Ioannis Athanasiadis
            
            
                Professor and Chair of Artificial Intelligence
                Wageningen University & Research
            
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    2025
    -   V. Nedungadi,  M. A. Munir,  M. Russwurm,  R. Sarafian,  I. N. Athanasiadis,  Y. Rudich,  F. Khan,  S. Khan, AirCast: Improving air pollution forecasting through multi-variable data alignment, ICML 2025 Workshop TerraBytes - Towards global datasets and models for Earth Observation, vol. abs/2502.17919, 2025 
  
	 
	
 	
    
    
    -   Z. Zhao,  W. D. Kissling,  G. M. Hengeveld,  I. Athanasiadis,  K. Soetaert,  A. Hof, A virtual lab maturity model for guiding the co-development of advanced virtual research environments, 2025 IEEE International Conference on Service-Oriented System Engineering (SOSE), pg. 20-26, 2025, IEEE 
  
	 
	
 	
    
    
    -   V. Nedungadi,  X. Xiong,  A. Potze,  R. Van Bree,  T. Lin,  M. Rußwurm,  I. N. Athanasiadis, From general to specialized: The need for foundational models in agriculture, ICCV 2025 Workshop on Sustainability with Earth Observation and AI, 2025 
  
	 
	
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
    
    -   D. Paudel,  M. Kallenberg,  S. Ofori-Ampofo,  H. Baja,  R. van Bree,  A. Potze,  P. Poudel,  A. Saleh,  W. Anderson,  M. von Bloh,  A. Castellano,  O. Ennaji,  R. Hamed,  R. Laudien,  D. Lee,  I. Luna,  M. Meroni,  J. M. Mutuku,  S. Mkuhlani,  J. Richetti,  A. C. Ruane,  R. Sahajpal,  G. Shai,  V. Sitokonstantinou,  R. de Souza Nóia Júnior,  A. K. Srivastava,  R. Strong,  L.-B. Sweet,  P. Vojnovic,  I. N. Athanasiadis, CY-Bench: A comprehensive benchmark dataset for sub-national crop yield forecasting, 2025 
  
  
   
	 
	
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
    
    -   J. Bonenkamp,  R. Biesbroek,  I. N. Athanasiadis, Transforming adaptation tracking: benchmarking Transformer-based NLP approaches to retrieve adaptation-relevant information from climate policy text, Proceedings of the 2nd Workshop on Natural Language Processing Meets Climate Change (ClimateNLP 2025), pg. 266-277, 2025, Association for Computational Linguistics   
	
 
	
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
    2023
    -   I. Tsoumas,  V. Sitokonstantinou,  G. Giannarakis,  E. Lampiri,  C. Athanassiou,  G. Camps-Valls,  C. Kontoes,  I. Athanasiadis, Causality and Explainability for Trustworthy Integrated Pest Management, NeurIPS 2023 Workshop on Tackling Climate Change with Machine Learning, 2023 
   
	 
	
 	
    
    
    -   O.G. Younis,  L. Corinzia,  I. N. Athanasiadis,  A. Krause,  J. M. Buhmann,  M. Turchetta, Breeding Programs Optimization with Reinforcement Learning, NeurIPS 2023 Workshop on Tackling Climate Change with Machine Learning, 2023 
  
   
	 
	
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
    
    -   M.G.J. Kallenberg,  B. Maestrini,  R. van Bree,  P. Ravensbergen,  C. Pylianidis,  F. van Evert,  I.N. Athanasiadis, Integrating processed-based models and machine learning for crop yield prediction, ICML Workshop on the Synergy of Scientific and Machine Learning Modelling, 2023 
   
	 
	
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
    
    -   J. Han,  L. Shi,  C. Pylianidis,  Q. Yang,  I.N. Athanasiadis, DeepOryza: A Knowledge guided machine learning model for rice growth simulation, 2nd AAAI Workshop on AI for Agriculture and Food Systems (AIAFS), 2023 
   
	 
	
 	
    
 	
    
    2022
    -   M. Turchetta,  L. Corinzia,  S. Sussex,  A. Burton,  J. Herrera,  I. N. Athanasiadis,  J. M. Buhmann,  A. Krause, Learning long-term crop management strategies with CyclesGym, Thirty-sixth Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems Datasets and Benchmarks Track, 2022 
  
   
	 
