Sakkalis Vangelis
Dr. Vangelis Sakkalis is a Researcher at the Institute of
Computer Science at FORTH (ICS-FORTH).
Research Interests
His research interests are in the broader area of Computational
Medicine and Biomedical Engineering:
- Biomedical Informatics
- Computational Neuroscience
- Biosignal Analysis (EEG, MEG, ECG)
- Time frequency & nonlinear synchronization analysis
- Functional Connectivity analysis & Source localization
techniques
- Network Visualization and Characterization
- Medical/ Diagnostic Imaging
- Optical Tomography and Tissue characterization
- Medical Image Analysis
- Molecular Imaging
- Software Architectures for Medical Image Management
- Computational Oncology
- In-silico tumor growth modeling
- Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments
- Neuroeconomics
Participation in Research Projects
- TUMOR: Transatlantic Tumour Model
Repositories, € 1.91 Million, 01/04/2010-31/03/2013 (Coordinator)
- YP.ER.THE.N: Clinical Research Infrastructure
and methodology for personalized tumor diagnosis and therapy (Interreg
Greece-Cyprus 2007-2013). 1.150.000 €, 1/6/2011-31/5/2013 (Project
Coordinator on behalf of FORTH)
- AI-CARE: Advanced Knowledge Management
Systems with Internet Computational Efficiency and Applications.
(SYNERGASIA 2011) 437.500 €, 21/8/2013-30/6/2015 (Project Coordinator
on behalf of FORTH)
- predictES: An Integrated wearable platform
predicting Epileptic Seizures and novel neurofeedback approaches in
support of personalized patient management. (SYNERGASIA 2011) 630.000
€, 18/9/2013-30/6/2015 (Project Manager on behalf of FORTH)
- CHIC: Computational Horizons in Cancer
(CHIC): Developing Meta- and Hyper-Multiscale Models and Repositories
for In Silico Oncology (FP7 - STREP), 10.582.000 €, 1/4/2013-31/3/2017
(WP leader on behalf of FORTH)
- MyHealthAvatar: Demonstration of a 4D Digital
Avatar Representation for Access to Long-Term Health Status
Information. (FP7) 2.446.998 €, 1/3/2013-29/2/2016 (WP leader on
behalf of FORTH
- p-Medicine: From data-sharing and integration
via VPH models to personalized medicine, 13.329.908 €,
01/02/2011-31/01/2015
- INTEGRATE: Driving Excellence in Integrative
Cancer Research through Innovative Biomedical Infrastructures, 818.300
€, 1/2/2011-31/1/2014
- EURECA: Enabling Information re-Use by
linking clinical REsearch and Care 2011-2015
- REMOTE: Health and Social Care for
Independent Living of Isolated Elderly with Chronic Conditions,
06/2009- 05/2012 (Project Manager on behalf of CML)
- Contra Cancrum: Clinically Oriented
Translational Cancer Multilevel Modelling, € 5.167.660,
01/08/2008-31/07/2011 (Project Manager on behalf of FORTH)
- VPH Noe: Virtual Physiological Human Network
of Excellence (VPH NoE), € 806.877,77, 01/06/2008-30/11/2012 (third
party through ECRIM, Project Manager on behalf of FORTH)
- ACGT: Advancing Clinico-Genomic Clinical
Trials on Cancer: Open Grid Services for Improving Medical Knowledge
Discovery, € 17.685.539, 01/02/2006-31/01/2010
- Rural Wings, € 14.500.000,
01/01/2006-31/12/2009 (Project Manager on behalf of FORTH)
- LOCCANDIA: Lab-on-chip based protein
profiling for Cancer diagnosis, € 4.2M, 01/06/2006-31/05/2009
- HEARTFAID: A Knowledge based platform of
services for supporting medical - clinical management of heart failure
within elderly population, € 3.220.115, 01/02/2006-31/01/2009
- INFOBIOMED: Structuring European Biomedical
Informatics to Support Individualized Healthcare
FP6-2002-IST-1/European Union, € 4.85M, 01/01/2004-31/12/2006
- TWISTER: Terrestrial Wireless Infrastructure
integrated with Satellite Telecommunications for E-Rural applications,
€ 6.83M, 01/02/2004-31/01/2007
- OPENECG: Computerized ECG Standards
Interoperability Portal, € 457.894, 01/07/2002-30/06/2004
- HYGEIA' S PROTYPON, National Network of
excellence on the use of standards in the national healthcare setting,
Ministry of Development (Programme EΠAN), 2002-2004 (Project Manager
on behalf of FORTH).
- ICT Services for the GR hostname National Registry
Short CV
Dr. Vangelis Sakkalis holds a Principal Researcher position in
the Institute of Computer Science – Foundation for Research and
Technology (ICS - FORTH). He received his PhD in Electronic and
Computer Engineering after completing his Master's degree at Imperial
College of Science, Technology and Medicine, UK. His background falls
in Biomedical Engineering, Atomic-Molecular Physics, Optoelectronics
and Laser. His research interests include biosignal and image analysis,
visualization, classification algorithms and biostatistics applied in
computational medicine, cognitive neuroscience and biomedical
informatics. He is currently coordinating 2 projects (EU and national)
related to cancer research. He has published more than 100 papers in
scientific archival journals, proceedings of international conferences
& workshops and scientific newsletters, related to his fields of
expertise. He has given numerous invited lectures worldwide and his
research has been funded by numerous funding agencies and companies.
