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PHILIPPOS TRAGAS, MSc, Research Scientist
CONTACT DETAILS
Athens Information Technology
19.5 Km Markopoulo Avenue,
19002 Peania, Attiki, Greece
P.O. Box 68
Phone: +302106682760
Fax: +302106682729
E-mail: ptra <AT> ait <dot> edu <dot> gr
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
Philippos Tragas was born in Athens, Greece, in 1981. He
received the Physics degree in 2004 from the Department of
Physics, University of Patras, Greece with specialization in
Electronics and Computers. He received his M.Sc. degree in
Information and telecommunication technologies, in 2006
offered by “Athens Information Technology” (AIT). He is
currently working towards a second M.Sc. in Electronics and
Radioelectrology. From October 2005 until June 2006 he was
an Assistant to the Electronics Laboratory of the Department
of Informatics & Telecommunications and of the Department of
Physics at the University of Athens. Since April 2006 he is
a member of the “Broadband Wireless and Sensor Network”
group of the Athens Information Technology (A.I.T.), “Centre
of Excellence for Research and Graduate Education”, working
as a research scientist. His research interests include
Antenna Designing, Adaptive Algorithms for MIMO systems and
Indoor Localization. He is a member of IEEE.Scientific
Interest
- Antenna Designing
- Compact antennas for mobile equipments, directive antennas,
Electronically
- Steerable Passive Array Radiators (ESPAR)
antennas
- Adaptive Beamforming Algorithms
- Adaptive Beamforming algorithms for MIMO systems.
- Wireless Communication
- Indoor Localization
Education
2005-2006, Athens Information Technology,
Master of Science in Information and Telecommunications
Technology
Master Thesis: “A printed ESPAR Antenna for Mobile Computing
Applications”
Projects: Speaker Identification using Linear Discriminant
Analysis
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) “Tagging the Future”
1999-2004, Department of Physics, University of Patras,
Degree in Physics
Specialized in Electronics and Computers
Thesis: “GSM Network and simulation with Simulink of
modulation GMSK”
Professional Experience
April 2006 - Present: Athens Information Technology
Position: Research Scientist, Broadband Wireless and Sensor
Network Group,
March - June 2006: Department of Physics, University of
Athens
Position: Assistant to the Electronics Laboratory II
(Undergraduate course)
January - March 2006: Department of Physics, University of
Athens
Position: Assistant to the Analogue Electronics Laboratory
(Master course)
October 2005-January 2006: Department of Informatics &
Telecommunications, University of Athens
Position: Assistant to the Electronics Laboratory I
(Undergraduate course)
December 2003-April 2004: OTE S.A.
Position: Department of Catalogue Information, Telephone
Services, Patras
Publications
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
Ph. Tragas and A. Kalis, “A Printed ESPAR Antenna for
Mobile Computing Applications”, 12th European Wireless
Conference, Athens, Greece, April 2-5, 2006.
Research Projects
“RESOLUTION (Reconfigurable Systems for Mobile Local
Communication and Positioning)”, IST Project FP6, AIT’s
Primal Investigator, (February 2006 - February 2009)
MEDEA DESIGN direct funding, “Antenna Design for 24GHz
ISM band”
Professional Membership
Member of IEEE, member of the Greek union of Physicists,
member of the Radioelectrologists Union
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