Antonios Tragoudaras

Just a curious mind in pursuit of making machines truly intelligent by instilling a deep sense of physical awareness and understanding within AI models. Currently immersed in the challenge of elevating Visual Foundation Models (VFM) beyond visual mimicry, aiming to transform them into realiable world simulators capably of physically plausible predictions.

Fueled by the latter aspiration, my master thesis is focuses on quantifying and diffusing physics-awareness in multi-modal foundation models. In this endeavour, I have the priveledge to be jointly-supervised by Prof. Efstratios Gavves and Prof. Francesco Locatello as an ELLIS MSc Honours student. Dr. Andrii Zadaianchuk and Daniil Cherniavskii are instrumental in guiding this academic journey providing invaluable insights and feedback frequently.

Outside of my academic pursuits, I enjoy playing tennis, being a home chef/barista, and exploring new places.