Rate My Professor Michael Georgiopoulos

Michael Georgiopoulos serves as the Dean of the College of Engineering and Computer Science and a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Central Florida, positions he has held since 2013 and continuously since joining the university in 1986. He earned his Diploma in Electrical Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens in 1981, Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Connecticut in 1983, and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Connecticut in 1986. Starting as an Assistant Professor in the Electrical Engineering Department at UCF, he progressed to Associate Professor in 1992 and Professor in 1999, while serving in key administrative roles such as Interim Dean of the College (2012-2013), Interim Assistant Vice President of Research (2011-2012), Graduate Coordinator for Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering programs (1999-2009), and Director of the EXCEL program (2006-2012).

Georgiopoulos's research expertise lies in machine learning, with special emphasis on neural network algorithms and related applications, encompassing artificial neural networks, decision trees, kernel-based methods, evolutionary computation, pattern recognition, and data mining. He has produced over 285 publications, including the book Applications of Neural Networks in Electromagnetics (Artech House, 2001), 79 refereed journal articles such as "A fast outlier detection strategy for distributed high dimensional datasets with mixed attributes" (Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery, 2010) and "Pareto-Path Multi-Task Multiple Kernel Learning" (IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, 2015), 195 conference papers, and 11 book chapters. His scholarship has earned more than 5,500 citations and an h-index of 36 (as of 2017). Among his honors are Outstanding Researcher of the Year (1991, 1993), Engineer of the Year by IEEE Orlando Section (1992, 1994), multiple Teaching Incentive Productivity Awards, Research Incentive Award (2005), UCF Pegasus Award (2010), and induction into the University of Connecticut Academy of Engineering (2014). As Dean, he has overseen substantial growth, including increased enrollment, record degrees awarded, research funding rising from $22.89 million (FY13) to $54.4 million (FY22), and programs like EXCEL, which boosted STEM graduation rates by 50% and served over 5,000 students.