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The Autonomic Computing Group is led by Prof. Lazaros Polymenakos. The core members of the group are Dr. John Soldatos, Dr. Aristodemos Pnevmatikakis, Dr. Fotis Talatzis and
Dr. Christos Boukis. Along with the professors, some
researchers participate in this group. They are Kostas
Stamatis that is conducting his PHD in conjunction with NTUA,
Andreas Stergiou, George Souretis, Elias Retzeperis, Nikos
Dimakis and Vasilis Mylonakis. In the sequel we provide
short CVs of the key members of the group that demonstrate
the interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary required to
achieve the research visions of the group. More details and
full CVs are accessible through AIT's central site
 Prof. Lazaros Polymenakos
Prof. Lazaros C. Polymenakos, obtained his Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Degree from the National Technical University of Athens Greece in 1989. He pursued graduate studies at the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Dept. of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA, where he obtained his Masters and Doctoral degrees in 1991 and 1995, respectively. His area of expertise is in large scale optimisation techniques, including network optimisation, dynamic programming and non-linear programming, and adaptive filtering. Since 1995 he has worked with the IBM Human Language Technologies group on robust methods for automatic speech recognition in the presence of external noise and in varying channels (telephone, wireless, different microphones). He was member of the evaluation committee for the ARPA, HUB4 broadcast news automatic transcription competition in 1995 and 1996. He has worked on methods for improving accuracy in speech recognition in embedded devices, and is the author of several technical publications, presentations and patents. In 1996 he was visiting professor at Rutgers University, NJ, USA. In 1998, he joined IBM Hellas, SA where he has focused on research and development for the Greek speech recognition system. Since 2002, he has been a faculty member of AIT, where he focuses on research in signal processing and distributed systems (Full CV at AIT site)
 Prof. John Soldatos
Prof. John K. Soldatos was born in Athens, Greece in 1973. He obtained his
Dipl-Eng. degree in 1996 and his Phd in 2000, both from the National Technical
University of Athens. He has had an active role in several EU co-funded research
projects (EXPERT AC-094, WATT AC-235, IMPACT AC-324,Chameleon EP 20597,
CATCH-2004 IST-1999-11103, and LION IST-19990-11387), and is now involved in the
CHILFP6-506909 project. He has also consulted in many ICT projects for leading
Greek enterprises, with the roles of project manager, team leader and chief
technical architect. He has co-authored more than 65 papers published in
international journals and conference proceedings. Dr. Soldatos serves as
reviewer in numerous magazines, journals and conferences, and expert evaluator
for both EU and national tenders. Since March 2003 he is with Athens Information
Technology, where he is currently an Assistant Professor. He is responsible for
courses in all academic programs of the AIT, namely MSIN (Information Systems
Modelling), MSITT (Database Systems, Enterprise Systems) and MBIT (Management of
Information Systems), while also being the coordinator of AIT’s Summer School.
Moreover, he has been responsible for several AIT's professional courses on
enterprise IT systems (J2EE, Oracle, Software Engineering). His current research
interests are in Network Control and Management, Grid, Pervasive/Ubiquitous and
Autonomic Computing. (Full CV at AIT site)
 Prof. Aristodemos Pnevmatikakis
Dr. Aristodemos Pnevmatikakis is an assistant professor at Athens
Information Technology, instructing signal processing and communications
courses. He is supervising various theses and independent studies in the area of
computer vision and speech processing for smart room applications. His research
interests include DSP for pattern recognition and communications, the physical
layer of communication systems (with emphasis on RF system level design) and
data converters (with emphasis on Sigma-Delta modulators) and their interface to
the digital and analog sections of systems. He is coauthor of the book
Delta-Sigma Modulators, Modeling, Design and Applications, (Imperial College
Press, London, UK, 2003). He has published 9 journal and 26 conference papers,
having his work cited 13 times. His research has been featured on national TV (eLife
– ET3, Apr. 2005) and has been demonstrated at COMDEX exhibition (Athens, Nov.
2005). He has been involved in two IST, one ESPRIT and two ΠΕΝΕΔ research
projects.
He received his BSc in Physics from University of Patras, Greece in 1993 and his
MSc and PhD from Imperial College, University of London in 1995 and 1999
respectively. Since July 2003, he is Assistant Professor at Athens Information
Technology. He has been with the Development Programs Dept. of Intracom
(2001-2003) and with the Analogue and RF Design Group of Integrated Systems (Full CV at AIT site)
 Dr. Fotios Talantzis
Dr. Fotios Talantzis, obtained his BEng in Electronic and Computer Engineering in 2000. He followed this by an MSc (Telecommunications and Signal Processing) and a PhD on Acoustical Signal Processing in Imperial College London. His research allowed for a series of journal and conference publications while in parallel he enriched his professional skills by working as a consultant in respectful Greek and UK companies. While studying he also lead the research for an EPSRC funded project that dealt with creation of mathematical models that investigated the robustness of 3D Audio and hands-free telephony. In April 2004 he returned to Greece to join Athens Information Technology as an academic researcher. His work now concentrates on adaptive signal processing, acoustical equalization and filter design
(Full CV at AIT site)
Dr. Christos Boukis
Dr. Christos Boukis obtained a BSc degree in Physics from the National and
Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece in 1997 and an MSc
degree on electronic automation from the same institution in
1999. In 2003 he was awarded a PhD on digital signal
processing from Imperial College, London. His research was
concentrated mainly on adaptive filtering, feedback
suppression and acoustic signal processing and resulted in a
number of publications. He has participated in several
research projects in several disciplines ranging from ADSL
to acoustic feedback and howling removal in public address
systems and hearing aids and has worked in audio companies
as a researcher. Currently he is a postdoctoral research
scientist in Athens Information Technology where his
research focuses on adaptive filtering, room acoustics,
voice activity detection and multilayer linear digital
filters.
