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🎉 Call for Papers 🎉

A workshop on Combating Illicit Trade using AI, Data Science & Blockchain! 23-25 Feb, 2025, Porto🌍

More info: https://t.co/pgFeA5Ye93 #AI #DataScience #Blockchain #IllicitTrade #ML #CyberCrimes #callforpapers @univgroningen @CA_GLITSS @infosys_rug
— George Azzopardi (@azzopardi_g) September 10, 2024

🚀 Honored to be an Impact Ambassador of @enlight_eu. This award is for our research with RDW on the detection of #facemorphingattacks; crucial for enhancing security for IDs (passports & driving licenses). @infosys_rug @ScienceLinX @BernoulliInsti2 @univgroningen @JTSchool_UG https://t.co/feFOL5hLRU pic.twitter.com/NQNJYjppsK
— George Azzopardi (@azzopardi_g) June 13, 2024

🚀 Just wrapped the 1st 'Applied AI' Symposium @JTSchool_UG in Groningen! Big thanks to our 4 speakers & attendees for enriching talks on AI's diverse applications. Great conversations & networking with coffee☕️& lunch🍽. Next stop? End of April. Stay tuned!
— George Azzopardi (@azzopardi_g) March 27, 2024

Congrats to my PhD student Xueyi Wang for his successful #PhDdefense @univgroningen! His work in #computervision, focused on #egocentricvision for #falldetection: https://t.co/sAPOChg9lj

🍾Here's to more success, Xueyi! @infosys_rug pic.twitter.com/53ovyEcUyY
— George Azzopardi (@azzopardi_g) March 6, 2024

Exciting insights from our workshop on tech against illicit trade as part of working group 4 of the COST Action GLITSS @CA_GLITSS. Hosted at the ERATOSTHENES Centre, Limassol Cyprus. Thanks to all participants! Join our mission: https://t.co/ox2rNFBekC 🚀
— George Azzopardi (@azzopardi_g) March 2, 2024

🎉Excited to announce my tenure & promotion to Associate Prof. in #PatternRecognition, @univgroningen A huge thanks to my network—family, mentors, colleagues & students—for your support! Cheers to more discoveries & growth! @BernoulliInsti2 @infosys_rug @JTSchool_UG
— George Azzopardi (@azzopardi_g) February 9, 2024

Excited to share a glimpse from our inaugural event launching Theme "Applied AI" at @JTSchool_UG, @univgroningen! Diverse attendees explored AI possibilities, enjoyed talks by experts, and connected over refreshments. Cheers for more collaboration and innovation! @infosys_rug pic.twitter.com/6GwdW5kA2s
— George Azzopardi (@azzopardi_g) February 8, 2024

🎉 Kudos to my PhD student Guru Bennabhaktula @bgswaroop who successfully defended his thesis, "Leveraging Image Noise: Source Camera Identification & Convolutional Neural Networks." https://t.co/ogZjCk1F2A.

Glad for Guru's 2-year postdoc journey with me. pic.twitter.com/a39V0fQWar
— George Azzopardi (@azzopardi_g) December 19, 2023

🌟 Two exciting #phd opportunities in #machinelearning & #deeplearning!

Join our #interdisciplinary team to explore & classify hyperkinetic movement disorders. Funded by #NWO, led by the Movement Disorders Groningen and in collaboration with Bernoulli Institute @BernoulliInsti2
— George Azzopardi (@azzopardi_g) December 11, 2023