Education
1992-1997
M.Eng. (5 years of study)- School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens
1997-2000
Ph.D. Dissertation "Access Systems and Services in Competitive Telecommunications Environments", Telecommunications Laboratory, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens.
2002-2004
M.B.A. "Techno-economic Systems", National Technical University of Athens, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, University of Piraeus (Joined Degree).
Awards & SCHOLARSHIPS
1
Scholarhip Manousio Foundation (1992 - 1997).
2
For her M.Eng. Thesis entitled "QoS management in mobile communication systems", she was awarded the Ericsson Award of Excellence in Telecommunications, 1998.
3
Best Student Paper Award - "Implications of 3G Licensing to Mobile Telecommunications Market Dynamics", 7th International Conference on Telecommunications (ConTEL 2003), Zagreb, Croatia, June 2003.
4
Paper Award - "Load Dependent Resource Allocation in Cooperative Mutliservice Wireless Networks: Throughput and Delay Analysis", IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC 2011), Corfu, Greece, 2011.
5
Candidate for Best Paper Award - "Delineation of the Buyer's Private Contract Value Region in E-Commerce Context", IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology, Compiègne University of Technology, France 2005.
6
Considered as one of the Best paper presented in International Conference - "Reputation Based Intelligent Agent Negotiation Frameworks in the E-Marketplace", International Conference on E-Business (ICE-B 2006) Part of the International Joint Conference on E-Business and Telecommunications (ICETE 2006), Setubal, Portugal, 2006.
7
HUAWEI ICT Academy of the year award & outstanding ICT academy awards 2022.
WORKING EXPERIENCE
2020-
Director of Telecommunications Networks and advanced Services Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Western Macedonia, Kozani, Greece.
2016-2020
Vice Head, Department of Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, University of Western Macedonia, Kozani, Greece.
2014-2023
Associate Professor, Department of Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering (it was renamed to Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in 2019), University of Western Macedonia, Kozani, Greece.
2010-2014
Assistant Professor, Department of Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, University of Western Macedonia, Kozani, Greece.
2008-2010
Lecturer, Department of Informatics and Telematics, Harokopio University of Athens, Greece.
2005-2008
Assistant Professor, Department of Business Administration, Technological Educational Institute of Western Macedonia, Kozani, Greece. Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, Kozani, Greece.
1999-2005
Member of the staff of Public Power Corporation (PPC S.A.), working firstly as a senior engineer at the production sector (1999-2001), then as a senior engineer at the Information Technology Department (2001-2004) and as a member of the team that developed the telecommunications section of PPC S.A. (2000-2005). She became Manager of the Information System Security Sub-Sector, Information Technology Department in 2004.
1997-2000
Research Associate at the Telecommunications Laboratory, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA). She had been actively involved in a number of research and development projects of the E.U.: STORMS, MONTAGE, DOLMEN, MARINE, ABS, PIPER, ATHOC, COBUCO, MISA, KID'S TV, PETERPAN, BONAPARTE, EXPERT, MARINE.
1997
Internship, Hellenic Telecommunications Organization S.A.
1996
Internship, Hellenic Public Power Corporation S.A.
RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
  • Series Editor, Artificial Intelligence and Data Science for Communications Series- IEEE Communications Magazine.
  • Member of the editorial board in a number of international journals(IEEE Communications Magazine, Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory, Security and Privacy Journal, International Journal of Communications Systems, Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies)
  • General chair, Track chair, TPC chair and member, Member, Chair and Organizer of Special Sessions and Reviewer of the Advisory Board in a number of international conferences
  • Keynote Speaker in a number of international conferences
MEMBER OF SCIENTIFIC UNIONS, FORUMS AND TECHNICAL CHAMBERS
  • Member of the Open Technologies Alliance as a representative of the University of Western Macedonia (since 2017).
  • Member of the NetWorldEurope European Technology Platform (former Net!Works European Technology Platform for communications, networks and services, former e-Mobility Forum) as a representative of the University of Western Macedonia (since 2010)
  • Member of the Scientific Group of the Region of Western Macedonia, as a representative of the University, for the Green Transition of the Region of Western Macedonia (2021-2023)
  • Participation in the preparation of an action plan by submitting proposals for the circular economy of the Municipality of Kozani
  • Member of the Standing Committee of National - European Programs, Technical Chamber of Greece/Department of Western Macedonia (2017-2019 and 2008-2011).
  • Member of the Standing Committee of Higher Education and Research, Technical Chamber of Greece/Department of Western Macedonia (2017-2019)
  • President of the Five-Member Evaluation Committee for Candidates for the Establishment of the Regional Council for Research and Innovation of the Region of Western Macedonia, 2016.
  • Member of the IEEE Systems Man and Cybernetics Society Technical Committee "Distributed Intelligent Systems" (since 2011) and "Self-Organized Distributed Pervasive Systems" (2011-2014).
  • Member of the Scientific Society of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE Member) (since 2004) IEEE Senior Member (since 2014)
  • Member of the Scientific Society of Association for Computing Machinery (ACM Member) (since 2005)
  • Member of the Technical Chamber of Greece (since 1997)
  • Expert/Evaluator in National and International Projects
RESEARCH PROJECTS
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Her research interests focus on the design, optimization and performance evaluation of high-speed wireless and wired broadband networks and the advanced telecommunications service design and engineering. Emphasis is laid on the development of algorithms, methods and techniques for bringing intelligence, adaptation, personalization and cognition in networks and services. She has addressed several problems related to network planning, resource allocation, QoS provisioning, power saving, cooperation enforcement mechanisms, handover management/Always Best Connectivity support, trust management frameworks, personal mobility support, automated negotiation frameworks, social networking and task allocation in distributed computing environments.