Scientific Activities

1. Editor in Book Series and Journals
2. Evaluator of Research Proposals
3. International Books Authored and Books Edited
4. Invited Talks
5. Participation in Research Programs
6. Conference Organization and Committees
7. External Examiner
8. Reviewer in Books
9. Reviewer in International Journals
10. Reviewer for International Conferences
11. Software Development

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A. Editor in Book Series and Journals (selected)

Book Series Editorship:

1. Springer Optimization and Its Applications (SOIA) – Springer Nature Switzerland AG [ISSN: 1931–6828] — Advisory Editor  [2020–present]

Current Journal Editorship:

1. American Journal of Applied Mathematics and Statistics – Science and Education Publishing, Newark, DE, USA [ISSN: 2328–7306 (Print), ISSN: 2328–7292 (Online)] — Editorial Board  [2013–present]
2. Applied Numerical Mathematics, Journal Impact Factor 2021: 2.994 – Elsevier and IMACS, Amsterdam, Netherlands [ISSN: 0168–9274] — Editorial Board  [2015–present]
3. Axioms, Journal Impact Factor 2021: 1.824 – MDPI, Basel, Switzerland [ISSN: 2075-1680] — Editorial Board  [2017–present]
4. Frontiers in Neurorobotics, Journal Impact Factor 2021: 3.493 – Frontiers Media S.A., Lausanne, Switzerland [ISSN (Online): 1662-453X] — Associate Editorial Board  [2023–present]
5. Informatics – MDPI, Basel, Switzerland [ISSN: 2227-9709] — Editorial Board  [2017–present]
6. International Journal of Bio–Inspired Computation, Journal Impact Factor 2021: 3.295 – Inderscience Publishers, Geneva, Switzerland [ISSN: 1758–0366] — Editorial Board  [2008–present]
7. International Journal of Swarm Intelligence – Inderscience Publishers, Geneva, Switzerland [ISSN: 2049–4041] — Honorary Advisory Board  [2012–present]
8. International Journal of Swarm Intelligence and Evolutionary Computation – OMICS Publishing Group, Foster City, CA, USA [E–ISSN: 2090–4908, P–ISSN: 2090–4894] — Editorial Board  [2013–present]   (JPG)
9. International Journal on Information Technologies and Security – Publication of the Union of Scientists in Bulgaria, Sofia, Bulgaria [ISSN: 1313–8251] — International Editorial Board  [2009–present]
10. Journal of Computational Science, Journal Impact Factor 2021: 3.817 – Elsevier, Amsterdam, Netherlands [ISSN: 1877–7503] — Editorial Board  [2014–present]
11. Journal of Surveillance, Security and Safety – OAE Publishing Inc., Alhambra, CA, USA [JSSS is online only] — Editorial Board  [2019–present]
12. SCI – MDPI, Basel, Switzerland [ISSN: 2413-4155] — Advisory Board  [2018–present]
13. SN Operations Research Forum – Springer Nature Switzerland AG, Basel, Switzerland [ISSN: 2662–2556 (electronic version)] — Associate Editorial Board  [2019–present]
14. The Open Biomedical Engineering Journal – Bentham Open, Sharjah, UAE [ISSN: 1874–1207] — Editorial Board  [2019–present]   (JPG)
15. The Open Medical Informatics Journal – Bentham Science Publishers, Oak Park, IL, USA, now: Bentham Open, Sharjah, UAE [ISSN: 1874–4311] — Editorial Board  [2008–present]

Past Journal Editorship:

1. British Journal of Mathematics & Computer Science – ScienceDomain International (SDI), London, United Kingdom [ISSN: 2231–0851] — Academic Editor  [2014–2017]
2. Journal of Bioinformatics and Intelligent Control (discontinued in 2015) – American Scientific Publishers, Valencia, CA, USA [ISSN: 2326–7496 (Print), EISSN: 2326–750X (Online)] — Editorial Board  [2012–2015]
3. The Open Systems Biology Journal (discontinued in 2014) – Bentham Science Publishers, Oak Park, IL, USA [ISSN: 1876–3928] — Editorial Advisory Board  [2010–2014]

Special Issues Editorship:

1. Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics, Journal Impact Factor 2007: 0.943 – Special Issue: NumAn 2007 – Elsevier, Amsterdam, Netherlands [ISSN: 0377–0427] — Special Issue Guest Editor  [2007–2008]
2. Applied Numerical Mathematics, Journal Impact Factor 2008: 0.952 – Special Issue: NumAn 2008 – Elsevier and IMACS, Amsterdam, Netherlands [ISSN: 0168–9274] — Special Issue Guest Editor  [2008–2009]
3. Applied Numerical Mathematics, Journal Impact Factor 2010: 0.919 – Special Issue: NumAn 2010 – Elsevier and IMACS, Amsterdam, Netherlands [ISSN: 0168–9274] — Special Issue Guest Editor  [2010–2011]
4. Applied Numerical Mathematics, Journal Impact Factor 2012: 1.152 – Special Issue: NumAn 2012 – Elsevier and IMACS, Amsterdam, Netherlands [ISSN: 0168–9274] — Special Issue Managing Guest Editor  [2012–2016]
5. Applied Numerical Mathematics, Journal Impact Factor 2014: 1.221 – Special Issue: NumAn 2014 – Elsevier and IMACS, Amsterdam, Netherlands [ISSN: 0168–9274] — Special Issue Managing Guest Editor  [2014–2016]

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B. Evaluator of Research Proposals

1. Austrian Research Foundation (FWF). The FWF is Austria's central funding organization for basic research at a high international level, Vienna, Austria
2. European Research Council (ERC). The main goal of the ERC is to encourage high quality research in Europe through competitive funding, Brussels, Belgium
3. European Science Foundation (ESF). The ESF is an independent and non-profit organization that aims at facilitating research management processes across Europe, Strasbourg, France
4. General Secretariat for Research and Technology (GSRT), The Hellenic GSRT is the main body responsible for setting and coordinating the implementation of research, technology development and innovation policy and is the major direct funder of R&D in Greece, Athens, Greece
5. Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation (HFRI), The HFRI is a new institution through which a profound reforming effort is being attempted in the field of Research and Innovation in Greece, Athens, Greece
6. Interuniversity Attraction Poles (IAP), Programme aims to provide support for teams of excellence in basic research, Belgian Science Policy, Brussels, Belgium
7. Mathematics of Information Technology and Complex Systems (MITACS), Federally funded Canadian network of centers of excellence, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
8. National Science Foundation (NSF). The NSF is a United States independent federal agency created by Congress in 1950 that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering, Arlington, VA, USA
9. Research Committee of the City University of Hong Kong. It advises the Academic Policy Committee on policies for the promotion, conduct, oversight and funding of research in the University, Kowloon, Hong Kong
10. Research Committee of the Technical University of Crete. It manages research and development projects that are funded by the European Union, the General Secretariat for Research and Technology, the Ministry of Education, the Region of Crete, local administration organizations and many private businesses. A large number of the Technical University of Crete undergraduate and postgraduate students are employed in these projects; in this way, they benefit from the best possible training and they familiarize with conducting research, Chania, Greece
11. Research Committee of the University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
12. State Scholarships Foundation (IKY). It grants scholarships for postgraduate or postdoctoral studies in Greece, Athens, Greece

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C. International Books Authored and Books Edited

6. Black Box Optimization, Machine Learning, and No-Free Lunch Theorems, Pardalos P.M., Rasskazova V., Vrahatis M.N. (eds.), Springer Optimization and Its Applications—Mathematics, vol.170, Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 480 pages, April 27, 2021 [ISSN: 1931–6828, ISBN: 978–3–030–66514–2 (Hardcover), ISBN: 978–3–030–66515–9 (eBook)].
7. NumAn 2012 Book of Abstracts: Akrivis G.D., Dougalis V.A., Hadjidimos A., Kotsireas I.S., Makridakis C., Noutsos D., Saridakis Y.G., Vrahatis M.N. (eds.), 66 pages, September 2012.
8. NumAn 2010 Book of Proceedings: Dougalis V.A., Gallopoulos E., Hadjidimos A., Kotsireas I.S., Noutsos D., Saridakis Y.G., Vrahatis M.N. (eds.), 288 pages, September 2010 [ISBN: 978–960–8475–14–4].
9. Particle Swarm Optimization and Intelligence: Advances and Applications: Parsopoulos K.E., Vrahatis M.N., Information Science Reference (IGI Global), Hershey, PA, USA, 328 pages, January 2010 [ISBN: 978–1–61520–666–7].
10. NumAn 2008 Book of Proceedings: Akrivis G.D., Gallopoulos E., Hadjidimos A., Kotsireas I.S., Noutsos D., Vrahatis M.N. (eds.), 209 pages, September 2008.
11. NumAn 2007 Book of Proceedings: Gallopoulos E., Houstis E., Kotsireas I.S., Noutsos D., Vrahatis M.N. (eds.), 192 pages, September 2007.