	
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
    
    -   D.R. Paudel,  D. Marcos,  A. de Wit,  H. Boogaard,  I. N. Athanasiadis, A weakly supervised framework for high-resolution crop yield forecasts, Computing Research Repository, AI for Earth Sciences Workshop at 10th Int'l Conf Learning Representations (ICLR 2022), 2022 
   
	 
	
 	
    
    
    -   C. Pylianidis,  I. N. Athanasiadis, Learning latent representations for operational nitrogen response rate prediction, Computing Research Repository, AI for Earth Sciences Workshop at 10th Int'l Conf Learning Representations (ICLR 2022), 2022 
   
	 
	
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
    2021
    -   P. Matavulj,  S. Brdar,  M. Rackovic,  B. Sikoparija,  I. N. Athanasiadis, Domain adaptation with unlabeled data for model transferability between airborne particle identifiers, 17th International Conference on Machine Learning and Data Mining (MLDM 2021), pg. 147-158, 2021 
   
	 
	
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
    
    -   H. Overweg,  H. N. C. Berghuijs,  I. N. Athanasiadis, CropGym: a Reinforcement Learning Environment for Crop Management, Computing Research Repository, AIMOCC 2021 Workshop at 9th Int'l Conf Learning Representations (ICLR 2021), 2021 
  
   
	 
	
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
    2019
    -   D. Schokker,  I.N. Athanasiadis,  B. Visser,  R.F. Veerkamp,  C. Kamphuis, Using a data lake stack in Animal Sciences, Proceedings of the 9th European Conference on Precision Livestock Farming, pg. 140-144, 2019   
	
 
	
 	
    
    
    -   D. Jensen,  M. van der Voort,  C. Kamphuis,  I. N. Athanasiadis,  A. de Vries,  H. Hogeveen, Comparison of data driven mastitis detection methods, Proceedings of the 9th European Conference on Precision Livestock Farming, pg. 626-632, 2019   
	
 
	
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
    2017
    -   E. Papoutsoglou,  R. Kaliyaperumal,  T. van Hintum,  R. G. Visser,  I. N. Athanasiadis,  R. Finkers, Toward better data sharing methods for genebanks, Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on Semantics for Biodiversity co-located with 16th International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC 2017), CEUR, vol. 1933, 2017   
	
 
	
 	
    
    
    -   J. Maselyne,  K. Mertens,  A. V. Nuffel,  H. Scholten,  I. N. Athanasiadis,  M. Larrañaga,  I. Fernández, IoF2020 - the Internet of Meat: towards applications of Internet of Things in the meat supply chain, 8th European Conference on Precision Livestock Farming, 2017   
	
 
	
 	
    
 	
    
    2016
    -   C. A. Salma,  B. Tekinerdogan,  I. N. Athanasiadis, Feature Driven Survey of Big Data Systems, Proceedings of the International Conference on Internet of Things and Big Data, pg. 348-355, 2016 
  
	 
	
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
    2015
    -   E. Papoutsoglou,  A. Samourkasidis,  M.-Y. Tsai,  M. Davey,  A. Ineichen,  M. Eeftens,  I. N. Athanasiadis, Towards an air pollution health study data management system - A case study from a smoky Swiss railway, Building the knowledge base for environmental action and sustainability, Adjunct Proceedings of the 29th EnviroInfo and 3rd ICT4S Conference, vol. 2, pg. 65-74, 2015, University of Copenhagen   
	
 
	
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
    2014
    -   A. Samourkasidis,  I. N. Athanasiadis, Towards a low-cost, full-service air quality data archival system, 7th Intl. Congress on Env. Modelling and Software, pg. 1192-1199, 2014, International Environmental Modelling and Software Society (iEMSs)   
	
 
	
 	
    
    
    -   R. Denzer,  P. Fitch,  I. N. Athanasiadis,  D. P. Ames, Parallel Simulation of Environmental Phenomena, 7th Intl. Congress on Env. Modelling and Software, pg. 347-353, 2014, International Environmental Modelling and Software Society (iEMSs)   
	
 
	
 	
    
    
    -   D. Anastasiadou,  K. Koulinas,  F. Kiourtsis,  I. N. Athanasiadis, Complementary software solutions for efficient timber logging and trade management, Proc. 28th Int'l Conf. Informatics for Environmental Protection (Enviroinfo 2014), pg. 783-788, 2014, Univ of Oldenburg BIS Verlag   
	
