An important distinction has been recorded by the Assistant Professor of Linguistics at the University of Nicosia, Dr George P. Georgiou, from the prestigious Scholar GPS, an artificial intelligence-based platform that evaluates over 30 million researchers from more than 55,000 institutions around the world based on the impact of their publications. Dr. Georgiou is Vice Chair of the Department of Languages and Literature, Director of the Phonetics Laboratory, and Coordinator of the graduate program “Teaching Greek as a Second/Foreign Language”.
ScholarGPS ranks Dr. Georgiou in the top 0.46% of researchers worldwide in the broader field of Linguistics and, more specifically, in 167th place out of 35868 researchers. It is worth noting that Dr. Georgiou ranks in the top 0.99% of researchers in all scientific fields. The ranking is based on publications over the last 5 years.
Dr George’s research focuses on speech and language acquisition in both formal and atypical populations, with the aim of maximising learning outcomes and developing diagnostic tools for communication disorders. His work utilises a variety of methodologies, including acoustic analysis of speech sounds, behavioural, psychometric and neuropsychological tests as well as the application of machine and deep learning algorithms. He has published more than 60 contributions in high-impact journals, edited volumes and proceedings. In 2023 he has been awarded the prestigious Cyprus Research Award – Young Researcher in the field of Humanities and Social Sciences, while in 2024 he has been elected as a member of the Young Academy of Europe, in recognition of his outstanding scientific achievements, based on the jury’s rationale. In addition, he has won funding for several research projects in Cyprus and abroad, the latest being the project “Diagnosis of communication and neurological disorders based on speech elements” (2024-2026), funded by the Cyprus Research and Innovation Foundation. More information about Dr Georgiou can be found on his personal website www.georgiougeorg.com.
Source: University of Nicosia | News (https://shorturl.at/bRkSS)