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D. Invited Talks (selected)

1. Academy of Athens, Research Center for Astronomy and Applied Mathematics, Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece   [2009, 2011]
2. AMS–IMS–SIAM Joint Summer Research Conference in the Mathematical Sciences, Algorithms and their Complexity for Nonlinear Problems, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA, USA   [2000]
3. Collaborative Research Center (SFB 531), Design and Management of Complex Technical Process and Systems by Means of Computational Intelligence Methods, Dortmund, Germany   [2001]
4. Computer Algebra in Scientific Computing Conference (CASC 2022), Gebze Technical University, Gebze, Turkey   [2022]
5. Conference on Approximation and Optimization: Algorithms, Complexity, and Applications, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece   [2017]
6. Conference on Nonlinear Dynamics and Complexity: Theory, Methods and Applications, in honor of Tassos Bountis on the occasion of his 60th birthday, main speaker, Thessaloniki, Greece   [2010]
7. European Organization of Nuclear Research (CERN), CERN–SL Accelerator Physics Group, Geneva, Switzerland   [1992]
8. First Conference on Numerical Analysis, in honor of Apostolos Hadjidimos, Ioannina, Greece   [2005]
9. First Doctoral Research Workshop, School of Sciences and Technology, Hellenic Open University, Patras, Greece   [2018]
10. Foundation for Research and Technology–Hellas (FORTH), Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser, Iraklion, Crete, Greece   [1996]
11. Hellenic Army Academy (Evelpidon), Conferences organized by the Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Mathematics and Engineering Sciences, Hellenic Army Academy, Vari, Attika, Greece   [2011, 2012]
12. IEEE–IMACS International Multiconference on Circuits, Systems, Communications and Computers, in honor of Lotfi Zadeh, Athens, Greece   [1999]
13. IMACS International Conference on Circuits, Systems and Computers, Hellenic Naval Academy, Piraeus, Greece   [1998]
14. IMACS–GAMM International Symposium on Scientific Computing, Computer Arithmetic and Validated Numerics, Bergische Universität Wuppertal (BUW), Wuppertal, Germany   [1995]
15. Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (INRIA), Sophia–Antipolis, France   [1998, 2003, 2004, 2006]
16. International Conference on Hamiltonian systems with three or more degrees of freedom, NATO Advanced Study Institute, invited contribution, S'Agaró, Spain   [1995]
17. International Summer School/Conference on Nonlinear Science and Complexity, University of Patras, Patras, Greece   [2007]
18. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Sezione di Bologna, Università degli studi di Bologna, Bologna, Italy   [1992, 1994, 1998]
19. Laboratoire de Mathématiques Jean–Alexandre Dieudonné, Université de Nice Sophia–Antipolis, Nice, France   [2004]
20. Learning and Intelligent Optimization Conference, Kalamata, Greece   [2018]
21. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Mechanical Engineering, Center for Ocean Engineering, Design Laboratory, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA   [2000]
22. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Division of Theoretical Computer Science, Department of Informatics and Telecommunications, Athens, Greece   [2003]
23. Network of Excellence in Text Mining and its Applications in Statistics, Final Conference on Knowledge Mining, Athens, Greece   [2004]
24. Sixth Conference on Numerical Analysis, in memory of Theodore S. Papatheodorou (1945–2012), Chania, Greece   [2014]
25. Summer School/Conference on Dynamical Systems and Complexity, dedicated to the 70th birthday of prof. T. Bountis, National Centre for Scientific Research “Demokritos”, Athens, Greece   [2021]
26. Summer School/Conference on Nonlinear Dynamics: Chaos and Complexity, in memory of Chronis Polymilis (1946–2000), Patras, Greece   [2001]
27. Summer School/Conference on Nonlinear Dynamics: Chaos and Complexity, Patras, Greece   [2002]
28. Symposium of Clinical Oncology, Athens, Greece   [2010]
29. Third International Conference and Summer School on Numerical Computations: Theory and Algorithms, dedicated to the 80th birthday of Roman G. Strongin, Crotone, Calabria, Italy   [2019]
30. University of Ioannina, Department of Computer Science, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece   [2002]
31. University of Leuven – KU Leuven, Departement Computerwetenschappen, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium   [1999]
32. Workshop on Numerical Analysis, in honor of Emeritus Professor Dimitrios Noutsos on the occasion of his 70th birthday, Ioannina, Greece   [2023]

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E. Participation in Research Programs

