Greeks in AI 2026
15 - 17 July 2026
Eugenides Foundation, Athens, Greece
Our Vision & Mission
The Greeks in AI Symposium is an annual gathering that brings together Greek AI scientists and practitioners from around the world to connect, collaborate, and inspire.
Our Mission
- Foster a strong AI community by facilitating networking, mentorship, and knowledge exchange among researchers and industry professionals.
- Showcase groundbreaking AI research from Greece and Greek scientists, especially highlighting the work of young researchers, to a global and influential audience.
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- Bridge academia and industry by creating opportunities for collaboration, innovation, and career growth within Greece's AI ecosystem.
- Tackle brain drain by encouraging talent retention through meaningful professional development, industry engagement, and stronger local opportunities.
Through this symposium, we aim to position Greece as a hub for AI excellence and strengthen its role in the global AI landscape.
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Register for SymposiumImportant Dates
Submission Opens
March 15
Registration Opens
May 1
Paper Submission Deadline
May 25Extended
was May 15
Notification
June 1
Program
Main Room
The program is subject to change. Please check back for updates.
Poster Sessions
Posters are presented during the coffee and lunch breaks. Find your board number below — search by title, board, or paper ID.
FakeInf: Selective Deep Neural Network Inference for Latency and Energy-Aware Model Serving Pipelines
Paper #76
A Power-Efficient Analog Hardware Type-2 Fuzzy Classifier Architecture for Parkinson's Disease
Paper #92
AI and ML Applications Traffic: Designing Challenges for Performance Optimization of Optical Data Center Networks
Paper #105
A Tunable Energy-Efficient DPI-Based Leaky Integrate-and-Fire Neuron for Neuromorphic Applications
Paper #115
An Energy-Efficient Analog Integrated Neural Network for Cirrhosis Patient Survival Prediction
Paper #197
LJ-Bench: Ontology-Based Benchmark for U.S. Crime
Paper #90
EmeraldMind: A Knowledge Graph-Augmented Framework for Greenwashing Detection
Paper #173
ChatR1: Reinforcement Learning for Conversational Reasoning and Retrieval Augmented Question Answering
Paper #11
GreekMMLU: A Native-Sourced Multitask Benchmark for Evaluating Language Models in Greek
Paper #19
Maistros: A Greek Large Language Model Adapted Through Knowledge Distillation From Large Reasoning Models
Paper #33
Loss-Based Active Learning for Neural Abstractive Summarization
Paper #42
Where does output diversity collapse in post-training?
Paper #43
The program is subject to change. Please check back for updates.
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Venue
The conference will be held at the modern and fully renovated conference centre of the Eugenides Foundation, located on Syggrou Avenue in the Palaio Faliro district of Athens. This venue offers state-of-the-art conference facilities, suited for both international and Greek scientific, technical and cultural events.
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Accommodation
We recommend booking your accommodation early as July is peak tourist season in Athens. Several excellent hotels are located within walking distance of the venue.
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If you have any questions about the event, registration, or need help planning your trip to Athens, don't hesitate to contact us.
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Bodossaki Foundation – Greeks in AI Visiting Fellowship
Supporting outstanding doctoral researchers to pursue high-impact AI research through international collaboration.
Program Overview
The Fellowship will support one (1) doctoral researcher based at a Greek university or research center who seeks to undertake a high-value research visit at a leading host institution abroad. The aim is to strengthen international collaboration, advance ambitious AI research, and create lasting links between the Greek research ecosystem and top global labs.
Fellowship at a Glance
Call opens 1 May. Application deadline: 26 June 2026.
PhD Symposium
A dedicated track within Greeks in AI 2026 that brings doctoral researchers face-to-face with senior scientists from academia, industry, and frontier research labs for guidance on research, career planning, and life beyond the PhD.
What to expect
- •A fast-paced lightning talk session to present your research ideas, challenges, and recent results.
- •One-on-one mentoring with pre-matched senior researchers, based on your research topic and career stage.
- •Open "office hours" for informal conversations and questions that don't fit a structured agenda.
Participation is included with Greeks in AI 2026 registration.
Neuroscience-Inspired AI (Νeuro AI)
An Evolving Reciprocal Synergy Advancing Science and Technology
A panel bringing together researchers from artificial intelligence, neuroscience, medicine, and computational neuroscience to explore Neuro-AI as a reciprocal synergy between natural and artificial intelligence — from continual learning and energy-efficient computation to ageing, creativity, and the nature of intelligence itself.
Panelists
- •Constantine Dovrolis
- •Leontios J. Hadjileontiadis
- •Maria Papadopouli
- •Alexandros Potamianos
- •Stelios Smirnakis
- •Nektarios Tavernarakis
July 15, 2026 · Eugenides Foundation, Athens, Greece · Organizer: Maria Papadopouli
Venue
The symposium will be held at the Eugenides Foundation’s modern Conference Centre, located on Syngrou Avenue in the Paleo Faliro district — just a few minutes from the heart of Athens. The venue offers first-class facilities for international scientific and technical conferences, housed in a landmark building complex with excellent accessibility by public transport and proximity to the city centre.
The venue benefits from more than 60 years of experience in hosting national and international conferences, with over 1,400 events and 470,000 participants over the past two decades.
The conference centre comprises multiple halls (ranging from small meeting rooms to an auditorium of up to ~520 seats) and exhibition foyers, all equipped with state-of-the-art audio-visual systems and dedicated technical support.
Accessibility is a key feature: the venue is fully accessible to people with mobility impairments and other disabilities.
How to get to the Venue
By Car
Located on 387 Syngrou Ave. On-site parking is limited. Nearby parking: Pentelis 25, Zisimopoulou 24 (REA Parking), Ellinidon 21. Disabled parking at 11 Pentelis St (call +30 210 9469600).
By Public Transport
Bus lines 550, B2 - Eugenides/Planetarium stop
Bus line A2 - Iasonos stop
Bus line 126 - connects with Syngrou-Fix Metro (Line 2)
Trolley line 10 - Chrisaki stop
From airport: Metro Line 3 or X95 bus to Syntagma, then Metro Line 2 to Syngrou-Fix + bus
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