George Azzopardi

Husband, Father, and Associate Professor in Pattern Recognition (Computer Science), University of Groningen. Interested in brain-inspired computing

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🚨 Call for Papers! 🚨

New special issue - From bench to the wild: Recent Advances in Computer Vision (WILD-VISION) in Pattern Recognition (IF: 7.5, Q1)

📅 Deadline: Mar 31, 2025

See: https://t.co/SH3Hc4aU2B

#computervision #patternrecognition #MachineLearning #DeepLearning

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Topics:
🔹 ML, DL, Reinforcement Learning
🔹 Remote Sensing & Computer Vision
🔹 Human/Wildlife Trafficking, Cyber Crimes
🔹 Blockchain & Cryptography

📅 Key Dates:
📝 Submission: Nov 15, 2024
📩 Notification: Jan 6, 2025
📑 Camera Ready: Jan 22, 2025

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🎉 Call for Papers 🎉

A workshop on Combating Illicit Trade using AI, Data Science & Blockchain! 23-25 Feb, 2025, Porto🌍

More info: https://t.co/pgFeA5Ye93

#AI #DataScience #Blockchain #IllicitTrade #ML #CyberCrimes #callforpapers

@univgroningen @CA_GLITSS @infosys_rug

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Big thanks to my postdoc Guru Swaroop Bennabhaktula @bgswaroop for his invaluable contribution and to our collaborators Bas Timmermans and Kyra Bekman (RDW)

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🚀 Honored to be an Impact Ambassador of @enlight_eu. This award is for our research with RDW on the detection of #facemorphingattacks; crucial for enhancing security for IDs (passports & driving licenses). @infosys_rug @ScienceLinX @BernoulliInsti2 @univgroningen @JTSchool_UG

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🎉Congratulations to our 2024 @enlight_eu Impact Ambassadors, for the societal impact of their work:
👏 @Conntec @uniofgalway
👏 @azzopardi_g @univgroningen
👏Inge De Bo @ugent
👏 @krgeography @uniofgalway
👏 @MariaHagglund @UU_University
👏 @Sanvanlan @univgroningen

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@eTalaveraM @UTwente @univgroningen @JTSchool_UG Thanks for enriching our program with your great talk!

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Not yet a member of the Applied AI community?
- Join us here: https://t.co/VSHRxXtJYv

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🚀 Just wrapped the 1st 'Applied AI' Symposium @JTSchool_UG in Groningen! Big thanks to our 4 speakers & attendees for enriching talks on AI's diverse applications. Great conversations & networking with coffee☕️& lunch🍽. Next stop? End of April. Stay tuned!

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The speakers were:
1. Estefania Talavera Martinez @eTalaveraM (Uni. of Twente), 2. Floris van Beers (Web-IQ), 3. Sarod Yatawatta (ASTRON), and 4. Tamas Szili-Torok (UMCG)

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Props to the other promotor Dimka Karastoyanova @dimka_kar and all our collaborators, Joshua Ellul @JoshuaEllul, Estefania Talavera Martinez @eTalaveraM, Elisabetta Chicca and Nicoletta Risi, for their great contribution.

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Congrats to my PhD student Xueyi Wang for his successful #PhDdefense @univgroningen! His work in #computervision, focused on #egocentricvision for #falldetection: https://t.co/sAPOChg9lj

🍾Here's to more success, Xueyi! @infosys_rug

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Exciting insights from our workshop on tech against illicit trade as part of working group 4 of the COST Action GLITSS @CA_GLITSS. Hosted at the ERATOSTHENES Centre, Limassol Cyprus. Thanks to all participants! Join our mission: https://t.co/ox2rNFBekC 🚀

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@JTSchool_UG @univgroningen @BernoulliInsti2 @infosys_rug Thank you Jantina Tammes School @JTSchool_UG, for this lovely surprise! Much appreciated!

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🎉Excited to announce my tenure & promotion to Associate Prof. in #PatternRecognition, @univgroningen A huge thanks to my network—family, mentors, colleagues & students—for your support! Cheers to more discoveries & growth! @BernoulliInsti2 @infosys_rug @JTSchool_UG

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Pictures by Chase Wang https://t.co/bs87DDSbZj👌

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Excited to share a glimpse from our inaugural event launching Theme "Applied AI" at @JTSchool_UG, @univgroningen! Diverse attendees explored AI possibilities, enjoyed talks by experts, and connected over refreshments. Cheers for more collaboration and innovation! @infosys_rug

[Illicit Trade and Globalisation Cost Action GLITSS @CA_GLITSS]

Thrilled to share our recent GLITSS Webinar. 🎥
@FraGiumelli @marafclemente @Daniela_1975 @azzopardi_g @SteCaneppele
#GLITSS #COSTAction #globalisation #illicittrade #sustainability #security #research #networking #Europeennes2024 🔗https://t.co/ZQT4gMaCU4

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We are excited to announce our next webinar "Enhancing Anti-Money Laundering Measures in Banking Through Advanced Biometric Technologies".

📆 Save the Date: 30.01.2024, 15:00 CET PM CET
🎟️Register via: https://t.co/W0CB7UAXWG

#GLITSS #COSTAction #illicittrade #research #EU

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Join us for this webinar next Tuesday!

[Illicit Trade and Globalisation Cost Action GLITSS @CA_GLITSS]

We are excited to announce our next webinar "Enhancing Anti-Money Laundering Measures in Banking Through Advanced Biometric Technologies".

📆 Save the Date: 30.01.2024, 15:00 CET PM CET
🎟️Register via: https://t.co/W0CB7UAXWG

#GLITSS #COSTAction #illicittrade #research #EU

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🌐 An international collaboration between the @univgroningen & Uni. of Leon

Thanks to the other supervisors, Prof. Enrique Alegre & Prof. Dimka Karastoyanova (@dimka_kar), for their great contribution.

@BernoulliInsti2 @infosys_rug @univgroningen @JTSchool_UG

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🎉 Kudos to my PhD student Guru Bennabhaktula @bgswaroop who successfully defended his thesis, "Leveraging Image Noise: Source Camera Identification & Convolutional Neural Networks." https://t.co/ogZjCk1F2A.

Glad for Guru's 2-year postdoc journey with me.