Nikolaos Papanikolopoulos

Professor, McKnight Presidential Endowed Professor, Distinguished McKnight University Professor, Director of Graduate Studies for Robotics, Minnesota Robotics Institute Director, Department of Computer Science & Engineering

Contact

papan001@umn.edu

612-625-0163

5-201 Kenneth H. Keller Hall
200 Union Street Se
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Nikolaos Papanikolopoulos

Research

Papanikolopoulos' research interests include robotics, sensors for transportation applications, computer vision, and control systems.

Research Division
Robotics and Artificial Intelligence

Current Research
Google Scholar
Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, and Vision Lab
Monitoring Human Activity
Minnesota Robotics Institute

Ph.D. Graduates
Guruprasad Somasundaram; Anoop Cherian; Duc Fehr; Michael Janssen; Ravishankar Sivalingam; Jon Andersh; Nicholas Walczak; Joshua Fasching; Panos Stanitsas; Demetris Zermas; William Beksi; Ruben D’Sa.

Recent News

Nikos Papanikolopoulos receives Award for Outstanding Contributions to Graduate and Professional Education
Building a brighter future with robotics
Robots are taking over the COVID-19 clean-up job
Robots versus COVID-19

Biography

Education

Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University (1992)
M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University (1988)
Diploma of Engineering in Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens (1987)

Professional Background

Nikolaos Papanikolopoulos joined the Department of Computer Science & Engineering in 1992. He was promoted to full professor in 2001 and served as the Director of Undergraduate Studies from 2001-04. He is currently the Director of the Minnesota Robotics Institute. Outside of his work at the University, Papanikolopoulos is the founder of ReconRobotics Inc. and serves as a consultant for numerous companies, including Toyota, Canon, Intel, Best Buy, and many others. He also helped create the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Cyprus.

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Teaching

Publications & Awards

Honors and Awards

2016: McKnight Presidential Endowed Professorship
2013: Richard P. Braun Distinguished Service Award
2007: IEEE Fellow
2007: McKnight Professorships
1995: McKnight Land-Grant Professorship
1995: National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER Award)

Selected Grants
Phase II IUCRC University of Minnesota: Center for Robots and Sensors for the Human Well-being
Morellas, V., Gebre Egziabher, D., Gini, M. L., Papanikolopoulos, N. P. & Guy, S. J.; National Science Foundation; 3/15/20 - 2/28/25

MRI: Development of an Instrument that Performs Behavioral Analysis for Neuropsychiatric Disorders like Tourette Syndrome
Papanikolopoulos, N. P., Bernstein, G. A., Conelea, C. A., Interrante, V., Keefe, D. F., Guy, S. J., Jacob, S. & Morellas, V.; National Science Foundation; 10/1/19 - 9/30/24

NRI: INT: COLLAB: Cooperative Robot Teams for Precision Agriculture and Plant Health Management
Papanikolopoulos, N. P., Kaiser, D., Marchetto, P. M., Mulla, D. J. & Yang, C.; USDA Nat'l Inst. of Food & Agriculture; 5/1/20 - 4/30/23