Autonomic and Grid Computing
Group's publications

The following papers have been produced by the Autonomic Computing Group from 2003 up to 2006. The papers cover several disciplines outlined in the research areas section.

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Journals

2006

  1. [CCJ_06a] “Agent based Middleware Infrastructure for Autonomous Context-Aware Computing Services”, John Soldatos, Ippokratis Pandis, Kostas Stamatis, Lazaros Polymenakos, James Crowley, accepted for publication in the Computer Communications Journal, Vol. Emerging Middleware for Next Generation Networks, 2005.
  2. [LNCS_06] “A testing methodology for face recognition algorithms”, A. Pnevmatikakis and L. Polymenakos , accepted for publication in Lecture Notes in Computer Science, by S. Renals and S. Bengio (Eds.): LNCS 3869, pp. 218-229, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2006.
  3. [IJWET_06] “Semantic Web Technologies for Ubiquitous Computing Resource Management in Smart Spaces”, John Soldatos, Kostas Stamatis, Siamak Azodolmolky, Ippokratis Pandis, and Lazaros Polymenakos, in the International Journal of Web Engineering and Technology (IJWET).
  4. [IJNM_06] John Soldatos and Dimitris Alexopoulos, “Web Services based Network Management: Approaches and the WSNET System”, accepted for publication in the International Journal of Network Management (IJNM)
  5. [IEEESPL_06] “A Novel Algorithm for the Adaptation of the Pole of Laguerre Filters”, C. Boukis, D. Mandic, A.G. Constantinides and L. C. Polymenakos, IEEE Signal Processing Letters, to appear.
  6. [IEEETSAP_06a] F.Talantzis, D. B. Ward, “Performance Analysis of Dynamic Acoustic Source Separation In Reverberant Rooms,” IEEE Transactions on Speech and Audio Processing, July 2006.
  7. [IEEETSAP_06b] F.Talantzis, A. G. Constantinides, L. C. Polymenakos, “An Acoustic Source Localization Framework Based On Mutual Information” IEEE Transactions on Speech and Audio Processing, Accepted.
  8. [CCJ_06b] E. Vayias, J. Soldatos, G. Kormentzas, “Traffic Shaping based on an Exponential Token Bucket for Quantitative QoS: Implementation and Experiments on DiffServ Routers”, accepted for publication to the special Issue of the Computer Communications journal on “End-to-End QoS Provisioning Advances”.

2005

  1. [JSNM_05] Dimitris Alexopoulos and John Soldatos, “XMLNET: A Cost Effective Network Management Architecture based on XML technologies”, Journal of Systems and Network Management (Kluwer), Vol. 13, No. 4, December 2005, see also the XMLNET page.
  2. [JCSC_05] Pnevmatikakis, S. Blionas and D. Triantis, “Physical Layer of Base-Band OFDM Modem – Algorithms and Performance”, J. Circuits, Systems and Computers, vol. 14, no.3, June 2005.
  3. [CCJ_05a] G. Kylafas and J.Soldatos, "ASONS: An Automatically Switched Optical Networks Simulator", Computer Communications Journal (Elsevier, Vol.28/2 pp. 224-235, see also the ASONS page.
  4. [IEEECST_05] J.Soldatos, E.Vayias, G.Kormentzas "On the Building Blocks of QoS in Heterogeneous IP networks", IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials, Vol.7, No.1, 1st Quarter 2005.
  5. [IJWET_05] “Multimodal Web Applications: Design Guidelines and an Implementation Framework”, L. Polymenakos and J. Soldatos, accepted for publication in the International Journal of Web Engineering and Technology (IJWET), Vol 2, No. 1, 2005.
  6. [JGC_05] “EMPEROR: An OGSA Grid Meta-Scheduler based on Dynamic Resource Predictions: Schemes and Implementation in Globus”, L. Adgigogov, J. Soldatos , Lazaros Polymenakos, accepted for publication in Journal of Grid Computing (Kluwer, editors-in-chief: Ian Foster, Peter Kacsuk), 2005.
  7. [IEEEEL_05] “Estimation Of Direction Of Arrival Using Information Theory”, Fotios Talantzis, D. B. Ward, L. C. Polymenakos, A. G. Constantinides, accepted for publication in IEEE Electronics Letters, 2005.


