• Project Data

    European FP7 Project
    The CONVERGENCE project is funded by the European Union's 7th Framework Programme
    Collaborative Project
    Grant agreement n. FP7-257123



    Coordinator
    CNIT (Consorzio Interuniversitario per le Telecomunicazioni)
    Contact:
    Prof. Nicola Blefari Melazzi
    blefari@uniroma2.it

    Community contribution to the project
    2,989,140 Euro

    Project start date
    June, 1, 2010

    Project end date
    May, 31, 2013

  • Private Area

ICCS TEAM


image Iakovos S. Venieris
Professor



venieris@cs.ntua.gr

Area of Expertise:

Computer, Security & Privacy, Computer Networks, Internet Computing, Object-Oriented Computing,  Communications, Communications Switching and Routing, Internet Architecture, Technology, and Applications, Wireless Communications, Communications Software Architecture and Implementation
Relevant Publications:
  1. G. M. Kapitsaki, G. V. Lioudakis, D. I. Kaklamani and I. S. Venieris, “Privacy Protection in Context-Aware Web Services: Challenges and Solutions”, book Chapter in Enabling Context-Aware Web Services: Methods, Architectures, and Technologies, Eds. M. Shen and, J. Yu, S. Dustdar, Chapman and Hall/CRC, 2010.
  2. C. Papagianni, K. A. Papadopoulos, C. Pappas, N. D. Tselikas, D.I. Kaklamani and I. S. Venieris, “Communication network design using particle swarm optimization”, Analele Universitatii din Timisoara, Vol. XLVII, No. 2, 2009
  3. G. Tropea, G. V. Lioudakis, N. Blefari-Melazzi, D. I. Kaklamani and I. S. Venieris, “Introducing Privacy-Awareness in Network Monitoring Ontologies”, CD-ROM Proceedings of the 21st Tyrrhenian Workshop on Digital Communications: Trustworthy Internet, Island of Ponza, Italy, September 6-8, 2010 (5 pages).


image Dimitra I. Kaklamani
Professor



dkaklam@mail.ntua.gr

Area of Expertise:

  • Software development for telecommunication applications.
  • Distributed/parallel processing and object oriented technologies with applications in transmission networks. Internet technologies in distributed environments. Grid technologies.
  • Software/middleware technologies for information security and privacy.
  • Wireless networks (broadband networks, cellular networks, microwave digital networks).
  • Beyond 3G mobile networks, mobile IP.
  • Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) systems. Conformal arrays and smart antennas. Microwave antennas for mobile and satellite communications.
  • Computational electromagnetism for microwave technology applications.
  • Optical waveguides modeling.
  • Electromagnetic compatibility.
  • Direct and inverse scattering. Microwave transmission.
Relevant Publications:
  1. G. M. Kapitsaki, G. V. Lioudakis, D. I. Kaklamani and I. S. Venieris, “Privacy Protection in Context-Aware Web Services: Challenges and Solutions”, book Chapter in Enabling Context-Aware Web Services: Methods, Architectures, and Technologies, Eds. M. Shen and, J. Yu, S. Dustdar, Chapman and Hall/CRC, 2010.
  2. C. Papagianni, K. A. Papadopoulos, C. Pappas, N. D. Tselikas, D.I. Kaklamani and I. S. Venieris, “Communication network design using particle swarm optimization”, Analele Universitatii din Timisoara, Vol. XLVII, No. 2, 2009
  3. G. Tropea, G. V. Lioudakis, N. Blefari-Melazzi, D. I. Kaklamani and I. S. Venieris, “Introducing Privacy-Awareness in Network Monitoring Ontologies”, CD-ROM Proceedings of the 21st Tyrrhenian Workshop on Digital Communications: Trustworthy Internet, Island of Ponza, Italy, September 6-8, 2010 (5 pages).


image Charalampos Z. Patrikakis
senior Researcher



bpatr@telecom.ntua.gr

Area of Expertise:

  • Network applications and services,
  • Mobile and pervasive computing,
  • Broadband and IP based data communications,
  • Network and application security,
  • Multimedia networking
Relevant Publications:
  1. Charalampos Patrikakis, Aristodemos Pnevmatikakis, Paul Chippendale, Mario Nunes, Rui Cruz, Stefan Poslad, Zhenchen Wang, Nikolaos Papaoulakis, Panagiotis Papageorgiou, “Direct your personal coverage of large athletic events”, accepted to be published at IEEE Multimedia magazine.
  2. Ch. Z. Patrikakis, I. G. Nikolakopoulos, A. S. Voulodimos, “Mobile user profiles for Personal Networks: The MAGNET Beyond case.”, Special Issue on Next Generation Networks (NGNs), INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, Wiley, Vol 23, Issue 9, Pages 1289-1309
  3. Pantelis N. Karamolegkos, Charalampos Z. Patrikakis, Nikolaos D. Doulamis, Panagiotis T. Vlacheas, Ioannis G. Nikolakopoulos, “An evaluation study of clustering algorithms in the scope of user communities assessment”, Computers & Mathematics with Applications, Elsevier, Volume 58, Issue 8, October 2009, Pages 1498-1519, ISSN 0898-1221