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George P. Kafentzis

Dr Kafentzis is an Adjunct Professor at the Computer Science Department, University of Crete, where he teaches Physics for Engineers (CS-112), Digital Signal Processing (CS-370), and Signals and Systems (CS-215). He is also a member of the Speech Signal Processing Lab, which is part of the Multimedia Informatics Labs of the department.

His research interests lie in the fields of signal processing: speech and audio processing, signal modelling, statistical speech synthesis, emotion recognition from speech, and deep learning applications on speech.

Academic Positions

  • Present 2015

    Visiting Professor

    University of Crete, Department of Computer Science

Other Positions

  • 2017 2015

    Contractor

    Toshiba Research Europe Limited, U.K., Speech Technology Group

  • 2013 2010

    Researcher

    Orange Labs Lannion, TECH/ASAP/VOICE

  • 2010 2008

    Research Assistant

    Institute of Computer Science, FO.R.T.H., Telecommunications and Networks Laboratory

Education & Training

  • Ph.D. 2014

    Ph.D. in Signal Processing and Telecommunications

    MATISSE Doctoral School, University of Rennes 1

    Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering

    Computer Science Department, University of Crete

  • M.Sc.2010

    Master of Science in Computer Science

    University of Crete

  • B.Sc.2008

    Degree in Computer Science

    University of Crete

Honors, Awards and Grants

  • 2008-2010
    Graduate student Scholarship - Institute of Computer Science, FO.R.T.H.
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  • 2007-2008
    Undergraduate Scholarship - Institute of Computer Science, FO.R.T.H.
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