2004

  1. [TSJ_04] J.Soldatos, E. Vayias, P. Stathopoulos, and N.Mitrou, "Enforcing Effective Rates for Packet-Level QoS Control in IP Networks: Theory and Validation based on Real Traffic Data", Telecommunication Systems Journal, Kluwer, ISSN 1018-4864, Vol 27., pp. 9-31, September 2004.
     
  2. [IEEETCS_04] G. Bourdopoulos, A. Pnevmatikakis and T. Deliyannis, “Numerical Method for Determining the Quantization Error PDF of Single-Bit Sigma-Delta Modulators”, IEEE Trans. Circuits and Systems – I: Regular Papers, vol. 51, no. 4, pp. 718-731, April 2004.
    2003
  3. [IEEEJLT_03] Sanchez-Lopez, S.; Sole-Pareta, J.; Comellas, J.; Soldatos, J.; Kylafas, G.; Jaeger, M., “PNNI-based control plane for automatically switched optical networks”, in IEEE Journal of Lightwave Technology (joint IEEE/OSA publication), vol. 21, Issue 11, November 2003, pp.2673-2682.
  4. [JASA_03] F. Talantzis, D. B. Ward, “Robustness Of Multi-Channel Equalization In Acoustical Reverberant Environments” Journal of Acoustical Society of America, vol. 114, no. 2, pp. 833-841, August 2003.
  5. [IECETS_03] S. Blionas, K. Masselos, C. Dre, F. Ieromnimon, T. Pagonis, A. Pnevmatikakis, A. Tatsaki, T.Trimis, A. Vontzalidis and D. Metafas, “Prototyping of a 5GHz WLAN Reconfigurable System-on-Chip”, IECE Trans. Electron., Vol.E86-D, No.5, pp. 901-909, May 2003.


Conferences

2006

  1. [AIAI_06a] “A Formally Specified Ontology Management API as a Registry for Ubiquitous Computing Systems”, Alexander Paar, Jürgen Reuter, John Soldatos, Kostas Stamatis, Lazaros Polymenakos, accepted for publications in the 3rd IFIP conference in Artificial Intelligence Applications and Innovations, AIAI 2006, June 2006.
  2. [AIAI_06b] “Impact of Face Registration Errors on Recognition”, E. Rentzeperis, A. Stergiou, A. Pnevmatikakis and L. Polymenakos, Artificial Intelligence Applications and Innovations, Peania, Greece, June 2006
  3. [AIAI_06c] “Robust Multimodal Audio-Visual Processing for Advanced Context Awareness in Smart Spaces”, A. Pnevmatikakis, F. Talantzis, J. Soldatos and L. Polymenakos, Artificial Intelligence Applications and Innovations (AIAI06), Peania, Greece, June 2006.
  4. [AIAI_06d] Dimitris Alexopoulos, George Kormentzas and John Soldatos, “XML Systems for Intelligent Management of Pervasive Computing Resources”, accepted for publication in the 3rd IFIP conference in Artificial Intelligence Applications and Innovations, AIAI 2006, June 2006.
  5. [ICCV_06] “EBGM Vs Subspace Projection for Face Recognition”, A. Stergiou, A. Pnevmatikakis and L. Polymenakos, International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications, Setúbal, Portugal, Feb. 2006
  6. [SAISIA_06] John Soldatos, “Software Agents in Ubiquitous Computing: Benefits and the CHIL Case Study”, invited paper in the Proc. of the Software Agents in Information Systems and Industrial Applications (SAISIA 06) workshop, Karlsruhe, Germany, February 9th-10th, 2006.
  7. [FGR_06] H. Ekenel and A. Pnevmatikakis, “Video-Based Face Recognition Evaluation in the CHIL Project – Run 1”, Face and Gesture Recognition 2006
  8. [MLMI_06a] “Kalman Tracking with Target Feedback on Adaptive Background Learning”, Aristodemos Pnevmatikakis and Lazaros Polymenakos, accepted for publication in the MLMI 06 conference.
  9. [MLMI_06b] “An Adaptive Speech activity detector based on signal energy and LDA”, Elias Rentzeperis, Andreas Stergiou, Christos Boukis, George Souretis, Aristodemos Pnevmatikakis, Lazaros Polymenakos, accepted for publication in the MLMI 06 conference
  10. [CLEAR_06a] “2D Person Tracking Using Kalman Filtering and Adaptive Background Learning in a Feedback Loop”, Aristodemos Pnevmatikakis and Lazaros Polymenakos, accepted for publication in the CLEAR Workshop 2006.
  11. [CLEAR_06b] “3D Audiovisual Person Tracking Using Kalman Filtering and Information Theory”, Nikos Katsarakis, George Souretis, Fotios Talantzis, Aristodemos Pnevmatikakis and Lazaros Polymenakos, accepted for publication in the CLEAR Workshop 2006.
  12. [CLEAR_06c] “A Decision Fusion System across Time and Classifiers for Audio-Visual Person Identification”, Andreas Stergiou, Aristodemos Pnevmatikakis and Lazaros Polymenakos, accepted for publication in the CLEAR Workshop 2006.

