Vayianos Pertsas

Vayianos Pertsas holds a Dipl. Eng. Degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Patras and a PhD degree in Informatics from the Athens University of Economics and Business. His research interests evolve around conceptual modeling and ontology population using information extraction techniques that mainly focus on leveraging linked data and its applications, along with NLP and machine learning techniques.

He has worked in the development of the NeDiMAH Methods Ontology in the ESF-funded Network for Digital Methods in the Arts and Humanities and in its evolution and operationalization in the form of the Scholarly Ontology. He has authored papers appearing in IJDL, ISWC, DH, TPDL, TWC, KEOD and co-tutored various workshops. He also teaches at the MSc Programme in Digital Methods for the Humanities, held by Athens University of Economics and Business, Department of Informatics.