Georgios Kiritsis

Second Lieutenant · Computer Science Officer & Researcher

Hellenic National Meteorological Service (EMY) · EUMETSAT

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News

Jul 2026

New Joined the Hellenic National Meteorological Service (EMY) as Computer Science Officer.

Jul 2026

New Graduated from the Hellenic Airforce Academy

Jun 2026

Defended my diploma thesis Ikaros & Skyris at the Hellenic Air Force Academy (grade 100/100), receiving the Best Thesis of Class 2026 distinction.

I am a Computer Science Officer at the Hellenic National Meteorological Service (EMY), where I work on machine learning and big-data analysis on operational meteorological and satellite data, in collaboration with the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT).

I obtained my BSc in Computer Science from the Hellenic Air Force Academy in 2026, graduating top of my class with the Best Thesis of Class 2026 distinction (100/100). My undergraduate research at the 360 Training Squadron produced an operationally deployed end-to-end flight-data acquisition and debriefing platform, comprising a custom STM32-based flight-data computer(Ikaros), a C++/OpenGL 3D replay and visualization engine (Skyris), and a phase-aware Isolation Forest pipeline for automated anomaly detection and flight grading.

My work sits at the intersection of software engineering, computer graphics, embedded systems, operating systems, aerospace machine learning, and real-time analytics for pilot training.

Research Interests

Phase-conditional unsupervised anomaly detection on non-stationary time series
Synthetic-to-real transfer for aerospace machine learning
Embedded machine learning on cockpit-class hardware (ARM Cortex-M, sub-MB memory)
Data-driven post-flight analytics for pilot training and aviation safety
Reproducible benchmarks and tooling for aerospace ML
Multi-modal sensor fusion for pilot and aircraft state estimation
3D Graphics Engine Development
Meteorological and satellite data analytics

Publications

Peer-reviewed

The Use of Artificial Intelligence in Military Simulation Training: Techniques, Applications, and Future Directions In Press

Kiritsis, G. & Karampelas, P.

In Advances in Defense Technology and Simulation Systems, Chapter 7. Springer, 2026.

Under Review & In Preparation

From Generic Simulator to Mission Debriefing: A 3D Visualization Engine for Drone SAR Training Analysis Under Review

Kiritsis, G., Vakrakos, F., Lappas, D., Pappas, G. & Karampelas, P.

IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications.

Skyris: A Deterministic-Replay Engine for Real-Time Aircraft Flight-Training Debriefing In Preparation

Kiritsis, G. & Karampelas, P.

Target: IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics.

Drone Pilot Self-Training, Debriefing, and Assessment: Bridging Training Gaps Through an Aviation-Inspired Framework In Preparation

Kiritsis, G., Lappas, D., Pappas, G. & Karampelas, P.

FLARES: A Synthetic-to-Real Validated Benchmark for Anomaly Detection in General-Aviation Flight Training In Preparation

Kiritsis, G. & Karampelas, P.

Selected Projects

Skyris Engine

C++20 OpenGL ECS Real-time ML

Custom C++20/OpenGL 3D engine for flight replay and debriefing analytics. EnTT ECS architecture, physically based rendering, quadtree LOD terrain from NASA SRTM, OpenStreetMap layer, Jolt physics, deterministic replay with LERP/SLERP interpolation, phase-aware Isolation Forest anomaly detection. Deployed operationally at the 360 Training Squadron of the Hellenic Air Force Academy.

GitHub (coming soon)

Ikaros Flight Computer

STM32 Embedded C PCB Design Sensor Fusion

Custom flight-data recorder for the Tecnam P2002-JF trainer aircraft. STM32F405 ARM Cortex-M4, BMI088 IMU, LIS2MDL magnetometer, BMP280 barometer, NEO-6M GPS, microSD logging over SPI/I2C. Bare-metal embedded C firmware with Mahony AHRS attitude estimation, per-channel Kalman filtering, FatFs-based persistent CSV logging at 100 Hz.

GitHub (coming soon)

FLARES — Flight Logs for Anomaly Research and Evaluation Suite

Python JSBSim Benchmark Open-source

Open-source synthetic-to-real benchmark for anomaly detection in general-aviation pilot training. JSBSim-based 6-DOF flight dynamics with five physically-grounded anomaly categories across three severity tiers. Synthetic-to-real validation against the NGAFID-MC real Cessna 172 dataset (28,935 flights, 31,177 hours).

GitHub (coming soon)

Talks & Presentations

Ikaros & Skyris: An Integrated Flight Data Recorder and 3D Replay Engine with Phase-Aware Anomaly Detection

Diploma Thesis Defense, Hellenic Air Force Academy

Dekeleia, Greece · June 2026

Skyris in a Weather-Affected SAR Scenario: A Case Study

UAS seminar, Hellenic Air Force Academy

Dekeleia, Greece · April 2026

Education

BSc in Computer Science

Hellenic Air Force Academy · Sep 2022 – Jul 2026

GPA: 8.978 / 10.0 · Thesis: 100/100 · Best Thesis of Class 2026

Prior studies in Computer Science

Athens University of Economics and Business · 2021 – 2022

Awards & Honors

Best Thesis of Class 2026

Department of Computer Science, Hellenic Air Force Academy. One award per graduating cohort.

Perfect Thesis Grade (100/100)

Examination committee award for the Ikaros & Skyris diploma thesis project.

Certificate of Proficiency in English with Honors (ECPE)

University of Michigan · C2 level.

Top of Class Standing

Final undergraduate GPA 8.978 / 10.0 (approximately 4.0 / 4.0 WES equivalent).

Panhellenic University Entrance Examinations (2021)

Scored 18,600–18,800 / 20,000 depending on coefficient weighting; top 0.7% of approximately 75,000 national candidates in Greece's nationwide standardised university admissions examination.