40. (2022—2024)   Research Project to support Post-Doctoral Researcher funded by the Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation (HFRI), on the scientific area: mathematics & information sciences and subject: “Novel optimization methods for autonomous skill learning in robotics (NOSALRO)”, supporting the post–doctoral scientist Dr. Konstantinos I. Chatzilygeroudis. (Scientific Advisor).
41. (2016—2019)   Research Program “Doctoral Scholarships NSRF (2014–2020) — Hellenic State Scholarships Foundation (IKY)”, entitled “Development and foundation of new methods of computational mathematics in computational intelligence”. supporting the doctoral candidate Mr. Stamatios–Aggelos N. Alexandropoulos, co–financed by the European Union (European Social Fund—ESF) and Greek national funds. “Reinforcement of the Human Research Potential through Doctoral Research” of the Operational Program “Development of Human Capital, Education and Lifelong Learning” of the National Strategic Reference Framework (NSRF 2014—2020). The duration of the scholarship is 36 months (December 09, 2016 — December 08, 2019). (Principal Investigator).
42. (2015/05–11)   Research Program “Erasmus+”, Key Action 1: Mobility for learners and staff — Higher Education Student and Staff Mobility, supporting the doctoral candidate Mr. Nikolay T. Dukov from the Technical University of Varna, Faculty of Electronics, Bulgaria. Nikolay was accepted to perform student placement at the Computational Intelligence Laboratory (CILab), Department of Mathematics, University of Patras, Patras, Greece for PhD supervision for 6 months period, starting from 02.05.2015. The student placement was implemented within the framework and with the financial support of the Erasmus+ program. (Principal Investigator).
43. (2012—2015)   Research Program “Thales”, entitled “Mathematical modeling of complex systems with applications to biomedicine, physics and the technology of materials (MACOMSYS)”. Investing in knowledge society through the European Social Fund. Co–financed by the European Union (European Social Fund—ESF) and Greek national funds through the Operational Program “Education and Lifelong Learning” of the National Strategic Reference Framework (NSRF). (Member of the Main Research Group).
44. (2012—2015)   Research Program “Archimedes III”, entitled “Application of computational intelligence methods to computational mathematics problems (ACIMCMP)”. Reinforcement of Research Groups at the Technological Educational Institute (TEI) of Chalkis, Chalkis, Greece. Co–financed by the European Union (European Social Fund—ESF) and Greek national funds through the Operational Program “Education and Lifelong Learning” of the National Strategic Reference Framework (NSRF). (Member of the Main Research Group).
45. (2011—2014)   Research Program “Archimedes III”, entitled “Operations research techniques for inventory management (ORTIM)”. Reinforcement of Research Groups at the Technological Educational Institute (TEI) of Epirus, Arta, Greece. Co–financed by the European Union (European Social Fund—ESF) and Greek national funds through the Operational Program “Education and Lifelong Learning” of the National Strategic Reference Framework (NSRF). (Member of the Main Research Group).
46. (2011/06–07)   National Research Sub–Project, entitled “Requirement analysis and creation and implementation design of the database for the national breast cancer registry and telediagnosis web–platform and preventive monitoring of female population for early diagnosis of breast cancer”, with S.N.1 of the act “Database creation for the national breast cancer registry and implementation of telediagnosis web–platform and preventive monitoring of the female population for early diagnosis of breast cancer (e–PROLIPSIS)”, supporting among others the doctoral candidate Mr. Emmanouil K. Ikonomakis, financed by Greek national funds through the Operational Program “Education and Lifelong Learning” of the National Strategic Reference Framework (NSRF) and implemented by the Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens (BRFAA), Athens, Greece. Sub–Project duration: (01/06/2011–27/07/2011). (Research Collaborator).
47. (2010—2013)   Research Program “Heracleitus II”, entitled “Computational intelligence”, supporting the doctoral candidate Mr. Michael G. Epitropakis. Investing in knowledge society through the European Social Fund. Co–financed by the European Union (European Social Fund—ESF) and Greek national funds through the Operational Program “Education and Lifelong Learning” of the National Strategic Reference Framework (NSRF). (Principal Investigator).
48. (2009—2012)   Inter–University Network “MABIPHYS”, entitled “Modelization and analysis of biomedical and physical systems”. Network at the University of Patras, consisting of different research groups from the Departments of Mathematics, Physics, Medicine, Chemical Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautics as well as Civil Engineering. (Investigator of Research Group).
49. (2008—2010)   National Project, entitled “Upgrading the regular personnel recruitment program of the Greek Payment Agency (OPEKEPE)”, supporting the scientist Dr. Dimitris K. Tasoulis and the doctoral candidate Mr. Michael G. Epitropakis, financed by the Greek Payment Agency. The project was undertaken by the University of Patras in collaboration with the Greek Payment Agency. Project duration: Project duration: (08/09/2008–07/03/2009 and 08/09/2009–07/03/2010). (Principal Investigator).
50. (2007—2008)   Postdoctoral Research Program “IKY”, entitled “Development and study of new computational intelligence algorithms for solving numerical optimization problems”, supporting the post–doctoral scientist Dr. Konstantinos E. Parsopoulos. The program was funded by the Hellenic State Scholarships Foundation (IKY). (Principal Investigator).
51. (2005—2008)   Research Program “PENED 2003”, entitled “Efficient algorithms for parallel robots with applications to physiotherapy”, coordinated by the Division of Theoretical Computer Science, Department of Informatics and Telecommunications, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece, supporting mainly the doctoral candidates Mr. Christos Konaxis, Mr. Christos Sirseloudis, and Mr. Elias Tsigaridas. Program for the reinforcement of the Research Staff (PENED). Co–financed by the European Union (European Social Fund—ESF) and Greek national funds through the Operational Program “Education and Primary Vocational Training II” (EPEAEK II). (Principal Investigator of the University of Patras Collaborative Research Group).
52. (2005—2007)   Research Program “Pythagoras II”, entitled “Nonlinear dynamics and complex systems: Theory and applications in physical and biomedical sciences”, supporting mainly the post–doctoral scientist Dr. Vasileios Basios. Reinforcement of Research Groups at the University of Patras, Patras, Greece. Co–financed by the European Union (European Social Fund II—ESF) and Greek national funds through the Operational Program “Education and Primary Vocational Training II” (EPEAEK II). (Member of the Main Research Group).
53. (2005—2007)   Research Program “Pythagoras II”, entitled “Developing new models and methodologies based on Soft Computing Techniques for complex diagnosis systems and medical decision support systems”, supporting mainly the post–doctoral scientist Dr. Elpiniki I. Papageorgiou. Reinforcement of Research Groups at the University of Patras, Patras, Greece. Co–financed by the European Union (European Social Fund II—ESF) and Greek national funds through the Operational Program “Education and Primary Vocational Training II” (EPEAEK II). (Member of the Main Research Group).
54. (2004—2006)   Research Program “Pythagoras”, entitled “Foundation and development of computational intelligence methods and applications”, supporting the scientists Dr. Laura Cimponeriu and Dr. Vassilis P. Plagianakos as well as the doctoral candidates Ms. Elena C. Laskari, Mr. Nicos G. Pavlidis, Mr. Yannis G. Petalas and Mr. Dimitris K. Tasoulis. Reinforcement of Research Groups at the University of Patras, Patras, Greece. Co–financed by the European Union (European Social Fund II—ESF) and Greek national funds through the Operational Program “Education and Primary Vocational Training II” (EPEAEK II). (Principal Investigator).
55. (2004—2006)   Research Program “Pythagoras”, entitled “Geometric algorithms for curved objects and applications”, supporting mainly the post–doctoral scientist Dr. Euripides Markou. Reinforcement of Research Groups at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece. Co–financed by the European Union (European Social Fund II—ESF) and Greek national funds through the Operational Program “Education and Primary Vocational Training II” (EPEAEK II). (Investigator of Research Group).
56. (2004—2006)   Research Program “Pythagoras”, entitled “Intelligent algorithms of computational medicine and bio–informatics”. Reinforcement of Research Groups at the Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece. Co–financed by the European Union (European Social Fund II—ESF) and Greek national funds through the Operational Program “Education and Primary Vocational Training II” (EPEAEK II). (Investigator of Research Group).
57. (2004—2005)   European Research Area Network “ERA–NET”. Sixth Framework Programme, CREST Initiative for Cooperation and Coordination of Research on Complexity and Complex Systems. Specific Support Action Programme on “Complexity”. (Main Researcher).
58. (2004/05–05)   National Project, entitled “Modification of the system for the automatic categorization of candidates in accordance with the provisions of Law No. 2190/1994”, supporting the doctoral candidate Mr. Dimitris K. Tasoulis, financed by the Greek Payment Agency (OPEKEPE). The project was undertaken by the University of Patras in collaboration with the Greek Payment Agency. Project duration: (05/05/2004–06/05/2004). (Principal Investigator).
