Giorgos Tolias
associate professor - CTU in Prague / Fac. of Electrical Engineering / Dep. of Cybernetics
computer vision researcher - Visual Recognition Group
I am an associate professor at CTU in Prague and a researcher leading a team at the Visual Recognition Group (VRG).
I received my PhD in December 2013 from NTUA, Greece, under the supervision of Yannis Avrithis and Stefanos Kollias. From 2014 to 2015, I was a postdoctoral researcher at Inria Rennes, France, working with Hervé Jégou. In 2015, I moved to Prague for a postdoc at CTU with Ondřej Chum.
My team has been supported by a 5 years “Junior Star” starting grant (2021-2025) from the Czech science foundation (GACR), a Standard GACR grant (2026-2028), and two MSCA post-doctoral fellowships. My research focuses on computer vision, particularly on visual representation learning and crafting, vision-language models, as well as large-scale object retrieval and recognition, among other topics. I also care about the responsible use of AI and remain opposed to potential military and surveillance applications. Despite my work with digital images, my heart still belongs to analog photography and the darkroom, where I continue to enjoy working with film.
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| Feb 25, 2026 | three papers accepted at CVPR 2026 and one at the findings workshop. |
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| Feb 20, 2026 | two papers accepted at ICLR 2026. |
| Nov 10, 2025 | received a 3 year grant from the Czech Science Foundation (Standard GACR Grant) |
| Oct 20, 2025 | received a google grant (googler-initiated research gift) |
| Sep 01, 2025 | one paper accepted at ICCV 2025 as highlight. |
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