ΒΙΟΓΡΑΦΙΚΟ ΣΗΜΕΙΩΜΑ ΚΑΙ ΑΝΑΛΥΤΙΚΟ ΥΠΟΜΝΗΜΑ ΔΗΜΟΣΙΕΥΜΕΝΟΥ ΕΡΓΟΥ. Θεοδώρου Αθ. Τσιφτσή

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1 ΒΙΟΓΡΑΦΙΚΟ ΣΗΜΕΙΩΜΑ ΚΑΙ ΑΝΑΛΥΤΙΚΟ ΥΠΟΜΝΗΜΑ ΔΗΜΟΣΙΕΥΜΕΝΟΥ ΕΡΓΟΥ Θεοδώρου Αθ. Τσιφτσή Μάρτιος 2010

2 ΠΙΝΑΚΑΣ ΠΕΡΙΕΧΟΜΕΝΩΝ A. ΒΙΟΓΡΑΦΙΚΟ ΣΗΜΕΙΩΜΑ Σελ ΓΕΝΙΚΑ ΣΤΟΙΧΕΙΑ Προσωπικά Στοιχεία 1.2 Σπουδές - Ακαδηµαϊκοί Τίτλοι 1.3 Επαγγελματική Απασχόληση 1.4 Επαγγελµατικές-Επιστημονικές Οργανώσεις 2. ΔΙΔΑΚΤΙΚΟ ΕΡΓΟ Διατμηματικό Μεταπτυχιακό Πρόγραμμα Ειδίκευσης Ηλεκτρονικής & Ραδιοηλεκτρολογίας (Ρ/Η), Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών 2.2 Tμήμα Πληροφορικής με Εφαρμογές στη Βιοϊατρική, Πανεπιστήμιο Στερεάς Ελλάδας (Π.Δ. 407/80) 2.3 Tμήμα Ηλεκτρολoγίας, ΤΕΙ Λαμίας 2.4 Tμήμα Πληροφορικής και Τεχνολογίας Υπολογιστών, ΤΕΙ Λαμίας 2.5 Tμήμα Ηλεκτρονικής, ΤΕΙ Λαμίας 2.6 Tμήμα Ηλεκτρολόγων Μηχανικών και Τεχνολογίας Υπολογιστών, Πανεπιστήμιο Πατρών 2.7 Επίβλεψη Πτυχιακών Εργασιών 2.8 Συμμετοχή σε Τριμελής Επιτροπές Εξέτασης Πτυχιακών Εργασιών 3. ΕΡΕΥΝΗΤΙΚΗ ΔΡΑΣΤΗΡΙΟΤΗΤΑ Αντικείμενα Ερευνητικής Δραστηριότητας 3.2 Συμμετοχή σε Ερευνητικά Προγράμματα 4. ΕΠΙΣΤΗΜΟΝΙΚΕΣ ΔΡΑΣΤΗΡΙΟΤΗΤΕΣ-ΔΙΕΘΝΗ ΑΝΑΓΝΩΡΙΣΗ Μέλος Εκδοτικών Επιτροπών (Editorial Boards) Επιστημονικών Περιοδικών 4.2 Κριτής σε Διεθνή Επιστημονικά Περιοδικά 4.3 Κριτής σε Διεθνή Επιστημονικά Συνέδρια 4.4 Μέλος Τεχνικών Επιτροπών Προγράμματος Διεθνών Συνεδρίων 5. ΣΥΜΜΕΤΟΧΗ ΣΕ ΕΚΠΑΙΔΕΥΤΙΚΑ ΣΕΜΙΝΑΡΙΑ Σεμινάρια της Philips Businees Communications B.V. 5.2 Σεμινάριο του Οικονομικού Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών 6. ΔΙΑΚΡΙΣΕΙΣ-ΑΛΛΕΣ ΔΡΑΣΤΗΡΙΟΤΗΤΕΣ ΕΠΙΣΤΗΜΟΝΙΚΕΣ ΕΡΓΑΣΙΕΣ ιδακτορική ιατριβή 8.2 ηµοσιεύσεις σε ιεθνή Επιστημονικά Περιοδικά µε Κριτές 8.3 Ανακοινώσεις σε ιεθνή Επιστημονικά Συνέδρια με Κριτές 8.4 Υποβληθείσες Εργασίες για Κρίση 8. ΑΝΑΦΟΡΕΣ ΣΤΟ ΔΗΜΟΣΙΕΥΜΕΝΟ ΕΡΓΟ ΑΠΟ ΑΛΛΟΥΣ ΕΡΕΥΝΗΤΕΣ 19 Β. ΥΠΟΜΝΗΜΑ ΔΗΜΟΣΙΕΥΜΕΝΩΝ ΕΡΓΑΣΙΩΝ 38 2/53

