About
A world class scientist and innovator, Dr. Ioannis Tsamardinos has more than 30 years of service in academia and applied science. Ioannis, a sui generis persona -professor, mentor, expert, researcher, author, speaker, inventor, entrepreneur, athlete- has an astounding 9.000 combined scientific citations to date. Over one thousand in 2020 alone in internationally refereed publications in journals, conferences, and edited volumes.
Ioannis has 9000 citations in Google Scholar, and holds two U.S. patents.
He is a Professor at the Computer Science Department at the University of Crete where he heads his own lab and all-star team MensXMachina, successfully translating academic R&D into real world business tools ready to market.
Co-Founder of Gnosis Data Analysis, Ioannis has developed and launched the spinoff startup JADBio, the first functional and straightforward AutoML market tool available worldwide. Ioannis and his team built the first AutoML system back in 2004 called Gene Expression Model Selector (GEMS) and won a best conference paper award. Today AutoML is a billion-dollar industry, and JADBio is the first and only AutoML tool that can be applied to small-sample, high-dimensionality molecular data without overfitting- overestimating performance.
“We designed this Automated Machine learning tool to empower anyone to turn raw biological data to actionable knowledge. As an academic, I sought to effectively commercialize ideas and technology born in the lab. JADBio ties together all of our work into a straightforward practical platform to convert academic research into usable technology..”
— Ioannis Tsamardinos
Ioannis now ventures to go from inventing new algorithms to building software that will change the way humanity analyzes data. As a professor and researcher, Ioannis has published over 120 scientific publications in Machine Learning, Causal Discovery, Feature Selection, Automated Machine Learning, and Artificial Intelligence, as well as interdisciplinary applications in biomedicine.
His work receives more than 1000 citations every year.
Ioannis has several prestigious awards under his belt, including winning a group award for Software of the Year for the Remote Agent software he helped develop while earning his M.Sc. and Ph.D. in collaboration with NASA researchers. One of Ioannis' algorithms is on board the Deep Space I spacecraft.
Ioannis holds a Ph.D. from Pittsburgh University, USA, served as Professor at the Department of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University. Ioannis research includes Artificial Intelligence and Philosophy of AI, Artificial Intelligence in Biomedicine, Machine Learning, Causal Inference and Induction, Learning from Biomedical Data, Feature and Variable Selection for Classification, Bioinformatics, Planning, Applications of Machine Learning in Biomedical Informatics.