating online scientific misinformation, leading to publications at top-tier conferences (CIKM, WWW, and ICWSM). Furthermore, I coordinated master and PhD students and software engineers on the development of a real-time news analytics platform for investigating the media landscape at scale.

• Expertise
  • Natural Language Processing, Data Analysis, Machine Learning, Language Models, Neural Networks
  • Pandas, Spark, NumPy, Scikit-learn, SpaCy, NLTK, Transformers, PyTorch, NetworkX, Seaborn, Beautiful Soup, Python
• Research & Development
  • SciClops - SciLens - SciLander: Methods for Combating Online Scientific Misinformation
  • NewsTeller: Real-Time News Analytics Platform
• Projects
  • Media Observatory Initiative
  • Media in the Digital Age
  • The Importance of Journalism for the Digital Information Behaviour of Young Adults
  • Exploring the Interdependence between Scientific and Public Opinion on Nutrition

Semantic Web Researcher

As a researcher at UoA, I developed methods for geospatial and temporal retrieval and link discovery, leading to publications at top-tier conferences (LDOW and AAAI).

• Expertise
  • Knowledge Graphs, Semantic Inference, Rule Reasoning, Ontology Engineering
  • RDF, OWL, XML, PostgreSQL, PostGIS, MySQL, Java, Scala, C/C++, CUDA, MPI, Prolog
• Research & Development
  • Silk: Linked Data Integration Framework
  • Strabon: Semantic SpatioTemporal RDF Store
• Projects
  • LEO: Linked Open Earth Observation Data for Precision Farming
  • MELODIES: Maximising the Exploitation of Linked Open Data In Enterprise and Science
  • TELEIOS: Virtual Observatory Infrastructure for Earth Observation Data

Academic Community Member

• Teaching Assistant: Distributed Information Systems & Applied Data Analysis (EPFL, 2016 - 2020), Artificial Intelligence & Knowledge Technologies (UoA, 2011 - 2015)
• Workshop Organizer: MEDIATE['22,'21,'20], LinkedGeo['15]
• Scientific Reviewer: ICDE['21,'20,'19,'18], COLING['20], TWEB['20], EDBT['20,'19,'17], CIKM['19], WISE['19,'18], ESWC['19,'17,'16,'14,'13], BigData['18,'17], ISWC['14], JWS['13]
• Conference Attendee: ICWSM['22], CIKM['21], TTO['21,'20], VLDB['20], TheWebConf['19,'18,'17,'16], AMLD['19,'18,'17], ESWC['15,'13]
• Conference Volunteer: RR['14], RW['14], EDF['14]
• Research Visitor: Data Science Group (University of Edinburgh, 2015), Agile Knowledge Engineering & Semantic Web Group (University of Leipzig, 2015), Database Architectures Group (Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica, 2013)

PhD Student

MSc Student

BSc Student

Interview on What Is Fake News?

2-Year Funding for Project SciLens

2-Year Support for Project SciLens

2nd Rank in ML Text Classification

6-month fellowship