I am a Postdoctoral Researcher at ETH Zurich, at the departments of Civil, Env. and Geomatic Engineering and of Computer Science. I am working with Prof. Daniel Hall, Innovative and Industrial Construction, and with Prof. Marc Pollefeys, Computer Vision and Geometry Lab. I am also affiliated with the Design++ at ETHZ.
I am interested in interdisciplinary research between Architecture, Civil Engineering, and Machine Perception. My area of focus is on automated semantic and operational understanding of buildings throughout their life cycle using visual data.
I completed my PhD at Stanford University on August 2020, Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) Department, Sustainable Design and Construction (SDC) Program, with a PhD minor at the Computer Science Department. I conducted research under the supervision of Martin Fischer (CEE, Center for Integrated Facility Engineering - CIFE) and Silvio Savarese (CS, Stanford Vision and Learning Lab - SVL). Prior to my PhD, I received an MSc in Computer Science (Ionian University-2013), an MEng in Architecture and Digital Design (University of Tokyo-2011), and a Diploma in Architectural Engineering (National Technical University of Athens-2009). I have also worked as an architect and consultant for both the private and public sector.
Recent Highlights
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[Apr 1st 2022]
Data for the 2D challenge in "Computer Vision in the Built Environment" CVPR22 Workshop is now available! For more details see here.
[Mar 18th 2022]
Our papers "SemSpray: Virtual Reality As-Is Semantic Information Labeling Tool for 3D Spatial Data" (Zhao et al., 2022) and "HoloLabel: Augmented Reality User-In-The-Loop Online Annotation Tool for As-Is Building Information" (Agrawal et al., 2022) got accepted in EC3 Conference 2022.
[Mar 2nd 2022]
Our paper "ImpliCity: City Modeling From Satellite Images with Deep Implicit Occupancy Fields" (Stucker et al., 2022) got accepted in ISPRS Congress 2022.
[Feb 9th 2022]
[Jan 19th 2022]
[Nov 23rd 2021]
[Jun 20th 2021]
[Dec 1st 2020]
I am starting as a Postdoctoral Researcher at ETH Zurich, Depts of Civil, Env, and Geomatic Engineering and of Computer Science.
[Nov 9th 2020]
I will be giving a talk at the Dept of Civil Engineering, University of Patras, Greece.
[Oct 20th 2020]
I will be giving a talk at the AIA Symposium on AI in Architecture, Engineering, and Construction, ETH Zurich.
[Sep 30th 2020]
I will be giving a talk at the Autodesk AI Lab Sharing Session.
[Sep 17th 2020]
I will be giving a talk at the CEE595: AI in Construction Webinar, Department of Civil Eng. UIUC.
[Aug 28th 2020]
I submitted my PhD thesis and concluded the program.
[Aug 28th 2020]
I will be giving a talk at the ECCV 2020 Workshop "Long-Term Visual Localization under Changing Conditions".
[Aug 2020]
I am organizing and presenting at the first colloquium on AI for Architecture, Engineering, and Construction, titled "Is AI ready for the building industry? (and vice-versa).
Academic Publications
HoloLabel: Augmented Reality User-In-The-Loop Online Annotation Tool for As-Is Building Information
Dhruv Agrawal*, Janik Lobsiger*, Jessica Bo, Véronique Kaufmann, and Iro Armeni
EC3 2022 Conference
Dhruv Agrawal*, Janik Lobsiger*, Jessica Bo, Véronique Kaufmann, and Iro Armeni
EC3 2022 Conference
SemSpray: Virtual Reality As-Is Semantic Information Labeling Tool for 3D Spatial Data
Yiming Zhao*, Cyprien Fol*, Yuchang Jiang, Tianyu Wu, and Iro Armeni
EC3 2022 Conference
Yiming Zhao*, Cyprien Fol*, Yuchang Jiang, Tianyu Wu, and Iro Armeni
EC3 2022 Conference
ImpliCity: City Modeling From Satellite Images with Deep Implicit Occupancy Fields
Corinne Stucker, Bingxin Ke, Yuanwen Yue, Shengyu Huang, Iro Armeni, and Konrad Schindler
ISPRS Congress 2022 [Best Young Author Award]
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Corinne Stucker, Bingxin Ke, Yuanwen Yue, Shengyu Huang, Iro Armeni, and Konrad Schindler
ISPRS Congress 2022 [Best Young Author Award]
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Robust Policies via Mid-Level Visual Representations: An Experimental Study in Manipulation and Navigation
Bryan Chen*, Alexander Sax*, Gene Lewis, Iro Armeni, Silvio Savarese, Amir Zamir, Jitendra Malik, and Lerrel Pinto
CoRL 2020
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Bryan Chen*, Alexander Sax*, Gene Lewis, Iro Armeni, Silvio Savarese, Amir Zamir, Jitendra Malik, and Lerrel Pinto
