https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4541-961X
Research & Academic Endeavors
Focus on distributed systems and complex systems engineering. Recent research has focused on the design and management of Cloud and IoT systems, the development of smart environment applications, Cloud/Edge systems and cyber physical systems with an emphasis on human-centric and autonomous systems.
Current research focuses on the design of responsible and sustainable computing systems and ethical requirements, with an emphasis on the integration of AI and cloud systems, utilizing FinOps and IntOps.
PhDs Supervision & Doctoral Dissertations
PhD candidates and completed PhD dissertations supervised.
Principal Supervisor
6Dr. Anargyros Tsadimas
Formulated model-driven architecture (MDA) methodologies using SysML for designing enterprise information systems and evaluating non-functional requirements.
Dr. George-Dimitrios Kapos
Developed automated DEVS-based simulation frameworks (DEVSys) for validating simulation-agnostic SysML models using Model-Driven Architecture.
Dr. Vassilis Nikolopoulos
Researched autonomic context-aware management frameworks and component aggregation for multi-critical IoT and smart edge environments.
Dr. Christos Kotronis
Formulated an integrated model-driven systems-of-systems engineering methodology targeting complex cyber-physical human systems.
Dr. Ioannis Routis
Developed executable modeling frameworks for human-centric processes, multi-view approaches transforming human criticalities into CPHS system design requirements, and healthcare IoT monitoring (REMS & IoMT).
Dr. Dimitris Gkoulis
Developed self-healing event-driven IoT architectures infusing self-optimized real-time data imputation and quality management for smart cyber-physical systems.
Contributing member of the Supervising Committee
6Dr. Evaggelia Filiopoulou
Research on technoeconomic analysis, pricing strategies, and policies for cloud Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and financial management operations.
Dr. Persa Mitropoulou
Research on assessing success factors, technoeconomic evaluation, and market diffusion of disruptive technologies including cloud computing and IoT.
Dr. George Fragkiadakis
Developed an intelligent framework for techno-economic analysis, cost perspective modeling, and decision support for cloud services.
Dr. Rania Hatzi
Research on automatic semantic web service composition, action planning, and ontology-based service frameworks in e-government and public administration.
Dr. Mohammad Mahmudul Hasan
Developed an ontology-based framework for regulatory requirements engineering and compliance management in e-government systems.
Dr. Vicky Margariti
Research on organizational interoperability assessment models, digital public service evaluation, and governance frameworks for public administration.
Phd Candidates
5Alexandros Dais
Research on citizen-centered e-government services and public administration digital transformation.
Gioula Lekka
Research on transitioning smart environments to sustainable ecosystems through adaptive service architectures.
Mahbubur Rahman
Development of an assessment framework for the responsible and ethical design of AI systems operating in high-risk domains.
Nikolaos Chaskaris
Research on sustainable systems engineering and multi-objective metrics for evaluating system sustainability.
Iason Tsoukalas
Integrating responsible-by-design principles and ethical governance within agile systems development lifecycles.
Research & Innovation Projects
Indicative funded Horizon Europe, ECSEL JU, H2020, QNRF and national R&D initiatives.
Current Projects
Featured GridCertification for Ethical and Regulatory Transparency in Artificial Intelligence (CERTAIN) ↗
CERTAIN develops a trustworthy AI certification and auditability framework to ensure compliance with ethical, regulatory (such as the EU AI Act), and technical standards. It provides automated testing, risk assessment, and continuous verification tools for transparent AI deployment in critical sectors.
ShapeFuture ↗
ShapeFuture drives fundamental innovation in Electronic Components & Systems (ECS) essential for robust, fail-operational, integrated perception, cognition, AI-enabled decision making, resilient automation, computing, and communications for highly automated vehicles towards zero emissions and zero fatalities.
TRIANGLE: Transforming Research, Industry & Academia into Networks for Growth & Leadership ↗
TRIANGLE transforms higher education institutions by integrating them into pan-European innovation ecosystems. Through cross-border collaboration, entrepreneurial training, and AI-powered participation tools, it empowers researchers and students to turn academic discoveries into market-ready innovations and spinoffs.
Advancing Human-AI Collaboration with a Next-Gen Operating System (HumAIne) ↗
HumAIne pioneers a revolutionary Operating System for Hybrid Human-AI decision support in dynamic, unstructured environments. It coordinates Active Learning, Neuro-Symbolic AI, Swarm Intelligence, and Explainable AI (XAI) to empower human decision-making across smart manufacturing, smart cities, healthcare, and energy pilots.
