Koulouras Grigorios

GrigoriosKoulouras

Office: A119, Building A, Αncient Οlive-grove Campus

Office Tel.: +30 210 538-1647

Laboratory: ZB203, Building Z, Αncient Οlive-grove Campus

Laboratory Tel.: +30 210 538-1559

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Personal Webpage: http://users.uniwa.gr/gregkoul

Office hours: Tuesday (14.00-15.30) and Thursday (14.00-15.30) or upon request

Discipline: NETWORKED EMBEDDED SYSTEMS FOR DATA COLLECTION AND PROCESSING

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Studies

2003 – 2007:	Doctor of Philosophy – School of Engineering and Design – Electrical Engineering & Electronics Research – Brunel University – Middlesex – UK PhD Title: “A Versatile Data Acquisition System for Capturing Electromagnetic Emissions in VHF Band.” (Hellenic NARIC Degree Recognition Number: 8-3049)
2000 – 2001:	Master of Science in Data Communication Systems – Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering – Brunel University – Middlesex – UK (Hellenic NARIC Degree Recognition Number: 8-1664)
1995 – 1999:	Bachelor of Science – Department of Electronic Engineering – Technological Educational Institution of Athens – GR

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Other Professional Appointments

01/2018 – 01/2022: Member of the Plenary of the Hellenic Telecommunications & Post Commission (EETT)

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Research Interests

Design of Embedded Systems
Data Acquisition Systems
Microcontrollers Programming
Internet of Things (IoT)
Cloud Computing
Virtualization Technologies (Virtualization, Containerization, Dockerization)
Computational Intelligence
Machine Learning
Design of Fiber Optics Networks
Design of analog and digital electronics circuits
Power Electronics

