Prof. John Kontos is a Research Scientist and Professor of Artificial intelligence and Computer Science at the Department of Sciences of Cognition and Thinking (SCT), University of Athens, Greece. John Kontos has a Ph.D. from Birmingham University in Computers. He has published over 100 papers, among other topics, in Natural Language Processing, Deductive Question Answering, Explanation Systems and Machine Learning. He has headed the design and construction of the first Greek digital general-purpose computer. He has served as Full Professor of AI at the Economic University of Athens and at the University of Athens. He is a co-author of the book, Artificial Intelligence Needles Conscious Eye.