59. (2003—2006)   Research Program “Archimedes”, entitled “Applications of computational mathematics in cryptography and information systems security”, supporting among others the scientist Ms. Elena C. Laskari. Reinforcement of Research Groups at the Technological Educational Institute (TEI) of Epirus, Arta, Greece. Co–financed by the European Union (European Social Fund—ESF) and Greek national funds through the Operational Program “Education and Primary Vocational Training II” (EPEAEK II). (Member of the Main Research Group).
60. (2003—2006)   Research Program “Archimedes”, entitled “Creating a distributed parallel virtual machine”, supporting among others the doctoral candidate Mr. Dimitris K. Tasoulis. Reinforcement of Research Groups at the Technological Educational Institute (TEI) of Messolonghi, Messolonghi, Greece. Co–financed by the European Union (European Social Fund II—ESF) and Greek national funds through the Operational Program “Education and Primary Vocational Training II” (EPEAEK II). (Member of the Main Research Group).
61. (2003—2006)   Research Program “Archimedes”, entitled “Knowledge based reasoning tools for decision support in speech and language pathology”, supporting among others the doctoral candidate Mr. Konstantinos E. Parsopoulos. Reinforcement of Research Groups at the Technological Educational Institute (TEI) of Patras, Patras, Greece. Co–financed by the European Union (European Social Fund—ESF) and Greek national funds through the Operational Program “Education and Primary Vocational Training II” (EPEAEK II). (Member of the Main Research Group).
62. (2003—2006)   Research Project “Associated Team”, entitled “CALAMATA: Calculs algébriques, matriciels et applications”, supporting among others the scientists Mr. Konstantinos E. Parsopoulos, Mr. Nicos G. Pavlidis and Mr. Dimitris K. Tasoulis co–financed by the Institut de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (INRIA), Sophia–Antipolis, France. Collaboration of INRIA and Laboratoire de Mathématiques J.–A. Dieudonné, Université de Nice, Sophia–Antipolis, France with the Laboratory of Algebraic and Geometric Algorithms, Department of Informatics and Telecommunications at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece. (Principal Investigator of the University of Patras Collaborative Research Group).
63. (2003—2005)   Research Program “FP5–IST”, entitled “Self organised societies of connectionist intelligent agents capable of learning (SOCIAL)”, Information Society Technologies (IST), Program type: Fifth Framework Program, Subprogram Area: FET O (Open domain), Project Reference: IST–2001–38911, supporting among others the doctoral candidate Mr. Dimitris K. Tasoulis. The project was undertaken by the University of Patras, Greece in collaboration with the National University of Ireland (Cork) and the University of Essex, United Kingdom. (Member of Collaborative Research Group).
64. (2003—2005)   Postdoctoral Research Program “Carathéodory”, entitled “New artificial neural networks training algorithms for automatic analysis and identification of defects in successive endoscopic images”, supporting the post–doctoral scientist Dr. Vassilis P. Plagianakos. The program was funded by the Research Committee of the University of Patras. (Principal Investigator).
65. (2003—2005)   Research Program “PENED 2001”, entitled “Analysis of data for dam distortions and landslides”. Funding program for young researchers, co–financed by the General Secretariat for Research and Technology (GSRT) under the operational program “Competitiveness”, supporting among others the doctoral candidate Mr. Konstantinos E. Parsopoulos. The program was undertaken by the University of Patras, Greece in collaboration with the Hellenic Public Electricity Corporation. (Member of Collaborative Research Group).
66. (2003—2004)   Postdoctoral Research Program “IKY”, entitled “On perturbation of roots of algebraic systems”, supporting the post–doctoral scientist Dr. Susumu Tanabé. The program was funded by the Hellenic State Scholarships Foundation (IKY). (Principal Investigator).
67. (2002—2007)   Research Program “Heracleitus”, entitled “Statistics and computational intelligence”, supporting the doctoral candidate Mr. Vasileios L. Georgiou. Co–financed by the European Union (European Social Fund—ESF) and Greek national funds through the Operational Program “Education and Primary Vocational Training II” (EPEAEK II). (Co–Investigator).
68. (2002—2006)   Research Program “Heracleitus”, entitled “Discovery of gene interactions in regulatory networks using genomic data mining and computational intelligence methods”, supporting the doctoral candidate Mr. Andrei Dragomir. Co–financed by the European Union (European Social Fund—ESF) and Greek national funds through the Operational Program “Education and Primary Vocational Training II” (EPEAEK II). (Co–Investigator).
69. (2000—2001)   Bilateral Research Collaboration “DFG”, entitled “Design and management of complex technical process and systems by means of computational intelligence methods”, with the Chair of Systems Analysis, Department of Computer Science, University of Dortmund, Germany, supporting the doctoral candidate Mr. Konstantinos E. Parsopoulos, financed by the German National Research Foundation–DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) as a part of the collaborative research center (Sonderforschungsbereich) “Computational Intelligence” (SFB 531). (Principal Investigator of the University of Patras Research Group).
70. (2000/02–12)   Bilateral Research Collaboration “INTERREG II”. An initiative that aims to stimulate cooperation between regions in the European Union (Greece–University of Patras and Italy–Università degli Studi di Padova) strengthening interaction between research/innovation institutions, supporting among others the scientists Mr. Vassilis S. Kalantonis, Ms. Aggeliki E. Perdiou and Mr. Georgios A. Tsirogiannis, co–financed by the European Union under the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). Sub–Project duration: (07/02/2000–31/12/2000). (Research Collaborator).
71. (1999—2001)   Operational Program for Research and Technology “EPET II”, entitled “Diogenes: A system for distributed hierarchical data mining on business data”, project undertaken by the University of Patras and co–financed by the European Union and the General Secretariat for Research and Technology (GSRT). (Member of the Main Research Group).
72. (1999—2000)   Postdoctoral Research Program “IKY”, entitled “New approaches to learning in adaptive systems through optimization”, supporting the post–doctoral scientist Dr. George D. Magoulas. The program was funded by the Hellenic State Scholarships Foundation (IKY). (Principal Investigator).
73. (1998—1999)   Bilateral Research Collaboration “Platon”, entitled “Symbolic and numeric methods for solving sparse systems of algebraic equations in robotics, vision and bio–chemistry”, with the Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (INRIA), Sophia–Antipolis, France, supporting among others the doctoral candidate Mr. Vassilis P. Plagianakos. (Principal Investigator of the University of Patras Research Group).
74. (1997—2001)   Scholarship Program for Oriented Research “YPER 1997”, entitled “Analysis and design of effective optimization algorithms for the study of the mechanism of erosion of museum exhibits by atmospheric pollution”, supporting the doctoral candidate Mr. Vassilis P. Plagianakos. The project was undertaken by the University of Patras in collaboration with the National Archaeological Museum of Athens, Athens, Greece, co–financed by the General Secretariat for Research and Technology (GSRT). (Principal Investigator).
75. (1996—1999)   Research Program, entitled “Counting and computing all isolated solutions of systems of nonlinear equations”, supporting among others the doctoral candidate Mr. Peter Kravanja, financed by the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO–Vlaanderen), Belgium. (Research Collaborator).
76. (1996—1998)   Research Program “PENED 1995”, entitled “Expected complexity of numerical algorithms”, supporting mainly the scientist Ms. Evangelia C. Triantafyllou. Program for the reinforcement of the Research Staff (PENED). The project was undertaken by the University of Patras, co–financed by the General Secretariat for Research and Technology (GSRT). (Member of the Main Research Group).
77. (1996—1998)   Research Program “PENED 1995”, entitled “Study, design and testing of new artificial neural networks learning algorithms”, supporting mainly the scientist Mr. George D. Magoulas. Program for the reinforcement of the Research Staff (PENED). The project was undertaken by the University of Patras, co–financed by the General Secretariat for Research and Technology (GSRT). (Member of the Main Research Group).
78. (1996—1998)   Research Program “PENED 1995”, entitled “Development of innovative software for studying the etiology and progression of spinal deformities”, supporting mainly the scientist Mr. George S. Androulakis. Program for the reinforcement of the Research Staff (PENED). The project was undertaken by the University of Patras in collaboration with the General Hospital of Attica (KAT), Greece, co–financed by the General Secretariat for Research and Technology (GSRT). (Principal Investigator).
79. (1993—1996)   Research Programs “Human Capital and Mobility”, entitled +“Nonlinear phenomena and complex systems”, “Coherent structures and fluctuating processes in condensed matter and optical physics” and “Nonlinear problems in beam dynamics and transport”, financed by the European Economic Community (EEC). (Research Collaborator).

