Ioannis Pavlidis

Ioannis Thomas Pavlidis
Born (1963-09-12) September 12, 1963 (age 61)
Alma materUniversity of Minnesota

Imperial College

Democritus University
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Houston
Doctoral advisorNikolaos N. Papanikolopoulos
Websitehttps://www.cpl.uh.edu

Ioannis Thomas Pavlidis (born September 12, 1963) is a Greek American scholar.[1] He is the distinguished Eckhard-Pfeiffer Professor of Computer Science at the University of Houston, founder, and director of the Affective and Data Computing Laboratory, formerly known as the Computational Physiology Lab (CPL).

Poh at al. in their 2010 article in Optics Express credit Pavlidis as the "first who postulated the idea of performing physiological measurements on the face, which later demonstrated through analysis of facial thermal videos."[2] Pavlidis went on to develop several contactless thermo-physiological measurement methods that found applications in emotion and wellness monitoring.[3] Ioannou and colleagues in their 2014 review in Psychophysiology provide a detailed account of these new methods and Pavlidis' key role in their development.[4] Pavlidis is also credited with the design of influential naturalistic studies in deceptive behaviors and driving distractions, which he conducted using the technical methods he developed earlier.[5][6]

  1. ^ Pavlidis, Ioannis. "Google Scholar Profile". Retrieved 25 April 2023.
  2. ^ Poh, Ming-Zher; McDuff, Daniel J.; Picard, Rosalind W. (2010-05-10). "Non-contact, automated cardiac pulse measurements using video imaging and blind source separation". Optics Express. 18 (10): 10762–10774. Bibcode:2010OExpr..1810762P. doi:10.1364/OE.18.010762. hdl:1721.1/66243. ISSN 1094-4087. PMID 20588929. S2CID 1657379.
  3. ^ Cruikshank, Dana. "Computer science provides a more sound way to test for sleep apnea". NSF. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
  4. ^ Ioannou, Stephanos; Gallese, Vittorio; Merla, Arcangelo (October 2014). "Thermal infrared imaging in psychophysiology: Potentialities and limits". Psychophysiology. 51 (10): 951–963. doi:10.1111/psyp.12243. ISSN 0048-5772. PMC 4286005. PMID 24961292.
  5. ^ Blitzer, Wolf. "Brian Todd Reporting on New Interrogation Technologies". CNN. Situation Room. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
  6. ^ Doyle, Kathryn (20 May 2016). "A 'sixth sense' may protect drivers, except while texting". Reuters Health. Reuters. Retrieved 25 April 2023.