2005

  1. [ICESS_05] Ippokratis Pandis, John Soldatos, Alexander Paar, Jürgen Reuter, Michael Carras, Lazaros Polymenakos, "An Ontology-based Framework for Dynamic Resource Management in Ubiquitous Computing Environments", accepted to the 2nd International Conference on Embedded Software and Systems, Northwestern Polytechnical University of Xi”an, P.R.China, December 16-18, 200534.
  2. [EUROSCOM_05] “Perceptual Interfaces and Distributed Agents supporting Ubiquitous Computing Services”, J. Soldatos, L. Polymenakos, A. Pnevmatikakis, F. Talantzis, K. Stamatis and M. Carras, Eurescom 2005, Summit.
  3. [MLMI_05a] “A testing methodology for face recognition algorithms”, A. Pnevmatikakis and L. Polymenakos, 2nd Joint Workshop on Multi-Modal Interaction and Related Machine Learning Algorithms, Edinburgh, UK, July 2005.
  4. [MLMI_05b] “An Automatic Face Detection and Recognition System for Video Streams”, A. Pnevmatikakis and L. Polymenakos, 2nd Joint Workshop on Multi-Modal Interaction and Related Machine Learning Algorithms, Edinburgh, UK, July 2005.
  5. [MLMI_05c] “Audio/Visual Person Identification”, A. Stergiou, A. Pnevmatikakis and L. Polymenakos, 2nd Joint Workshop on Multi-Modal Interaction and Related Machine Learning Algorithms, Edinburgh, UK, July 2005.
  6. [NGNM_05] “Middleware for In-door Ambient Intelligence: The PolyOmaton System”, S. Azodolmolky, N. Dimakis, V. Mylonakis, G. Souretis, J. Soldatos, A. Pnevmatikakis, L. Polymenakos, , in the Proc. of the 2nd NGNM workshop, Networking 2005, Waterloo, Canada, May, 6th 2005.
    2004
  7. [MELISSA_04] “An Automatic Face Recognition System”, A. Pnevmatikakis, L. Polymenakos, Int. Conf. on Multi-platform e-Publishing (MELISSA), Nov. 2004.
  8. [ICPR_04] “Comparison of Eigenface-Based Feature Vectors under Different Impairments”, A. Pnevmatikakis, L. Polymenakos, Int. Conf. Pattern Recognition 2004, vol. 1, pp. 296-300, Aug. 2004.
  9. [ICCS_04] “Programmable Grids Framework enabling QoS in an OGSA context”, J. Soldatos, L. Polymenakos, George Kormentzas, in the Proc. of the 1st International Workshop on Active and Programmable Grids Architectures and Components, held in the scope of ICCS”04, Krakow, Poland, June 7-9, 2004.
  10. [TNC_04] John Soldatos and Dimitris Alexopoulos, “Cost effective IP networks Management based on XML Authoring”, in the Proc. of the Terena Network Conference, TNC 2004, Rhodes, Greece, June 2004.
  11. [WIAMIS_04] Waibel, H. Steusloff, R. Stiefelhagen et. al, “CHIL: Computers in the Human Interaction Loop”,5th International Workshop on Image Analysis for Multimedia Interactive Services (WIAMIS), Lisbon, Portugal, April 21-23, 2004.
  12. [DPSN_04] “Analysis of Heterogeneous Grid Donors’ Resource Utilization for Optimal Job Scheduling”, L. Polymenakos, J. Soldatos, E. Vayias, in the Proc. of the DPSN”04, workshop, held in the scope of IFIP Networking 2004, Athens, May 14th 2004.
  13. [ICASSP_04] F. Talantzis, D. B. Ward, P. A. Naylor, “Expected Performance of a Family of Blind Source Separation Algorithms in a Reverberant Room” Proceedings of ICASSP 2004, vol. 4, pp. 61-64, Montreal, Canada, May 2004.
  14. [NEW2AN_04] G.Kylafas, J.Soldatos and G.Pikramenos, “Multilayer Resilience Strategies for Automatic Switched Optical Networks”, in the Proc. of the International Conference on Next Generation Teletraffic and Wired/Wireless Advanced Networking (NEW2AN”04)
    2003
  15. [WSEAS_03a] Dimitris Alexopoulos and John Soldatos, “Programmable Network Management based on the Web Services paradigm”, in the Proc. of the 4th WSEAS conference, Spain, December 19-21 2003.
  16. [RANLP_03] “An Authoring Framework for Dialog Forms Development in Conversational Applications”, John Soldatos in the Proc. of the International Conference on Recent Advanced in Natural Language Processing (RANLP”03), pp.389-395, Borovets, Bulgaria, September, 10-12, 2003.
  17. [WSEAS_03b]J. Soldatos, G. Kylafas, J.Pikramenos, B.Lianos, Sergio Sanchez and Josep Pareta, “Implementing PNNI Signaling in the Optical Control Plane”, in the WSEAS Transactions, of the WSEAS EHACS (Electronics, Hardware, Wireless and Optical Communications) 2003 conference, Rethimno, Greece, August 11-13, 2003.


