Institute of Computer Science (ICS) Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH)
Nikolaou Plastira 100, Vassilika Vouton GR-70013 Heraklion, Crete, Greece
Phone: +30 2810391672 FAX: +30 2810391428 E-mail: kmarias@ics.forth.gr
Professor Kostas Marias is a Professor of Medical Image Processing of the School of Engineering | Dean at the Hellenic Mediterranean University, Greece, and Head and Founder of the Computational Biomedicine Laboratory at FORTH-ICS.
Short CV
Dr. Kostas Marias, PhD is Professor of Medical Image Processing at the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Hellenic Mediterranean University (HMU), and Head of the Computational BioMedicine Laboratory (CBML) at the Institute of Computer Science, Foundation for Research & Technology – Hellas (FORTH-ICS). Since September 2025, he has been serving as the Dean of the School of Engineering at the Hellenic Mediterranean University. He received his PhD in Medical Image Analysis and Medical Physics from UCL (Royal Free & University College Medical School), in collaboration with the University of Oxford. He worked as a Research Assistant at Oxford (2000–2003) and later as an Associate Researcher at FORTH-ICS (2003–2006), before being appointed Principal Researcher in 2006. Prof. Marias has coordinated major EU projects in cancer modeling and personalized medicine (e.g., ContraCancrum, TUMOR) and has led or contributed to numerous international initiatives in medical imaging, biomedical informatics, and AI for healthcare. He is a senior member of IEEE EMBS, and has held organizational and program roles in major conferences including EMBC, BIBE, and IST. He has authored/co-authored more than 350 publications in journals, books, and conference proceedings, with contributions in medical image processing, image-based modeling, Radiomics, and deep learning in healthcare. He serves as Section Editor-in-Chief for Medical Imaging at the Journal of Imaging.
Dr. Kostas Marias, PhD is Professor of Medical Image Processing at the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Hellenic Mediterranean University (HMU), and Head of the Computational BioMedicine Laboratory (CBML) at the Institute of Computer Science, Foundation for Research & Technology – Hellas (FORTH-ICS). Since September 2025, he has been serving as the Dean of the School of Engineering at the Hellenic Mediterranean University.
He received his PhD in Medical Image Analysis and Medical Physics from UCL (Royal Free & University College Medical School), in collaboration with the University of Oxford. He worked as a Research Assistant at Oxford (2000–2003) and later as an Associate Researcher at FORTH-ICS (2003–2006), before being appointed Principal Researcher in 2006.
Prof. Marias has coordinated major EU projects in cancer modeling and personalized medicine (e.g., ContraCancrum, TUMOR) and has led or contributed to numerous international initiatives in medical imaging, biomedical informatics, and AI for healthcare. He is a senior member of IEEE EMBS, and has held organizational and program roles in major conferences including EMBC, BIBE, and IST.
He has authored/co-authored more than 350 publications in journals, books, and conference proceedings, with contributions in medical image processing, image-based modeling, Radiomics, and deep learning in healthcare. He serves as Section Editor-in-Chief for Medical Imaging at the Journal of Imaging.
His research interests are in the broader area of Personalised Medicine Informatics:
Medical Image Processing Virtual Physiological Human modelling Biomedical Informatics Computer Vision and Computer Aided Diagnosis
iManageCancer: (Principal Investigator) Empowering patients and strengthening self-management in cancer diseases, Horizon 2020, PHC-26-2014-643529, 2/2/2015 - 1/7/2018, € 4.856.174,00 SpeechXRays: Multi-channel biometrics combining acoustic and machine vision analysis of speech, lip movement and face, H2020-DS-2014-2015. No 653586, 1/5/2015-30/4/2018, € 4.102.467,00 CHIC: Computational Horizons in Cancer (CHIC): Developing Meta- and Hyper-Multiscale Models and Repositories for In Silico Oncology, (FP7 - STREP), € 10.582.000, 1/4/2013-31/3/2017 RASimAS: Regional Anaesthesia Simulator ans Assistant, FP7-ICT-2013-10-610425, € 4.552.127, 1/11/2013-31/10/2016 MyHealthAvatar: Demonstration of a 4D Digital Avatar Representation for Access to Long-Term Health Status Information, (FP7), € 2.446.998, 1/3/2013 - 29/2/2016 EURECA: Enabling Information re-Use by linking clinical REsearch and Care (FP7 ICT-2010.5.3). € 865.536,00, 2011-2015 p-Medicine: From data sharing and integration via VPH models to personalized medicine, FP7-GA 270089, € 1.242.435, 1/2/2011-31/1/2015 INTEGRATE: Driving Excellence in Integrative Cancer Research through Innovative Biomedical Infrastructures, FP7-GA 270253, € 818.300, 1/2/2011-31/1/2014 YP.ER.THE.N: Clinical Research Infrastructure and methodology for personalized tumor diagnosis and therapy (Interreg Greece-Cyprus 2007-2013). € 1.150.000, 1/6/2011-31/5/2013 TUMOUR: FP7-GA 247754, € 396.220, 1/4/2010-31/3/2013 (Project Coordinator) VPH Noe: Virtual Physiological Human Network of Excellence VPH NoE, € 806.877,77, 01/06/2008-30/11/2012 (third party through ECRIM) Contra Cancrum: Clinically Oriented Translational Cancer Multilevel Modelling, € 5.167.660, 01/08/2008-31/07/2011 (Project Coordinator) ACGT: Advancing Clinico-Genomic Clinical Trials on Cancer: Open Grid Services for Improving Medical Knowledge Discovery, € 17.685.539, 01/02/2006-31/01/2010
