Research

Research Interests

• Privacy
• Privacy-Enhancing Technologies (PET)
• Personal Data Management
• Distributed Computations
• Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLTs)
• Blockchain
• Cryptographic Protocols
• Health Informatics
• Participatory Sensing
• Information Retrieval (IR)
• Machine Learning
• Bioinformatics
• Ubiquitous Computing
• Cloud Computing

Funded Research Projects

• ThrombUS+. Wearable Continuous Point-of-Care Monitoring, Risk Estimation and Prevention for Deep Vein Thrombosis, EU HORIZON-HLTH-2023-TOOL-05-05, funded by European Union, grant no. 101137227. Hosted by ATHENA RC, Xanthi, Greece. Role: Work Package Leader for automated assessment, detection and prevention of DVT risk.
• JustReDI. Resilience, Inclusion and Development: Towards a Just Green and Digital Transition for Greek Regions, Action "Flagship actions in interdisciplinary scientific areas of special interest for the connection to the productive fabric", National Recovery and Resilience Plan Greece 2.0 with funding from the European Union - NextGenerationEU, grant no. TAEDR-0537352. Hosted by ATHENA RC, Greece. Role: Deputy Principal Investigator and coordinator of all the teams of the Athena RC.
• FLORA. Federated Learning Ovulation tRacking App with Reward System, Open Call 3 of NGI TrustChain Project, EU HORIZON-CL4-2022-HUMAN-01, funded by European Union, grant no. 101093274. Hosted by ATHENA RC, Xanthi, Greece. Role: Assistant Researcher on privacy, data security, and homomorphic encryption techniques.
• GR digiGOV-innoHUB. The Greek digital Government and Public Services innovation HUB, EU DIGITAL-2021-EDIH-01, funded by European Union and ERDF Programmes, grant no. 101083646. Hosted by ATHENA RC, Greece. Role: Assistant Researcher in blockchain technologies.
• SmartAttica-AtHeNAI. Smart Attica DIH, the Attica region - Greek Innovation hub for Artificial Intelligence in Energy and Environment, Supply chain and mobility, Culture and Tourism, EU DIGITAL-2021-EDIH-01, funded by European Union and ERDF Programmes, grant no. 101083565. Hosted by ATHENA RC, Greece. Role: Assistant Researcher for cybersecurity issues.
• SoBigData RI PPP. SoBigData Research Infrastructure Preparatory Phase Project, EU HORIZON-INFRA-2021-DEV-02-01, funded by European Union, grant no. 101079043. Hosted by ATHENA RC, Greece. Role: Deputy Principal Investigator with areas of interest that include social data analysis using computational methods.
• SUSANNA. Secure immUtable System based on blockchAiN for water management smart coNtrActs, Open call (Topic 3) 2022 of TERMINET Project, EU H2020-ICT-2020-1, funded by European Union, grant no. 957406. Hosted by ATHENA RC, Xanthi, Greece. Role: Assistant Researcher in data security issues using blockchain technologies.
• THALIA. Digital Toolkit for the Analysis, Promotion and Protection of the Hellenic Cultural Heritage in Small Cultural Organisations, Action "RESEARCH - CREATE - INNOVATE", co-financed by the European Union (ERDF) and national resources through the Competitiveness, Entrepreneurship & Innovation (EPAnEK), grant no. T2EDK-01018, MIS 5131351. Hosted by ATHENA RC, Xanthi, Greece. Role: Assistant Researcher on security and privacy issues of immersion technologies.
• CAnTi. Innovative Methodology for the Integrated Diagnosis, Conservation, Documentation and Promotion of Mycenaean Walls, Special Actions "Aquaculture" - "Industrial Materials" - "Open Innovation in Culture", co-financed by the European Union (ERDF) and national resources through the Competitiveness, Entrepreneurship & Innovation (EPAnEK), grant no. Τ6ΥΒΠ-00271, MIS 5056234. Hosted by ATHENA RC, Xanthi, Greece. Role: Assistant Researcher on security and privacy issues of immersion technologies.