3 Βιογραφικό Σημείωμα Θεοδώρου Αθ. Τσιφτσή A. ΒΙΟΓΡΑΦΙΚΟ ΣΗΜΕΙΩΜΑ 1. ΓΕΝΙΚΑ ΣΤΟΙΧΕΙΑ 1.1 Προσωπικά Στοιχεία Ονοματεπώνυμο Θεόδωρος Αθανασίου Τσιφτσής Ημερομηνία Γέννησης 9 Νοεμβρίου 1970 Τόπος Γέννησης Λαμία Φθιώτιδας Οικογενειακή Κατάσταση Έγγαμος Διεύθυνση Εργασίας Τεχνολογικό Εκπαιδευτικό Ίδρυμα (ΤΕΙ) Λαμίας Τμήμα Ηλεκτρολογίας Θέση Επίκουρος Καθηγητής Ηλεκτρονικό Ταχυδρομείο tsiftsis@teilam.gr 1.2 Σπουδές Ακαδημαϊκοί Τίτλοι Διδακτορικό Δίπλωμα του Τμήματος Ηλεκτρολόγων Μηχανικών και Τεχνολογίας Υπολογιστών του Πανεπιστημίου Πατρών, Μεταπτυχιακό Δίπλωμα (Μάστερ) στις Επιστήμες των Αποφάσεων (Decision Sciences), Διατμηματικό Μεταπτυχιακό Πρόγραμμα Σπουδών των Τμημάτων Επιχειρησιακής Έρευνας & Μάρκετινγκ, Πληροφορικής και Στατιστικής του Οικονομικού Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών με έπαινο υψηλής ακαδημαϊκής επίδοσης (βαθμός: 7,82), M.Sc. in Digital Systems Engineering, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland, αναγνωρισμένο από το ΔΙ.Κ.Α.Τ.Σ.Α., Πτυχίο Φυσικής από το Τμήμα Φυσικής του Αριστοτελείου Πανεπιστημίου Θεσσαλονίκης-Α.Π.Θ. (βαθμός: 7,13), Επαγγελματική Απασχόληση Επίκουρος καθηγητής, Τμήμα Ηλεκτρολογίας, ΤΕΙ Λαμίας (Φεβρουάριος 2010 έως σήμερα) Επιστημονικός Συνεργάτης στη βαθμίδα του Επίκουρου Καθηγητή στο Τμήμα Ηλεκτρολογίας του ΤΕΙ Λαμίας, ( ). 3/47

4 Συμβασιούχος Π.Δ. 407/80 στη βαθμίδα του Επίκουρου Καθηγητή στο Τμήμα Πληροφορικής με Εφαρμογές στη Βιοϊατρική του Πανεπιστημίου Στερεάς Ελλάδας ( ). Επιστημονικός Συνεργάτης του Τμήματος Ηλεκτρολόγων Μηχανικών και Μηχανικών Ηλεκτρονικών Υπολογιστών του Α.Π.Θ. (2006 έως σήμερα). Εργαστηριακός Συνεργάτης στη βαθμίδα του Καθηγητή Εφαρμογών στο Τμήμα Πληροφορικής & Τεχνολογίας Υπολογιστών του ΤΕΙ Λαμίας ( ). Εργαστηριακός Συνεργάτης στη βαθμίδα του Καθηγητή Εφαρμογών στο Τμήμα Ηλεκτρονικής του ΤΕΙ Λαμίας ( ). Μηχανικός Τηλεπικοινωνιών, Τμήμα Επιχειρησιακών Επικοινωνιών (Business Communications), Φίλιπς Ελλάς Α.Ε.Β.Ε., θυγατρική της Ολλανδικής Royal Philips Electronics N.V, ( ). 1.4 Επαγγελματικές-Επιστημονικές Οργανώσεις Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Member IEEE Communications Society, Member Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), Member 4/53

