Instructors

Prof. Dimitris Apostolou is faculty member at the Dept. of Informatics, Univ. Piraeus, and director of the Decision Support Systems Lab. Until 2022 he was the director of the MSc in Cybersecurity and Data Science. He teaches Decision Support Systems (DSS) and Knowledge Management at under- and post-graduate level. His research interests include Intelligent DSS and Business Process & Knowledge Management Systems.

Dr. Vasileios Christodoulakis is a Lawyer and holds a Ph.D. Degree in Law (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens). He has taught courses in Constitutional Law, human rights and political theory at undergraduate and postgraduate level at the University of Patras and as a member of Collaborating Teaching Staff of the Hellenic Open University. His research interests include moral and legal philosophy, bioethics and technoethics, and human rights.

Prof. Dimitris Despotis is faculty member at the Dept. of Informatics, Univ. Piraeus, and member of the Decision Support Systems Lab. He teaches DSS and Optimization Techniques at under- and post-graduate level. His research interests include Performance Measurement, Data Envelopment Analysis, and Multicriteria Decision Analysis.

Prof. Christos Douligeris is faculty member at the Dept. of Informatics, Univ. Piraeus, and director of the Network Research Lab. He teaches Networks & Communications, System Security, and Internet Technologies at under- and post-graduate level. His research interests include Computer Networks and IoT.

Prof. Charalampos Konstantopoulos is faculty member at the Dept. of Informatics, Univ. Piraeus, and director of the Discrete Informatics and Theoretical Informatics Lab. He teaches Algorithms and Optimization Techniques at under- and post-graduate level. His research interests include Parallel & Distributed Algorithms, Mobile Computing, and Sensor Networks.

Dr. Gregoris Koronakos is post-doctoral researcher at the Dept. of Informatics, Univ. Piraeus, and member of the Decision Support Systems Lab. He teaches DSS and Business Analytics at under- and post-graduate level. His research interests include Multicriteria Decision Analysis, Multi-objective Programming, and Data Envelopment Analysis.

Dr. George Papastefanatos is a senior researcher at the Information Management Systems Institute (IMSI), Athena RIC. He teaches Big Data Management and Analytics at post-graduate level. His research interests include Data Science and Visual Analytics, Big Data Management, and Web Data Management.

Prof. Kostas Patsakis is faculty member at the Dept. of Informatics, Univ. Piraeus, and Director of the Cyber Security Lab. He teaches Cryptography, Computer Security and Privacy at under- and post-graduate level. His research interests include Cryptography, Computer Security and Privacy, and Blockchain techniques.

Prof. Despina (Nineta) Polemi is faculty member at the Dept. of Informatics, Univ. Piraeus, and member of the Cyber Security Lab. She teaches Information Security and Innovation at under- and post-graduate level. Her research interests include Cyber Security and e-Government.

Prof. Dionisios Sotiropoulos is faculty member at the Dept. of Informatics, Univ. Piraeus. He teaches Bio-inspired Software Development and Digital Social Networks at under- and post-graduate level. His research interests include Pattern Recognition, Machine Learning, and Bio-inspired Computing.

Dr. Dimitris Zografopoulos is a member of the Athens Bar Association and a specialist scientist at the Hellenic Data Protection Authority since January 2006. Since April 2018, he has been serving at the Ministry of Health and has taken over the duties of the Data Protection Officer (DPO). He holds a PhD in Comparative Labor Law (Université de Strasbourg III – Robert Schuman). He has participated in the negotiations for the “data protection reform package” (General Regulation on the Protection of the Individual from the Processing of Personal Data (GDPR) and the Directive on the areas of criminal law).

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