2026 Ioannis Pratikakis: Computer Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Computer Science	49	5877	5710	33	33	185	9821

Overview

Ioannis Pratikakis is affiliated with Democritus University of Thrace in Greece, specializing in research fields spanning computer science and engineering. Their scholarly contributions mainly focus on computer vision and pattern recognition, artificial intelligence, aerospace engineering, computational mechanics, and automotive engineering.

Their research encompasses several main topics, including:

Image Processing and 3D Reconstruction
Handwritten Text Recognition Techniques
Advanced Neural Network Applications
Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization
3D Shape Modeling and Analysis
Autonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety
Advanced Image and Video Retrieval Techniques

Pratikakis has published extensively in various scientific venues. Frequent publication sources include:

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Computers & Graphics
Journal of Imaging
IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles
Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Representative recent papers illustrate the breadth and focus of their work:

"A comprehensive survey of LIDAR-based 3D object detection methods with deep learning for autonomous driving," 2021, Computers & Graphics
"Integrating segmentation information into CNN for breast cancer diagnosis of mammographic masses," 2021, Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine
"A Survey on Map-Based Localization Techniques for Autonomous Vehicles," 2022, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles
"Real-Time Semantic Image Segmentation with Deep Learning for Autonomous Driving: A Survey," 2021, Applied Sciences
"Improving performance of deep learning models for 3D point cloud semantic segmentation via attention mechanisms," 2022, Computers & Graphics

Their research collaborations have involved multiple coauthors with frequent partnerships including Lazaros Tsochatzidis, Symeon Symeonidis, Aleksandros Papazoglou, Angelos Amanatiadis, and Γεώργιος Ζαμανάκος.

Best Publications

Adaptive degraded document image binarization

B. Gatos;I. Pratikakis;S. J. Perantonis

813
Citations
ICDAR 2009 Document Image Binarization Contest (DIBCO 2009)

Basilis Gatos;Konstantinos Ntirogiannis;Ioannis Pratikakis

451
Citations
ICDAR 2013 Document Image Binarization Contest (DIBCO 2013)

Ioannis Pratikakis;Basilis Gatos;Konstantinos Ntirogiannis

396
Citations
ICDAR 2011 Document Image Binarization Contest (DIBCO 2011)

Ioannis Pratikakis;Basilis Gatos;Konstantinos Ntirogiannis

391
Citations
Text line and word segmentation of handwritten documents

G. Louloudis;B. Gatos;I. Pratikakis;C. Halatsis

306
Citations
H-DIBCO 2010 - Handwritten Document Image Binarization Competition

Ioannis Pratikakis;Basilis Gatos;Konstantinos Ntirogiannis

291
Citations
PANORAMA: A 3D Shape Descriptor Based on Panoramic Views for Unsupervised 3D Object Retrieval

Panagiotis Papadakis;Ioannis Pratikakis;Theoharis Theoharis;Stavros Perantonis

263
Citations
Efficient 3D shape matching and retrieval using a concrete radialized spherical projection representation

Panagiotis Papadakis;Ioannis Pratikakis;Stavros Perantonis;Theoharis Theoharis

257
Citations
3D Mesh Segmentation Methodologies for CAD applications

Alexander Agathos;Ioannis Pratikakis;Stavros Perantonis;Nikolaos Sapidis

229
Citations
ICFHR 2012 Competition on Handwritten Document Image Binarization (H-DIBCO 2012)

Ioannis Pratikakis;Konstantinos Zagori;Panagiotis Kaddas;Basilis Gatos

218
Citations
Performance Evaluation Methodology for Historical Document Image Binarization

K. Ntirogiannis;B. Gatos;I. Pratikakis

212
Citations
An Adaptive Binarization Technique for Low Quality Historical Documents

Basilios Gatos;Ioannis Pratikakis;Stavros J. Perantonis

211
Citations
Deep Learning for Breast Cancer Diagnosis from Mammograms-A Comparative Study.

Lazaros T. Tsochatzidis;Lena Costaridou;Ioannis Pratikakis

198
Citations
ICFHR2016 Handwritten Document Image Binarization Contest (H-DIBCO 2016)

Ioannis Pratikakis;Konstantinos Zagoris;George Barlas;Basilis Gatos

184
Citations
Text line detection in handwritten documents

G. Louloudis;B. Gatos;I. Pratikakis;C. Halatsis

181
Citations
ICDAR 2019 Competition on Document Image Binarization (DIBCO 2019)

Ioannis Pratikakis;Konstantinos Zagoris;Xenofon Karagiannis;Lazaros Tsochatzidis

172
Citations
A combined approach for the binarization of handwritten document images

K. Ntirogiannis;B. Gatos;I. Pratikakis

164
Citations
Automatic table detection in document images

Basilios Gatos;Dimitrios Danatsas;Ioannis Pratikakis;Stavros J. Perantonis

164
Citations
Keyword-guided word spotting in historical printed documents using synthetic data and user feedback

T. Konidaris;B. Gatos;K. Ntzios;I. Pratikakis

161
Citations
A comprehensive survey of LIDAR-based 3D object detection methods with deep learning for autonomous driving

Georgios Zamanakos;Lazaros T. Tsochatzidis;Angelos Amanatiadis;Ioannis Pratikakis

160
Citations
Segmentation-free Word Spotting in Historical Printed Documents

Basilis Gatos;Ioannis Pratikakis

144
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Theoharis Theoharis Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Stavros J. Perantonis Demokritos National Centre for Scientific Research

Basilis Gatos National Centre of Scientific Research Demokritos

Remco C. Veltkamp Utrecht University

Tobias Schreck Graz University of Technology

Michela Spagnuolo National Research Council (CNR)

Georgios Paliouras National Centre of Scientific Research Demokritos

Enrique Vidal Universitat Politècnica de València

Umberto Castellani University of Verona

Maks Ovsjanikov École Polytechnique

External Links

Personal website of Ioannis Pratikakis Google Scholar page

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