C. (Christos) Emmanouilidis, Dr

Associate Professor with Ius Promovendi

Faculty of Economics and Business

Telephone:

+31 50 36 37020

E-mail:

c.emmanouilidis rug.nl

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Research interests

Christos Emmanouilidis (PhD) carries over 20 years of experience from positions in Industry, Academia, Research, and Innovation supporting organisations. He has had multiple PI and Co-I roles for projects related to Industrial Informatics, Context-Aware Computing, AI & Cognitive Systems, Robotics & Automation, Data Analytics, Human in the Loop with Linked Data and Knowledge, as well as Cyber-Physical Systems and Internet of Things Technologies to serve industrial applications needs, resulting in over 100 publications in refereed journals and proceedings. His teaching portfolio includes Internet of Things, Data Analytics and AI, Information Systems/Management, and Asset Management. After serving as Senior Lecturer on Internet of Things and Data Analytics at Cranfield University in the UK, he has joined the University of Groningen as Associate Professor. He is a Senior IEEE Member, a Founding Fellow of the International Society of Engineering Asset Management (ISEAM), a member of IFIP WG5.7 ‘Advances in Production Management Systems’, and a member of the CEN TC319 and ISO 251 standardisation committees on Maintenance and Asset Management. He is the Chair of the IFAC TC5.1 WG A-MEST on Advanced Maintenance Engineering Services and Technologies and scientific Vice Chair of IFAC TC5.1 on Manufacturing Plant Control. He has had past appointments in Industry (Zenon SA Robotics & Automation Technologies), and Public Research Organisations (ATHENA Research & Innovation Centre). He has acted as Research & Innovation expert (FP5-FP6-FP7-H2020-Horizon Europe) and has served as Innovation expert for Regional Government and the EC/JRC regarding the introduction of innovative ICT solutions in support of Smart Specialisation Strategies (RIS3) and Industrial Transition.

Publications

An Agent Model Abstraction for Human-AI Teaming Cognitive Coupling

Kottagaha Walawwe Mudiyanselage, K., Bokhorst, J. A. C., Gaffinet, B. & Emmanouilidis, C., 3-Sept-2026, (Submitted) arXiv, 7 p.

Research output: Working paper › Preprint › Academic

Anomaly Detection in Wind Turbines Using Variational Autoencoders and Isolation Forest

Gil de Avalle Bellido, G. & Emmanouilidis, C., 2026, Advances in Production Management Systems. Cyber-Physical-Human Production Systems: Human-AI Collaboration and Beyond : 44th IFIP WG 5.7 International Conference, APMS 2025, Kamakura, Japan, August 31 - September 4, 2025, Proceedings, Part II. Mizuyama, H., Morinaga, E., Nonaka, T., Kaihara, T., von Cieminski, G. & Romero, D. (eds.). Springer, p. 518-532 15 p. (IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology ; vol. 765).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review

A Unified Ontology Framework for Human-Centered Digital Twins

Kottagaha Walawwe Mudiyanselage, K., Karapanagiotis, P., Bokhorst, J. A. C. & Emmanouilidis, C., Feb-2026, Innovative Intelligent Industrial Production and Logistics: 6th IFAC/INSTICC International Conference, IN4PL 2025, Marbella, Spain, October 23–24, 2025, Proceedings, Part II. Barata, J., Madani, K. & Panetto, H. (eds.). Springer International Publishing, Cham, Switzerland, p. 135-151 17 p. (Communications in Computer and Information Science (CCIS); vol. 2826).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review

DiagFlowBench: Evaluating How Language Models Handle Off-Procedure Inputs in Grounded Diagnostic Dialogue

Gil de Avalle Bellido, G., Maruster, L., Raza, S. & Emmanouilidis, C., 16-Jun-2026, (Submitted) arXiv, 18 p.

Research output: Working paper › Preprint › Academic

Empowering the Operator 5.0: LLM-Augmented Task-to-Skills Mapping for Human-Centric Workforce Assignment in SMEs

Cutrona, V., Montini, E., Emmanouilidis, C. & Bettoni, A., 30-Sept-2026, (E-pub ahead of print) Advances in Production Management Systems: Shaping the Future of Industry Through Sustainable, Data-Driven, and Human-Centric Production Systems. Pezzotta, G., Gaiardelli, P., Cimini, C., Sala, R., Romero, D. & Baalsrud-Hauge, J. (eds.). Springer, p. 294-308 15 p. (IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Academic › peer-review

Evaluating and Regulating Agentic AI: A Study of Benchmarks, Metrics, and Regulation

Farooq, A., Raza, S., Karim, N., Iqbal, H., Vasilakos, A. V. & Emmanouilidis, C., Dec-2026, In: Information Fusion. 136, 33 p., 104444.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

FlowExtract: Procedural Knowledge Extraction from Maintenance Flowcharts

Gil de Avalle Bellido, G., Maruster, L., Sloot, E. & Emmanouilidis, C., 8-Apr-2026, (Submitted) arXiv, 15 p.

Research output: Working paper › Preprint › Academic

FlowExtract: Procedural Knowledge Extraction from Maintenance Flowcharts

Gil de Avalle Bellido, G., Maruster, L., Sloot, E. & Emmanouilidis, C., 21-Sept-2026, Advances in Production Management Systems: Shaping the Future of Industry Through Sustainable, Data-Driven, and Human-Centric Production Systems. Pezzotta, G., Gaiardelli, P., Cimini, C., Sala, R., Romero, D. & Baalsrud-Hauge, J. (eds.). Springer Nature, p. 354–369 16 p. (IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology; vol. 808).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review

Generative Deepfake Videos in the Foundation-Model Era: A Timeline of Eroding Trust in Visual Evidence

Raza, S., Ho, J., Raza, M. & Emmanouilidis, C., 15-Jun-2026, MAD '26: Proceedings of the 5th ACM International Workshop on Multimedia AI against Disinformation. Stanciu, D.-C., Ionescu, B., Papadopoulos, S., Kordopatis-Zilos, G., Popescu, A., Caldelli, R., Gerhardt, M. & Schmitt, V. (eds.). ACM Press Digital Library, p. 3-12

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review