Complete R&D Projects Directory
- Certification for Ethical and Regulatory Transparency in Artificial Intelligence (CERTAIN) ↗ (2025 – 2027)
- ShapeFuture ↗ (2025 – 2027)
- TRIANGLE: Transforming Research, Industry & Academia into Networks for Growth & Leadership ↗ (2025 – 2027)
- Advancing Human-AI Collaboration with a Next-Gen Operating System (HumAIne) ↗ (2024 – 2026)
- ARCHIMEDES: funded by the EU's Chips Joint Undertaking ↗ (2024 – 2026)
- Powerized: Digitalization & Intelligence in Power Electronics Systems ↗ (2023 – 2026)
- PHYSICS: Unlocking the Potential of Function-as-a-Service for Smart Edge-Cloud Computing ↗ (2021 – 2024)
- Development and demonstration of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) prevention and reuse paradigms (ReWeee) ↗ (2018 – 2022)
- AFarCloud: Aggregate Farming in the Cloud ↗ (2018 – 2021)
- IMPAQT: Intelligent Management System for Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture ↗ (2018 – 2021)
- Productive4.0: Electronics and ICT for Digitalized Value Chains in Europe ↗ (2017 – 2020)
- Systems-of-systems engineering: An integrated model-driven methodology for complex systems - PhD Scholarship, Hellenic Foundation of Research and Technology (2017 – 2020)
- Embedded multi-core systems for multi-critical applications in the Internet of Things Era (EMBIoT) (2016 – 2020)
- Embedded Multi-Core Systems for Mixed Criticality Applications in Dynamic and Changeable Real-Time Environments (EMC2) (2016 – 2019)
- Thelxinoe (Erasmus Mundus strand 2) ↗ (2015 – 2018)
- MedWeight Study: Lifestyles for Weight Loss Maintenance ↗ (2014 – 2018)
- FOSS Excellence Units - Development and Dissemination of Open Source Software ↗ (2013 – 2016)
- Open Digital Classes of Harokopio University (2013 – 2015)
- Development and Demonstration of a Waste Prevention Support Tool for Local Authorities - WASP Tool, LIFE10/ENV/GR/622 (2012 – 2016)
- Advanced Digital Repository and Electronic Library Services for Harokopio University (2011 – 2015)
- Advanced e-Services for Harokopio University of Athens (2011 – 2015)
- Electronic networking and lifelong learning services for Harokopio University graduates and members as well as the public (2011 – 2014)
- HellasHPC - National Network of Excellence on High Performance Computer (2011 – 2012)
- Career and Employment Structure of Harokopio University (DASTA) (2008 – 2012)
- Quality Assurance Unit (MODIP) of Harokopio University, financed by the Education and Lifelong Learning Program ESPA (2008 – 2012)
- Tempus (JMSE - Joint Master in Software Engineering) (2008 – 2012)
- Operation of digital repositories in a distributed environment (EPSETG0522) (2008 – 2010)
- Study for the infrastructure upgrade and the provision of electronic services aiming at improving the University operation (2008)
- Expansion of Tertiary Education of the Operational Programme for Education and Initial Vocational Training (2007 – 2009)
- Advanced Research on Modeling and Simulation (Pythagoras I) of the Operational Programme for Education and Initial Vocational Training (2006 – 2009)
- Development of content and advanced telematic services for Harokopio University (2005 – 2008)
- Digital Collection of the Historic Archive of the University of Athens and The Psachos Digital Byzantine Music Library (2004 – 2008)
- Undergraduate studies programmes - Digital means to support the educational process (2003 – 2008)
- Expansion of Tertiary Education, University of Peloponnese (2002 – 2004)
- Advanced Library Services, University of Athens (2000 – 2008)
- Renovating the Libraries of the University of Athens ↗ (1996 – 2000)
Editorial Boards & Committee Service
Editorial board services, conference and workshop organization, and program committee contributions.
