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I am currently an Assistant Professor at the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Thessaly (UTH), Volos, Greece.

I received a Diploma (equivalent to MEng) in Electrical & Computer Engineering from Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece in 1998, an M.Sc. in Telematics (Communications & Software), and a Ph.D. in Policy-based Quality of Service Management in IP Networks from the University of Surrey, UK in 1999 and 2005 respectively.

In 2006, I moved back to my hometown Volos, a city in the eastern region of Thessaly in central Greece, where I joined the University of Thessaly and became a postodoctoral researcher and an adjunct lecturer. Before that, I lived in Guildford, a town in the Surrey county, UK for 7 years (1998-2005) where I undertook my postgraduate studies in the University of Surrey and joined the Networks Group headed by Prof. George Pavlou.

From 2001 to 2005, I was a Research Fellow at the Centre for Communication Systems Research (CCSR), University of Surrey, working on European and U.K. national research projects related to QoS Management and Traffic Engineering of DiffServ IP Networks focusing on Policy-based (re-)dimensioning and dynamic resource management and conflict analysis. From 2006, I have been involved in many Greek national and European research projects dealing with areas related to 5G Networks, information-centric future internet architectures following the publish/subscribe paradigm and self-*, autonomic management of fixed and wireless networks.

Available to access here are:

Research

Current research projects.

Publications

Journal and Conference publications that I've authored or co-authored.

Teaching

Courses that I teach in the Univerity of Thessaly.

Contact

My current contact details.

2 Poster papers accepted for publication on "Intent-Based Security for Edge Applications: Distributed Orchestration with over-the-Air Updates" and "6G-NOW: A Network-of-Networks Architecture for Resilient Connected and Automated Mobility" in the International Conference on Telecommunications - ICT 2026, Thessaloniki, Greece, May 20-22, 2026.
New Research Project on "6G Network of Networks (6G-NOW)" has officially started on February 18, 2026. The project is funded by the EU HORIZON SNS-JU ENVELOPE Project (Evaluation and validation of connected mobility in real open systems beyond 5GS) - ENVELOPE Open Calls.
Our paper on "A Multiobjective DQN Framework for Dynamic Service Orchestration in the Computing Continuum" has been accepted for publication in the IEEE Conference on Network Function Virtualization and Software Defined Networks (IEEE SDN/NFV 2025), Athens, Greece, November 10-12, 2025.
Position paper on "Challenges in Computing Continuum Orchestration to support AI/ML Applications" has been accepted for publication in the IEEE FICloud 2025, 12th International Conference on Future Internet of Things and Cloud Conference, Istanbul, Turkey, August 11-13, 2025.
Our paper on "Edge to Cloud Service Placement based on Reinforcement Learning in 6G Networks" has been accepted for publication in the IEEE International Conference in Communications (ICC 2025), Montreal, Canada, June 8-12, 2025.
Research Project on "Smart Management of the Computing Continuum to support AI/ML Applications (SMACCAI)" has officially started on January 7th, 2025. The project is funded by the UTH Innovation - Technology Transfer Unit and Entrepreneurship Center - One Planet Thessaly.

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