Researchers
Mr. Konstantinos Stamatis
Mr. Konstantinos Stamatis, obtained his Master of Engineering degree in 2002
from the National Technical University of Athens and his Master of Science
degree in Athens Information Technology, after the completion of MSIN program of
Carnegie Mellon University. Since May 2004, Mr. Stamatis has been with the
Athens Information Technology as a researcher while simultaneously he is working
on his PhD in Digital VLSI Systems at NTUA. Mr. Stamatis has knowledge in C,
C++, Java programming languages, experience in implementing distributed systems,
as well as in Unified Modeling Language and Soft Systems Methodology. Mr.
Stamatis has been involved in implementing ubiquitous computing applications in
the scope of the CHIL FP6 project. His current research interests lie in the
fields of information systems modeling, distributed computing and hardware
design.
Mr. Andreas Stergiou
Mr. Andreas Stergiou, obtained his Master of Engineering
degree in 2003 from the National Technical University of
Athens. In December 2004, he also obtained the Master of
Science in Information Networking offered by Carnegie Mellon
University in collaboration with Athens Information
Technology (ΑΙΤ). During August – November 2002, he worked
(in the scope of an Internship) with Texas Instruments in
Freising, Germany, as part of the IAESTE (International
Association for Exchange of Students for Technical
Experience) program. Since January 2005, Mr. Stergiou is
with AIT as a researcher. Mr. Stergiou is experienced with
several tools including design tools for analog (Cadence)
and digital (VHDL) circuitry, tools for systems modeling and
simulation (MATLAB, SIMULINK), tools for network modeling
and simulation (OPNET, VPI, Ns-2). Moreover, he has
experience with C, C++, Java and databases (Oracle).
Mr. Giorgos Souretis
Mr. Giorgos Souretis obtained his Master of Engineering
degree in 2004 from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
In December 2005, he also obtained the Master of Science in
Information Networking offered by Carnegie Mellon University
in collaboration with Athens Information Technology (ΑΙΤ) .
He is currently working as a researcher in AIT in the
development of perceptual components and pursuing a Master's
degree in Applied Mathematics. His research interests lay in
the areas of computer vision, image processing and time
series analysis.
Mr. Elias Rentzeperis
Elias Rentzeperis obtained his Bachelor of Science in
Electrical Engineering from Michigan Technological
University in December 2002. In May 2005 he received the
Masters of Science in Information Networking offered by
Carnegie Mellon University in conjunction with Athens
Information Technology (AIT). He has been working as a
researcher in the Autonomic and Grid Computing Group of AIT
since October 2005. His current research interests focus in
Pattern Recognition, Computer Vision, Speech Processing and
Bioinformatics. Elias has knowledge of various programming
languages and simulation tools and experience in the
implementation of algorithms in different platforms.
Mr. Nikos Dimakis
Mr. Nikos Dimakis, received his Diploma in Computer
Engineering & Informatics from the University of Patras in
July 2004. In December 2005 he obtained his Master of
Science degree in Information Networking from Carnegie
Mellon University in collaboration with AIT(Athens
Information Technology). Since October 2005, he has been
working as a researcher in the Autonomic and Grid Computing
Group of AIT in the area of Distributed Systems and in
Ubiquitous Services. He is involved in the CHIL FP6-506909
project in the workpackage WP2 regarding the CHIL
Architecture and in workpackage WP3 regarding CHIL Services.
Mr. Dimakis has knowledge of C/C++, Java programming
languages as well as Database Systems (Oracle).
Mr. Vasilis Mylonakis
Mr. Vasilis Mylonakis, obtained his Master of Engineering
degree in July 2004 from the National Technical University
of Athens. In December 2005, he also obtained the Master of
Science in Information Networking offered by Carnegie Mellon
University in collaboration with Athens Information
Technology (ΑΙΤ). Since October 2005, Mr. Mylonakis is with
AIT as a researcher. Mr. Mylonakis is experienced with
several tools including design tools for digital (VHDL)
circuitry, tools for systems modeling and simulation (MATLAB,
SIMULINK), tools for network modeling and simulation (OPNET,
VPI, Ns-2). Moreover, he has experience with C, C++, Java
and databases (Oracle). He is familiar in developing
applications both in Unix and Windows and has been helping
us in developing real-time algorithms for Perceptual
Components in C/C++.
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