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F. Conference Organization and Committees

346. AC 2023 – Madeira Island, Portugal – Committee Member
347. ACN 2023 – Bangaluru, India – Technical Program Committee
348. BIOMATMEET 2023 – Valencia, Spain – Scientific Committee
349. CFAIS 2023 – Nanjing, China – Program Committee
350. CIST 2023 – Brunel University, London, United Kingdom – Scientific Committee
351. FCTA 2023 – Rome, Italy – Program Committee
352. IISA 2023 – University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece – Program Committee
353. INNOV 2023 – Valencia, Spain – Technical Program Committee
354. ISI 2023 – Bangalore, India – Technical Program Committee
355. ISTA 2023 – Bangaluru, India – Technical Program Committee
356. LION17 2023 – Nice, France – Technical Program Committee & Special Session Co-Organizer
357. MLCR 2023 – Nanjing,, China – Committee Member
358. NUMTA 2023 – Calabria, Italy – Scientific Committee
359. ROBOTFORUM 2023 – Las Vegas, USA – Organising Committee
360. SIRS 2023 – Bangaluru, India – Technical Program Committee
361. SSCC 2023 – Bangaluru, India – Technical Program Committee
362. WCGO 2023 – Athens, Greece – Program Committee
363. AC 2022 – Lisbon, Portugal – Committee Member
364. CAI 2022 – Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece – Program Committee
365. CFAIS 2022 – Beijing, China – Program Committee
366. CSI 2022 – Trivandrum, Kerala, India – Technical Program Committee
367. FCTA 2022 – Valletta, Malta – Program Committee
368. IISA 2022 – Ionian University, Corfu, Greece – Program Committee
369. INNOV 2022 – Lisbon, Portugal – Technical Program Committee
370. ISI 2022 – Trivandrum, Kerala, India – Technical Program Committee
371. LOPAL 2022 – Córdoba, Spain – Technical Program Committee
372. MLCR 2022 – Suzhou, China – Committee Member
373. PCI 2022 – Athens, Greece – Program Committee
374. SCGM 2022 – Athens, Greece – Scientific Committee
375. AC 2021 – Virtual – Committee Member
376. CFAIS 2021 – Beijing, China – Program Committee
377. FCTA 2021 – Valletta, Malta – Program Committee
378. IISA 2021 – Chania, Greece – Program Committee
379. INNOV 2021 – Barcelona, Spain – Technical Program Committee
380. PCI 2021 – Volos, Greece – Program Committee
381. WCGO 2021 – Athens, Greece – Program Committee
382. AC 2020 – Lisbon, Portugal – Committee Member
383. AISE 2020 – Goa, India – International Advisory Committee
384. CFAIS 2020 – Seoul, South Korea – Program Committee
385. CoCoNet 2020 – Chennai, India – Technical Program Committee
386. CrySIS 2020 – Athens, Greece – Scientific Committee
387. FCTA 2020 – Budapest, Hungary – Program Committee
388. ICNC–FSKD 2020 – Xi´an, China – Program Committee
389. IISA 2020 – Piraeus, Greece – Program Committee
390. INNOV 2020 – Porto, Portugal – Technical Program Committee
391. PCI 2020 – Athens, Greece – Program Committee
392. SIRS 2020 – Chennai, India – Technical Program Committee
393. AC 2019 – Cagliari, Italy – Committee Member
394. ACMiNS 2019 – Trivandrum, India – Technical Program Committee
395. CoCoNet 2019 – Trivandrum, India – Technical Program Committee
396. FCTA 2019 – Vienna, Austria – Program Committee
397. ICAASOC 2019 – Cappadocia, Nevsehir, Turkey – Technical/Scientific Program Committee
398. ICACCI 2019 – Trivandrum, India – Technical Program Committee
399. IISA 2019 – Patras, Greece – Program Committee
400. IJCCI 2019 – Vienna, Austria – Program Committee
401. NUMTA 2019 – Crotone, Italy – Scientific Committee
402. PCI 2019 – Nicosia, Cyprus – Program Committee
403. SBB 2019 – Trivandrum, India – Technical Program Committee
404. SCS 2019 – University of Bahrain, Kingdom of Bahrain – Technical Program Committee
405. SIRS 2019 – Trivandrum, India – Technical Program Committee
406. SMVH 2019 – Trivandrum, India – Technical Program Committee
407. AC 2018 – Budapest, Hungary – Committee Member
408. ACMiNS 2018 – Bangalore, India – Technical Program Committee
409. ANTS 2018 – Rome, Italy – Program Committee
410. CoCoNet 2018 – Astana, Kazakhstan – Technical Program Committee
411. GECCO 2018 – Kyoto, Japan – Program Committee
412. ICACCI 2018 – Bangalore, India – Technical Program Committee
413. ICNC–FSKD 2018 – Huangshan, China – Technical Program Committee
414. IJCCI 2018 – Seville, Spain – Program Committee
415. LOPAL 2018 – ENSIAS, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco – Technical Program Committee
416. PCI 2018 – Athens, Greece – Program Committee
417. SBB 2018 – Bangalore, India – Technical Program Committee
418. SCS 2018 – University of Bahrain, Kingdom of Bahrain – Technical Program Committee
419. SIRS 2018 – Bangalore, India – Technical Program Committee
420. AC 2017 – Vilamoura, Algarve, Portugal – Committee Member
421. DCA 2017 – Jeju National University, Jeju Island, Korea – Editorial Committee
422. GECCO 2017 – Berlin, Germany – Program Committee
423. ICACCI 2017 – Manipal University, Karnataka, India – Technical Program Committee
424. ICC 2017 – University of Cambridge, United Kingdom – Technical Program Committee
425. ICNC–FSKD 2017 – Guilin, China – Technical Program Committee
426. ICPM 2017 – Manipal University, Manipal, India – Technical Program Committee
427. IJCCI 2017 – Funchal, Madeira Island, Portugal – Program Committee
428. IML 2017 – Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom – Technical Program Committee
429. OPTIMA 2017 – Athens, Greece – International Scientific Committee
430. SIRS 2017 – Manipal University, Manipal, India – Technical Program Committee
431. AC 2016 – Mannheim, Germany – Committee Member
432. ANTS 2016 – Brussels, Belgium – Program Committee
433. CryCybIW 2016 – Athens, Greece – Scientific Committee
434. DCA 2016 – Jeju National University, Jeju Island, Korea – Editorial Committee
435. GECCO 2016 – Denver, USA – Program Committee
436. ICACCI 2016 – Jaipur, India – Technical Program Committee
437. ICC 2016 – University of Cambridge, United Kingdom – Technical Program Committee
438. ICICI 2016 – Doddaballapur, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India – Advisory Committee
439. ICNC 2016 – Changsha, China – Technical Program Committee
440. InfoTech 2016 – Varna, Bulgaria – International Program Committee
441. IPAC 2016 – Prague, Czech Republic – Technical Program Committee
442. NCTA 2016 – Porto, Portugal – Program Committee
443. PCI 2016 – Patras, Greece – Program Committee
444. SBB 2016 – Jaipur, India – Technical Program Committee
445. SEIT 2016 – Guangzhou, China – Technical Program Committee
446. SOCO 2016 – San Sebastian, Spain – Program Committee
447. AC 2015 – Maynooth, Ireland – Committee Member
448. CEC 2015 – Sendai, Japan – Technical Committee
449. DCA 2015 – Jeju National University, Jeju Island, Korea – Editorial Committee
450. GECCO 2015 – Madrid, Spain – Program Committee
451. ICACCI 2015 – Kochi, Kerala, India – Technical Program Committee
452. ICGEC 2015 – Yangon, Myanmar – Program Committee
453. ICNC 2015 – Zhangjiajie, China – Technical Program Committee
454. ICTAI 2015 – Vietri sul Mare, Italy – Program Committee
455. InfoTech 2015 – Varna, Bulgaria – International Program Committee
456. IWICP 2015 – Trivandrum, India – Technical Program Committee
