About

I am an Associate Professor at the School of Sciences of UCLan Cyprus, specializing in Telecommunications Engineering, and I also serve as the Deputy Head of the School. My research interests encompass Wireless Communication, Radio Wave Propagation and Modelling, Internet of Things, and Indoor Navigation and Positioning.

I am also a member of the INterdisciplinary Science Promotion & Innovative Research Exploration Centre (INSPIRE) .

ERMIS: AdvancemEnts in 3D IndooR Positioning Methods and ApplicatIons for Next-Gen Communication Systems

• Dates May 2025-April 2027 (24 months)
• Status Ongoing
• Role in the Project Coordinator/Principal Investigator
• Funding Body Cyprus Research and Innovation Foundation
• Funding Body EXCELLENCE/0524 (EXCELLENCE/0524/0218)
• Total Budget €249.930,32
• Funding Received 171.770,66
• Description

  
  ERMIS's vision is to advance the state of the art in 3D positioning by designing, developing, and validating new 3D positioning techniques utilising the most up-to-date wireless technologies and networks while demonstrating the positioning applicability and importance in various modern applications and systems. The choice of the technology and the positioning approach are typically a trade-off between accuracy, cost, complexity, technological maturity, and efficiency. For this reason, in ERMIS we consider various modern technologies and approaches to develop techniques covering all the possible choices an application developer would like to consider when implementing a location-based system or application. The project aims to advance the state of the art and develop prototypes that will be validated in the lab reaching a technology readiness level 4. To achieve this, the project includes the following Scientific and Technological Objectives: (1) Achieve sub-meter accuracy by designing, developing and evaluating 3D positioning, (2) Demonstrate the applicability and impact of accurate positioning in modern, smart applications in various domains such as (a) Localization of Jamming Attacks in IoT Networks, (b) Positioning-Aided Machine Learning-based Beam Management in Multi-Antenna and RIS (Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces)-enabled environments and (c) Auto calibration of positioning anchors for locating first responders in emergency applications., (3) Validate through measurements/simulations and assess the performance of the developed 3D positioning techniques and the studied position-based applications. To promote the openness of data and results ERMIS will make available all the data and algorithms developed in the project by releasing an Open Dataset and an open Positioning Toolbox.
• Partners

  
  INSPIRE - coordinator, CYENS

PREVENT– Prevention of natural disasters using deep technology for advanced HEI curricula

• Dates January. 2024 – December 2025 (24 Months)
• Status Ongoing
• Role in the Project WL2 Leader - Leading UCLan's participation
• Funding Body Erasmus+
• Funding Framework Cooperation partnerships in higher education KA220-HED
• Total Budget €400,000
• Funding Received €46,340
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• Description

  
  The project aims to promote environmental sustainability and digital education among universities by raising awareness about environmental issues and climate change and how PLCs, robotics, and drones can eliminate the challenges related to natural disasters.
• Partners

  
  Halmstad University (SWE) -coordinator , UCLan Cyprus (CY), Citizens in Power (CY), University of Patras (GR), University of West Macedonia (GR), Helix-Connect (RO), University of Vigo (ESP)

I. Ioannou; M. Raspopoulos; P. Nagaradjane; C. Christophorou,W. A. Aziz, V. Vasiliou, A. Pistillides, “DeepRISBeam: Deep Learning-based RIS Beam Management for Radio Channel Optimization,” in IEEE Access, vol. 12, pp. 81646-81681, 2024, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2024.3411929.

A. Sesyuk, S. Ioannou and M. Raspopoulos, “Radar-Based Millimeter-Wave Sensing for Accurate 3-D Indoor Positioning: Potentials and Challenges,” in IEEE Journal of Indoor and Seamless Positioning and Navigation, vol. 2, pp. 61-75, 2024, doi: 10.1109/JISPIN.2024.3359151.

M. Raspopoulos, “Multidevice Map-Constrained Fingerprint-Based Indoor Positioning Using 3-D Ray Tracing,” in IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, vol. 67, no. 2, pp. 466-476, Feb. 2018, doi: 10.1109/TIM.2017.2774181.

M. Raspopoulos and S. Stavrou, “Frequency Selective Buildings Through Frequency Selective Surfaces,” in IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol. 59, no. 8, pp. 2998-3005, Aug. 2011, doi: 10.1109/TAP.2011.2158779.

UCLan Cyprus
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Tel: +357 24694070
Accademic Profile: https://www.uclancyprus.ac.cy/academic/dr-marios-raspopoulos/