Submitted papers

  1. [PR_05] “A weighted voting scheme for blind post-decision fusion”, A. Pnevmatikakis and L. Polymenakos, submitted for publication to Pattern Recognition, Dec 2005
  2. [PUCJ_06] “A Breadboard Architecture for Pervasive Context-Aware Services in Smart Spaces: Middleware Components and Prototype Applications”, J. Soldatos, N. Dimakis, K. Stamatis, L. Polymenakos, submitted for publication to Personal and Ubiquitous Computing Journal, Springer, Jan 2006.
  3. [IEEL_06] “Bias Reduction in Acoustic Feedback Cancellation Systems with Varying All-Pass Filters”, C. Boukis, D.P. Mandic and A.G. Constantinides, submitted for publication, IEE Electronics Letters, January 2006

Magazines

  1. [INTRACOM_04] Soldatos J. "Τεχνολογία Πλέγματος (GRID): Επισκόπηση, Προσδοκίες, Πραγματικότητα", INTRACOM Insight Magazine, June 2004.
  2. [INTRACOM_05] Soldatos J. "Συστήματα Πληροφορικής N-Tier και Τεχνολογία Enterprise Java Beans (EJB)" , INTRACOM Insight Magazine, March 2005.
  3. [EKH_05] Polymenakos L., Soldatos J. "Τι έγινε όσο έλειπα?" , Executive Knowhow Magazine, November 2005.
  4. [EKH_06] Soldatos J., Polymenakos L. "Τεχνολογία Πλέγματος (GRID) και Επιχειρήσεις", Executive Knowhow Magazine, January 2006.
  5. [NWM_06] Soldatos J. " Υπολογιστικά Συστήματα και Διαλογισμικό Επόμενης Γενιάς: Διάχυτες, Πανταχού Παρούσες Υπολογιστικές Υπηρεσίες και Περιρρέουσα Ευφυεία", Netweek Magazine, February 2006.
  6. [PCM_06] Soldatos J. "Το Σύστημα EMPEROR: Πρόβλεψη του χρόνου εκτέλεσης προγραμμάτων για δυναμική δρομολόγηση σε ένα υπολογιστικό πλέγμα (Grid)" , PC-Magazine, March 2006.

TR

  1. [AITR_03a] J.Soldatos and Lazaros Polymenakos, 'Enterprise Grids: Drivers and Implications', Athens Information Technology Report, December 2003.
  2. [EBF_05] J.Soldatos and N. Vogiatzis, 'Τεχνολογίες Πλέγματος (Grid): Προοπτικές και Εφαρμογές στο Η-Επιχειρείν', ebusinessforum Z6 working group deliverable (coordinated by L. Polymenakos), February 2005.

Past Issues

  1. [NNSP_02] C.G.Boukis, D.P.Mandic and A.G.Constantinides. Insights into the hierarchical gradient descent algorithm. In Nonlinear and Non-Gaussian Signal Processing, 2002.
  2. [IEEENNSP_02a] C.G.Boukis, D.P.Mandic and A.G.Constantinides. A hierarchical feedforward adaptive filter for system identification. In 11th IEEE workshop on Neural Networks for Signal Processing, 2002.
  3. [IEEENNSP_02b] W.C.Siaw, S.L.Goh, A.I.Hanna, C.G.Boukis and D.P.Mandic. Fully adaptive neural nonlinear FIR filters. In 11th IEEE workshop on Neural Networks for Signal Processing, 2002.
  4. [ICDSP_02] C.G.Boukis and D.P.Mandic. A global gradient descent algorithm for hierarchical FIR adaptive filters. In 14th International Conference on DSP, 2002.
  5. [IEEEICASSP_03a] C.G.Boukis, D.P.Mandic, E.V.Papoulis and A.G.Constantinides. A gradient adaptive step size algorithm for IIR filters. In IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing, 2003.
  6. [IEEEICASSP_03b] D.P.Mandic, E.V.Papoulis and C.G.Boukis. . In IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing, 2003.
  7. [IEEEICECS_03] C.G.Boukis and E.V.Papoulis. A normalized adaptive amplitude nonlinear gradient descent algorithm for system identification. In 10th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems, 2003.
  8. [IEEEICDSP_02] F. Talantzis and D. B. Ward, “Investigation of performance of acoustic arrays for equalization in a reverberant environment”, Proceedings of IEEE 14th Int. Conf. Digital Signal Processing, vol. I, pp. 247250, Santorini, Greece, July 2002.
  9. [IASP_02] F. Talantzis, D. B. Ward, “Multi-channel equalization in an acoustic reverberant environment: Establishment of robustness measures,” Institute of Acoustics Spring Conference, Salford, UK, March 2002.

