Biography

Charalambos (Charis) Poullis is a tenured professor at the Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering at the Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science at Concordia University where he leads the Immersive and Creative Technologies (ICT) lab. He also serves as the Graduate Program Director for the Masters Thesis program and as the Academic Code Administrator at the School of Graduate Studies.

Charalambos received his B.Sc. in Computing and Information Systems with First Class Honors from the University of Manchester, UK, in 2001, an M.Sc. in Computer Science with specialization in Multimedia and Creative Technologies (funded by a Fulbright-Amideast scholarship), and a Ph.D. in Computer Science (funded by USC) from the University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, USA, in 2003 and 2008, respectively.

Charalambos is a licensed Professional Engineer, a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Computer Society and a member of the: Association for Computing Machinery(ACM); Marie Curie Alumni Association (MCAA); International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS); Canadian Remote Sensing Society (CRSS); Canadian Artificial Intelligence Association (CAIAC); and ACM Cyprus Chapter (served on the management committee between 2010-2015); and British Machine Vision Association (BMVA). He has also served as an Academic Scientific Advisor for Presagis Inc, Canada.

His current research interests lie at the intersection of computer vision and computer graphics. More specifically, he conducts fundamental research in acquisition technologies & 3D reconstruction, photo-realistic rendering, feature extraction & classification; and applied research in virtual & augmented reality. He has supervised more than 67 HQP to completion at all levels of study in academia, currently supervising 7 Masters and 7 PhDs, authored 86 publications, and as a Principal Investigator received several million in external research grants from governmental agencies and industrial partners, including the prestigious Marie Curie Fellowship (International Reintegration Grant) during 2010-2014.

Active projects serving as Principal Investigator [PI]:

  • [PI]
    PHOENIX: Generative models and Deep Reinforcement Learning for Geospatial Computer Vision, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Alliance, 2022-2025
  • [PI]
    ACESO: Computer Vision Algorithms for Computer-Assisted Surgical Systems, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Alliance, 2021-2024
  • [PI]
    Semantic Segmentation in Geospatial Computer Vision, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Discovery Grant, 2021-2026

Faculty Appointments

  • 2023 - present
    Professor, Concordia University, Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering
  • 2015 - 2023
    Associate Professor (Strategic Hire), Concordia University, Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering
  • 2010 - 2015
    Assistant Professor, Cyprus University of Technology, Department of Multimedia and Graphic Arts
  • 2009 - 2010
    Visiting Lecturer, University of Cyprus, Department of Computer Science

Education

  • 2008
    Ph.D. in Computer Science, University of Southern California, Viterbi School of Engineering, Department of Computer Science
  • 2003
    M.Sc. in Computer Science, University of Southern California, Viterbi School of Engineering, Department of Computer Science
  • 2001
    B.Sc. in Computing and Information Systems (First-class Honors), University of Manchester, Department of Computer Science