About me

I joined the faculty of the department of Computer Science and Biomedical Informatics of the University of Thessaly in the Fall of 2008. I currently hold an Associate Professor position.

Education

Fellowships

Teaching

  • 2022 -: ‘Data Structures’, ‘Algorithms and Complexity’, 'Theory of Computation’ and ‘Algorithms and Complexity in Biology’ at the Department of Computer Science & Biomedical Informatics of the University of Thessaly, Lamia, Greece (assoc. professor).

  • 2018 - 2021: ‘Data Structures’, ‘Algorithms and Complexity’, 'Theory of Computation’, ‘Graph Theory’  and ‘Algorithms and Complexity in Biology’ at the Department of Computer Science & Biomedical Informatics of the University of Thessaly, Lamia, Greece (assoc. professor).

  • 2016 - 2018: 'Introduction to Programming', ‘Data Structures’, ‘Algorithms and Complexity’, 'Theory of Computation’ and ‘Computational Complexity in Biology’ at the Department of Computer Science & Biomedical Informatics of the University of Thessaly, Lamia, Greece (assist. professor).

  • 2014 - 2016: ‘Data Structures’, ‘Algorithms and Complexity’, 'Theory of Computation’, ‘Graph Theory’ and ‘Computational Complexity in Biology’ at the Department of Computer Science & Biomedical Informatics of the University of Thessaly, Lamia, Greece (assist. professor).

  • 2013 - 2014:  'Introduction to Programming', ‘Data Structures and Algorithms’, 'Theory of Computation', 'Programming Language Theory' at the Computer Science & Biomedical Informatics Department of the University of Thessaly, Lamia, Greece (assist. professor).

  • Autumn 2011: 'An Introduction to Distributed Computing: Algorithmic Theory Frameworks' at École Centrale de Marseille, Marseille, France (maître de conferences invité).

  • 2009 - 2013: 'Programming with C', 'Introduction to Programming', 'Theory of Computation', 'Programming Language Theory' at the Computer Science & Biomedical Informatics Department of the University of Central Greece, Lamia, Greece (lecturer).

  • 2008 - 2009: 'Programming with C', 'Introduction to Programming', ‘Software Engineering’, 'Theory of Computation' at the Computer Science & Biomedical Informatics Department of the University of Central Greece, Lamia, Greece (visiting assist. professor).

  • 2007 - 2008: 'Introduction to Programming', ‘Data Structures’, 'Distributed Computing and Network Security' at the Computer Science Department of the University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece (visiting assist. professor).

  • Spring 2005: ‘Data Structures with C’ at the Department of Informatics and Telecommunications of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens,  Athens, Greece (visiting lecturer).

Students

PhD

  • Nikos Giachoudis (now Postdoctoral researcher, FORTH, Crete, Greece): PhD Thesis entitled 'Solving Fundamental Problems in Hostile Networks’, Computer Science & Biomedical Informatics Department, University of Thessaly, 2021.


Masters


Bachelors - Diplomas

  • Maria Kokkou: (now PhD student at LIS, Aix-Marseille University, France) Bachelor Thesis, Computer Science & Biomedical Informatics Department, University of Thessaly, 2019.

  • Maria Papadopoulou: (now Master’s student at the University of Thessaloniki), Bachelor Thesis, Computer Science & Biomedical Informatics Department, University of Thessaly, 2015.

  • George Telonis: (now Master’s student at the University of Thessaly), Bachelor Thesis, Computer Science & Biomedical Informatics Department, University of Thessaly, 2015.

  • Dimitris Telonis: (now Master’s student at the University of Thessaly), Bachelor Thesis, Computer Science & Biomedical Informatics Department, University of Thessaly, 2015.

  • Froso Doutsi (now Postdoctoral researcher, FORTH, Crete), Bachelor Thesis, Computer Science & Biomedical Informatics Department, University of Central Greece, 2012.

  • Christos Papageorgakis: (now Postdoctoral researcher, INRIA Sophia Antipolis, France), Bachelor Thesis, Computer Science & Biomedical Informatics Department, University of Central Greece, 2012.

  • Moses Simeonidis: (now PhD student at the University of Cyprus), Bachelor Thesis, Computer Science & Biomedical Informatics Department, University of Central Greece, 2012.

  • Vasiliki – Despoina Mitsou: (now Assist. Professor at Universite de Paris), Diploma Thesis, (co-advised with Prof. E. Zachos), School of Applied Mathematical and Physical Sciences,National Technical University of Athens, 2006.

Short visits

  • June 2022: University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece.