Editorial Board Member
- Editorial Board Member of Requirement Engineering Journal (since 2025)
- Editorial Board Member of Journal of Knowledge Economy by Springer (2014 - 2020)
- Editorial Board Member of Requirement Engineering Journal by Kluwer (2012 - 2018)
- Associate Editor of the International Journal of Web-Based Learning and Teaching Technologies by IGI (2011 - 2016)
- International Editorial Review Board, International Journal of Web-Based Learning and Teaching Technologies by IGI (2008 - 2011)
- International Editorial Review Board, International Journal of E-Government Research by IGI (2007 - 2011)
Conference/Workshop/Special Sessions Organization
- General Chair, 21rst International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science (RCIS 2027)
- Honorary General Chair, IEEE International Conference in International Congress on Intelligent and Service-Oriented Systems Engineering (CISOSE), 2023
- PC Co-chair, 23rd International Database Engineering & Applications Symposium, 2019
- Steering Committee Member, International Conference on the Economics of Grids, Cloud, Systems and Services, 2016 - 2020
- Organizer and PC Co-chair, Cloud Computing Technoeconomic engineering (CCTE) Workshop, in conjunction with the 8th IEEE International Conference on Cloud Engineering (IEEE IC2E 2016)
- Special Session Co-chair, Embedded Multi-Core Mixed-Critical Systems Engineering, part of the 8th IEEE International Conference on Systems of Systems Engineering (IEEE SOSE 2016)
- Organization Chair, 9th IEEE International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science (RCIS 2015)
- Program Committee Co-chair, PCI 2015 Athens, Greece, October 2015
- Program Committee Co-chair, PCI 2014 Athens, Greece, October 2014
- Organizer and PC Co-chair, Towards Organization 2.0: Advancements in Enterprise Social Networks (Org2) Workshop, in conjunction with the 15th International Conference on Web Information System Engineering (WISE 2014)
Program Committee Member
- IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (SMC) (annual) since 2022
- IEEE Systems Conference (SysCon) (annual), since 2013
- IEEE International Conference on System-of-Systems Engineering (SOSE) (annual) since 2016
- IEEE International Symposium on Systems Engineering (ISSE) (annual) since 2015
- Electronic Government and the Information Systems Perspective (EGOVIS) in conjunction with DEXA (annual) since 2010
- IEEE International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Systems (RCIS) (annual) (2015 - 2020)
- International Conference on the Economics of Grids, Cloud, Systems and Services (GECON) (annual) (2016 - 2020)
- International Conference on Cloud Computing and Service Science (CLOSER) (annual) since 2011
- International Conference on Connected Vehicles and Expo (ICCVE) (sponsored by IEEE), 2013-2016
- International Conference WWW/Internet (WWW/Internet) (annual), 2009-2016
- International Conference on Web Information System Engineering (WISE) WISE 2014
- European Simulation and Modelling Conference (ESM) - Web-based Simulation Track (annual) (2005-2015)
- Software Engineering and Data Engineering Conference (SEDE) SEDE (annual) (2006-2015)
- International Conference on Software Engineering Advances (ICSEA) (annual) (2006 - 2014)
- International Conference on Mobile, Hybrid, and On-line Learning (eL&mL) (annual) (2011 - 2014)
- International Middle Eastern Multiconference (MESM), Web-based Simulation Track (annual) (2006 - 2012)
- ACM Information Retrieval (SIGIR 2010), Geneva, Switzerland, July 2010
- ISCA International Conference on Computers and their Applications (CATA) (annual) (2009 - 2011)
- International Conference on Resource Intensive Applications and Services 2010 (INTENSIVE 2010), Cancun, Mexico, March 2010
- International Conference on Current Trends on Information Technology, Dubai, December 2009
- Information Management Association International Conference (IRMA) (2004 - 2007)
- IFIP International Conference on Research and Practical Issues of Enterprise Information Systems (CONFENIS 2006), April 2006
- International Middle Eastern Multiconference on Simulation and Modelling (MESM'2006), Web-based Simulation Track
- ISCA International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing Systems (PDCS) (2004 - 2005)
- SCS European Conference on Simulation and Modeling (EuroSim 2004), September 2004, Special Session Organiser on Modeling and Simulation of Object Based Software Systems
- Third International ISCA Conference on Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology and eBusiness and Applications (CSITeA 2004), December 2004 - Special Session Organiser on E-Society
- Third International ISCA Conference on Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology and eBusiness and Applications (CSITeA 2004), December 2004
- International Symposium on Collaborative Technologies and Systems (CTS04) held in conjunction with the Western Simulation Multi Conference (WMC04), January 2004