Nikolaos Mavridis

Nikolaos Mavridis (born April 28, 1973) is the founder and director of the Interactive Robots and Media Lab (IRML), and a PhD graduate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is also an assistant professor of research at the Computer Science department, New York University Polytechnic, and adjunct researcher at NCSR Demokritos. Before his PhD, he was awarded an M.Sc. from the University of California, Los Angeles, and an M.Eng. (summa cum laude) from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.

Furthermore, Mavridis is a member of the National Committee of the Recreate Greece liberal party, and as a parliamentary candidate finished second in the May 2012 National Election in the district of A' Athens.