Valentinos Pariza
PhD student at University of Technology Nuremberg (UTN), fomerly MS @ UvA & Researcher @ TNO, ex-Amazonian.
52H Ulmenstraße, 90443
Nuremberg, Germany
I am a first year PhD student in Artificial Intelligence at the Fundamental AI (FunAI) Lab, University of Technology Nuremberg (UTN), specializing in leveraging Self-Supervised Learning and synthetic data to enhance the capabilities of Vision Models. Before this, I graduated cum laude with a Master’s in AI from the University of Amsterdam, where I also participated in the Ellis MSc Honours Programme for my thesis research, supervised by Prof. Yuki M. Asano, Dr. Gertjan Burghouts, and Prof. Francesco Locatello while working at TNO. I got my Bachelor’s in Computer Science, with a focus on AI, from the University of Cyprus graduating with the second-highest GPA in my department.
My research journey has included internships at Amazon, where I improved efficiency across systems, and at South Pole, where I enhanced CO₂ product-category matching algorithms. I also co-developed “Fooderloo,” a project addressing food waste in Cyprus. With a passion for pushing the boundaries of AI, I actively contribute to the field, including publishing work in ICLR and exploring reproducibility in AI research.
When not immersed in research, I enjoy music, cycling and generally sports, as well as exploring the world, new ideas and challenges, all guided by curiosity and a drive to make a meaningful impact in AI.
news
| Jan 24, 2025 | Excited to announce that our paper, “NeCo: Improving DINOv2’s spatial representations in 19 GPU hours with Patch Neighbor Consistency,” has been accepted to ICLR 2025! 🎉 You can read it here. |
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| Dec 01, 2024 | Excited to begin my PhD journey at the University of Technology Nuremberg, focusing on Self-Supervised Learning and synthetic data to improve Vision Models. Grateful to work under the supervision of Dr. Yuki M. Asano. Looking forward to contributing to advancements in AI research! |
| Aug 01, 2024 | Honored to graduate cum laude from the University of Amsterdam with an MSc in Artificial Intelligence! Grateful for the opportunity to participate in the Ellis MSc Honours Programme. |
| Oct 15, 2023 | Published a reproducibility study in ReScience C: “Reproducibility Study of ‘Label-Free Explainability for Unsupervised Models.’” Read more here. |
| Aug 20, 2023 | Thrilled to have been given the “Best Ready for Production Solution” by the Summer of AI organisation for improving the CO₂ product-category matching algorithm at South Pole during my internship, increasing its top-1 accuracy by 25.2% and deploying the enhanced models to production using Kubernetes. |
| Mar 15, 2021 | Proud to win 1st place in the “Go Green, Go Digital, Go Start-up!” competition for my project, Fooderloo—a sustainable solution to reduce food waste in Cyprus. |
| Aug 31, 2020 | Started my journey at Amazon Data Services in Ireland as part of the Consumer Reliability Engineering – Analytics (CRA), Operational Intelligence team. Excited to contribute to the company’s innovative projects and collaborate with talented colleagues. |
| Jul 10, 2020 | Delighted to be awarded “Best & Most Innovative Solution 2020” in the Cyprus Digital Championship for Students for Fooderloo, tackling food waste in environmentally friendly ways. |
