He is the Head of R&D department and the founder of ACCELIGENCE. He received the B.S. degree in physics, the M.Sc. degree in telecommunications and the Ph.D. in photonics from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, in 2000, 2002 and 2009, respectively, and he has worked at the same university as a researcher in Optical Communication Laboratory, participating in several FP6 and FP7 EU projects . From 2007 he has worked as a R&D project manager in numerous companies in Greece and Cyprus.  In the last three years he attacted  >5M Euro net funding for private companies and research institures, and he was the principal investigator for >15 successful  H2020 projects.

         

                        Mr Parakevas Oikonomou

He is a UAV engineer at Acceligence Ltd. He received his Diploma degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from NTUA in October 2016. Since November of the same year, he worked as a research assistant within the Intelligent Robotics and Automation Lab (IRAL) of ICCS. His research interests and expertise include adaptive control using reinforcement learning, with applications in the field of soft robotics, as well as machine learning techniques applied in the area of tele-robotics and haptic systems. He is currently working as a research assistant in the i-Walk project. He is a member of the Technical Chamber of Greece since 2017.

                                       Mr Spiros Velanas

He is a Senior Mechanical Engineer, a Robotic expert and he is leading ACCELI's UAV team. He is a Mechanical Engineer , and as a PhD candidate in the field of haptic systems, he gained broad knowledge concerning robotics, UAVs and other related scientific disciplines, such as programming, electronics and embedded systems.
Highly self-motivated with an energetic style, His strengths also include communications, maturity, and the ability to relate effectively with individuals at all levels and cultural backgrounds.