Students and Collaborators


  1. Post–Doctoral Students
  2. PhD Students
  3. MSc Students
  4. Collaborators

A. Post–Doctoral Students

  1. Prof. George D. Magoulas, PhD, PGCE
    Post–Doctoral fellowship (1999–2000) supported by the Hellenic State Scholarships Foundation (IKY) for basic research collaboration on the subject: “New approaches to learning in adaptive systems through optimization”.
    First position: Lecturer, Department of Information Systems and Computing, Brunel University, London, United Kingdom.
    Recent position: Professor of Computer Science, Department of Computer Science and Information Systems, Director of “Teaching Quality” and Co-Director of the “Birkbeck Knowledge Lab”, Birkbeck College, University of London, London, United Kingdom.
  2. Prof. Susumu Tanabé, PhD
    Post–Doctoral fellowship (2003–2004) supported by the Hellenic State Scholarships Foundation (IKY) for basic research collaboration on the subject: “On perturbation of roots of algebraic systems”.
    First position: Full Professor, Department of Mathematics, Kumamoto University, Kurokami Kumamoto, Japan.
  3. Prof. Vassilis P. Plagianakos, PhD
    Post–Doctoral fellowship (2003–2005) supported by the Research Committee of the University of Patras, “C. Carathéodory” basic research programme, for basic research collaboration on the subject: “New artificial neural networks training algorithms for automatic analysis and identification of defects in successive endoscopic images”.
    First position: Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science & Biomedical Informatics, University of Central Greece, Lamia, Greece.
    Recent position: Professor, Department of Computer Science & Biomedical Informatics and Dean of the School of Science of the University of Thessaly, Lamia, Greece. He has served as a president of the National Organization Providing Health Services (EOPYY), Greece and president of the European Healthcare Fraud & Corruption Network (EHFCN), Brussels, Belgium.
  4. Prof. Konstantinos E. Parsopoulos, PhD
    Post–Doctoral fellowship (2007–2008) supported by the Hellenic State Scholarships Foundation (IKY) for basic research collaboration on the subject: “Development and study of new computational intelligence algorithms for solving numerical optimization problems”.
    First position: Lecturer, Department of Mathematics, University of Patras, Greece.
    Recent position: Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece.
  5. Dr. Konstantinos I. Chatzilygeroudis, PhD
    Post–Doctoral fellowship (2022–2024) supported by the Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation (HFRI) under the “3rd Call for H.F.R.I. Research Projects to support Post-Doctoral Researchers” (project number 7541) for basic research collaboration on the scientific area: mathematics & information sciences and subject: “Novel optimization methods for autonomous skill learning in robotics (NOSALRO)”.

