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About me
I was born and raised in Athens, Greece, where I spent all my school years. After finishing school in 2006, I moved from Athens to the beautiful city of Chania, Crete, in order to study for my Diploma at the School of Electronic and Computer Engineering (ECE), in Technical University of Crete (TUC). I joined the research group of Prof. Aggelos Bletsas in 2010 and under his supervision I earned my Diploma in Oct. 2012. Currently, I am a second year M.Sc student and research assistant at the same School. My thesis title is "Source and target localization by handheld & smart sensors of RF and backscatter signals" and simultaneously I participate on ERC-04-BLASE Research project. I have been fortunate to work on interdisciplinary topics and diverse real world problems since I enjoy the combination of diverse real world engineering problems with state-of-the-art theoretical frameworks; a really exciting and challenging experience.
Education
- M.Sc: Electronic and Computer Engineering, Technical University of Crete, Greece, October 2012 - currently. Research Topic: "Source and target localization by handheld & smart sensors of RF and backscatter signals", under the supervision of Associate Prof. Aggelos Bletsas. Courses GPA: 8.67/10.0
- Diploma (5-year program), Electronic and Computer Engineering, Technical University of Crete (TUC), Greece. September 2006 - October 2012, Grade: 8.32/10.0. Diploma Thesis: Community RF Sensing under the supervision of Associate Prof. Aggelos Bletsas.
Research Interests
My primary research interests span the area of wireless communications, networked systems and software systems.
- Signal Processing for Source (emitter) and Target Localization, Applications of Probabilistic Graphical Models and Inference Algorithms in Communications.
- Cellular Telephony Systems, Community Radio Frequency (RF) and Social Sensing via Smartphones
- Geographical Information Systems and Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) for Environmental Applications.
Academic & Research Experience
- Research assistant at Telecommunications Laboratory, School of ECE, TUC, Oct. 2012-present.
- Graduate Researcher ERC-04-BLASE Research project "Backscatter Networks for Large-Scale Environmental Sensing", exceuted in the contect of the Education & Lifelong Learning Programm of General Secretariat for Research & Technology (GSRT) of Greece, October 2012 - Present.
- Teaching assistant for the "Communication Systems II" course, ECE school, Technical University of Crete, Spring 2013, instructed by Prof. A. Bletsas.
- Teaching assistant for the "Communication Systems I" course, ECE school, Technical University of Crete, Spring 2013, instructed by Prof. A. P. Liavas.
Selected Coursework
- Graduate: Probabilistic Robotics, Information Theory, Probabilities and Random Processes, Introduction to Probabilistic Graphical Models and Inference Algorithms.
- Undergraduate: Analysis and Design (Synthesis) of Telecom Modules, Wireless Communications, Autonomous Agents, Modeling and Performance Evaluation of Com. Networks,Computer Networks II.
Languages
- Greek (mother tongue)
- English (First Certificate in English, TOEFL iBT)