IMPORTANT RECENT PROGRAMMES

Indicative R&D Programmes

• Programme: Η2020/SWAFS 2019/CSI-COP (Citizen Scientist Investigating Cookies and App GDPR compliance) 

Participants: Coventry University, University of Patras, Nok A Tudomanyban Egyesulet (NaTE), Tilburg University, University of Oulu, Bar-Ilan University, Trust in Digital Life, Czech Technical University in Prague, Stelar Security Technology Law Research GMBH, Immer Besser GMBH, University Autonomous of Barcelona
Participation: Member of the Project Consortium
Subject: The CSI-COP project will investigate GDPR compliance to better understand how far we are being tracked-by-default as we use the Internet visiting websites and apps on our mobile devices. CSI-COP will engage citizen scientists to address the growing concerns in society around privacy issues, and the methods that attempt to ensure integrity in the collection and use of data. Regardless of background, a community of CSI-COP citizen scientists will be recruited from across Europe and beyond. A series of free-to-attend workshops and a MOOC will be developed with training material to informally educate about GDPR. CSI-COP's community of citizen scientists will be a) fully trained to explore cookies and apps for embedded trackers, b) supported throughout their research, CSI-COP citizen scientists will investigate cookies on websites they normally visit, and apps on smart devices they use daily, and c) encouraged to record and report to the CSI-COP consortium the number and types of trackers they uncover in cookies and apps. CSI-COP's well connected eleven partner consortium made up of seven universities, one non-profit, two SMEs and one Association will promote and support the citizen scientists as role models, with the university partners inviting them post-project as pro-privacy champions. The unique findings on digital trackers uncovered by the citizen scientists will be systematically mapped by CSI-COP consortium producing a taxonomy of trackers. The tracker taxonomy will be used to create an online repository. The repository will be available as an open-access knowledge resource on trackers embedded in cookies and apps. The knowledge resource will be a tool useful for a variety of stakeholders including data protection researchers, GDPR compliance regulators, tech journalists, software developers, parents, teachers, higher education curriculum developers, and any organisation that provides computers for public use such as libraries. Visit project's website https://csi-cop.eu/

We would like to inform you that we are preparing an online seminar in order to informally educate citizen scientists about human rights on privacy in the digital world. The webinar will enable citizen scientists to acquire the skill of discovering digital trackers hidden behind web pages and inside android smartphones, as well as disabling third-party web tracking. Those interested will have access to our online seminar from April 2021 through the project website (https://csi-cop.eu/) as well as the EU-Citizen.Science website: https://eu-citizen.science/

The news is full of privacy breaches and leaks of personal data, most recently the leak of the WhatsApp application which delays the updating of the privacy policy after the revelation that the data of some users may have been given to Facebook *. By default monitoring is not in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDRP) and the protection of our personal data online should not be a difficult task.

If you and your members want to know more and are interested in participating, do not hesitate to contact us. We will send you future newsletters as well as news of our project. To subscribe to the 'Citizen Science Forum' on the CSI-COP website: https://csi-cop.eu/ and on your Twitter account: @cop_csi

For any relevant question or clarification please contact:

Dr. Giannis Gialelis, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Mrs. Konstantina Lantavou, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Mrs. Angeliki Karakonstanti, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

* WhatsApp FAQ: https://faq.whatsapp.com/general/security-and-privacy/answering-your-questions-about-whatsapps-privacy-policy/?lang=fb

• Programme: ΓΓΕΤ STRIDE/LIGHT (Pr. 315)

Participants: University of Patras/Department of Electrical & Computer Engineers/ Greek Industries
Participation: Member of the Project Technical Committee
Subject: Advanced CIME methods in big Greek industries

• Programme: ΑΙΜ/ΒΕΑΜ

Participants: Greek and European Institutes and Enterprises
Participation: Scientific coordinator for the European FINE network
Subject: Development of a European Computer Network for biomedical applications (FINE)

• Programme: PatreasNet

Participants: University of Patras
Participation: Project Coordinator
Subject: Development of the new Computer Network Center of the University of Patras

• Programme: IST R-FIELDBUS (11316)

Participants: ISI, SIEMENS, IFAK, SOFTING, ST2E, ISEP, LPC
Participation: ISI Technical Coordinator
Subject: Development of an advanced high-speed wireless industrial hybrid (wired/wires)

• Programme α: IST LOCCATEC (29401)

Participants: TCI, JRC-ISIS, ISI, CEA, ZENON, NOEMON, UNIVERSITA DELLA CALABRIA
Participation: WP Leader
Subject: Development of an autonomous device for monitoring, storing and transmission of seismic data (rescue of trapped people)

• Programme: IST 6-HOP

Participants: INTRACOM, Univ. of Oulu, Philips (Italy), Allianve Qualite Logiciel, Univ. of Cantabria, ISI
Participation: ISI Technical Coordinator
Subject: Development of protocols for heterogeneous wireless multi-hop IPv6 networks

• Programme: IST PAPADIS PROMISΕ

Participants: SAP AG, Siemens AG, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Identec Solutions AG, Politecnico di Milano, Machining Centers Manufacturing S.p.A., CR Fiat, Business Information Technologies, ARMINES Ecole des Mines d'Ales, Defi Systemes, ISI, ACE Advanced Concepts Enterprises S.A.
Participation: ISI Scientific Coordinator
Subject: Future manufacturing will require high flexibility/adaptability and speed with respect to organization of production and supply-chain management and require an increasing amount of services and inter-company collaboration. The PABADIS'PROMISE project extends the idea of distributed control to an innovative architecture which incorporates both resource and product. With the project's new paradigm "The Order is the Application" which stipulates a correspondingly innovative control and networking architecture across all levels, PABADIS'PROMISE will combine European and international forces to provide this architecture allowing European companies to cope with the mentioned future needs.

