Resume

Résumé

(Academic - Publication date August 2010)

Current post
I am working towards a Ph.D. degree in robotics (funded by an APRS scholarship), pursuing research into adaptive, nature-inspired communication protocols for heterogeneous mobile robot teams. Apart from that, I work as a senior demonstrator, lab-assistant and general student advisor, teaching and helping computer science students with a variety of courses including software development, computer hardware, operating systems, Internet service administration and intelligent robotics (includes physical contact and programming of pioneer mobile robots).
Education
  • Ph.D. candidate (to submit by the end of Septemper 2012).
    Thesis working title: A Cross-Layer Design for Bee-Inspired Routing in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks.
  • M.Sc. (Advanced) in Internet and Distributed Systems (Hons), Distinction.
    Dissertation title: Routing for logical ring topology networks: a comparison of two methods.
  • B.Sc. in Computer Science (Hons), 2:1.
    Final year report title: Web Driven Administration Tool for GNU/Linux servers.
  • CertHE in Computing.
Expertise
Strong software engineering skills for both desktop and enterprise applications using a variety of technologies such as C, C++, J2SE/J2EE, C#.NET and a number of other programming and scripting languages. Also experienced in Unix and GNU system administration.
Experience
Software/Network engineering, system/network/database administration, and computer forensics.
Personal skills
Team working, presentational skills, analytical skills (natural debugger!), and teaching.
Languages
Greek (native), English (strong).
Administrivia & service
Postgraduate student (M.Sc.) representative 07/08, Dept. of Computer Science, AU.
Examinations' invigilator, Dept. of Computer Science, AU.
Organizer, International Summer Research Camp, Autonomous Intelligent Robots (AIR 2009).
Awards
Aberystwyth Postgraduate Research Studentship (APRS) 2009 - link
Publications
See publications.
Conferences & workshops
  • EvoSTAR 2011 - The main European events on Evolutionary Computation: EvoCOMNET 2011 (EvoAPPLICATIONS), 8th European event on Nature-Inspired Techniques for Telecommunication Networks and other Parallel and Distributed Systems, Torino, Italy.
  • SAB 2010 - 11th International Conference of Simulation of Adaptive Behavior, From Animals to Animats 11, Paris - Clos Lucé, France.
  • TAROS 2009 - 10th Aniversary of TAROS, Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems, University of Ulster, City of Derry, United Kingdom.
  • International Summer Research Camp On Autonomous Intelligent Robots - AIR 2009, Symposium: Adaption on Different Timescales, Aberystwyth, Wales, UK.
  • EvoSTAR 2009 - The main European events on Evolutionary Computing: EvoCOMNET 2009, 6th European Workshop on the Application of Nature-inspired Techniques for Telecommunication Networks and other Parallel and Distributed Systems, Tübingen, Germany.