 
	
 	
    
    
    -   I. N. Athanasiadis,  F. Villa,  G. Examiliotou,  Y. Iliopoulos,  Y. Mertzanis, Towards a semantic framework for wildlife modeling, Proc. 28th Int'l Conf. Informatics for Environmental Protection (Enviroinfo 2014), pg. 287-292, 2014, Univ of Oldenburg BIS Verlag   
	
 
	
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
    2012
    -   S. Janssen,  D. van Kraalingen,  H. Boogaard,  A. de Wit,  J. Franke,  C. Porter,  I. N. Athanasiadis, A generic data schema for crop experiment data in food security research, 2012 International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software, 2012, International Environmental Modelling and Software Society (iEMSs)   
	
 
	
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
    2011
    -   C. Porter,  S. Janssen,  I. N. Athanasiadis, Software challenges for the Agricultural Model Intercomparison Project, 3rd International Workshop on Software Research and Climate Change at 25th European Conference on Object-Oriented Programming (ECOOP-2011), 2011   
	
 
	
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
    2010
    -   A. E. Rizzoli,  G. Schimak,  M. Donatelli,  J. Hrebicek,  G. Avellino,  J. L. Mon,  I. Athanasiadis, TaToo: tagging environmental resources on the web by semantic annotations, 5th Intl Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software (iEMSs 2010), 2010, International Environmental Modelling and Software Society (iEMSs)   
	
 
	
 	
    
    
    -   S. Janssen,  I. N. Athanasiadis,  E. Andersen,  A. E. Rizzoli,  J.-E. J. Wien,  M. K. van Ittersum, Methods for semantic annotation of an integrated assessment tool for agricultural systems, 5th Intl Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software (iEMSs 2010), 2010, International Environmental Modelling and Software Society (iEMSs)   
	
 
	
 	
    
    
    -   A. Kassahun,  A. Rizzoli,  I. Athanasiadis,  M. Makowski,  H. Scholten,  A. Krause,  A. Beulens, Towards a service-oriented e-infrastructure for multidisciplinary environmental research, 5th Intl Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software (iEMSs 2010), 2010, International Environmental Modelling and Software Society (iEMSs)   
	
 
	
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
    2009
    -   I. N. Athanasiadis,  A. E. Rizzoli, Domain object modeling with relational persistence for idiomatic OWL/RDF, Workshop on Ontology-Driven Software Engineering at OOPSLA, 2009   
	
 
	
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
    2008
    -   S. Janssen,  E. Andersen,  I. N. Athanasiadis,  M. K. van Ittersum, A pan-European database for integrated assessment and modeling of agricultural systems, 4th Intl Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software (iEMSs 2008), vol. 2, pg. 719-726, 2008   
	
 
	
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
    2007
    -   A. E. Rizzoli,  H. Li,  I. N. Athanasiadis,  F. Marechal, Semantically Rich Interfaces for Simulation Interoperability, European Simulation Interoperability Workshop (EuroSIW 2007), pg. 60, 2007, Simulation Interoperability Standards Organization   
	
 
	
 	
    
    
    -   I. N. Athanasiadis,  F. Villa,  A. E. Rizzoli, Enabling knowledge-based software engineering through semantic-object-relational mappings, 3rd Intl Workshop on Semantic Web Enabled Software Engineering, 4th European Semantic Web Conference, pg. 16-30, 2007, KnowledgeWeb   
	
 
	
 	
    
    
    -   D. D. Pennington,  J. Madin,  F. Villa,  I. N. Athanasiadis, Computer-Supported Collaborative Knowledge Modeling in Ecology, Workshop on Social and Collaborative Construction of Structured Knowledge (CKC 2007) at 16th International World Wide Web Conference (WWW2007), CEUR, vol. 273, 2007   
	
 
	
 	
    
    
    -   F. Tzima,  I. N. Athanasiadis,  P. A. Mitkas, Agent-based modelling and simulation in the irrigation management sector: applications and potential, Water Saving in Mediterranean Agriculture (WASAMED 2007), Options M{\'e}diterran{\'e}ennes, vol. 56-2, pg. 273-286, 2007   
	
 
	
