Biography
Dr. Elena Politi is a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Informatics and Telematics at Harokopio University of Athens. She earned her Ph.D. in 2025 with a dissertation entitled “AI-Enabled Management of Next-Generation Autonomous Transport Systems.” She also holds a B.Sc. in Physics from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and an M.Sc. in Telecommunication Networks and Telematic Services from Harokopio University, graduating with distinction and receiving an excellence award. Her research focuses on next-generation IoT and Edge-Computing applications, Intelligent Transportation Systems, and AI-enabled optimization algorithms for Autonomous Vehicles. She teaches undergraduate and postgraduate courses on Wireless and Mobile Network Technologies, and Telematics Applications in Transportation and Health. Since 2018, she has been actively engaged in proposal writing and has served as a project manager in numerous EU-Funded projects, including Horizon Europe, covering a wide range of sectors such as Transport and Mobility, Manufacturing, Health, Agriculture, and Energy.
Publications
Politi, E., Davalas, C., Chronis, C., Dimitrakopoulos, G., Michail, D., & Varlamis, I. (2025). Real-Time Quality Monitoring and Anomaly Detection for Vision Sensors in Connected and Autonomous Vehicles. IEEE Access.
A. Stefanidou, E. Politi and G. Dimitrakopoulos, "Foundation Models in Autonomous Driving: A Review of Current Tasks and Applications," in IEEE Open Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems, doi: 10.1109/OJITS.2025.3633871.
Georgiadis, D., Politi, E., Solmaz, S., Dimitrakopoulos G et al. A review of localization and sensing technologies for UAV swarms in SAR missions. EURASIP J. Adv. Signal Process. (2025). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13634-025-01269
