Curriculum vitae
A summary of academic appointments, education, students, awards, and service. The full PDF is the authoritative version.
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Appointments
Associate Professor Sep 2021 – present
- Deputy Head of School
- Programme Coordinator, BEng (Hons) Computer Engineering
- Chair of the Research Committee
Assistant Professor Sep 2015 – Aug 2021
- Programme Coordinator, BEng (Hons) Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Chair of the Innovation & Enterprise Committee
Research and Innovation Scientist
- Coordination and participation in cutting-edge ICT R&D projects
Chief Technology Officer
- Head of Research, Innovation and Development — €2.3M ICT R&D funding 2006-2014
- Head of Technical, Consulting and Education Activities
- Establishment and quality management of an ISO 17025 Electromagnetic Radiation Measurement Laboratory
- Coordination of software development and ICT platform development projects
Adjunct Lecturer
- Coordination, creation of course material and teaching of telecommunications and networking courses
Research Assistant / Associate
- Centre for Communications Systems Research
- Participation in research and development projects
- Teaching Assistant
Education
PhD, Telecommunication Engineering University of Surrey, UK · Thesis: "Radio Propagation in Frequency Selective Buildings". Supervised by Dr. Stavros Stavrou and Prof. Barry Evans. University Research Scholarship (URS).
MSc, Communications Networks and Software University of Surrey, UK · Grade 84% (Distinction). Thesis: "Deterministic modelling in an indoor wireless environment and the effect of Frequency Selective Surfaces". MSc Advisory Board Prize, Cable and Wireless Prize.
MEng, Electronics with Mobile Communications University of Surrey, UK · Grade 80.6% (Distinction). IEEE UK & RI Best Project in Telecommunications Prize, Certificate of Radio Frequency Engineering, Cyprus State Scholarship.
Higher Technical Institute, Cyprus · Grade 92.12% (Distinction). Presidential Prize, IEE Cyprus Prize, ΣΕΠΑΗΚ Prize, ΕΠΟΕΤ Prize, CyBC Prize.
Advance HE
PhD students
- Theodosis Pasiali 2025 – present
Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RIS) and their control using embedded systems and optimisation techniques for modern communication systems
- Constantina Stavrou 2025 – present
Advancing energy communities through flexible energy storage systems
- Dr Andrey Sesyuk 2020 – 2024 completed
3D indoor navigation and tracking for the Internet of Things
Awards and honours
- Aug 2016 Best Paper Award — ISD2016, Katowice
"An Open Platform for Studying and Testing Context-Aware Indoor Positioning Algorithms"
- Apr 2005 Best Paper Award — 11th European Wireless, Nicosia
"Effect of Frequency Selective Surfaces on radio wave propagation in indoor environments"
- Sep 2004 Cable and Wireless Prize
University of Surrey — best overall performance, MSc Communications Networks and Software
- Sep 2004 MSc Advisory Board Prize
University of Surrey — best MSc project (taught programme)
- Jun 2002 IEEE UK&RI Project Prize
Best final-year undergraduate project in Telecommunications (IEEE UK & Republic of Ireland)
- Jun 2001 Presidential Prize
Highest overall performance at the Higher Technical Institute. Awarded by President Glafkos Clerides.
- Jun 2001 IEE Cyprus Prize
Highest overall performance in the Electrical Engineering course at HTI
Professional service
Conference organisation
- ·Programme Co-Chair, 26th International Conference on Information Systems Development (ISD2017), Larnaca
- ·Workshops Chair, 10th EAI International Conference on Game Theory and Networks (2021)
- ·Publicity Chair, IEEE ALIAS 2022 Workshop (IEEE MDM2022)
- ·Publicity Chair, IEEE ALIAS 2023 Workshop (IEEE MDM2023)
Journal reviewing
- ·IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation
- ·IEEE Communication Letters
- ·IET Circuits, Devices & Systems
- ·Springer Mobile Networks & Applications (MONE)
- ·Springer Wireless Networks (WINE)
- ·Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society
- ·EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking
- ·Progress in Electromagnetic Research (PIER) Journals
PhD examiner
- ·Feb 2025 — Juan José López Escobar, "Design of a new distributed Mist, Edge and Fog architecture in Beyond-5G environments for the IoT", University of Vigo (Chair)
- ·Jun 2016 — Firooz Bashshi Saghezchi, "Cooperative Strategies for Energy Efficiency in Multi-standard Wireless Devices", University of Aveiro (Member)
Technical expert
- ·EUROSTARS Technical Expert, EUREKA Network
- ·Registered Expert, EC Research & Innovation Portal
- ·Approved Evaluator, General Secretariat of Research and Innovation, Greece
Quality assurance in higher education
- ·Chair of Expert Group evaluating Information Systems at ISMA University (Latvia) and its overseas campus in Fergana (Uzbekistan), on behalf of AIKA (Latvian HE Quality Agency), Apr 2024
Standardisation
- ·Member, Indoor Positioning Indoor Navigation (IPIN) International Standards Committee
National and policy roles
- ·Member, Parallel Parliament on the Environment, Sustainability and Public Health
- ·Member, National Committee on Open Science (Deputy Ministry of Research Innovation and Digital Policy)
- ·Member, 5G Specialists Group (Ministry of Health)
Memberships
- IEEE · Senior Member no. 91311193
- ETEK · Cyprus Scientific and Technical Chamber, no. A090532
Related pages
For the full list of publications and research projects, see the dedicated pages. Teaching modules are listed on the teaching page.