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George Azzopardi

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Prof. George Azzopardi
🇲🇹 Leader of PRISMA. As the academic lead of PRISMA, I guide our research team in advancing the robustness of vision models, developing innovative approaches to machine learning, and transforming complex data into actionable insights.
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My name is George Azzopardi, and I am an Associate Professor in Pattern Recognition, embedded in the Information Systems group of the Bernoulli Institute for Mathematics, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Groningen, the Netherlands.

As the academic lead of PRISMA, I guide our research team in advancing the robustness of vision models, developing innovative approaches to machine learning, and transforming complex data into actionable insights.

Highlights
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In 2023, Guru Swaroop Bennabhaktula and I were honored with the Ben Feringa Impact Award. In 2024, I received the ENLIGHT Impact Award for our pioneering work in forensic image analysis.

Other roles
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  • Coordinator of Applied AI at the Jantina Tammes School.
  • Leader of Working Group 4 of the GLITSS COST Action.

Associate Editor for
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  • Pattern Recognition
  • Pattern Recognition Letters

Research Interests
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Core
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  • Brain-inspired visual pattern recognition
  • Information retrieval
  • Predictive analysis
  • Anomaly detection

Applications
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  • Medical, forensic, radio-astronomy, and first-preson image analysis
  • Smart farming
  • Sport science
  • Blockchain

Career
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  • 🏆 2024 - Winner of an Enlight Impact Award, Enlight European University

  • 🏆 2023 - Winner of the Ben Feringa Impact Award, University of Groningen2024 - to date: Associate professor with ius promovendi (Adjunct hoogleraar, 1FTE), University of Groningen

  • 2021 - 2023: Assistant professor (1FTE), University of Groningen

  • 2017 - 2021: Joined appointment

    • Tenure track assistant professor (0.8FTE), University of Groningen
    • 2019 - 2021: Senior AI Scientist (0.2FTE), Ziel NL, Groningen
    • 2017 - 2019: Senior AI Scientist (0.2FTE), KAIOS, Groningen

  • 2015 - 2017: Lecturer (1FTE), University of Malta (Malta)

  • 2012 - 2015: Joined appointment

    • Researcher (0.2FTE), University of Groningen
    • Scientific Innovator (0.8FTE), TNO

  • 2013: PhD cum laude in Computer Science, University of Groningen. Download thesis

  • 2008: MSc Advanced Methods in Computer Science, Queen Mary, University of London (UK)

  • 2007 - 2008: Algorithmic developer, Iteanova (Malta)

  • 2006: BSc (Hons) Computer Science and Information Systems, Goldsmiths College, University of London (UK)

  • 2004: Certificate in Banking and Financial Services, Chartered Institute of Bankers (Malta)

  • 2000 - 2007: Software developer, Bank of Valletta (Malta)