Selected Past Journal Papers & Book Chapters

  1. A. Pneumatikakis, V. Anastassopoulos and T. Deliyiannis, 'Realization of a High Order IIR Delta Sigma Filter', Int. J. Electronics, vol. 78, no. 6, pp.1071-1089, June 1995.
  2. A. Pneumatikakis, A. Constandinides, V. Anastassopoulos and T. Deliyiannis, 'Sigma- Delta IIR Filter Realization', J. Circuits, Systems and Computers, vol 8, no 4 (1998), pp. 461-472.
  3. A. Pneumatikakis, A. Constandinides, G. Bourdopoulos and T. Deliyiannis, 'Stabilization of Third-Order Single-Stage Sigma-Delta Modulators', Circuits, Systems and Signal Processing, vol. 18, no. 2, pp.149-168, 1999.
  4. A. Pneumatikakis, L. Dermentzoglou, A. Arapoyanni and I. Moisiadis, 'Image Rejection Receiver Architectures for Multi-Standard TDMA Applications', RFdesin Magazine, May 2000, pp. 28-37.
  5. A. Pneumatikakis, L. Dermentzoglou and A. Arapoyanni, 'Analog-to-Digital Interface in Heterodyne Receivers', J. Circuits, Systems and Computers, pp. 57-72, Jan 2002.
  6. J. Soldatos, E. Vayias and N. Mitrou : "CAC and Traffic Shaping for end-to-end Performance control in ATM: the two-class paradigm", 'Journal of Computer Networks and ISDN Systems', special issue on "Performance Modelling and Evaluation of ATM Networks", vol. 34, Juy 2000, pp.65-83.
  7. E. Vayias, J. Soldatos, J. Bigham, L. Cuthbert and Z.Luo 'Intelligent Agents for ATM Network Control and Resource Management : Experiences and Results from an implementation on a network testbed', Journal of Systems and Network Management (JSNM), in the special issue on 'Intelligent Agents for Telecommunications Management', Vol. 8, No.3, September 2000.
  8. K. Kontovasilis, G. Kormentzas, N. Mitrou, J. Soldatos and E. Vayias, "A Framework for Designing ATM Network Management Systems by way of Abstract Information Models and Distributed Object Architectures", in Computer Communications, Elsevier, The Netherlands, vol. 24 (2001), pp.641-653.
  9. Ε. Vayias, J. Soldatos, N. Mitrou, "Packet-Level Traffic Control for the Internet: a Framework and its Experimental Validation", Journal of Performance Evaluation, Elsevier (publ.), vol. 941, pp. 1-20, 2002.