B. PhD Students

  1. Dr. Theodoula N. Grapsa, (PhD, 1990)
    from Department of Mathematics, University of Patras, Greece.
    Dissertation: “New methods for solving systems of nonlinear algebraic and/or transcendental equations”.
    First position: Lecturer, Department of Mathematics, University of Patras, Greece.
    Current position: Professor and Deputy Director of the Postgraduate Program: “Computational and Statistical Data Analytics (MCDA)”, Department of Mathematics, University of Patras, Greece.
  2. Dr. George S. Androulakis, (PhD, 1998)
    from Department of Mathematics, University of Patras, Greece.
    Dissertation: “New numerical methods for functions optimization and for solving transcendental systems”.
    First position: Assistant Professor, Department of Business Administration, University of Patras, Greece.
    Current position: Associate Professor, Department of Business Administration, University of Patras, Greece.
  3. Dr. Vassilis P. Plagianakos, (PhD, 2003)
    from Department of Mathematics, University of Patras, Greece.
    Dissertation: “New methods of artificial neural networks training, optimization and applications”.
    First position: Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Biomedical Informatics, University of Central Greece, Lamia, Greece.
    Recent position: Professor, Department of Computer Science & Biomedical Informatics and Dean of the School of Science of the University of Thessaly, Lamia, Greece. He has served as a president of the National Organization Providing Health Services (EOPYY), Greece and president of the European Healthcare Fraud & Corruption Network (EHFCN), Brussels, Belgium.
  4. Dr. Konstantinos E. Parsopoulos, (PhD, 2005)
    from Department of Mathematics and Department of Computer Engineering and Informatics, University of Patras, Greece, interdepartmental program of postgraduate studies “Mathematics of Computers and Decision Making”.
    Dissertation: “Computational intelligence algorithms for numerical optimization”.
    First position: Lecturer, Department of Mathematics, University of Patras, Greece.
    Recent position: Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece.
  5. Dr. Dimitris K. Tasoulis, (PhD, 2006)
    from Department of Mathematics and Department of Computer Engineering and Informatics, University of Patras, Greece, interdepartmental program of postgraduate studies “Mathematics of Computers and Decision Making”.
    Dissertation: “New computational intelligence and clustering algorithms for data mining”.
    First position: Lecturer, Department of Mathematics, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.
    Recent position: Senior Researcher, Winton Capital Management, Zurich, Switzerland.
  6. Dr. Nicos G. Pavlidis, (PhD, 2008)
    from Department of Mathematics and Department of Computer Engineering and Informatics, University of Patras, Greece, interdepartmental program of postgraduate studies “Mathematics of Computers and Decision Making”.
    Dissertation: “Computational intelligence in economics and game theory”.
    First position: Lecturer, Department of Management Science, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom.
    Current position: Senior Lecturer, Department of Management Science, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom.
  7. Dr. Yannis G. Petalas, (PhD, 2008)
    from Department of Mathematics and Department of Computer Engineering and Informatics, University of Patras, Greece, interdepartmental program of postgraduate studies “Mathematics of Computers and Decision Making”.
    Dissertation: “Memetic and evolutionary algorithms in numerical optimization and nonlinear dynamics”.
    First position: ACE Consultant at Symphony IRI Group, Market Research Company “Information Resources Inc. (IRI)” headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, USA and Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom.
    Recent position: Data Scientist, VIAVI Solutions, Newbury Business Park, Newbury, United Kingdom.
    Current position: Senior Data Scientist, Atkins, Two Chamberlain Square, Birmingham, West Midlands, B3 3AX, United Kingdom.
  8. Dr. Elena C. Laskari, (PhD, 2010)
    from Department of Mathematics and Department of Computer Engineering and Informatics, University of Patras, Greece, interdepartmental program of postgraduate studies “Mathematics of Computers and Decision Making”.
    Dissertation: “Cryptography and cryptanalysis using computational intelligence and computational mathematics methods and applications”.
    First position: Systems Analyst, Bank Information Systems “Tiresias” S.A., Athens, Greece.
  9. Dr. Michael G. Epitropakis, (PhD, 2013)
    from Department of Mathematics and Department of Computer Engineering and Informatics, University of Patras, Greece, interdepartmental program of postgraduate studies “Mathematics of Computers and Decision Making”.
    Dissertation: “Development and foundation of new methods of computational intelligence, intelligent optimization and applications”, supported by the basic research programme “Heracleitus II”.
    First position: Postdoctoral research assistant and part time lecturer in the Computational-Heuristics, Operational Research and Decision-Support (CHORDS) research group, Division of Computing Science and Mathematics, University of Stirling, Stirling, Scotland.
    Recent position: Senior Lecturer, Department of Management Science, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom.
  10. Dr. Maximos A. Kaliakatsos–Papakostas, (PhD, 2014)
    from Department of Mathematics, University of Patras, Greece, program of postgraduate studies “Mathematics and Modern Applications”.
    Dissertation: “Computational intelligence methods for automated musical analysis and synthesis”.
    First positions: Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Audiovisual Arts, Ionian University, Corfu, Greece; Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Technologies for the Digital Industry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece. .
    Recent position: Research Associate, Institute for Language and Speech Processing, Athena Research and Innovation Centre, Athens, Greece.
    Current position: Associate Professor, Department of Music Technology and Acoustics, Hellenic Mediterranean University, Rethymno, Greece.
  11. Dr. Stavros P. Adam, (PhD, 2016)
    from Department of Mathematics, University of Patras, Greece, interdepartmental program of postgraduate studies “Mathematics of Computers and Decision Making”.
    Dissertation: “Development and foundation of methods for reliable neural computations”.
    First position: Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Engineering, Faculty of Applied Technology, Technological Educational Institute of Epirus, Arta, Greece.
    Current position: Assistant Professor, Department of Informatics and Telecommunications, University of Ioannina, Arta, Greece.
  12. Dr. Stamatios–Aggelos N. Alexandropoulos, (PhD, 2020)
    from Department of Mathematics, University of Patras, Greece, program of postgraduate studies “Mathematics and Modern Applications”.
    Dissertation: “Development and foundation of new methods of computational mathematics in computational intelligence”, supported by the Hellenic State Scholarships Foundation (IKY).
    First position: Teaching Fellow, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece.
    Recent position: Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece.
  13. Dr. Emmanouil K. Ikonomakis, (PhD, 2021)
    from Department of Mathematics, University of Patras, Greece, program of postgraduate studies “Mathematics and Modern Applications”.
    Dissertation: “New clustering algorithm and applications”, partially supported by a National Research Sub-Project named “e-PROLIPSIS” implemented by the Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens (BRFAA) as well as partially supported by the National Infrastructures for Research and Technology (GRNET): ARIS High Performance Computing (HPC) infrastructure.
    First position: Software Engineer, Basic Software Development, Müller-Elektronik GmbH, Franz-Kleine-Straße 18, 33154 Salzkotten, Germany.

