CONTACT INFO

EDUCATION:

• Ph.D. in Computer Engineering, Boston University, 2001.
• M.S. in Computer Engineering, Boston University, 1997.
• Diploma degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering, National
• Technical University of Athens, Greece, 1995.
   

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

• Athens Information Technology, Assistant Professor, 9/06 – present
• Athens Information Technology, Postdoctoral Researcher, 11/03 – 9/06
• Emphasis Systems S.A.: Software developer / consultant, 08/03 – 11/03
• Istos Constructions: IT coordinator, 04/03 – 08/03
• Hellenic Air Force: Compulsory military service, 11/01-04/03
• Boston University: Research assistant, 06/98-10/01
• Boston University: Teaching assistant, 09/95-05/98
• ABB Industrial Systems, Västerås, Sweden: Software developer, 04/95-08/95
   

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:

 Performance analysis of telecommunication networks using stochastic modeling,
queuing theory, Large Deviations theory, advanced simulation techniques (such as
importance sampling), linear and non-linear optimization. Network and data
security. Mobile Ad hoc networks. Automotive telematics networking and
applications. Protocol specification and verification.
 

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS:

1. ‘Security and Cooperation in Clustered Mobile Ad-hoc Networks with
   Centralized Supervision’ (with D. Vogiatzis and G. S. Yovanof), IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications Special Issue on Security in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks, Vol. 24 (2006), No. 2, pages 329-342.

2. ‘Importance Sampling for the Estimation of Buffer Overflow Probabilities
   via Trace-Driven Simulations’ (with I. Ch. Paschalidis), IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, Vol. 12 (2004), No. 5, pages 907-919.
3. ‘On the Estimation of Buffer Overflow Probabilities from Measurements’
   (with I. Ch. Paschalidis), IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, Vol. 47 (2001), No. 1, pages 178-191.
    

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS:

1. ‘Architecture Framework for Device Single Sign On in Personal Area
   Networks’ (with A. Chandershekarapuram, D. Vogiatzis and G. S. Yovanof), International Workshop on Pervasive Systems (PerSys'06), October/November 2006, Montpellier, France.
2. ‘The Emerging NGN Platform for Mobile Services & Automobile
   Telematics’ (with D. Vogiatzis, I. Tomkos and G. S. Yovanof), invited paper, 45th FITCE Congress, August/September 2006, Athens, Greece.
3. ‘Metropolitan Wireless Access Networks: A Techno-economic Analysis
   Framework’ (with D. Vogiatzis, N. Pronios and G. S. Yovanof), invited paper, 45th FITCE Congress, August/September 2006, Athens, Greece.
4. ‘Design and Optimization of Reputation Mechanisms for Centralized
   Clustered Ad hoc Networks’, (with D. Vogiatzis and G.S. Yovanof), 4th Annual Mediterranean Ad hoc Networking Workshop, June 2005, Ile de Porquerolles, France.
5. ‘On the Robustness of a Novel Reputation Mechanism for Centralized
   Clustered Ad-hoc Networks’, poster paper, (with D. Vogiatzis and G.S. Yovanof), 14th IST Mobile and Wireless Communications Summit, June 2005, Dresden, Germany.
6. ‘Secure Communication over Heterogeneous Networks with Clustered
   Mobile Ad hoc Extensions’, (with D. Vogiatzis and G.S. Yovanof), 2005
   International Workshop on Wireless Ad-hoc Networks, May 2005, London, U.K.
7. ‘Cooperation Enforcement in Mobile Ad hoc Networks with Centralized
   Supervision’, (with D. Vogiatzis and G.S. Yovanof), 11th European Wireless Conference, April 2005, Nicosia, Cyprus.
8.  ‘Misbehavior Detection in Clustered Ad-hoc Networks with Central
   Control’, (with D. Vogiatzis and G.S. Yovanof), Wireless Ad Hoc / Sensor Networks and Network Security ITCC 05, April 2005, LasVegas, Nevada.
9. ‘Security Considerations for the Centralized Ad-hoc Network Architecture’(with D. Vogiatzis, T. Dimitriou and G.S. Yovanof), 2004 International Workshop on Wireless Ad-hoc Networks, June 2004, Oulu, Finland.
10. ‘Quick Simulation of a Queue Fed by Arbitrary Traffic Traces’ (with I. Ch.
    Paschalidis), invited paper, 39th Annual Allerton Conference, October 2001, Monticello, Illinois.
11. ‘Importance Sampling for the Estimation of Buffer Overflow Probabilities in
    Large Communication Switches’ (with I. Ch. Paschalidis), INFORMS APS Conference, July 2001, New York, NY.
12. ‘Model-Based Estimation of Buffer Overflow Probabilities from Measurements’(with I. Ch. Paschalidis), ACM SIGMETRICS, June 2001, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
13. ‘On Estimating Buffer Overflow Probabilities under Markov-modulated Inputs’(with I. Ch. Paschalidis), invited paper, 37th Annual Allerton Conference, September 1999, Monticello, Illinois.
14. ‘On the Estimation of Effective Bandwidths from Measurements’ (with I. Ch. Paschalidis), invited presentation, INFORMS Conference, November 1999, Philadelphia, Pensylvania.
15.  ‘Automated Formal Verification of Protocols’ (with D. R. Avresky), Sixth
    International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN '97), September 1997, Las Vegas, Nevada.