  10. ]K. Kontovasilis, G. Kormentzas,A.Kourtis, N. Mitrou, J. Soldatos and E. Vayias, "A Web-based Database System for Providing Technical Information on ATM Networking Platforms", Journal of Computing and Information Technology - CIT 11, 2003, 1, pp.1- 10.
  11. M.S. Hansen, P.V. Jensen, J. Soldatos and E. Vayias, "Low-Level Control of Network Elements from an Agent Platform" Chapter 12 In: A.L.G. Hayzelden and R.A. Bourne(eds.) "Agent Technology for Communication Infrastructures" John Wiley & Sons(2001), ISBN: 0471498157.
  12. Vayias, E., Soldatos, J., Mitrou, N., "An approach to Network Control and Resource Management based on Intelligent Agents", in Lecture Notes in Computer Science, J. Delgado, G. Stamoulis, A. Mullery, D. Prevedourou, K. Start (eds.), 7th Int'l Conf. on Intelligence in Services and Networks (IS&N2000) Proceedings, (Springer-Verlag), pp. 191-208.
  13. Vergados D., Vayias E., Soldatos J., Drakoulis D. and Mitrou N., 'IP-based Convergence of Fixed and Cellular Networks and Services in the Light of Liberalization', in Lecture Notes in Computer Science, G. Goos, J. Hartmanis,and J. van Leeuwen (eds.), Interworking 2000 Proceedings, (Springer-Verlag), ISSN 0302-9743, pp. 51-64.
  14. L.Polymenakos, Mast M., Ross T., Schulz H., Harrikari H., et. al., "Conversational Natural Language Understanding Interfacing City Event Information", Data and Knowledge Engineering Journal, Elsevier Science,2002.
  15. "Parallel Shortest Path Auction Algorithms", co-author Dimitri Bertsekas, Parallel Computing Journal, vol. 20, pp. 1221-1247, 1994.
  16. "Data Parallel Implementations of Dense Linear Programming Algorithms", co-authors J. Eckstein, et. al., ORSA Journal of Computing.
  17. "Implementations of Efficient Algorithms for Globally Optimal Trajectories", co- authors Dimitri Bertsekas, John Tsitsiklis, IEEE Journal on Automatic Control.
  18. "ε-Relaxation Algorithms for Convex Separable Network Flow Problems," co-authors Dimitri Bertsekas, P. Tseng, SIAM Journal on Optimization.
  19. "e-Relaxation and Auction Algorithms for the Convex Cost Network Flow Problem," co- athors Dimitri Bertsekas, P. Tseng, Lecture Notes on Economics and Mathematical Systems, Springer-Verlag, November 1996 (printed March 1997)

