Ioannis Pavlidis

Ioannis Thomas Pavlidis (born September 12, 1963) is a Greek American scholar. He is the distinguished Eckhard-Pfeiffer Professor of Computer Science at the University of Houston, founder, and director of the Affective and Data Computing Laboratory, formerly known as the Computational Physiology Lab (CPL).

Poh at al. in their 2010 article in ''Optics'' ''Express'' credit Pavlidis as the "first who postulated the idea of performing physiological measurements on the face, which later demonstrated through analysis of facial thermal videos." Pavlidis went on to develop several contactless thermo-physiological measurement methods that found applications in emotion and wellness monitoring. Ioannou and colleagues in their 2014 review in ''Psychophysiology'' provide a detailed account of these new methods and Pavlidis' key role in their development. Pavlidis is also credited with the design of influential naturalistic studies in deceptive behaviors and driving distractions, which he conducted using the technical methods he developed earlier. Provided by Wikipedia