457. NCTA 2015 – Lisbon, Portugal – Program Committee
458. PCI 2015 – Athens, Greece – Program Committee
459. SDE 2015 – Cape Town, South Africa – Program Committee
460. SEIT 2015 – Guilin, China – Technical Program Committee
461. SIPR 2015 – Kochi, Kerala, India – Technical Program Committee
462. SIRS 2015 – Trivandrum, India – Technical Program Committee
463. SIS 2015 – Cape Town, South Africa – Program Committee
464. SMVH 2015 – Trivandrum, India – Technical Program Committee
465. SOCO 2015 – Burgos, Spain – Program Committee
466. SOCPROS 2015 – Saharanpur, India – International Advisory Committee
467. SPWMC 2015 – Trivandrum, India – Technical Program Committee
468. TTSAAMS 2015 – Athens, Greece – International Scientific Committee
469. WCO 2015 – Lodz, Poland – Program Committee
470. AC 2014 – Porto, Portugal – Committee Member
471. AEM 2014 – Wuhan, China – Technical Program Committee
472. ANTS 2014 – Brussels, Belgium – Program Committee
473. BEB 2014 – Wuhan, China – Technical Program Committee
474. BioCom 2014 – Delhi, India – Technical Program Committee
475. CEC 2014 – Beijing, China – Technical Committee
476. CET 2014 – Wuhan, China – Technical Program Committee
477. CryptAAF 2014 – Athens, Greece – Scientific Committee
478. DCA 2014 – Hainan, China – Editorial Committee
479. EME 2014 – Wuhan, China – Technical Program Committee
480. GECCO 2014 – Vancouver, Canada – Program Committee
481. ICACCI 2014 – Delhi, India – Technical Program Committee
482. ICGEC 2014 – Nanchang, China – Program Committee
483. ICIT 2014 – Dubai, U.A.E. – Technical Program Committee
484. ICNC 2014 – Xiamen, China – Technical Program Committee
485. ICTAI 2014 – Limassol, Cyprus – Program Committee
486. IISA 2014 – Chania, Greece – Special Session Organizer
487. InfoTech 2014 – Varna, Bulgaria – International Program Committee
488. NCTA 2014 – Rome, Italy – Program Committee
489. NumAn 2014 – Chania, Greece – Scientific Committee
490. PCI 2014 – Athens, Greece – Program Committee
491. SDE 2014 – Orlando, USA – Technical Program Committee
492. SETN 2014 – Ioannina, Greece – Program Committee
493. SIRS 2014 – Trivandrum, India – Technical Program Committee
494. SIS 2014 – Orlando, USA – Program Committee
495. SOCO 2014 – Bilbao, Spain – Program Committee
496. SOCPROS 2014 – Assam, India – International Advisory Committee
497. TPNC 2014 – Granada, Spain – Program Committee
498. WCO 2014 – Warsaw, Poland – Program Committee
499. AC 2013 – Fort Worth, USA – Committee Member
500. AMIMS 2013 – Athens, Greece – Scientific Committee
501. AMMCS 2013 – Waterloo, Canada – Scientific Committee
502. BIOCOM 2013 – Mysore, India – Technical Program Committee
503. CEC 2013 – Cancun, Mexico – Technical Committee
504. DCA 2013 – Tasmania, Australia – Editorial Committee
505. FUTURE COMPUTING 2013 – Valencia, Spain – Technical Program Committee
506. GECCO 2013 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Program Committee
507. ICACT 2013 – Bangkok, Tailand – Program Committee
508. ICCCT 2013 – Seoul, Korea – Program Committee
509. ICCIS 2013 – Busan, Korea – Program Committee
510. ICCIT 2013 – Seoul, Korea – Program Committee
511. ICCM 2013 – Jeju Island, Korea – Honorary and General Chairs
512. ICCMT 2013 – Bangkok, Tailand – Program Committee
513. ICCNT 2013 – Busan, Korea – Program Committee
514. ICEI 2013 – Seoul, Korea – Program Committee
515. ICGEC 2013 – Prague, Czech Republic – Program Committee
516. ICIDT 2013 – Beijing, China – Program Committee
517. ICIIP 2013 – Seoul, Korea – Organization and Publicity Chairs
518. ICIPM 2013 – Seoul, Korea – Organization and Publicity Chairs
519. ICIPT 2013 – Seoul, Korea – Organization and Publicity Chairs
520. ICIS 2013 – Beijing, China – Program Committee
521. ICMIA 2013 – Macau, China – Program Committee
522. ICMIC 2013 – Bangkok, Tailand – Program Committee
523. ICNIT 2013 – Jeju Island, Korea – Honorary and General Chairs
524. IDCTA 2013 – Beijing, China – Program Committee
525. IISA 2013 – Piraeus, Greece – Program Co–Chairs
526. IMMM 2013 – Lisbon, Portugal – Technical Program Committee
527. INC 2013 – Busan, Korea – Program Committee
528. InfoTech 2013 – Varna, Bulgaria – International Program Committee
529. ISSDM 2013 – Macau, China – Program Committee
530. NASNIT 2013 – Beijing, China – Program Committee
531. NCM 2013 – Jeju Island, Korea – Honorary and General Chairs
532. NISS 2013 – Macau, China – Program Committee
533. SDE 2013 – Singapore – Technical Program Committee
534. SIS 2013 – Singapore – Program Committee
535. SOCO 2013 – Salamanca, Spain – Program Committee
536. SOCPROS 2013 – Roorkee, India – International Advisory Committee
537. TPNC 2013 – Cáceres, Spain – Program Committee
538. WCO 2013 – Krakow, Poland – Program Committee
539. AC 2012 – Madrid, Spain – Committee Member
540. ANTS 2012 – Brussels, Belgium – Program Committee
541. DCA 2012 – Kangwondo, Korea – Editorial Committee
542. FUTURE COMPUTING 2012 – Nice, France – Technical Program Committee
543. GECCO 2012 – Philadelphia, USA – Program Committee
544. ICACT 2012 – Seoul, Korea – Program Committee
545. ICCCT 2012 – Seoul, Korea – Program Committee
546. ICCIS 2012 – Gyeongju, Korea – Program Committee
547. ICCIT 2012 – Seoul, Korea – Program Committee
548. ICCM 2012 – Seoul, Korea – Honorary and General Chairs
549. ICCNT 2012 – Gyeongju, Korea – Program Committee
550. ICEI 2012 – Seoul, Korea – Program Committee
551. ICGEC 2012 – Kitakyushu, Japan – Program Committee
552. ICIDT 2012 – Jeju Island, Korea – Program Committee
553. ICIIP 2012 – Kyoto, Japan – Organization and Publicity Chairs
554. ICIPM 2012 – Kyoto, Japan – Organization and Publicity Chairs
555. ICIPT 2012 – Kyoto, Japan – Organization and Publicity Chairs
556. ICIS 2012 – Jeju Island, Korea – Program Committee
557. ICMIA 2012 – Taipei, Taiwan – Program Committee
558. ICMIC 2012 – Gyeongju, Korea – Program Committee
559. ICNC 2012 – Chongqing, China – Program Committee
560. ICNIT 2012 – Seoul, Korea – Honorary and General Chairs
561. ICTAI 2012 – Athens, Greece – Program Committee
562. IDCTA 2012 – Jeju Island, Korea – Program Committee
563. IIHMSP 2012 – Piraeus, Greece – Special Session Organizer
564. IMMM 2012 – Venice, Italy – Technical Program Committee
565. INC 2012 – Gyeongju, Korea – Program Committee
566. InfoTech 2012 – Varna, Bulgaria – International Program Committee
567. ISSDM 2012 – Taipei, Taiwan – Program Committee
568. NASNIT 2012 – Taipei, Taiwan – Program Committee
569. NCM 2012 – Seoul, Korea – Honorary and General Chairs
570. NISS 2012 – Taipei, Taiwan – Program Committee
571. NumAn 2012 – Ioannina, Greece – Organizing Committee / Chair
572. SETN 2012 – Lamia, Greece – Program Committee
573. SIDE 2012 – Zakopane, Poland – Program Committee
574. SOCO 2012 – Ostrava, Czech Republic – Program Committee
575. SOCPROS 2012 – Jaipur, India – International Advisory Committee
576. SSE–UoA–GMS 2012 – Athens, Greece – Secretariat of Scientific and Organizing Committee
577. WCCI–CIB 2012 – Brisbane, Australia – Program Committee
578. WCO 2012 – Wroclaw, Poland – Program Committee
579. AC 2011 – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – Program Committee
