ANTONIS KALIS

CONTACT INFO

Mailing Address
Areos 11, Marousi,
15122, Athens, Greece

Phone: 0030 6972 200 921

Contact details:
Athens Information Technology
19.5 Km Markopoulo Avenue,
19002 Peania, Attiki, Greece
P.O. Box 68
Phone: +302106682774
Fax:    +302106682703
E-mail: akal@ait.edu.gr

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

• Born in 29/1/1974, Athens, Greece
• Nationality: Greek
• Memberships:
  a. Technical Chamber of Greece, Member.
  b. IEEE, Member.
  c. AFCEA, Member.
Languages:
a. Greek, mother language
b. English, Proficiency
c. German , Grundstufe
• Current Affiliation: Assistant Professor, Athens Information Technology
  Adjunct Assistant Professor, Carnegie Mellon University

SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS

• Smart Antenna Systems.
• Wireless communications.
• Ad-Hoc and Sensor Networks.
• Embedded Radio Communication Systems.
   

EDUCATION

June 2002:	PhD, University of Patras, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Technology, Laboratory of Electromagnetics, Communications and Embedded Systems Group.
February 1997:	Electrical Engineering and Computer Technology Diploma, University of Patras.

AWARDS

June 2001:	Chester Sall Award for the best papers published in the 2000 Transactions on Consumer Electronics, second place, for the work “A Printed Circuit Switched Antenna Array for Indoor Communications”.
March 2004:	Supervision of student Dee Leang on the MSIN thesis “Design of a hardware platform for Sensor Networks using Smart Antennas”, that received the Kennametal Fellowship Award, 2004.

PATENTS

Other Recognitions

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

September 1998 - February 2001:	Teaching Assistant, Laboratory of Electromagnetics, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Patras
May 2003 – Now:	Assistant Professor, Athens Information Technology Adjunct Assistant Professor, Carnegie Mellon University. Courses: 18-544 “Network Design and Evaluation”, CMU, SU03 AIT-14E, “Wireless Communications”, AIT-28E, “Wireless Sensor Networks”, AIT-40E, “Wireless & Optical Communications”, AIT-33C, “Telecommunication Sytems”, AIT-50E, “Market Perspective of the ICT Industry”, “Wireless Communications”, “Antennas for Mobile Applications”
Seminars:	“Introduction to the Concept of Aerial Entropy and Modulation” AIT, November 2004, University of Piraeus, February 2005 “Applying Smart Antennas in Sensor Networks”, AIT, February 2004, University of Piraeus, March 2004 University of Trento, July 2004
Professional Courses:	“Wireless Access”, Technological Educational Institute of Larissa, March 2004

PUBLICATIONS

Journals
T. Christou, S. Efremidis, Th. Tiropanis, and A. Kalis, “Grid-based Virtual Laboratory Experiments for a Graduate Course on Sensor Networks”, vol. 50, no. 1, February 2007, pp 17-26
A. Kalis, T. Dimitriou “Fast Routing in Wireless Sensor Networks Using Directional Transmissions”, Int. J. Mobile Network Design and Innovation, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp 63-69, 2005
Kalis, M. Carras, “A sectored phased array for DBF applications”, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 54, no. 6, November 2005 pp. 1932 - 1936.
Kalis, Th. Antonakopoulos, “Direction finding in mobile computing networks”, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, vol. 51, no. 5 , October 2002, pp. 940 -948.Kalis, T. Antonakopoulos, C. Soras, V. Makios, “A switched dual antenna array for mobile computing networks”, International Journal on Electronics, vol. 89, no 4, 2002, pp.325 - 335.
Kalis, T. Antonakopoulos, V. Makios, “A printed circuit switched array antenna for indoor communications”, IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, vol. 46 no. 3, August 2000, pp. 531-538.