INVITED LECTURES:

1.  ‘Municipal provision of Wireless Broadband Access: the Philadelphia Experiment’, January 2006, IST Project BReATH Workshop, Warsaw, Poland.
2. ‘Cooperation Reinforcement in Wireless Mesh Networks with Centralized
   Supervision’, April 2005, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts.
3. ‘Towards Measurement-Based Quality of Service Provisioning in Multimedia Telecommunication Networks’, August 2001, Motorola, Arlington Heights, Illinois.
4. ‘Importance Sampling for the Estimation of Buffer Overflow Probabilities via Simulation’, February 2001, Nokia Research Center, Burlington, Massachusetts.
5. ‘Estimating buffer overflow probabilities from measurements’, June 2000, Nokia Research Center, Burlington, Massachusetts.

TEACHING ACTIVITY:

TEACHING ACTIVITY:

COURSES:

AIT32C Data Networks
AIT46E Wireless Networks
AIT42E Introduction to Computer and Network Security
AIT18E Introduction to Cryptography and Computer Security
AIT56E Logistics and Supply Chain Management

THESES SUPERVISION:
1. E. Roumpeidou, “Distributed Bluetooth Scatternet Formation & Multimedia Networking”
2. C. Chatziathanassiou, “MAC Layer Misbehavior in Wireless Ad-Hoc Networks”
3. Appadodharana Chanderashekarapuram, “Security Architecture for Small Networks of Handhelds”
4. Charuta Joshi, “Live and Prerecorded Video Transmission over Wireless Links”
5. Andreas Derdemezis and Johnny Awad, “Implementation of a High Interaction Honeynet Testbed for Educational and Research Purposes”
6. Chinwe Abosi, “An Optimised Throughput-Delay Transmission Scheduling Protocol for Delay Tolerant Mobile Ad Hoc Networks”

INDEPENDENT STUDY SUPERVISION:
Andreas Derdemezis, “802.11 Wireless LAN Security Overview”


RESEARCH PROJECTS:

1. BROADWAY (IST-2001-32686)
2. MAGNET Beyond (IST-FP6-IP-027396)
 

DISSERTATIONS:

1. ‘Measurement-Based Quality of Service Provisioning in Multimedia
   Telecommunication Networks’, Ph.D. Dissertation, Boston University, October 2001.
2. ‘A Method for Formal Verification and Testing of Interactive Software’,
   M.S. Thesis, Boston University, September 1997.
3. ‘Object Oriented Analysis and Coding of the Handover Procedure in UMTS networks’, Diploma Thesis, National Technical University of Athens, February 1995.