Extensively published in major international journals and conferences; received numerous invitations to give talks at international conferences and leading academic institutions; served as editor or guest-editor in academic journals (ACM Journal of Experimental Algorithmics, Algorithms, and Journal of Discrete Algorithms); member or chair in several Program and Organizing Committees of leading international computer science conferences; received various distinctions including the 2012 prize for Academic and Scientific Excellence awarded by the Greek Ministry of Education, KIT Distinguished Research Fellow, Mercator Fellow.
Research Experience
Head of ICE Lab; Senior Research Associate at the Computer Technology Institute & Press 'Diophantus' (Patras, Greece); Visiting Professor and KIT Distinguished Research Fellow at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Germany).
Education
Held previous positions at the Max-Planck-Institut für Informatik (Saarbrücken, Germany) and the Department of Informatics, King's College, University of London (UK); currently a Full Professor in the Department of Computer Engineering & Informatics, University of Patras (Patras, Greece).
Background
Specializes in the interplay among intelligent algorithm engineering, optimization, decentralized computing, cryptography & information security, and their application in large-scale networks and systems, with a special focus on mobility in smart cities, intelligent transportation systems, and big data analysis.