Conferences

Ph. Tragas, A. Kalis, C. Papadias, F. Ellinger, R. Eickhoff , Th. Ussmuller, R. Mosshammer, M. Huemer, A. Dabek, D. Doumenis, A. Kounoudes, "RESOLUTION: Reconfigurable Systems for Mobile Local Communication and Positioning", to appear in 16th IST Mobile & Wireless Communications Summit, 2007
A. Kalis, A. G. Kanatas, C. Papadias, “An ESPAR antenna for beamspace-MIMO systems using PSK modulation schemes”, to appear in ICC 2007.
A. Kalis, A. G. Kanatas, M. Carras, A. G. Constantinides, “On the Performance of MIMO Systems in the Wavevector Domain”, 15th IST Mobile & Wireless Communications Summit, Myconos, Greece, June 5-8, 2006.
Ph. Tragas and A. Kalis, “A Printed ESPAR Antenna for Mobile Computing Applications”, 12th European Wireless Conference, Athens, Greece, April 2-5, 2006.
G. Rayess, I. Tsirilakis, C. Kakogiannis, A. Kalis, A. G. Kanatas, Ph. Constantinou, “Java-based simulator for wireless multi-hop networks using directional antennas”, 12th European Wireless Conference, Athens, Greece, April 2-5, 2006.
G. Bravos, A. G. Kanatas, A. Kalis, “Power Control Techniques for Energy Efficient Wireless Sensor Networks”, 12th European Wireless Conference, Athens, Greece, April 2-5, 2006.
G. Bravos, A. G. Kanatas and A. Kalis “Channel Modeling and Power Control in SENSASim for Wireless Sensor Networks”, HET-NETs 2005, West Yorkshire, U.K., July 2005
M. Mavrommatis, A. Kalis, M. Carras, “Two bounce Geometric Model for SIR evaluation in Ad-Hoc Networks using directional antennas”, IEEE PIMRC 2005, Berlin September 2005.
A. Kalis, M. Carras, “Aerial Entropy and Capacity of an MEA EM Source”, 26th Symposium on Information Theory in the Benelux, May 19-20, Brussels, 2005
D. Leang, A. Kalis, “Smart SensorDVBs: Sensor Network Development Boards with Smart Antennas”, IEEE ICCCAS, June 2004.
T. Dimitriou, A. Kalis, “Efficient Delivery of Information in Sensor Networks Using Smart Antennas”, ALGOSENSORS 2004
M. Carras, A. Kalis, A. G. Constantinides, “Improving the frequency characteristics of the Electronically Steerable Passive Array Radiator Antenna”, ISWCS 2004, September 2004
A. Kalis, T. Antonakopoulos, V. Makios, “A power divider/combiner block for switched beam arrays”, Proceedings of the 2002 International Symposium on Industrial Electronics, 2002, vol.1, pp. 89 -92.
A. Kalis, Th. Antonakopoulos, “Relative direction determination in mobile computing networks”, Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, 2001. IMTC 2001. Proceedings of the 18th IEEE , vol. 3 , 2001, pp. 1479 -1484.
A. Kalis, T. Antonakopoulos, V. Makios, “A printed circuit switched array antenna for indoor communications”, International Conference on Consumer Electronics, 2000, ICCE. 2000 Digest of Technical Papers, pp. 142-143.
A. Kalis, T. Antonakopoulos, “On optimizing the routing algorithms of a GSM infrastructure network for supporting time critical applications”, International Conference on Simulation '98. (Conf. Publ. No. 457), 1998, pp. 201-208.

Teaching Activity

Courses

18-544 “Network Design and Evaluation”, CMU, SU03
AIT-14, “Wireless Communications”
AIT-28, “Wireless Sensor Networks”
AIT-30, “Wireless & Optical Communications”
AIT-33C, “Telecommunication Sytems”
AIT-50E, “Market Perspective of the ICT Industry”

Professional Courses

“Wireless Communications”
“Antennas for Mobile Applications”