  • May 2022: Universita Ca' Foscari Venezia, Venice, Italy.

  • February - April 2022: University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece.

  • November - December 2021: Laboratoire d’Informatique et de Systèmes  Marseille, France.

  • October - November 2021: University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece.

  • September 2019: Universita Ca' Foscari Venezia, Venice, Italy.

  • December 2017: Universita Ca' Foscari Venezia, Venice, Italy.

  • June 2017: Laboratoire d’Informatique Fondamentale de Marseille, Marseille, France.

  • October 2015: Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada.

  • October 2013: Universita Ca' Foscari Venezia, Venice, Italy.

  • March 2013: Project COATI, INRIA, Sophia-Antipolis, France. 

  • November 2011: Laboratoire d'Informatique Fondamentale de Marseille, Marseille, France. 

  • October 2011: Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia.

  • December 2010: Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH), Heraklion, Crete Island.

  • November 2010: Laboratoire d'Informatique Fondamentale de Marseille, Marseille, France. 

  • August 2010: McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada. 

  • August 2010: Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. 

  • March 2010: McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada. 

  • February 2010: Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. 

  • February 2009: Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia.

  • February 2006: Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. 

  • April - May 2005: Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. (talk abstract) 

  • November 2004: Project MASCOTTE, INRIA, Sophia – Antipolis, France.

Invited talks

  • May 2023: `Basic Algorithms in Graphs: Properties and Applications’, IEEExtreme Algoday Webinar, NTUA, UPatras and Thessaly-Lamia Student Branch.

  • December 2021: `Scheduling and Graph Exploration with Deadlines’, Laboratoire d'Informatique et de Systèmes (LIS), Marseille, France.

  • November 2021: `Exploring Graphs with Time Constraints by Mobile Robots’, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece.

  • April 2021: `An Introduction to Distributed Computing’, SFHMMY 12, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.

  • September 2019: 'Exploring Graphs with Time Constraints by Unreliable Collections of Mobile Robots’, Universita Ca 'Foscari Venezia, Venice, Italy.

  • December 2017: 'Exclusive Graph Searching in Various Graph Classes’, Universita Ca 'Foscari Venezia, Venice, Italy.

  • October 2015: 'Mobile Agents Rendezvous in Mesh-Networks, in spite of a Malicious Agent’, 7th Workshop on Graph Searching, Theory and Applications + 6th Workshop on Moving and Computing, Universite de Montreal, Montreal, Canada.

  • April 2014: ‘Exclusive Graph Searching in Various Graph Classes’, 6th Workshop on Graph Searching, Theory and Applications, Cargese, Corsica, France.

  • October 2013: `Distributed Computing: An algorithmic theory framework for mobile agents and some interesting problems', Universita Ca' Foscari Venezia, Venice, Italy.

  • July 2013: `Exploration of Networks Containing Malicious Hosts', Moving and Computing: Research Meeting and School on Distributed Computing by Mobile Robots, Ischia, Italy.

  • June 2013: `Exploration of Networks Containing Malicious Hosts', TRANSFORM Summer School on Research Directions in Distributed Computing, FORTH-ICS, Heraklion, Greece.

  • March 2013: `Online Graph Exploration by a Mobile Agent', COATI project, INRIA, Sophia-Antipolis, France.

  • August 2012: `Online Graph Exploration with Advice', 7th Athens Colloquium on Algorithms and Complexity, University of Athens.

  • November 2011: `Gathering Asynchronous Oblivious Mobile Robots in a Ring', Laboratoire d'Informatique Fondamentale de Marseille (LIF), Marseille, France.

  • October 2011: `Black Hole Search with Finite Automata Scattered in Synchronous Rings and Tori', Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia.

  • August 2010: `Deterministic Algorithms for the Rendezvous problem in Networks', Moving and Computing: Research Meeting and School on Distributed Computing by Mobile Robots, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada.

  • February 2009: `Connectivity in Ad-Hoc Networks with Selfish Nodes', Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia.

  • August 2007: `Connectivity in Ad-Hoc Networks with Selfish Users', 2nd Athens Colloquium on Algorithms and Complexity, National Technical University of Athens.

  • August 2006: `Mobile Agent Rendezvous in Graphs', 1st Athens Colloquium on Algorithms and Complexity, National Technical University of Athens.

  • April 2005: `Searching for a black hole in (semi-) synchronous networks', Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada.

  • November 2004: `Exploration of graphs under different scenarios', MASCOTTE project, INRIA, Sophia-Antipolis, France.

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Updated: 12-Oct-2023                                                                               email: e<lastname>@dib.uth.gr