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
    2006
    -   I. N. Athanasiadis,  K. D. Karatzas,  P. Mitkas, Classification techniques for air quality forecasting, 5th ECAI Workshop on Binding Environmental Sciences and Artificial Intelligence (BESAI 2006), 17th European Conf on Artificial Intelligence, 2006   
	
 
	
 	
    
    
    -   A. Mavridis,  A. Koumpis,  I. N. Athanasiadis, Towards an intelligent decision support architecture in extended-enterprises, 6th Intl Conf on Recent Advances in Soft Computing (RASC 2006), 2006   
	
 
	
 	
    
    
    -   I. N. Athanasiadis,  A. E. Rizzoli,  M. Donatelli,  L. Carlini, Enriching software model interfaces using ontology-based tools, 3rd Intl Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software (iEMSs 2006), 2006, International Environmental Modelling and Software Society (iEMSs)   
	
 
	
 	
    
    
    -   K. Kok,  P. Valkering,  J. Carmichael,  J. Hinkel,  I. N. Athanasiadis,  O. Salmi,  V. Moreau,  P. Steenhof, Problem formulation and classification in integrated assessment modelling, More Puzzle Solving for Policy, pg. 208-217, 2006, University of Maastricht   
	
 
	
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
 	
    
    2004
    -   I. N. Athanasiadis,  P. A. Mitkas, Applying agent technology in environmental management systems under real-time constraints, 2nd Intl Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software (iEMSs 2004), vol. 2, pg. 531-536, 2004, International Environmental Modelling and Software Society (iEMSs)   
	
 
	
 	
    
    
    -   I. N. Athanasiadis,  P. Vartalas,  P. A. Mitkas, DAWN: A platform for evaluating water-pricing policies using a software agent society, 2nd Intl Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software (iEMSs 2004), vol. 2, pg. 643-648, 2004, International Environmental Modelling and Software Society (iEMSs)   
	
 
	
 	
    
    
    -   I. N. Athanasiadis,  P. A. Mitkas, Supporting the decision-making process in environmental monitoring systems with knowledge discovery techniques, Knowledge Discovery for Environmental Management - Knowledge-based Services for the Public Sector Symposium, vol. Workshop III, pg. 1-12, 2004, KDnet   
	
 
	
 	
    
 	
    
    2003
    -   G. Hatzidamianos,  S. Diplaris,  I. N. Athanasiadis,  P. A. Mitkas, GenMiner: A data mining tool for protein analysis, 9th Panhellenic Conference in Informatics, pg. 346-360, 2003, Greek Computer Society (EPY)   
	
 
	
 	
    
    
    -   P. A. Mitkas,  A. L. Symeonidis,  D. D. Kehagias,  I. N. Athanasiadis, Application of data mining and intelligent agent technologies to concurrent engineering, Concurrent Engineering: The Vision for the Future Generation in Research and Applications, vol. 1, pg. 11-18, 2003, Balkema Publishers   
	
 
	
 	
    
    
    -   I. N. Athanasiadis,  P. A. Mitkas,  G. B. Laleci,  Y. Kabak, Embedding data-driven decision strategies on software agents: The case of a multi-agent system for monitoring air-quality indexes, Concurrent Engineering: The Vision for the Future Generation in Research and Applications, vol. 1, pg. 23-30, 2003, Balkema Publishers   
	
 
	
 	
    
    
    -   P. A. Mitkas,  D. D. Kehagias,  A. L. Symeonidis,  I. N. Athanasiadis, A framework for constructing multi-agent applications and training intelligent agents, Agent-Oriented Software Engineering at Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (AAMAS 2003), vol. W4, pg. 1-15, 2003   
	
 
	
 	
    
    
    -   I. N. Athanasiadis,  V. G. Kaburlasos,  P. A. Mitkas,  V. Petridis, Applying machine learning techniques on air quality data for real-time decision support, 1st Intl Symp on Information Technologies in Environmental Engineering (ITEE-2003), pg. 51, 2003, ICSC-NAISO Academic Press   
	
 
	
 	
    
    2002
    -   P. A. Mitkas,  A. L. Symeonidis,  D. D. Kehagias,  I. N. Athanasiadis,  G. Laleci,  G. Kurt,  Y. Kabak,  A. Acar,  A. Dogac, An agent framework for dynamic agent retraining: Agent Academy, Challenges and Achievements in e-business and e-work, pg. 757-764, 2002, IOS Press