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Dr. Vangelis Metsis

  • Associate Professor - Computer Science
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Biography and education

Dr. Vangelis Metsis is an Associate Professor at the Department of Computer Science at Texas State University. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science in 2005, from the Department of Informatics of Athens University of Economics and Business in Greece, and his Doctoral degree in 2011 from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering of The University of Texas at Arlington. Dr. Metsis research interests span the areas of Machine Learning, Data Mining and Computer Vision with special focus on applications of Smart Health & Wellbeing, and Pervasive Computing. He has received federal support and has a strong publication record in related research areas, such as human activity and behavior analysis, human-computer interaction and motion tracking using sensors, sleep monitoring, and human biosignal analysis.

Teaching Interests

Research Interests

  • Metsis, Vangelis (Principal), Percent Contribution: %33, Castro-Arellano, Ivan (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %33, Veech, Joseph A (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %33. Research Enhancement Grant - BioStream: Developing infrastructure for AI-driven wildlife video monitoring, Texas State University, $16000. (Funded: February 2025 - May 2026). Grant.
  • Morley, Richard H (Principal), Smith, Kenneth Scott (Co-Principal), Metsis, Vangelis (Co-Principal), Trujillo, Logan Thomas (Co-Principal), Fulton, Cheryl Lisa (Co-Principal), Jantz, Paul B (Co-Principal), Bowman, Scott W (Co-Principal), Roche, Sean Patrick (Co-Principal). Exploring the intersection of mindfulness, stress, large-scale brain networks, bias, threat perception failure, and the decision to use deadly force using virtual reality, Texas State University, $16000. (Submitted: October 30, 2019, Funded: November 9, 2019 - Present). Grant.
  • Metsis, Vangelis (Principal), Percent Contribution: %33, Castro-Arellano, Ivan (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %33, Veech, Joseph A (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %33. BioStream: Developing Infrastructure for AI-Driven Wildlife Video Monitoring, TXST REP, Texas State University, $16000. (Funded: January 2025 - May 2026). Grant.
  • Metsis, Vangelis. Advancing AI Research in Time Series Data Analysis, NSF NAIRR, Federal, $28480. (Funded: November 2024 - November 2025). Grant.
  • Zhu, Jie (Principal), Shen, Xiaoxi (Co-Principal), Metsis, Vangelis (Co-Principal). One-carbon Metabolism Nutrients Intakes, Genetic Susceptibility, and Social Determinants in Association with Diabetes Incidence among the U.S. Hispanic Adults: HCHS/SOL, TXST CADS 2024 Catalyst Research Awards, Texas State Center for Analytics and Data Science, Texas State University, $1000. (Submitted: December 22, 2024, Funded: February 1, 2024 - December 31, 2024). Grant.
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  • Mauldin, T. R., Ngu, A. H. H., Metsis, V., & Canby, M. (2020). Ensemble Deep Learning on Wearables Using Small Datasets. ACM Transactions on Computing for HealthCare, 2. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1145/3428666
  • De, B. K., Sakevych, M., & Metsis, V. (2024). The Impact of Data Augmentation on Time Series Classification Models: An In-Depth Study with Biomedical Data. In International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Medicine. Retrieved from https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-66538-7_20
  • Katrompas, A., & Metsis, V. (2024). Many-to-Many Prediction for Effective Modeling of Frequent Label Transitions in Time Series. In Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments (pp. 265–272). https://doi.org/10.1145/3652037.3652049
  • Irani, H., & Metsis, V. (2024). Enhancing Time-Series Prediction with Temporal Context Modeling: A Bayesian and Deep Learning Synergy. In The 37th International FLAIRS Conference. https://doi.org/10.32473/flairs.37.1.135583
  • Li, X., Sakevych, M., Atkinson, G., & Metsis, V. (2024). Biodiffusion: A versatile diffusion model for biomedical signal synthesis. Bioengineering, 11(4). https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering11040299
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  • Award / Honor Nominee: Presidential Award in Teaching, Texas State University. 2022
  • Award / Honor Recipient: College of Science and Engineering Excellence in Teaching Award - Associate Professor, Texas State University - College of Science and Engineering (CoSE). 2022
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Alpha Chi Favorite Professor, Alpha Chi National Honor Society. November 20, 2020
  • Award / Honor Recipient: NSF Advancing Health Through Science Workshop - Aspiring PI Travel Award, National Science Foundation. January 6, 2020 - January 7, 2020
  • Award / Honor Recipient: College of Science and Engineering Excellence in Teaching Award - Assistant Professor, Texas State University - College of Science and Engineering (CoSE). 2019
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  1. Member

    Computing Alliance of Hispanic-Serving Institutions (CAHSI)

  2. Member

    Master's Program Committee

  3. Co-Chair

    Development of Masters in Artificial Intelligence Program

  4. Member

    Programming Contest Committee

  5. Member

    Faculty (TT) Search Committee

  6. Member

    PhD Program Committee

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