Nikos SarrisNikos Sarris received his Ph.D. from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in "3D modelling Techniques for the Human Face" and his Master of Engineering (MEng) degree in Computer Systems Engineering from the University of Manchester Institute of Sience and Technology (UMIST). He has worked as a research assistant in the Information Processing Laboratory of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki for 4 years, where he participated in several national and international projects and coordinated a national research project funded by the Greek General Secretariat of Research and Technology. He has worked as a Research Fellow for the Informatics and Telematics Institute for 3 years, where he participated in several national and international projects and coordinated a Thematic Network of Excellence within the European Commission Information Society Technologies 5th Framework Program. Dr. Sarris has fulfilled his military service in the Research & Informatics Corps of the Greek Army and has been a member of the Greek Technical Chamber as a Computer Systems and Informatics Engineer since 1996. His research interests include 3D model-based image and video processing, image coding, image analysis and sign language synthesis and recognition. Read More Read Less