• Programme: IST INTERMEDIA (Network of Excellence)

Participants: LANCASTER UNIVERSITY, INTRACOM S.A. HELLENIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY, FRAUENHOFER GESELSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V. ,CARLETON UNIVERSITY ,REINISCH-WESTFAELISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE AACHEN, TELEFONICA INVESTIGACION Y DESARROLLO SA UNIPERSONAL, UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI GENOVA ,INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS UNIVERSITY, UNIVERSITE DE GENEVE,KURATORIUM OFFIS E.V. , INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS INSTITUTE (ISI) etc.
Participation: Senior Researcher
Subject: Interactive media using personal networked devices

• Programme: ARTEMIS-JU WSN-DPCM (269389)

Participants: Métodos y Tecnología de Sistemas y Procesos, Ingeniería de Sistemas Intensivos en Software, Telecoms Systems Institute, Univeristy of Naples, Industrial Systems Institute, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Informatica e Tecnologia del Software S.p.A., Politecnico Di Torino, Minteos, Baltec CNC technologies, University of Patras (UoP/APEL)
Participation: Member of the Project Consortium
Subject: WSN-DPCM will address large-scale application of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) by developing an integrated patform for smart environments comprising a middleware for heterogeneous wireless technologies, an integrated engineering tool for quick system development, a planning tool and a commissioning and maintenance tool. Two demonstrators will be built to evaluate the impact of the middleware and tools.
Site: http://www.wsn-dpcm.eu/

Indicative Educational Programmes

• Programme: COMETT PROGRAM (C.I.M. PLANET) AUEF LORRAINE

Participants: Tertiary European Institutions (UK, France, Spain, Luxemburg, Portugal, Greece)
Participation: Scientific Coordinator for the Greek Institutions – Member of the Steering Committee
Subject: Production of educational tool in the field of "Computer Integrated Manufacturing (C.I.M.).

• Programme : COMETT PROGRAME

Participants: Tertiary European Institutions and Enterprises
Subject: Organization of the International Educational Workshop in the field of "Applications of Microcomputer Systems and Robotics in Industry"

• Programme: Community Action in Science and Technology with Central and Eastern Europe

Participants: Commission of the European Communities (DGXIII-F-5), University of Patras, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Participation: Scientific Coordinator
Subject: Scholarship (Νο.5881) for Dr. L. MANASIEV, member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

• Programme: European Commission, Directorate-General for Education and Culture

Participants: University of Patras, University of Montenegro
Participation: Scientific Coordinator
Subject: University cooperation through a scholarship for Dr. L. MANASIEV Assistant Professor, University of Montenegro

• Programme: European Commission, Directorate-General for Education and Culture (CD JEP_40017_2005)

Participants: University of West Bohemia, Pilzen, CZ, University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Engineering, CS, University of Montenegro, EMI, Podgorica, CS, University of Patras
Participation: Grand holder
Subject: Development of a new curriculum in the field of Applied Electronics for the University of Montenegro

OTHER SCIENTIFIC AND ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES

• Reviewer in:
• IEEE Transactions on Communications
• ΙΕΕ Proceedings οn Computers and Digital Techniques
• ΙΕΕ Proceedings on Communications
• ΙΕΕ Electronics Letters
• ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems
• Operational Research
• Computers in Industry
• International Workshop on Factory Communication Systems
• ΙΕΕΕ International Workshop on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation
• International Workshop on Assurance in Distributed Systems and Networks
• IEEE International Symposium on Signal Processing and Information Technology
• IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems
• IEEE Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference
• European and National R&D Programmes
• Member-at-Large for the Administrative Committee of the ΙΕΕΕ Industrial Electronics Society (2008-2010)
• Scientific collaboration with Patras Computers Technology Institute (CTI) (1986-1988) and Patras Industrial Systems Institute (ISI) (1998-today).
• Member of the National Quality Council for the Development (2003-2005).

The Council was established in 2003 in order to edit issues, formulate positions and advice on policy and setting targets, the plan, organize and control for the Quality issues. The operation of the functioning of the National Quality Council for the Development is supported by the General Secretariat of Industry and its members represent the major stakeholders (academia, production sector) related to quality issues in Greece.

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  • Invited reviewer for the Austrian National R&D Program "FIT-IT Embedded Systems” (2002).
  • Member of the WΟRKING PARTY 17 of the IRDAC (Industrial Research and Development Advisory Committee of the European Commission), Brussels, 1994.
  • Member of the IEEE Computer Society.
  • Member of the Technical Chamber of Greece and the National Association of Electrical and Mechanical Engineers