Cybersecurity for a digital – robot society: New dangers and different perspectives

Dr. Xanthi S. Papageorgiou is currently Head of Robotics & Cognitive Systems Unit at UBITECH, Athens, Greece and UBITECH LIMITED, Limassol, Cyprus - The Ubiquitous Technologies Company. She currently also serves as an adjunct Assistant Professor in the School of Mechanical Engineering (MECH) at the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA). She was an adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics (Physics), at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (UOA) (2019-2021).

She was a Scientific Associate in the Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP), at the Athena Research Center ("Athena" R.C.). She was a Senior Research Fellow in Robotics Control and Decision Systems (RCDS) Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering (MEM), at the Cyprus University of Technology (CUT) (2018-2020). Also, she was a Post-Doctoral Researcher in the Intelligent Robotics and Automation Laboratory (IRAL), School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) (2013-2018).

She holds a Mechanical Engineering Degree from NTUA (2003) and a PhD (2009) on the subject of Motion Tasks on Neuro-Robotic Systems, from the Control Systems Laboratory, School of Mechanical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, where, she worked on a number of research projects (2002-2009). She joined Technological Educational Institute of Piraeus, School of Technological Applications, as an Adjunct Lecturer on Digital Control and Microcontrollers (2008-2015).

Her main research interests include neuro-robotics, human/robot interaction, neuro-science, and rehabilitation, as well as motion tasks, force control, compliant, adaptive and optimal control methods, and their applications to robotic systems. She has authored and co-authored more than 60 scientific publications in international journals and conference proceedings. She has also participated in several national and international research programs. She currently is a reviewer in several international journals and conferences. She is a member of IEEE, IEEE Robotics & Automation Society, IEEE Control Systems Society, and the Technical Chamber of Greece

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