C. MSc Students

  1. Program of Postgraduate Studies “Mathematics and Modern Applications”, Department of Mathematics, University of Patras, Greece
    2.
    1. Mr. Antonios Dimitriadis, (MSc, 2002)
      Thesis: “Genetic algorithms and evolutionary programming applied to optimization problems and artificial neural networks training”.
    2. Mr. Dimitris A. Tsordanidis, (MSc, 2005)
      Thesis: “Architecture and neural networks training using genetic algorithms for forecasting of economic data”.
    3. Mr. Stefanos Kandiliotis, (MSc, 2008)
      Thesis: “Computational intelligence and clustering”.
    4. Mr. Emmanouil K. Ikonomakis, (MSc, 2009)
      Thesis: “Knowledge extraction from data”.
    5. Mr. Maximos A. Kaliakatsos–Papakostas, (MSc, 2009)
      Thesis: “Artificial neural networks and applications to music composition and musical composer recognition”.
    6. Ms. Eleni Golemi, (MSc, 2010)
      Thesis: “Cryptography and data mining”.
    7. Mr. Stamatios–Aggelos N. Alexandropoulos, (MSc, 2016)
      Thesis: “Evolutionary artificial neural networks”.
    8. Ms. Nikolitsa E. Papadopoulou, (MSc, 2020)
      Thesis: “Approaches of computations with infinite and infinitesimal numbers”.
  1. Interdepartmental Program of Postgraduate Studies “Mathematics of Computers and Decision Making”, Department of Mathematics and Department of Computer Engineering and Informatics, University of Patras, Greece
    2.
    1. Mr. Konstantinos E. Parsopoulos, (MSc, 2000)
      Thesis: “Global optimization methods for neural networks training”.
    2. Mr. Vassilis S. Kalantonis, (MSc, 2001)
      Thesis: “Method for computing periodic orbits of dynamical systems based on Poincaré surface of sections”.
    3. Mr. Alexandros Psarianos, (MSc, 2002)
      Thesis: “Elliptic cryptography”.
    4. Ms. Elena C. Laskari, (MSc, 2003)
      Thesis: “Evolutionary computation and optimization”.
    5. Mr. Nicos G. Pavlidis, (MSc, 2004)
      Thesis: “Recent computational intelligence methods in game theory and economics”.
    6. Mr. Yannis G. Petalas, (MSc, 2004)
      Thesis: “New memetic algorithms with applications in bioinformatics”.
    7. Ms. Sofia Pagoni, (MSc, 2007)
      Thesis: “Algorithm for solving the problem of minimizing the completion time of activities”.
    8. Mr. Michael G. Epitropakis, (MSc, 2008)
      Thesis: “Artificial neural networks training using evolutionary algorithms in sequential and distributed systems”.
    9. Ms. Athina Georgana, (MSc, 2008)
      Thesis: “Neural networks: architecture and applications”.
    10. Mr. Vassilis I. Galanis, (MSc, 2009)
      Thesis: “e–evaluation: applications of cryptography in the evaluation through information and communication technologies”.
    11. Mr. Sotiris K. Tasoulis, (MSc, 2009)
      Thesis: “High dimensional data clustering”.
    12. Mr. George J. Sarris, (MSc, 2012)
      Thesis: “Data clustering and applications”.
    13. Ms. Afroditi N. Veneti, (MSc, 2014)
      Thesis: “Fractal dimension as an assessment metric for pseudorandom number generators”.
    14. Mr. Georgios S. Temponeras, (MSc, 2018)
      Thesis: “Artificial neural networks and applications in modern programming environments”.