Selected Past Conference Papers

  1. N. Mitrou, V. Vayias, J. Soldatos, K. Kavidopoulos, G. Branis, K. Kontovasilis, G. Kormentzas, C. Vaduva, "Remote Monitoring of Networks through Gateway Programming over the Internet", UK Performance Engineering Workshop, Ilkley, July 1997.
  2. John Zissopoulos, John Soldatos, Evaghelos Vayias, George Branis, Nikolas Mitrou, "An Architecture for Group Communications-Support Networked Multimedia Applications", Proc. of the 4th IEEE Workshop on High Performance Communication Systems, Chalkidiki, June 1997.
  3. E. Vayias, J. Soldatos, N. Mitrou, G. Kormentzas, K. Kontovassilis, "Monitoring Networks over the Web: Classification of approaches and an implementation", Proc. of the International Conference on Telecommunications, ICT '98 , Chalkidiki, Greece, June 1998, vol. IV, pp.451-456.
  4. [23]C. Vaduva, T.Beliski, V. Vayias, J. Soldatos, N. Mitrou : "A Tool for on-line remote monitoring and off-line analysis of network behaviour", NIPS' 97 Conference, Sofia, October 1997.
  5. [24]J. Soldatos, E. Vayias and N. Mitrou : "CAC and Traffic Shaping for end-to-end Performance control in ATM: the two-class paradigm", Proc. of the IfIP ATM '98 WorkShop, July 1998.
  6. [25]J. Soldatos, E. Vayias, G. Kormentzas, K. Kontovassilis, N. Mitrou "ATM Management : Issues and Solutions for the Heterogeneous Environment", Proc. of the 2nd Ifip/IEEE Conference on Managing Multimedia Networks and Services (MMNS '98) Versailles France 1998.
  7. [26] J. Soldatos, D. Vergados , E. Vayias , and N. Mitrou, "The Design of an Object- Oriented Simulation Tool for evaluating ATM Network Resource Control Schemes", Proc. of the <>2nd IEEE Conference in ATM (ICATM'99), Colmar, France, June 1999.
  8. [27]G. Kormentzas, K. Kontovasilis, A. Kourtis, J. Soldatos, E. Vayias, and N. Mitrou, "A System for Managing Heterogeneous Cellular Wireless Platforms over the Web", Proc. of the 4th ACTS Mobile Communication Summit , Sorrento, Italy, June 1999.
  9. [28]G. Kormentzas, K. Kontovasilis, A. Kourtis, J. Soldatos, E. Vayias, and N. Mitrou, "Managing Heterogeneous Cellular Wireless Systems Using Abstract Information Models'", Proc. of the 4th ACTS Mobile Communication Summit , Sorrento, Italy, June 1999.
  10. [29] K. Kontovasilis, Kormentzas G., Kourtis, A., Mitrou N., Soldatos J., Vayias E, "A Web based-System for Providing Information about Prototype ATM Platforms, Associated Research Projects and Related Trials", in the Proc.of the 21st International Conference on Information Technology Interfaces (ITI '99), Pula, Croatia, June 15-18, 1999.
  11. [30] J.Soldatos, G.Kormentzas, E.Vayias, K. Kontovasilis, N.Mitrou, "An Intelligent Agents-Based Prototype Implementation of an Open Platform Supporting Portable Deployment of Traffic Control Algorithms in ATM Networks", Proc. of the 7th COMCON Conference, July '99 Athens Greece.
  12. [31] G. Kormentzas, J.Soldatos, E.Vayias, K.Kontovassilis, N.Mitrou," An ATM Switch- Independent MIB for Portable Deployment of Traffic Control Algorithms", Proc. of the 7th COMCON Conference, July '99 Athens Greece.
  13. Hansen, M., Jensen, P., Soldatos, J., Vayias, E., "Low-level control of network elements from an Agent Platform", Proc. of the IMPACT'99 Workshop ,ISBN-0904188647, pp. 23-30, 1999.
