CV

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General Information

Full Name Andreas Theodorou
Languages Greek (native), English (bilingual), Catalan (A2)

Academic Interests

  • AI Goverance
    • Policy
    • eXplainable AI
    • Transparency
    • Auditing and Verification
  • Human-Robot Interaction (HRI)
    • Mental models and calibration of trust
    • Mixed Initiatives
  • Agents
    • Multi-Agent Systems
    • Agent-Based Systems
    • Behaviour-Based AI
    • Argumentation

Education

  • Bath, UK

    2019
    University of Bath
    PhD in Computer Science
  • Guildford, UK

    2015
    University of Surrey
    BSc (Hons) Computing and Information Technologies
    • Graduated with first-class honors (top 1%).
    • Other activities:
      • President of the computer society ().
      • Treasurer of the computer society ().
      • Student academic representative (2015-18).

Work Experience

  • Barcelona, ES

    2024-Now
    Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya·BarcelonaTech
    Profesor Agregado Assimilar (TT Associate Professor)
  • Umeå, Sweden

    2022-2024
    Umeå University
    Forskare (Research Fellow)
    • Permanent position with a 75% - 25% split between research and teaching.
    • WASP Affiliated Faculty
    • Research projects include:
      • EXPlainable and Learning production & logistics by Artificial INtelligence (EXPLAIN — co-PI
      • Responsible Artificial INtelligence (RAIN) - PI
      • HumanE-AI-Net - co-PI in multiple microprojects funded by the main project
  • Sweden

    2020-2023
    VeRAI
    CEO and co-founder
    • Start-up offering digital transformation services with a focus on AI governance.
    • Successful exit in 2023.
    • Developed an AI policy and risk assessment process, now exported to other municipalities across Europe.
    • Validation partners include Skellefteå Kommun, Ericsson, and ALLAI.
    • Bootstrap funding through the Wallenberg Launchpad.
  • Umeå, Sweden

    2019-2022
    Umeå University
    Postdoktor (Postdoctoral Fellow)
    • Description 1.
    • Funded and participated in the AI4EU project.
  • Bath, UK

    2017-2018
    University of Bath
    Teaching Fellow
    • Description 1.
    • Description 2.
  • 2016-2017
    Head Tutor
    • Description 1.
    • Description 2.
  • Guildford, UK

    2014-2015
    University of Surrey
    Research Officer
    • Developed a system for tracking surgical instruments in cataract operations for doctor's performance measurement.
    • Position funded by the EPSRC Sentiment- Automated surgical skill assessment project.
    • Tools: Python, OpenCV, PyMC
  • Guildford, UK

    2013-2014
    ID Business Solutions
    Jnr Java Developer
    • Front-deck full-stack developer.
    • Tools: Java, JUnit, Jenkins, WilFly, REST, SOAP, EJB, JDBC SQL, git, Maven

Board Memberships

  • Bath, UK

    2020-
    ART-AI CDT, University of Bath
    Strategy Board
  • Sweden

    2022-2023
    WASP
    Leader of Research Cluster on AI Ethics
  • Europe

    2019-2022
    ROXANNE Project
    External Ethics Board
  • Global

    2019-2022
    IEEE Standards Association
    P70xx Committees on AI Standards

Honors and Awards

  • 1921
    • Nobel Prize in Physics
    • Matteucci Medal
  • 2029
    • Max Planck Medal

Publications

Pedagogical Development

  • Umeå, Sweden

    2021
    Umeå University
    Doctoral Supervision in Practice
  • 2020-2021
    Basic course in higher education pedagogy