Professor Christos Tachtatzis
Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Personal statement
I am a Professor in Applied Artificial Intelligence in the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering. I re-joined the University of Strathclyde in 2011 and in 2016 I was awarded a prestigious Chancellor’s Fellow award. I became a Senior Lecturer in 2018, a Reader in 2021, and a Professor in 2024. My current activities focus on applied Artificial Intelligence and industrial informatics, with particular emphasis on:
- Computer Vision for Image and Video
- Multimodal Learning
- Domain adaptation
- Causality and explainability
My research interests are interdisciplinary, spanning across various application domains and industrial sectors, including:
- Sustainable Agri-food Systems (Livestock and Arable)
- Digital Health
- Advanced Manufacturing
- Cybersecurity
I am the Theme Lead for the Measurement, Digital and Enabling Technologies (MDET) Strategic Theme, Co-Director of the Laboratory for Innovation in Autism, Strathclyde lead for the UKRI AI Centre for Doctoral Training in Sustainable Understandable agri-food Systems Transformed by Artificial INtelligence (SUSTAIN), and a member of the HeatlhTech Cluster management team. Additionally, I serve on the Innovation Advisory Board in The Data Lab Innovation Centre, advising on innovation and collaborative projects. I am also a member of the Specialist Advisory Group on applications of Artificial Intelligence for Environment, Natural Resources & Agriculture Policy advising Scottish Government on the use, future opportunities, risks and regulatory aspects of AI. I am a strong advocate for interdisciplinary research and I am involved in multiple projects funded by UKRI, InnovateUK and H2020.
Area of Expertise
- Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence
- Computer Vision
- Video Analytics
- Edge and Cloud Computing Analytics
Prize And Awards
- Innovate UK KTP Engineering Excellence Award 2021
- Recipient
- 23/9/2021
- Strategic Themes Research and Knowledge Exchange Impact Prize: Centre for Intelligent Dynamic Communications (CIDCOM) Team
- Recipient
- 25/8/2025
- Scottish Knowledge Exchange Awards: Winner of the Place-based Impact
- Recipient
- 14/2/2025
- Finalist in Herald Higher Education Awards - Outstanding Business Engagement in Universities
- Recipient
- 31/5/2022
- Strathclyde Team Medal for Innovation in Autism
- Recipient
- 28/9/2018
- SIN 2014 - Best Paper Award
- Recipient
- 11/9/2014
Qualifications
- Member of the IET
- Senior Member IEEE
- Fellow of the Higher Education
Publications
- Deep internal learning for inpainting of cloud-affected regions in satellite imagery
- Czerkawski Mikolaj, Upadhyay Priti, Davison Christopher, Werkmeister Astrid, Cardona Javier, Atkinson Robert, Michie Craig, Andonovic Ivan, Macdonald Malcolm, Tachtatzis Christos
- Remote Sensing Vol 14 (2022)
- https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14061342
- Contrastive self-supervised network intrusion detection using augmented negative pairs
- Wilkie Jack, Hindy Hanan, Tachtatzis Christos, Atkinson Robert
- 2025 IEEE International Conference on Cyber Security and Resilience (CSR) The IEEE International Conference on Cyber Security and Resilience, pp. 206-213 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1109/CSR64739.2025.11129979
- Signal-based malware classification using 1D CNNs
- Wilkie Jack, Hindy Hanan, Andonovic Ivan, Tachtatzis Christos, Atkinson Robert
- Cybersecurity (2025)
- High-resolution urban emission mapping : sensor-driven CO2 inverse modeling in Glasgow
- Kodoli Sandeep, Michie Craig, Davison Christopher, Tachtatzis Christos, Asimow Naomi, Cohen Ronald
- European Geosciences Union General Assembly (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu25-9568
- Data-driven innovation informing animal health policy and practice
- Tachtatzis Christos
- EPIC Conference 2025 (2025)
- A CTGAN-based approach for synthetic data generation of low-voltage distribution networks
- Li Minzhen, Chiu Wei-Yu, Stephen Bruce, Tachtatzis Christos, Hua Weiqi
- 2025 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM) 2025 IEEE PES General Meeting IEEE General Meeting Power& Energy Society (2025)
Teaching
Currently teaching two classes:
- EE992 - Neural Networks and Deep Learning
- EE273, EE985 - Engineering Design For Software Development 2: Object oriented programming using C++
Modules taught in the past:
- EE579 Advanced Microcontroller Applications - fifth year microcontrollers class using MSP430 in Assembly and C.
- EE987 - Sensor technologies
- DM996 - Intelligent Sensing, Reasoning And Deep Learning
Research Interests
Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence:
- Deep Learning Video and Image Analytics (Multi-view Multi-object Detection and Tracking, Image reconstruction, Image Inpainting and Synthesis)
- Time Series Classification, forecasting and generation/imputation
- Anomaly Detection and Event Classification
- Remote Sensing and Earth Observation
- Spectral analysis and Hyperspectral Imaging
Professional Activities
- A Tool for Calculating the Optimal Configuration of a Fleet of Turbo Compressors Using Power Simulation Models.
- Contributor
- 10/9/2025
- Automated Monitoring of Dairy Cow Behaviour and Feed Competition Using Computer Vision
- Contributor
- 28/8/2025
- Seeing Double: Dual Camera 3D Localisation and Tracking of Dairy Cattle Using Monocular Depth Estimation
- Contributor
- 25/8/2025
- Artificial Intelligence 4 Animal Science
- Contributor
- 9/6/2025
- GEMINOA Project - Impact & Insights Workshop
- Participant
- 25/4/2025
- AI for Remote and Ambient Sensing through Computer Vision and 3D Tracking in Dairy Cattle
- Invited speaker
- 24/3/2025
Projects
- SSEN Data to Insights (D2I) - SIF Alpha
- Stephen, Bruce (Principal Investigator) Bhagavathy, Priya (Co-investigator) Tachtatzis, Christos (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2025 - 28-Jan-2026
- Deep Learning for Woodland Soil Biodiversity Identification and Monitoring (REA 3221)
- Tachtatzis, Christos (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 30-Jan-2027
- The temporal architecture of imitative interaction during the first three months of life
- Delafield-Butt, Jonathan (Principal Investigator) Tachtatzis, Christos (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 28-Jan-2027
- NeRDA Options Appraisal
- Stephen, Bruce (Principal Investigator) Bhagavathy, Priya (Co-investigator) Tachtatzis, Christos (Co-investigator)
- 03-Jan-2024 - 03-Jan-2024
- Federated Learning Optimised for Remote Assessment of Species in Arable and Grassland Ecosystems (FLORA-SAGE)
- Tachtatzis, Christos (Principal Investigator) Andonovic, Ivan (Co-investigator) Michie, Craig (Co-investigator)
- 02-Jan-2024 - 28-Jan-2027
- UKRI AI Centre for Doctoral Training in Sustainable Understandable agri-food Systems Transformed by Artificial
- Tachtatzis, Christos (Principal Investigator) Michie, Craig (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 30-Jan-2032
Contact
Professor
Christos
Tachtatzis
Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Email: christos.tachtatzis@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 2625