Dr. Ioannis Arapakis, Ph.D., is the Head of Telefónica Scientific Research at Telefónica Innovación Digital, where he leads a team of scientists in machine learning, neuroscience, cybersecurity, sustainable AI, and network systems, and a member of the European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems (ELLIS) Society. He is also the PI in the EIC Pathfinder “Awareness Inside” project SYMBIOTIK, which investigates the next generation of neuro-adaptive InfoVis systems for time-critical and context-sensitive settings. Previously, he worked as a Research Scientist at Yahoo Labs in Barcelona (2011–2016), at the User Engagement, Web Retrieval, and Ad Processing and Retrieval groups. He earned an M.Sc. in Information Technology, specializing in Interactive Systems Engineering, from the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Sweden (2007), and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Glasgow (2010). In addition to his research roles, he has served on several international committees, led multiple projects under FP7, H2020, Horizon Europe, and EIC Pathfinder, and is an Adjunct Professor in the Master's Program for Data Science for Decision Making, having supervised numerous M.Sc. and Ph.D. students.
