About
I am a Ph.D. student at the Digital Aviation Research and Technology Centre (DARTeC) at Cranfield University, affiliated with the School of Aerospace, Transport, and Manufacturing (SATM). I specialise in human-machine teaming under the supervision of Prof. Weisi Guo.
Prior to joining DARTeC, I received my Diploma from the University of West Attica and worked as both an undergraduate intern and a Research Associate in the Extreme Robotics Laboratory (ERL) at the University of Birmingham under the supervision of Dr. Manolis Chiou. My research aimed to propose probabilistic solutions for variable autonomy robotic systems with a human-in-the-loop, deployed in hazardous or remote environments, by building robots that can perceive the status of human operators.
My work sits at the crossroads of control, dynamical thinking and intelligent autonomy. I study how machines can listen to people—extracting the useful parts of what we say—and then fold that factual knowledge back into their own decision making. Two questions guide me:
- How can an autonomous agent turn the rich, sometimes messy knowledge of human stakeholders into clear contextual signals that speed up learning and improve choices?
- How can that same agent recognise when dialogue goes in circles and steer itself toward steady, purposeful progress instead of getting trapped in distraction or conflict?
By answering these questions I aim to design cooperative robots that adapt on the fly, learn efficiently in high-stakes settings such as search-and-rescue, and ultimately close the gap between human intent and machine action—no matter the domain, sensor, or control interface.