580. AMMCS 2011 – Waterloo, Canada – Scientific Committee
581. CEC 2011 – New Orleans, USA – Technical Committee
582. GECCO 2011 – Dublin, Ireland – Program Committee
583. ICACT 2011 – Jeju island, Korea – Program Committee
584. ICCIT 2011 – Jeju island, Korea – Program Committee
585. ICEI 2011 – Jeju island, Korea – Program Committee
586. ICGEC 2011 – Kitakyushu, Japan – Program Committee
587. ICIPM 2011 – Jeju island, Korea – Organization and Publicity Chairs
588. ICIS 2011 – Busan, Korea – Program Committee
589. ICMIA 2011 – Macau, China – Program Committee
590. ICMIC 2011 – Gumi, Korea – Program Committee
591. ICNIT 2011 – Gyeongju, Korea – Program Committee
592. IDCTA 2011 – Busan, Korea – Program Committee
593. IMMM 2011 – Barcelona, Spain – Technical Program Committee
594. INC 2011 – Gumi, Korea – Program Committee
595. InfoTech 2011 – Varna, Bulgaria – International Program Committee
596. ISDA 2011 – Córdoba, Spain – International Program Committee
597. NASNIT 2011 – Macau, China – Program Committee
598. NCM 2011 – Gyeongju, Korea – Program Committee
599. NISS 2011 – Macau, China – Program Committee
600. SDE 2011 – Paris, France – Technical Program Committee
601. SOCO 2011 – Salamanca, Spain – Program Committee
602. SocProS 2011 – Roorkee, India – International Advisory Committee
603. SYNASC 2011 – Timisoara, Romania – Program Committee
604. WCO 2011 – Szczecin, Poland – Program Committee
605. AC 2010 – Timisoara, Romania – Program Committee
606. ANTS 2010 – Brussels, Belgium – Program Committee
607. CEC 2010 – Barcelona, Spain – Technical Committee
608. GECCO 2010 – Portland, USA – Program Committee
609. HIS 2010 – Atlanta, USA – Program Committee
610. ICCISC 2010 – Cochin, India – International Program Committee
611. ICCIT 2010 – Seoul, Korea – Program Committee
612. ICGEC 2010 – Shenzhen, China – Program Committee
613. ICIS 2010 – Chengdu, China – Program Committee
614. ICMIA 2010 – Seoul, Korea – Program Committee
615. IDC 2010 – Seoul, Korea – Program Committee
616. IMIS 2010 – Krakow, Poland – Program Committee
617. IMS 2010 – Seoul, Korea – Program Committee
618. INC 2010 – Gyeongju, Korea – Program Committee
619. InfoTech 2010 – Varna, Bulgaria – International Program Committee
620. ISDA 2010 – Cairo, Egypt – International Program Committee
621. ITBI 2010 – Nagpur, India – International Program Committee
622. NaBIC 2010 – Kitakyushu, Japan – International Program Committee
623. NCM 2010 – Seoul, Korea – Program Committee
624. NDC 2010 – Thessaloniki, Greece – Main Speaker and Scientific Program Committee
625. NISS 2010 – Gyeongju, Korea – Program Committee
626. NumAn 2010 – Chania, Greece – Organizing Committee / Chair
627. WCO 2010 – Wisla, Poland – Program Committee
628. AC 2009 – Rome, Italy – Program Committee
629. CEC 2009 – Trondheim, Norway – Program Committee
630. GECCO 2009 – Montreal, Canada – Program Committee
631. HIS 2009 – Shenyang, China – Program Committee
632. ICCIT 2009 – Seoul, Korea – Program Committee
633. ICIS 2009 – Seoul, Korea – Program Committee
634. INC 2009 – Cochin, India – International Program Committee
635. InfoTech 2009 – Varna, Bulgaria – International Program Committee
636. ISDA 2009 – Pisa, Italy – Program Committee
637. NaBIC 2009 – Coimbatore, India – International Program Committee
638. ANTS 2008 – Brussels, Belgium – Program Committee
639. CEC 2008 – Hong Kong – Technical Committee
640. ECAI 2008 Workshop – Patras, Greece – Program Committee
641. HIS 2008 – Barcelona, Spain – Program Committee
642. IJCNN 2008 – Hong Kong – Technical Committee
643. InfoTech 2008 – Varna, Bulgaria – International Program Committee
644. Nonlin-Sci-Compl 2008 – Athens, Greece – Scientific Committee
645. NumAn 2008 – Kalamata, Greece – Local Organizing Committee, Organizing Committee / Chair
646. WSC 2008 – Springer, Germany, 2009 – Technical Program Committee
647. BIC–TA 2007 – Zhengzhou, China – Program Committee
648. CEC 2007 – Singapore – International Program Committee
649. CIS 2007 – Harbin, China – Program Committee
650. GECCO 2007 – London, United Kingdom – Program Committee
651. HFAA 2007 – Patras, Greece – Scientific Committee
652. HIS 2007 – Kaiserslautern, Germany – Program Committee
653. ICTAI 2007 – Patras, Greece – Program Committee
654. InfoTech 2007 – Varna, Bulgaria – International Program Committee
655. NumAn 2007 – Kalamata, Greece – Local Organizing Committee, Organizing Committee / Chair
656. PCI 2007 – Patras, Greece – Scientific Committee
657. CASC 2006 – Chisinau, Moldova – Program Committee
658. CEC 2006–DE – Vancouver, Canada – Technical Committee
659. CEC 2006–swarm – Vancouver, Canada – Technical Committee
660. CIS 2006 – Guangzhou, China – Program Committee
661. HIS 2006 – Auckland, New Zealand – International Program Committee
662. NCEI 2006 – Auckland, New Zealand – International Program Committee
663. RASC 2006 – Canterbury, United Kingdom – International Program Committee
664. SIDM 2006 – Indianapolis, USA – Organization and Program Committee
665. SIS 2006 – Indianapolis, USA – Program Committee
666. CASC 2005 – Kalamata, Greece – Conference Chair
667. CASC 2005-Workshop – Kalamata, Greece – Satellite Workshop Organizer / Chair
668. HELORS/EEEE 2005 – Patras, Greece – Scientific Committee
669. ICCMSE 2005 – Loutraki, Greece – Minisymposium Organizer / Chair
670. ICNAAM 2005 – Rhodes, Greece – Minisymposia Organizer / Chair
671. SIS 2005 – Pasadena, USA – Technical Program Committee
672. CEC 2004–swarm – Portland, USA – Technical Committee
673. ICCMSE 2004 – Vravrona, Greece – Minisymposia Organizer / Chair
674. IC–SCCE 2004 – Athens, Greece – Scientific Committee, Seccion Organizer and Mini–conference Organizer / Chair
675. WCNA 2004 – Florida, USA – Global Organizing Committee and Special Session Organizer / Chair
676. HERCMA 2003 – Athens, Greece – Minisymposium Organizer / Chair
677. GRACM 2002 – Patras, Greece – Scientific Committee and Special Session Organizer / Chair
678. Nonlin–Dyn–Chaos–Compl 2002 – Patras, Greece – Main Speaker and Scientific Committee
679. Nonlin–Dyn–Chaos–Compl 2001 – Patras, Greece – Main Speaker and Scientific Committee
680. Sem–Math–Comp–Decis–Mak 2001 – Patras, Greece – Organizing Committee
681. CSCC 2000 – Athens, Greece – International Scientific Committee
682. WCNA 2000 – Catania, Italy – Global Organizing Committee and Special Sessions Organizer / Chair
683. IMACS/IEEE/WSES–CSCC 1999 – Athens, Greece – International Scientific Committee and Special Session Organizer / Chair
684. Nonlin–Dyn–Chaos–Compl 1999 – Patras, Greece – Organizing Committee
685. HERCMA 1998 – Athens, Greece – Special Sessions Organizer / Chair
686. IMACS–CSC 1998 – Piraeus, Greece – Invited Tutorial Lecturer and Special Session Organizer / Chair
687. Compl–Chaos 1998 – Livadeia, Greece – Organizing Committee
688. Compl–Chaotic–Dyn 1997 – Thessaloniki, Greece – Organizing Committee
689. Col–Num–An 1996 – Plovdiv, Bulgaria – Scientific Committee, Organizing Committee
690. WCNA 1996 – Athens, Greece – Global Organizing Committee and Special Session Organizer / Chair
691. Col–Dif–Eq 1995 – Plovdiv, Bulgaria – Scientific Committee, Organizing Committee

