Harokopio University of Athens
mara.dit.people.hua.gr
EN | GR
Prof. Mara Nikolaidou

Prof. Mara Nikolaidou

Professor in Distributed Systems and System Engineering

Department of Informatics and Telematics • Harokopio University of Athens

Athens, Greece mara@hua.gr
Google Scholar ORCID iD icon https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4541-961X

Teaching & Academic Courses

Current Assignments

Mandatory • Winter 2009–Present

Distributed Systems

Undergraduate • Dept. of Informatics & Telematics

Architectures for distributed systems, remote procedure calls (RPC/gRPC), consensus protocols, synchronization, distributed storage, cloud services, microservices, and fault tolerance.

Access eClass Course
Elective • Spring 2024–Present

Cloud Systems Design

Postgraduate Program • Dept. of Informatics & Telematics

Design and architecture of cloud-native computing systems, virtualization, container orchestration, microservices, serverless paradigms, multi-cloud management, and scalable cloud infrastructure.

Access eClass Course
Elective • Winter 2012–Present

Business Process Management

Postgraduate Program • Dept. of Informatics & Telematics

Business process lifecycle, process modeling with BPMN 2.0, process simulation, workflow engines, process mining, enterprise systems integration, and organizational digital transformation.

Access eClass Course

Students may find detailed information on courses and related material using the HUA e-Class platform.

Previous Assignments

At Harokopio University, in the Department of Informatics and Telematics:

  • Mandatory course "Operating Systems" (winter semester) (from the academic year 2008-2009 to 2018-19)
  • Mandatory course "Systems Analysis and Software Technology" (spring semester) (from the academic year 2012-2013 to 2018-19)
  • Elective course "Business Process Automation" (spring semester) (from the academic year 2009-2010 to 2017-18)
  • Mandatory course "Network Programming" (spring semester) (from the academic year 2008-2009 to and in 2011-2012)
  • Postgraduate Program of the Department of Informatics and Telematics: Teaching the mandatory course "Information Systems Technologies" (spring semester) (from the academic year 2012-2013 to 2020-2021)

At Harokopio University, in other Departments:

  • "Cultural Technology" course, in the postgraduate program "Education and Culture" of the Department of Home Economics and Ecology (from the academic year 2008-2009 to 2016-17)
  • "Informatics: Computer Technologies and the Internet" course (winter semester) at the Department of Home Economics and Ecology (from the academic year 2005-2006 to 2011-2012)
  • "Informatics" (winter semester) at the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics (from the academic year 2005-2006 to 2009-2010)

Also taught postgraduate courses "Simulation" (2005-2009), "Distributed Systems" (1996-2001), "Databases" (1997-2003) (Dept. of Informatics and Telecommunications, University of Athens), "Web Services" (2007-2008) and "Internet Technology" (2006-2007) (Dept. of Digital Systems, University of Piraeus) and undergraduate courses on "Databases" and "Operating Systems" (2003-2005) (Dept. of Informatics and Telecommunications, University of Peloponnesus).