LAB COORDINATOR

Herodotos Herodotou, Ph.D.

Dr. Herodotos Herodotou is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering and Informatics at the Cyprus University of Technology. He received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Duke University in May 2012. His Ph.D. dissertation work received the ACM SIGMOD Jim Gray Doctoral Dissertation Award Honorable Mention as well as the Outstanding Ph.D. Dissertation Award in Computer Science at Duke. Before joining CUT, he held research positions at Microsoft Research, Yahoo! Labs, and Aster Data as well as software engineering positions at Microsoft and RWD Technologies. His research interests include large-scale Data Processing Systems and Database Systems. In particular, his work focuses on ease-of-use, manageability, and automated tuning of both centralized and distributed data-intensive computing systems. In addition, he is interested in applying database and dataflow system techniques in other domains like maritime, tourism, energy, social computing, environment, scientific computing, and bioinformatics. His research work to date has been published in several top scientific conferences and journals (e.g., PVLDB, SIGMOD, SoCC, CIDR), four books, and two book chapters. Learn more...

RESEARCH ASSOCIATES

Sheraz Aslam, PhD

Sheraz Aslam received his Ph.D. in Computer Engineering and Informatics from Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, Cyprus, under the supervision of Dr. Herodotos Herodotou. Currently, Dr. Sheraz is working as a Post-doc Researcher at DICL Research Lab, Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, Cyprus, where he is part of the European Union funded research project aerOS. Previously, he worked on two nationally funded research projects, namely, STEAM and MARI-Sense. He has authored more than 80 research publications in ISI-indexed international journals and conferences, including IEEE Internet of Things Journal, Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews, and Electric Power System Research. His research interests include intelligent shipping, data analytics, generative adversarial networks, wireless networks, smart grid, and cloud computing.

Nicos Evmides

Nicos Evmides holds a M.Sc. in Data Communication and Distributed Systems from University College London (UCL), UK and a B.Sc. in Computer Science from University of Indianapolis, USA. With a long-standing involvement in both Information Technologies and Business, Nicos is focusing in the research areas of data collection, data management, and data analysis methodologies aimed to address real world business needs in the maritime domain. He is funded by "STM: Sea Traffic Management Validation Project" and "STEAM: Sea Traffic Management in the Eastern Mediterranean".

Ph.D. STUDENTS

Nicos Evmides

Research Topic: Employing Data-Driven Analytics for Improving the Efficiency of Maritime Operations

Research Interests: Distributed Systems; Smart Data Collection and Analysis; Maritime Information Management Systems; Data Analysis for Business Applications

George Savva

Research Topic: Machine Learning-based Management of Hybrid Distributed Data Storage Systems

Research Interests: Distributed Systems; Storage Systems; Machine Learning; Cache and Tiering Policies

M.Sc. STUDENTS

Kiriaki Georgiou

Topic: Federated Streaming Neural Networks for Online Aggression Detection in Social Media

Arestis Kosta

Topic: Damage Detection of Container Surfaces from Video Recordings

B.Sc. STUDENTS

Mathaios Paraskeva

Topic: User Interface for a Distributed Tiered Storage System Simulator

Sotiris Vasileiadis

Topic: User Interface for a Distributed Tiered Storage System Configuration Optimizer

Andreas Markou

Topic: Automated Timesheet Management for Research Projects

Vasilis Vasileiou

Topic: Optical Character Recognition of Container IDs from Video Recordings

PAST MEMBERS

Past Post-doc Researchers

Dr. Edson Ramiro Lucas Filho, Worked in the project "SMML: Storage Data Flow Management based on Machine Learning". Currently, a Senior Data Engineer at Sky Italia.

Dr. Elena Kakoulli, Worked in the projects "Octopus: Distributed Multi-tier Storage for Cluster Computing" and "ML-SMACC: Machine Learning-based Data Management for a Smart Cloud Caching System". Currently, a Lecturer in Information Systems at Neapolis University Pafos.