CoRL 2020
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State of Research in Automatic As-Built Modelling
Viorica Pătrăucean, Iro Armeni, Mohammad Nahangi, Jamie Yeung, Ioannis Brilakis, Carl Haas
Advanced Engineering Informatics 2015
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Viorica Pătrăucean, Iro Armeni, Mohammad Nahangi, Jamie Yeung, Ioannis Brilakis, Carl Haas
Advanced Engineering Informatics 2015
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A dynamic identification of a historical building using accelerometers with interface modules and a digital synchronization method
Luigi Spedicato, Iro Armeni, Nicola Ivan Giannoccaro, Markos Avlonitis, Sozon Papavlasopoulos
Periodical of Key Engineering Materials 2015
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Luigi Spedicato, Iro Armeni, Nicola Ivan Giannoccaro, Markos Avlonitis, Sozon Papavlasopoulos
Periodical of Key Engineering Materials 2015
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Pedestrian navigation and shortest path: Preference versus distance
Iro Armeni, Konstantinos Chorianopoulos
Workshop @ International Conference on Intelligent Environments 2013
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Iro Armeni, Konstantinos Chorianopoulos
Workshop @ International Conference on Intelligent Environments 2013
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Resume of the thesis "More than a machine" J. A. Coderch
Iro Armeni, Telesilla Bristogianni
Technical Chronicles, Technical Chamber of Greece 2020
Iro Armeni, Telesilla Bristogianni
Technical Chronicles, Technical Chamber of Greece 2020
Teaching
Organized Events
2nd Workshop and Challenge on Computer Vision in the Built Environment for the Design, Construction, and Operation of Buildings
CVPR 2022
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CVPR 2022
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Built to Change. Let's Reuse Buildings not AEC Practices
2nd Colloquium on AI4AEC 2021
[website] [recordings]
2nd Colloquium on AI4AEC 2021
[website] [recordings]
1st Workshop and Challenge on Computer Vision in the Built Environment for the Design, Construction, and Operation of Buildings
CVPR 2021
[website] [recordings]
CVPR 2021
[website] [recordings]
Is AI Ready for the Buidling Industry? (and vice-versa)
1st Colloquium on AI4AEC 2020
[website] [recordings]
1st Colloquium on AI4AEC 2020
[website] [recordings]
Awards & Scholarships
- ETH Zurich PostDoctoral Fellowship, 2020
- Google PhD Fellowship, 2017
- CIFE Seed Research Awards for 2016-17, Center for Integrated Facility Engineering, Stanford University (Sep 2016 - June 2017), Funding for PhD Studies
- School of Engineering Fellowship, Stanford University (Sep 2015 - June 2016), Funding for PhD Studies
- Marie-Curie Fellow (Oct 2014 - Mar 2015), CIG: Automated As-Built Modelling of the Built Infrastructure, Funding for Graduate studies in UK
- Marie-Curie Fellow (Oct 2013 - Sep 2014), BIMAutoGen: International Research Staff Exchange Scheme, Funding for Graduate studies in UK
- MEXT Scholarship (Oct 2009 - Aug 2011), Japanese Government Scholarship (MEXT), For Graduate Studies in Japan
- 1st Prize(2010), Team project, Architectural Competition: Municipal Theatre of Corfu- Renovation of the facades and the entrance piazza
- 1st of 15 equal prizes (2008), Team project, Architectural Competition: SEGM Housing Competition for Fire Victims
- Socrates/Erasmus Scholarship (Feb 2007 - Jul 2007), For attending a 6 months exchange program
Miscellaneous
Selected Older Work
- Iro Armeni, Olesia Biloborodko, Trudi Ko (2013) Research Design Project on Patterns and Digital Computation, "Patterns and Layering: Japanese Spatial Culture, Nature and Architecture", Liotta, S. J., Belfiore, M., (eds), 2012
- Stelios Zerefos, Christos Tessas, Iro Armeni, Telesilla Bristogianni (2013) "Municipal Theatre of Corfu: Renovation of the facades and the entrance piazza", 7th Biennale of Young Architects, Exhibition at Benaki Museum, November 2012, Athens, GR
- Christos Tessas, Stelios Zerefos, Iro Armeni, Telesilla Bristogianni (2013) Housing Design Project 95 sq. m., Prototype Housing for the rehabilitation of the victims of the extended fires of August 2007, ETAEA, Hellenic Association of Consulting Firms, Bank of Greece Publications, January 2009, Athens, GR