  14. Vayias, E., Soldatos, J., Mitrou, N., "Open and Flexible Control and Resource Management for ATM Networks using Intelligent Agents", in Proc. of 6th International Conference on Intelligence in Networks (ICIN2000),pp. 205-209.
  15. M. Hansen, John Soldatos, Evangelos Vayias, 'Low-Level Control of ATM Network Elements using Agent Technology', in the Proc. of the 4th World Multiconference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics SCI 2000 and The 6th International Conference on Information Systems, Analysis and Synthesis ISAS, 23-26 July 2000.
  16. Vayias, E., Soldatos, J., Mitrou, M., "Packet-Level Traffic Control for the Internet: a Framework and its Experimental Validation", in IFIP Technical Proceedings, 8th IFIP Workshop on Performance Modelling and Evaluation of ATM & IP Networks (IFIP ATM & IP 2000), Ilkley UK, July 2000.
  17. Gizelis C, Stathopoulos P., Vergados D., Soldatos J., Vayias E., 'Designing a Network Management Tool for Monitoring ATM Networks', in the Proc. of the CAINE 2000, conference.
  18. D. Vergados, D.Drakolis, E. Vayias, J. Soldatos, and N. Mitrou, "The IP Revolutions and Potential Gais for ISP/Mobile/Fixed Operators in the Liberalization of Teleommunications", in the Proc. of the Joint 4th International Conference in ATM and High Speed Internet (ICATM01), Colmar, France, June, 2001.
  19. G.Kormentzas, D. Vergados, J.Soldatos and G.Stassinopoulos, "An Open Signaling Protocol for Wireless Host Mobility", in the Proc. of PROMS 2001 Conference pp. 145- 154.
  20. George Karetsos, John Soldatos, Haitham Cruickshank, Evaggelos Kollias, Alex Galis, Mario Moreira and Moshe Sidi, "A Framework for Management, Testing and Reconfiguration of IP Based Networks using Mobile Software Agents", in the Proc. of the 8th International Conference on Advances in Communications and Control, Crete, Greece 25-29 June 2001.
  21. Yannis Despotopoulos, George Patikis, John Soldatos, Lazaros Polymenakos, Jan Kleidienst and Jaroslav Gergic, "Accessing and Transforming Dynamic Content based on XML: Alternative Techniques and a Practical Implementation", in the Proc. of the Third International Conference on Information Integration and Web based Applications and Services, Linz Austria, 10-12 September 2001.
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Patents and Stadards

  1. Lazaros Polymenakos, "Method and Apparatus for Suppressing Background Music or Noise from the Speech Input of a Speech Recognizer." ΙΒΜ Νο. ΥΟ895-0508,0510, US Patent Number: 5,848,163. Dec.8, 1998. This patent became international in 1999.
  2. Lazaros Polymenakos, "Transcription of Speech Data with Segments from Acoustically Dissimilar Environments." ΙΒΜ Νο. ΥΟ996017.
  3. Lazaros Polymenakos, "Multi-modal Browser Architecture Recommendation for Mobile e- Business",IBM-Nokia joint proposal to the ETSI DSR Application and Protocol Networking Group, December 2000.

Books

  1. Bourdopoulos, A. Pnevmatikakis, V. Anastassopoulos and T. Deliyannis, 'Delta- Sigma Modulators, Modeling, Design and Applications', IC Press and WSPC, Sept. 2003.

In addition to the scientific publications, the members of the group have coauthored numerous technical reports (+100) in areas related with their field of expertise.

Our work has been cited in more than 600 papers by other scientists.

Last updated April 2006