Dr. Ekaterini Hadjisolomou, Worked in the projects "MARI-Sense: Maritime Cognitive Decision Support System" and "MERMAID: Mediterranean Marine Eutrophication Diagnostics using Artificial Intelligence".

Dr. Konstantinos Christodoulou, Worked in the projects "STEAM: Sea Traffic Management in the Eastern Mediterranean" and "SCURMEM: Sea Current Modelling in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea".

Ph.D. Graduates

Sheraz Aslam, Ph.D. 2022, Computational Intelligence Approaches for Optimizing Seaside Operations in Smart Ports

Michael A. Georgiou, Ph.D. 2020, Enabling Workload Scalability, Strong Consistency, and Elasticity with Transactional Database Replication

M.Sc. Students

Nikos Papadopoulos, M.Sc. 2023, Spatiotemporal Prediction of Air Quality in Real Time throughout Cyprus

Stefanos G. Anastasiou, M.Sc. 2022, Intelligent Data Integration of Port Calls Data Originating from Multiple Sources

Tzioyntmprian T. Ramez, M.Sc. 2022, AIS-based Prediction of Vessel Arrival Times using Machine Learning Techniques

Synaisios Christou, M.Sc. 2020, Next-Generation Sequencing Pipeline Optimization using Apache Spark

Panagiotis Giangou, M.Sc. 2020, Streaming Detection of Cyberbullying in Social Media Using Supervised Classification Models

Dimitris Antoniou, M.Sc. 2020, Air Quality Modeling in Smart Cities with Wireless Sensor Network 

Michael Panayiotou, M.Sc. 2018, Web Administration Interface for the Hihooi Database Replication Middleware

Theodoros Danos, M.Sc. 2018, SMACC: A Smart Cloud Caching System for Data-Intensive Applications

Omiros Polycarpou, M.Sc. 2018, MapReduce Task Scheduling over OctopusFS, a Storage-Aware Distributed File System

Υiangos N. Vitsaides, M.Sc. 2018, Key Performance Indicator Analysis for Port Collaborative Decision Making

B.Sc. Students

Andreas Efstathiou, B.Sc. 2023, A System Configuration Optimizer for Distributed Tiered Storage Systems

Marios Antoniou, B.Sc. 2023, Visualization of Computational Intelligence-based Berth Scheduling for the Port of Limassol

Maria Spyrou, B.Sc. 2023, Timesheet Management System for Research Projects

Menelaos Kotoglou, B.Sc. 2022, Streaming Neural Networks for Detecting Aggressive Behavior in Social Media

Christos Christodoulou, B.Sc. 2022, Monitoring and Detection of Ship Movements in Real Time Using AIS Data

Antonis Savvides, B.Sc. 2022, RESTful API for Real Time Monitoring and Warning of Environmental Conditions

Paulos Konstantinou, B.Sc. 2021, Ship Monitoring and Early Warning System Using AIS Data

Constantinos Christofi, B.Sc. 2021, Visualizing Ship Routes in Real Time using AIS Data

Theodoros Theodorou, B.Sc. 2019, Performance Optimizations for a Smart Cloud Caching System

Salomi Xatzimilti, B.Sc. 2019, A Data Analytics Platform for Environmental Health Data

Elizabeth Pieri, B.Sc. 2019, Real-time Monitoring of Ships using AIS Data

Charalampos Kozis, B.Sc. 2018, Cuttlefish: A Middleware Platform for Connecting Heterogeneous IoT Devices

Christodoulos Hayiannis, B.Sc. 2018, WorkOmics: A Data Management Platform for Environmental Health Studies

Nicolas Karmiris, B.Sc. 2017, Web Interface for OctopusFS, a Storage-Aware Distributed File System

Maria Hadjigeorgiou, B.Sc. 2017, JDBC Driver for Hihooi, a Replication-based Database Middleware System

Ioanna Kyriakou, B.Sc. 2017, Performance-based Recommendation Tool for Differentiating Storage Tiers

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