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G. External Examiner

1. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, School of Physics, Thessaloniki, Greece
2. Brunel University, Department of Information Systems and Computing, Uxbridge, West London, United Kingdom
3. Democritus University of Thrace, Department of Medicine, Alexandroupolis, Greece
4. Gulf University for Science and Technology, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Computer Science, Kuwait — Partner Institution: University of Missouri, St. Louis, MO, USA
5. Imperial College London, Department of Mathematics, London, United Kingdom
6. Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Department of Computer Science, Leuven, Belgium
7. Lancaster University, Department of Management Science, Lancaster, United Kingdom
8. Minufiya University, Department of Mathematics, Shibin El Kom, Egypt
9. Technological Educational Institute of Peloponnese, School of Agricultural Technology, Kalamata, Greece
10. University of London, Birkbeck College, Department of Computer Science and Information Systems, London, United Kingdom
11. University of Patras, Department of Business Administration of Food and Agricultural Enterprises, Agrinio, Greece
12. University of Pisa, Department of Computer Science, Pisa, Italy
13. University of Pretoria, Department of Computer Science, Pretoria, South Africa
14. University of Surrey, Department of Computing, Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom
15. University of Thessaly, Department of Computer Science and Biomedical Informatics, Lamia, Greece

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H. Reviewer in Books

1. Adaptable and Adaptive Hypermedia Systems: Chen, S.; Magoulas, G.D., IRM Press, Hershey, PA, USA, 362 pages, 2005 [ISBN: 1–59140–567–X]
2. Artificial Higher Order Neural Networks for Computer Science and Engineering: Trends for Emerging Applications: Zhang, M., IGI Global, Hershey, PA, USA, 660 pages, February 2010 [ISBN: 978–1–61520–711–4]
3. Computational Geometry, in Greek: Tsakalidis, A.K., Hellenic Open University, Patras, Greece, 2003
4. Graph Theory, in Greek: Mavronicolas, M., Hellenic Open University, Patras, Greece, 314 pages, December 2002 [ISBN: 960–538–461–2]
5. Optimal Solution of Nonlinear Equations: Sikorski, K.A., Oxford University Press, Oxford, United Kingdom, 256 pages, 2001 [ISBN: 0–19–510690–3]. The review is published in: Vrahatis, M.N., Optimal Solution of Nonlinear Equations by Krzysztof A. Sikorski, SIAM Review, vol.44, no.2, June 2002, pp.301–302
6. Ordinary Differential Equations In Theory and Practice (Classics in Applied Mathematics) (No. 43): Mattheij, R.M.M.; Molenaar J., SIAM, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 405 pages, 2002 [ISBN: 0898715318] – Republication of the work first published by John Wiley and Sons, Chichester, NY, USA, 1996. The review is published in: Vrahatis M.N., Ordinary Differential Equations In Theory and Practice, IEEE Computational Science and Engineering, vol.4, no.4, Oct–Dec 1997, pp.73–74
7. Swarm Intelligence: Eberhart, R.; Shi, Y.–H.; Kennedy, J., Morgan Kaufmann Title, Elsevier, Netherlands, 512 pages, April 2001 [ISBN: 978–1–55860–595–4]

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I. Reviewer in International Journals

1. ACM Transactions on Graphics – Association for Computing Machinery, USA
2. ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software – Association for Computing Machinery, USA
3. Annals of Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence – Springer Nature, Switzerland
4. Annals of Mathematics, Computing and Teleinformatics – Technological Education Institute of Larissa, Greece
5. Annals of Operations Research – Springer, Germany
6. Applied Intelligence – Springer, Germany
7. Applied Numerical Analysis and Computational Mathematics – Wiley, USA
8. Applied Numerical Mathematics – Elsevier/IMACS, Netherlands
9. Applied Soft Computing – Elsevier, Netherlands
10. Axioms – MDPI, Switzerland
11. Biosystems – Elsevier, Netherlands
12. Bulletin of the Greek Mathematical Society – Greek Mathematical Society, Greece
13. Complexity – Wiley, USA
14. Computational Mechanics – Springer, Germany
15. Computer Aided Geometric Design – Elsevier, Netherlands
16. Computer and Structures – Elsevier, Netherlands
17. Computer Physics Communications – Elsevier, Netherlands
18. Connection Science – Taylor and Francis, United Kingdom
19. EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing – Hindawi Publishing, USA
20. European Physical Journal Special Topics – Springer, Germany
21. Evolutionary Computation – MIT Press, USA
22. GeoJournal – Springer, Netherlands
23. IEEE Computational Science and Engineering – book review – IEEE, USA
24. IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I – IEEE, USA
25. IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation – IEEE, USA
26. IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks – IEEE, USA
27. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering – IEEE, USA
28. IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part B: Cybernetics – IEEE, USA
29. Information Sciences – Elsevier, Netherlands
30. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering – Wiley, USA
31. International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos – World Scientific, USA
32. International Journal of Bio–Inspired Computation – Inderscience, Switzerland
33. International Journal of Computer Mathematics – Taylor and Francis, United Kingdom
34. International Journal of Computer Research – Nova Science Publishers, USA
35. International Journal of Information Processing and Management – Human and Sciences Publication, Korea
36. International Journal of Mathematical Algorithms – Schmidt Periodicals GmbH, Germany
37. International Journal of Systems Science – Taylor and Francis – United Kingdom
38. International Journal on Artificial Intelligence Tools – World Scientific, USA
39. International Journal on Information Technologies and Security – Union of Scientists in Bulgaria, Bulgaria
40. Interval Computations – Started as a joint Soviet–Western enterprise in 1991, and continues as the journal Reliable Computing, Springer, Germany
41. ISRN Applied Mathematics – Hindawi Publishing, USA
42. Journal of Applied Geophysics – Elsevier, Netherlands
43. Journal of Applied Mathematics – Hindawi Publishing, USA
44. Journal of Complexity– Academic Press (now Elsevier), Netherlands
45. Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics – Elsevier, Netherlands
46. Journal of Computational Physics – Elsevier, Netherlands
47. Journal of Fixed Point Theory and Applications – Birkhäuser/Springer, Germany
48. Journal of Global Optimization – Springer, Germany
49. Journal of Heuristics – Springer, Germany
50. Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications – Elsevier, Netherlands
51. Journal of Next Generation Information Technology – Human and Sciences Publication, Korea
52. Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology – National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), USA
53. Journal of Symbolic Computation – Elsevier, Netherlands
54. Journal of Zhejiang University, Science A – Springer, Germany
55. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (book series) – Springer, Germany
56. Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics (book series) – Springer, Germany
57. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (book series) – Springer, Germany
58. Mathematical Reviews – American Mathematical Society, USA
59. Mathematics in Computer Science – Birkhäuser/Springer, Switzerland
60. Mathematics of Computation – American Mathematical Society, USA
61. Neural Networks – Elsevier, Netherlands
62. Neurocomputing – Elsevier, Netherlands
63. Nonlinear Analysis: Real World Applications – Elsevier, Netherlands
64. Nonlinear Analysis: Theory, Methods and Applications – Elsevier, Netherlands
65. Numerical Mathematics: Theory, Methods and Applications – Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom
66. Optimization and Engineering – Springer, Germany
67. Optimization Methods and Software – Taylor and Francis, United Kingdom
68. Physics Letters A – Elsevier, Netherlands
69. Procedia Computer Science – Elsevier, Netherlands
70. Reliable Computing – Springer, Germany
71. SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis – Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, USA
72. SIAM Review – book review – Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, USA
73. Swarm and Evolutionary Computation – Elsevier, Netherlands
74. Swarm Intelligence – Springer, Germany

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J. Reviewer for International Conferences (additional to the conferences in which he participated as a committee member)

1. PHDSCH 2015 – Patras, Greece
2. CiE 2013 – Milano, Italy
3. CIBB 2012 – Houston, USA
4. NaBIC 2011 – Salamanca, Spain
5. FCISIS 2010 – Krakow, Poland
6. INC 2009 – Seoul, Korea
7. ISSAC 2008 – Hagenberg, Austria
8. ISSAC 2007 – Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
9. CIEF 2005 – Salt Lake City, USA
10. AIA 2004 – Innsbruck, Austria
11. HERCMA 2003 – Athens, Greece
12. SETN 2002 – Thessaloniki, Greece
13. ISSAC 2001 – London, Ontario, Canada
14. SCAN 1998–IMACS/GAMM – Budapest, Hungary

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K. Software Development

1. CHABIS: A mathematical software package for locating and evaluating roots of systems of nonlinear equations, in FORTRAN 77, ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software, vol.14, no.4, 1988, pp.330–336
2. GIOTTO: A code for the nonlinear–analysis of area–preserving mappings, in C++ and FORTRAN 77, International Journal of Modern Physics C–Physics and Computers, vol.6, no.5, 1995, pp.651–661, with Servizi, G.; Bortolotti, D.; Todesco, E.; Giovannozzi, M.
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