Seminars

“Beamspace-MIMO: Extending the capacity limits of wireless communications
using a single transceiver”, Bell-Labs, December 2007, Princeton University, December 2007, Carnegie Mellon University, December 2007
 “On the Performance of Virtual MIMO Systems”, AIT, February 2006.
“An ESPAR antenna for beamspace-MIMO systems using PSK modulation schemes”, AIT, 13 October 2006.
“Introduction to the Concept of Aerial Entropy and Modulation”, AIT, November 2004, University of Piraeus, February 2005
“Applying Smart Antennas in Sensor Networks”, AIT, February 2004, University of Piraeus, March 2004, University of Trento, July 2004
“Wireless Access”, Technological Educational Institute of Larissa, March 2004
“Smart Antennas” , AIT, Διόσκουροι, June 2004
“Radio Location Systems” , AIT, Διόσκουροι, June 2004

Theses

Philipos Traggas “Printed ESPAR antennas for mobile computing applications”
Ghassan Abdallah “A Sensor Network realization”
S. Haddad, "Analytical Framework for the use of smart antennas in ad-hoc and sensor networks"
Y. Tsirilakis, "Cross layer optimization techniques for sensor networks using smart antennas"
G. Rayess, "Network Layer protocols for sensor networks using smart antennas"
M. Mavrommatis, "Multi-hop cross layer protocols for real time applications"
D. Leang, "Smart SensorDVBs: Sensor Network Development Boards with Smart Antennas,"

Independent Studies

Hammed Soroush, Mastooreh Salajegheh, “Performance analysis of Dual Core FireFly Module using Directional antennas”
Aliki Dona, “Monitor Program Development and Testing of a Smart Sensor Node”
Antonis Yfantis, “Ultrasonic Pulses for Wireless Communications”




“RESOLUTION (Reconfigurable Systems for Mobile Local Communication and Positioning)”, IST Project FP6, AIT’s Primal Investigator, (February 2006 - February 2009)
GSRT project ΠΕΝΕΔ “MAC and Physical Layer of Wireless Sensor Networks”, Partner: University of Piraeus.
MEDEA DESIGN direct funding, “Antenna Design for 24GHz ISM band”
Signal GeneriX Ltd Consulting, “Organization of a Sensor Networks Lab”

 

RESEARCH PROJECTS

• “RESOLUTION (Reconfigurable Systems for Mobile Local Communication and Positioning)”, IST Project FP6, AIT’s Primal Investigator, (February 2006 - February 2009)

• GSRT project ΠΕΝΕΔ “MAC and Physical Layer of Wireless Sensor Networks”, Partner: University of Piraeus.

• MEDEA DESIGN direct funding, “Antenna Design for 24GHz ISM band”
  Signal GeneriX Ltd Consulting, “Organization of a Sensor Networks Lab”

• “RESOLUTION (Reconfigurable Systems for Mobile Local Communication and Positioning)”, IST Project FP6, AIT’s Primal Investigator, (February 2006 - February 2008)

• “MSA: Music Sciences Antenna”. Digital Harmony Technologies Inc. Chief Researcher. (November 2000 – March 2001).

• “R-Fieldbus” IST Project No: IST-1999-11316. Researcher. (January 2000 – October 2000, March 2001 – June 2001).

• “Research program for PANAFON cellular communications”: PANAFON S.A, a VODAFONE subsidiary. Researcher. (July 2001 – August 2001).

• "ATM Networking System Development”: Hellenic Telecommunications Organization (OTE). Researcher. (October 1998 – June 1999).

• "ESD Best Practice Low Power (SOFLOPO): Low Power Software Development for Embedded Applications.” : ESPRIT Project No: 25403. Researcher. (January 1998 - October 1999).

• “V-NET: Implementation of a 802.11 MAC Controller chip”: ATMEL HELLAS S.A. Researcher. (January 1998 - December 1998).

• "Cordless Business Communications-COBUCO": ACTS Project no:AC031. Researcher. (January 1998 - October 1998).

• "Digital Stereoscopic Imaging and Applications - DISTIMA": RACE Project No: R2045. Research Assistant (January 1998 - October 1998).