• EYRINOMI. Technological Framework for the Documentation and Promotion of Human Creativity and Culture at the Archaeological Museum of Patras, Special Actions "Aquaculture" - "Industrial Materials" - "Open Innovation in Culture", co-financed by the European Union (ERDF) and national resources through the Competitiveness, Entrepreneurship & Innovation (EPAnEK), grant no. Τ6ΥΒΠ-00166, MIS 5048493. Hosted by ATHENA RC, Xanthi, Greece. Role: Assistant Researcher on security and privacy issues of immersion technologies.
• Agro4+. Holistic Approach to Agriculture 4.0 for New Farmers, Operational Programme "Competitiveness, Entrepreneurship and Innovation 2014-2020", Action "Reinforcement of the Research and Innovation Infrastructure", co-financed by Greece (NSRF) and the European Union (ERDF), grant no. MIS 5046239. Hosted by ATHENA RC, Xanthi, Greece. Role: Assistant Researcher specializing in Blockchain Technology.
• APOLLONIS (in Greek 'ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΣ'). National Infrastructure for Digital Humanities and Sciences and for Language Research and Innovation, Operational Programme "Strengthening Research and Innovation Infrastructures", co-financed by the European Union (ERDF) and national resources through the Competitiveness, Entrepreneurship & Innovation (EPAnEK), grant no. MIS 5002738. Hosted by ATHENA RC, Xanthi, Greece. Role: Deputy Principal Investigator in sub-project 12 "Activities of the ATHENS-Xanthi Research Centre".
• PROMOTE (in Greek 'ΑΝΑΔΕΙΞΤΟ'). Tools for Promoting Tourism Experience, Greek Operational Program "Competitiveness, Entrepreneurship and Innovation 2014-2020", Single Action "RESEARCH-CREATE-INNOVATE", grant no. MIS 5030446. Hosted by "Athena" Research and Innovation Center, Xanthi, Greece. Role: Postdoctoral Researcher.
• Oncorecords. An Oncology-Oriented Medical Records Management System, Greek Operational Program "Competitiveness, Entrepreneurship and Innovation 2014-2020", Single Action "RESEARCH-CREATE-INNOVATE", grant no. MIS 5030205. Hosted by "Dataverse Ltd" Information Systems and Applications, Thessaloniki, Greece. Role: Research Associate.
• AKSEID (in Greek 'ΑΞΕΙΔ'). Assessment of News Reliability in Social Networks of Influence, Greek Operational Program "Human Resources Development, Education and Lifelong Learning 2014-2020", grant no. MIS 5006337. Hosted by the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace, Xanthi, Greece. Role: Postdoctoral Fellow.
• EROGamb. Empowering Responsible Online Gambling with Predictive, Real-time, Persuasive and Interactive Intervention. It is hosted by ESOTICS group in the Department of Computing and Informatics and funded jointly by GambleAware and Bournemouth University. Role: Research Software Engineer.
• CARRE. Personalized patient empowerment and shared decision support for cardiorenal disease and comorbidities, European Union 7th Framework Programme, grant agreement no. 611140. Hosted by the School of Medicine, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupoli, Greece. Role: Postdoctoral Researcher & Project Manager. Final Assessment: Excellent progress with encouragement to continue our research.
• ATLAS. Advanced Tourism PLanning System, GSRT/CO-OPERATION/11SYN-10-1730. Hosted by "Athena" Research and Innovation Center, Xanthi, Greece. Role: Postdoctoral Researcher.
• SPICE. Space Internetworking Center – SPICE, European Union 7th Framework Programme, grant agreement no. 264226. Hosted by the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace, Xanthi, Greece. Role: Postgraduate Researcher.

Internal Research Projects

• Privacy-preserving Television Audience Measurement
• Privacy-enhanced NoiseTube
• Statistical Analysis on Ubiquitous Health Data
• Query Scrambler for Search Privacy
• Nearest Doctor Problem (NDP)
• Polis Project