D. Collaborators

    1. Collaborators Include:

      2.

      Adam V. Adamopoulos, Panagiotis D. Alevizos, Philipos D. Alevizos, Aristoklis D. Anastasiadis, Christos Antonopoulos, Gerasimos S. Antzoulatos, Thomas Bartz–Beielstein, Tassos C. Bountis, Basilis Boutsinas, Grigorios N. Beligiannis, Jeroen M. Bergamin, Anastasios Bezerianos, Daniela Bortolotti, Nurit Budinsky, Dionisis Cavouras, Laura Cimponeriu, Nicholas J. Daras, George Dassios, Andrei Dragomir, Nikolay T. Dukov, Ioannis Z. Emiris, Nikolaos D. Fakotakis, Stavros C. Farantos, Andreas Floros, Efstratios Gallopoulos, Todor Ganchev, Vasileios L. Georgiou, Voula C. Georgopoulos, Massimo Giovannozzi, George A. Gravvanis, Peter P. Groumpos, Maria Hadjinicolaou, Heinz Isliker, Marios G. Karagiannopoulos, Fotini Kariotou, Dimitrios A. Karras, Dimitris J. Kavvadias, Aristotelis D. Klamargias, Michael Kollmann, Stavros Komineas, Panagiotis Kontogiorgos, Sotiris Kotsiantis, Ilias S. Kotsireas, Peter Kravanja, John N. Lambrinos, Panos A. Ligomenides, Aristidis Likas, Spiridon Likothanassis, Philipp Limbourg, Frosso S. Makri, Sonia Malefaki, George E. Manoussakis, Joern Mehnen, Gerasimos C. Meletiou, Pascal Mossay, Bernard Mourrain, George Nikiforidis, Nicos K. Nousis, Konstantinos Papadakis, George P. Papavassilopoulos, Panos M. Pardalos, Panos A. Patsis, Georgios Pavlides, Efthymios G. Pavlidis, Efstathios A. Perdios, Angela E. Perdiou, Violetta Piperigou, Chronis Polymilis, Rita Prosmiti, Omiros G. Ragos, Panagiota Ravazoula, Graziano Servizi, Karlheinz Schmitt, Takis Skiniotis, Charalampos Skokos, Konstantina Skouri, Dimitris G. Sotiropoulos, Panagiota Spyridonos, George M. Spyrou, Yannis C. Stamatiou, Elias C. Stavropoulos, Chrysostomos D. Stylios, Susumu Tanabé, Ezio Todesco, Dimitrios S. Triantafyllou, Evangelia C. Triantafyllou, Constantino Tsallis, George A. Tsirogiannis, Charalampos Tsitouras, Giorgio Turchetti, Marc Van Barel, Liviu Vladutu, Jean–Claude Yakoubsohn, Filareti Zafiropoulos, Dimitrios Zeimpekis, George A. Zombanakis.

    2. Visiting Scholars Hosted:
      3.
      1. Aristoklis D. Anastasiadis, PhD Research Fellow, United Kingdom.
      2. Jeroen M. Bergamin, PhD Research Fellow, The Netherlands.
      3. Nikolay T. Dukov, Erasmus PhD Research Fellow, Bulgaria.
      4. George A. Gravvanis, Professor, Greece.
      5. Heinz Isliker, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Switzerland.
      6. Michael Kollmann, PhD Research Fellow, Germany.
      7. Stavros Komineas, Associate Professor, Greece.
      8. Peter Kravanja, PhD Research Fellow, Belgium.
      9. Pascal Mossay, Lecturer, Spain / Senior Lecturer, United Kingdom.
      10. Bernard Mourrain, Professor, France.
      11. Susumu Tanabé, Professor, Russia / Japan.
      12. Jan Troják, Erasmus MSc Student, Czech Republic.
      13. Giorgio Turchetti, Professor, Italy.