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Representative Publications

Journals

Koulouras G., Kontakos K., Stavrakas I., Stonham J. and Nomicos C. (08/2005) – “Embedded Compact Flash™ – A new data storage system designed for a data acquisition system”, IEEE Circuits and Devices Magazine, Volume 21, Issue 4, pp. 27-34, ISSN: 8755-3996
Stavrakas I., Clarke M., Koulouras G., Stavrakakis G. and Nomicos C. (02/2007) – “Study of directivity effect on Electromagnetic emissions in the HF band as earthquake precursors: Preliminary results on field observations”, Tectonophysics, Volume 431, Issue 1-4, pp. 263-271
Eftaxias K., Contoyiannis Y., Balasis G., Karamanos K., Kopanas J., Antonopoulos G., Koulouras G. and Nomicos C. (08/2008) – “Evidence of fractional-Brownian-motion-type asperity model for earthquake generation in candidate pre-seismic electromagnetic emissions”, Natural Hazards and Earth System Science, Volume 8, Issue 4, pp. 657-669
Koulouras G., Balasis G., Kiourktsidis I., Nannos E., Kontakos K., Stonham J., Ruzhin Y., Eftaxias K., Kavouras D. and Nomicos C. (04/2009) – “Discrimination between preseismic electromagnetic anomalies and solar activity effects”, Physica Scripta, Volume 79, Issue 4, pp. 12, doi:10.1088/0031-8949/79/04/045901
Nikolopoulos D., Petraki E., Marousaki A., Potirakis S., Koulouras G., Nomicos C., Panayiotaras D., Stonham J. and Louizi A. (02/2012) – "Environmental monitoring of radon in soil during a very seismically active period occurred in South West Greece.", Journal of Environmental Monitoring, Volume 14, Issue 2, pp. 564-578, doi:10.1039/C1EM10387C
Petraki E., Nikolopoulos D., Fotopoulos A., Panagiotaras D., Koulouras G., Zisos A., Nomicos C., Louizi A. and Stonham J. (02/2013) – "Self-organised critical features in soil radon and MHz electromagnetic disturbances: Results from environmental monitoring in Greece", Applied Radiation and Isotopes, Volume 72, pp. 39–53, doi:10.1016/j.apradiso.2012.09.005
Gurkan Tuna, Orhan Arkoc, Grigorios Koulouras, Stelios M. Potirakis (10/2013) – “Navigation System of an Unmanned Boat for Autonomous Analyses of Water Quality”, Journal “Electronics and Electrical Engineering”, Volume 19, No. 8, pp.3-7, doi:10.5755/j01.eee.19.8.5387
Gurkan Tuna, Stelios M. Potirakis, Grigorios Koulouras (12/2013) – “Implementing a Trust and Reputation Model for Robotic Sensor Networks”, Journal “Electronics and Electrical Engineering”, Volume 19, No. 10, pp.3-8, doi:10.5755/j01.eee.19.10.5884
Theodoropoulos S., Kandris D., Samarakou M. and Koulouras G. (02/2014) – “Fuzzy Regulator Design for Wind Turbine Yaw Control”, The Scientific World Journal, doi:10.1155/2014/516394
Contoyiannis, Y., Potirakis S. M., Kopanas J., Antonopoulos G., Koulouras G., Eftaxias K., and Nomicos C.. (02/2014) – "On the recent seismic activity at Kefalonia island (Greece): Manifestations of an Earth system in critical state." arXiv preprint arXiv:1401.7458v2.
Michail C., Kalyvas N., Valais I., Fudos I., Fountos G., Dimitropoulos N., Koulouras G., Kandris D., Samarakou M. and Kandarakis I. (05/2014) – “Figure of Image Quality and Information Capacity in Digital Mammography”, BioMed Research International, Volume 2014, Article ID 634856, 11 pages, doi:10.1155/2014/634856
Petraki E., Nikolopoulos D., Chaldeos Y., Koulouras G., Nomicos C., Yannakopoulos H. P., Kottou S. and Stonham J. (07/2014) – “Fractal evolution of MHz electromagnetic signals prior to earthquakes: results collected in Greece during 2009.”, Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk, Volume 7, Number 2, pp. 550-564, (2016), doi: 10.1080/19475705.2014.945496
Nikolopoulos D., Petraki E., Nomicos C., Koulouras G., Kottou S. & Yannakopoulos P. H. (01/2015) – “Long-memory trends in disturbances of radon in soil prior to the twin ML= 5.1 earthquakes of 17 November 2014 Greece. ”, Journal of Earth Science & Climatic Change, 6(244), 2, doi: 10.4172/2157-7617.1000244
Potirakis S. M., Contoyiannis Y., Eftaxias K., Koulouras G. and Nomicos C. (03/2015). – “Recent field observations indicating an Earth system in critical condition before the occurrence of a significant earthquake.”, Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, IEEE, 12(3), 631-635., doi: 10.1109/LGRS.2014.2354374
Koulouras G., Alexandridis A., Karabetsos S., Grispos S., Stoumpis G., Charamis P. and Nassiopoulos A. (04/2016). – “An Embedded PID Temperature Control Scheme with Application in a Medical Microwave Radiometer.”, Journal of Engineering Science and Technology Review – JESTR, Volume 9, Issue 4, pp. 56-60, ISSN: 1791-2377
Paterakis F., Nafpaktitis D., Darwish M., Koulouras G., Janbey A., & Hloupis G. (12/2016). – “Implementation of Equal Areas-PWM in Multilevel Inverters.” International Review of Electrical Engineering (IREE), 11(6), 558-566, doi: 10.15866/iree.v11i6.9812
Contoyiannis Y., Potirakis S. M., Kopanas J., Antonopoulos G., Koulouras G., Eftaxias K., & Nomicos, C. (07/2017). “On the recent seismic activity at eastern Aegean Sea: Analysis of fracture-induced electromagnetic emissions in terms of critical fluctuations.”, arXiv preprint, arXiv:1708.00320.
Livanos N.-A., Hammal S., Nikolopoulos C., Baklezos A., Capsalis C., Koulouras G., Charamis P., Vardiambasis I., Nassiopoulos A., Kostopoulos S., Asvestas P., Cavouras D. and Siores E. (12/2017). – “Design and Interdisciplinary Simulations of a Hand-held Device for Internal-Body Temperature Sensing Using Microwave Radiometry.”, IEEE Sensors Journal, (2018), doi: 10.1109/JSEN.2018.2791443
Paterakis F., Nafpaktitis D., Darwish M., and Koulouras G. (2018) – “A Modified Algorithm based on the Equal-Areas PWM for the Extend of Linear Operation of a Microprocessor-Controlled PWM-VSI.”, International Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics, 5(1), 12-19, doi: 10.21535%252Fijrm.v5i1.983
Potirakis S. M., Contoyiannis Y., Melis N. S., Koulouras G., Kopanas J., Antonopoulos G., Eftaxias K., & Nomicos C. (11/2018) – “Preliminary results concerning the fracture-induced electromagnetic emissions recorded prior to the Mw 6.7 Earthquake on October 25, 2018 south of Zakynthos. ”, arXiv preprint, arXiv:1811.11015v1.
Potirakis S. M., Schekotov A., Contoyiannis Y., Balasis G., Koulouras G. E., Melis N. S., Eftaxias K., & Nomicos C. (03/2019)., “On Possible Electromagnetic Precursors to a Significant Earthquake (Mw= 6.3) Occurred in Lesvos (Greece) on 12 June 2017.”, Entropy, 21(3), 241, doi: 10.3390/e21030241
Zantalis F., Koulouras G., Karabetsos S. and Kandris D. (04/2019). – “A review of Machine Learning and IoT in Smart Transportation.”, Journal of Future Internet 2019, 11(4), 94, doi: 10.3390/fi11040094
Kandris, D., Nakas, C., Vomvas, D., & Koulouras, G. (2020). Applications of wireless sensor networks: an up-to-date survey. Applied System Innovation, 3(1), 14, doi: 10.3390/asi3010014
Zantalis, F., Koulouras, G., & Karabetsos, S. (2023). Blockchain Technology: A Framework for Endless Applications. IEEE Consumer Electronics Magazine, doi: 10.1109/MCE.2023.3248872

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Undergraduate Courses

03/2018 – Present: Modules: «Internet of Things (EEE-8.2.3)», «Cloud Computing (EEE-9.2.4)», «Cloud Computing (EEE-9.3.7)»

Department/University: Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering – University of West Attica

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Postgraduate Courses

03/2018 – Present: Modules: «Internet of Things (IoT.12)», «Embedded and Real-time Systems (IoT.11)»

MSc Course Title: «Internet of Things and Intelligent Environments»

Department/University: Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering – University of West Attica

03/2018 – Present: Modules: «Internet of Things (A.6)»

MSc Course Title: «Communications and Data Networks»

Department/University: Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering – University of West Attica

03/2018 – Present: Modules: «Internet of Things» , «Embedded and Real-time Systems»

MSc Course Title: «Master of Science by Research in Electrical and Electronics Engineering»

Department/University: Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering – University of West Attica

03/2018 – Present: Modules: «Software and Data for Smart Packaging»

MSc Course Title: «New Technologies and Marketing – Smart Packaging»

Department/University: Department of Graphic Design and Visual Communication – University of West Attica

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