Conference Speaker Prof. Sokratis KATSIKAS

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Organisation University of Pireaus

Member of the Program Committee

Prof. Katsikas received the Diploma in Electrical Engineering from the University of Patras, Patras, Greece in 1982, the Master of Science in Electrical & Computer Engineering degree from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Amherst, USA, in 1984 and the Ph.D. in Computer Engineering & Informatics from the University of Patras, Patras, Greece in 1987.

He has held teaching and research positions in the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, the University of Patras, the Athens University of Economics & Business, the Computer Technology Institute, the University of La Verne (Athens Campus), the Technological Educational Institute of Athens and the Technological Educational Institute of Patras.

He is currently a Professor in the University of Piraeus at the Dept. of Digital Systems. Between 1990 and 2006 he was a faculty member with the Department of Information & Communication Systems Engineering at the University of the Aegean, Greece, where he served as the University Rector between 2002 and 2006.

He has participated in more than 50 European and national R&D projects, as a researcher, scientific director or program manager, in the area of information and communication systems security. He has authored or co-authored more than 130 journal publications, book chapters and conference proceedings publications in his areas of interest.

He is a member of consultancy committees to several Ministries of the Greek Government. He served as the Chairman of the Strategic Committee for Informatics and Communications in Health and Welfare of the Ministry of Health and Welfare, the Chairman of the Strategic Committee for Informatics and Communications of the Ministry of Justice, and as a member of the Strategic Committee for Informatics and Communications in Education of the Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs.