Scholar
George Papastefanatos
Google Scholar ID: wnh_FZgAAAAJ
Research Director, Athena Research Center
Citations & Impact
Citations
971
H-index
16
i10-index
26
Publications
20
Co-authors
108
list available
Contact
Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- Coedited 1 book, 3 chapters in books, and published more than 80 papers in international conferences and journals in the areas of big data management and analytics. Three of his articles have been selected as Best Papers in International conferences. Member of ACM and IEEE. In 2025, won the Best Demo Award at ADBIS 2025. In 2024, published a paper on visualization-aware time series min-max caching in VLDB24; published a dataset on resource demands in telco data centers in Nature Scientific Data Journal; and published a paper on dynamic sizing of cloud-native telco data centers using digital twin and reinforcement learning in IEEE Access Journal. Co-organized the 7th International Workshop on Big Data Visual Exploration and Analytics in 2024.
Research Experience
- Has been an adjunct researcher at NTUA, University of Athens, National Centre for Social Research, and University of Ioannina, and worked as an external IT expert in various private and public organizations in the design and implementation of large-scale IT projects. Has been an adjunct/visiting lecturer at the University of Peloponnese, Athens University of Economics and Business, University of Aegean, University of Piraeus, and National School of Public Administration.
Education
- Obtained his Diploma in Electrical and Computer Engineering and his PhD in Computer Science from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA).
Background
- Research interests include cloud computing, big data management and analytics, focusing on scalable visual analytics, data pipelines, knowledge graphs, and data evolution. Serves as a Research Director at the Information Management Systems Institute (IMSI) of the ATHENA Research and Innovation Centre, leading the Department of Cloud Platforms and Data Services.
Miscellany
- No personal interests or other information provided.
