Bio
Positions
- Professor, Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences (ITC), Tampere University, Tampere, Finland. [February 2024 - now]
- Associate Professor, Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences (ITC), Tampere University, Tampere, Finland. [Jun 2016 - February 2024]
- Research Scientist, Information Systems Laboratory, Institute of Computer Science, Foundation for Research & Technology - Hellas (FORTH), Heraklion, Greece. [Jan 2013 - May 2016]
- Post-doctoral researcher, Department of Computer and Information Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway. [Nov 2011 - Oct 2012]
- Post-doctoral researcher, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), Hong Kong SAR, China. [Feb 2010 - Feb 2011]
Education
- PhD in Computer Science, University of Ioannina, Greece. [Nov 2005 - Dec 2009]
PhD Thesis: Personalized Data Management: Models, Algorithms and Systems - MSc in Computer Science, University of Ioannina, Greece. [Sept 2003 - Oct 2005]
MSc Thesis: Context-Aware Preferences for Database Systems - BSc in Computer Science, University of Ioannina, Greece. [Sept 1999 - Sept 2003]
BSc Thesis: Publish/Subscribe Systems in Relational Databases
Research Experience
FairMatch: Fairness in Algorithmic Social Matching, supported by the Academy of Finland via TAU. [January 2020 - December 2021]CACTI: Continuous software value analysis and co-creation, supported by the by the Ulla Tuominen Foundation. [March 2021 - February 2021]
Smart TraficHub - Optimized Public Transportation with Customer Orientation, funded by the Council of Tampere Region. [May 2020 - April 2021]
Intelligent Society Platform (INSO) pilot project, Academy of Finland via TAU (Topic: Equality-Enhancing Technology for the Flipped Classroom). [Oct 2019 - Mar 2020]
VIRPA D: Digital User Services in Real Estate Business, TEKES project. [Jan 2018 - Dec 2019]
Sharing & Caring COST Action: Examining Socio-Technical Aspects of the Collaborative Economy, supported by the EU Framework Programme Horizon 2020. Co-leader of WG2 [Mar 2017 - Mar 2021]
PARTHENOS: Pooling Activities, Resources and Tools for Heritage E-research Networking, Optimization and Synergies, H2020-INFRADEV-1-2014-1, funded by the European Community. [Jun 2015 - May 2016]
DIACHRON: Managing the Evolution and Preservation of the Data Web, FP7-ICT-2011-9, funded by the European Community. [Jan 2014 - May 2015]
IdeaGarden: An Interactive Learning Environment Fostering Creativity, FP7-ICT-2011-8, funded by the European Community. [Jan 2013 - Jan 2015]
Representative Search: Modeling, Algorithms and Prototypes, GRF 4169/09. [February 2010 - February 2011]
Aeolus: Algorithmic Principles for Building Efficient Overlay Computers, IST FET Project, funded by the European Community. [May 2009 - Aug 2009]
Self-Peer: Self-organized peer to peer systems based on their content and the query workload: Construction, Updates, Routing and Query Processing, PENED Research Project, funded by the Greek Secretariat of Research and Technology. [Nov 2005 - Nov 2008]
DanDy: Data Quality in Dynamic Networks, Greece-USA Bilateral Cooperation Project, funded by the Greek Secretariat of Research and Technology (with the University of Pittsburgh). [Nov 2007 - Mar 2008]
DECA: Data Engineering for Context-Aware Pervasive Computing, Greece-Australia Bilateral Cooperation Project, funded by the Greek Secretariat of Research and Technology (with the Monash University). [Oct 2004 - Jun 2006]
DBGlobe: A Data Centric Approach to Global Computing, IST FET Project, funded by the European Community. [Sept 2004 - Apr 2005]
Teaching Experience
Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences, Tampere University
DATA.ML.381: Fairness in Big Data Management [Spring 2024, Spring 2023]DATA.ML.360: Recommender Systems [Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017]
DATA.ML.380: Big Data Entity Resolution [Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018]
TIETS42: Databases and Information Retrieval Integration [Fall 2016]