{"id":232561,"date":"2026-04-20T13:08:45","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T23:08:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=232561"},"modified":"2026-04-20T13:08:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T23:08:45","slug":"uh-manoa-chancellor-finalists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2026\/04\/20\/uh-manoa-chancellor-finalists\/","title":{"rendered":"<abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa chancellor finalists selected; 1st finalist Vassilis Syrmos visit April 27&#8211;28"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/manoa-gnrc-hawaii-hall-2023.jpg\" alt=\"Students sitting on the steps of Hawaii Hall\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-181489\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/manoa-gnrc-hawaii-hall-2023.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/manoa-gnrc-hawaii-hall-2023-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/manoa-gnrc-hawaii-hall-2023-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The University of <span lang=\"haw\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at <span lang=\"haw\">M&#257;noa<\/span> Chancellor Search Advisory Committee has selected three finalists for the position of chancellor for the flagship campus and has announced Vassilis L. Syrmos, <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> <span lang=\"haw\">M&#257;noa<\/span> Interim Provost, as the first finalist to visit the campus April 27&#8211;28 (more information on Syrmos is below).<\/p>\n<p>To honor requests by the candidates for confidentiality, the name of each finalist will be announced approximately one week prior to their scheduled campus visit. Information about each finalist will be posted on the <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/executivesearch\/chancellor\/\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> <span lang=\"haw\">M&#257;noa<\/span> chancellor search website<\/a> ahead of their forums.<\/p>\n<p>Students, faculty, staff, administrators and community members are invited to attend open forums to meet the finalists. Each candidate will share their vision for <abbr>UH<\/abbr> <span lang=\"haw\">M&#257;noa<\/span>, followed by a question-and-answer session. Presentations will be recorded and posted after the final campus visit.<\/p>\n<h2>Vassilis L. Syrmos Campus Forum<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Monday, April 27, 2026<\/li>\n<li>10:30&#8211;11:30 a.m. <abbr>HST<\/abbr><\/li>\n<li>Kiawe Conference Room, Bachman Hall<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hawaii.zoom.us\/j\/81782613720?pwd=biQI7GOL1QLbRy8EHohszJEUsiprZU.1\">Webinar link<\/a>, webinar <abbr>ID<\/abbr>: 817 8261 3720 and password: 161256<\/li>\n<li>Campus visit, April 27&#8211;28<\/li>\n<li>Syrmos bio and <abbr>CV<\/abbr> on <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/executivesearch\/chancellor\/?info=home#home\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> <span lang=\"haw\">M&#257;noa<\/span> chancellor search site<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Feedback link available starting April 27<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Finalist 2 Campus Forum<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Thursday, April 30, 2026<\/li>\n<li>10:30&#8211;11:30 a.m. <abbr>HST<\/abbr><\/li>\n<li>Kiawe Conference Room, Bachman Hall<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hawaii.zoom.us\/j\/85980274989?pwd=hrINaWYcXEwjnF43wxrqjOuVlHMRVm.1\">Webinar link<\/a>, webinar <abbr>ID<\/abbr>: 859 8027 4989 and password: 206404<\/li>\n<li>Campus visit, April 30 and May 1<\/li>\n<li>Bio and <abbr>CV<\/abbr> on <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/executivesearch\/chancellor\/?info=home#home\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> <span lang=\"haw\">M&#257;noa<\/span> chancellor search site<\/a> will be available on April 23<\/li>\n<li>Feedback link available starting April 30<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Finalist 3 Campus Forum<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Monday, May 4, 2026<\/li>\n<li>10:30&#8211;11:30 a.m. <abbr>HST<\/abbr><\/li>\n<li>Kiawe Conference Room, Bachman Hall<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hawaii.zoom.us\/j\/88494616302?pwd=u218vNn6GGCko8bxCA1iTR3qmePJzk.1\">Webinar link<\/a>, webinar <abbr>ID<\/abbr>: 884 9461 6302 and password: 015992<\/li>\n<li>Campus visit, May 4&#8211;5<\/li>\n<li>Bio and <abbr>CV<\/abbr> on <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/executivesearch\/chancellor\/?info=home#home\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> <span lang=\"haw\">M&#257;noa<\/span> chancellor search site<\/a> will be available on April 26<\/li>\n<li>Feedback link available starting May 4<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Feedback is a critical part of the search process. Feedback links will be available on the <abbr>UH<\/abbr> <span lang=\"haw\">M&#257;noa<\/span> chancellor search site beginning on the first day of each finalist&#8217;s campus visit, when finalists will also meet with campus stakeholders and constituent groups.<\/p>\n<h2>Vassilis L. Syrmos<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/manoa-syrmos-v-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"Syrmos in office\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-217294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/manoa-syrmos-v-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/manoa-syrmos-v-93x130.jpg 93w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/manoa-syrmos-v.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Syrmos currently serves as Interim Provost at the <abbr>UH<\/abbr> <span lang=\"haw\">M&#257;noa<\/span>, a role he has held since July 2025. He previously served for 11 years as the <abbr>UH<\/abbr> system Vice President for Research and Innovation. He has also held leadership roles as associate vice chancellor for research and graduate education at the <abbr>UH<\/abbr> <span lang=\"haw\">M&#257;noa<\/span> and associate dean in the <abbr>UH<\/abbr> <span lang=\"haw\">M&#257;noa<\/span> College of Engineering. Syrmos is a professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering. During his tenure as vice president for research and innovation, <abbr>UH<\/abbr> extramural funding reached a record high of $734 million.<\/p>\n<p>He is the author or co-author of more than 100 journal and conference papers and has authored a book and numerous scholarly articles. He also served on a number of boards and committees supporting research and innovation initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>Syrmos earned his PhD in electrical engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology and a diploma in electrical engineering from Democritus University of Thrace in Greece. His research interests include geometric and algebraic approaches to linear system theory, computational algorithms for signal and image processing, robust and optimal filter design, medical imaging and prognostics and diagnostics for condition-based maintenance systems.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Information about each finalist will be posted on the <abbr>UH<\/abbr> <span lang=\"haw\">M&#257;noa<\/span> chancellor search website ahead of their forums.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":181489,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1193],"tags":[626,9],"class_list":["post-232561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-administrative","tag-executive-search","tag-uh-manoa","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/manoa-gnrc-hawaii-hall-2023.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232561"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232561\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":232568,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232561\/revisions\/232568"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/181489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}