5 2. ΔΙΔΑΚΤΙΚΟ ΕΡΓΟ 2.1 Διατμηματικό Μεταπτυχιακό Πρόγραμμα Ειδίκευσης Ηλεκτρονικής και ΡαδιοΗλεκτρολογίας (Ρ/Η), Τμήματα Πληροφορικής & Τηλεπικοινωνιών Φυσικής, Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών Εαρινό εξάμηνο Ψηφιακές Επικοινωνίες ΙΙ (υποχρεωτικό μάθημα Α έτους-συνδιδασκαλία). Χειμερινό εξάμηνο Ψηφιακές Επικοινωνίες Ι (υποχρεωτικό μάθημα Α έτους-συνδιδασκαλία). Εαρινό εξάμηνο Ψηφιακές Επικοινωνίες ΙΙ (υποχρεωτικό μάθημα Α έτους-συνδιδασκαλία). 2.2 Τμήμα Πληροφορικής με Εφαρμογές στη Βιοϊατρική, Πανεπιστήμιο Στερεάς Ελλάδας (Π.Δ. 407/80) Χειμερινό εξάμηνο Θεωρία Πληροφορίας (μάθημα επιλογής 5 ου εξαμήνου-αυτοδύναμη Διδασκαλία). Εαρινό εξάμηνο Ασύρματα Επικοινωνιακά Συστήματα (μάθημα επιλογής 6 ου εξαμήνου- Αυτοδύναμη Διδασκαλία). Χειμερινό εξάμηνο Θεωρία Πληροφορίας (μάθημα επιλογής 5 ου εξαμήνου-αυτοδύναμη Διδασκαλία). Εαρινό εξάμηνο Ασύρματα Επικοινωνιακά Συστήματα (μάθημα επιλογής 6 ου εξαμήνου- Αυτοδύναμη Διδασκαλία). 2.3 Τμήμα Ηλεκτρολογίας, ΤΕΙ Λαμίας Εαρινό εξάμηνο Θεωρία Σημάτων (5 ου εξάμηνου). Εισαγωγή στις Τηλεπικοινωνίες (Θεωρία & Εργαστήριο, 6 ου εξαμήνου). Ηλεκτρονικά Ι (Θεωρία, Β εξαμήνου) Εαρινό εξάμηνο Θεωρία Σημάτων (υποχρεωτικό μάθημα 5 ου εξαμήνου-αυτοδύναμη Διδασκαλία). Εισαγωγή στις Τηλεπικοινωνίες (υποχρεωτικό μάθημα 6 ου εξαμήνου-αυτοδύναμη Διδασκαλία). 5/53

6 Χειμερινό εξάμηνο Θεωρία Σημάτων (υποχρεωτικό μάθημα 5 ου εξαμήνου-αυτοδύναμη Διδασκαλία). Εισαγωγή στις Τηλεπικοινωνίες (υποχρεωτικό μάθημα 6 ου εξαμήνου-αυτοδύναμη Διδασκαλία). 2.4 Τμήμα Πληροφορικής και Τεχνολογίας Υπολογιστών, ΤΕΙ Λαμίας Εαρινό εξάμηνο Κινητές Επικοινωνίες (εργαστήριο 6 ου εξαμήνου-συνδιδασκαλία). Χειμερινό εξάμηνο Κινητές Επικοινωνίες (εργαστήριο 6 ου εξαμήνου-συνδιδασκαλία). 2.5 Τμήμα Ηλεκτρονικής, ΤΕΙ Λαμίας Εαρινό εξάμηνο Τηλεπικοινωνίες (υποχρεωτικό μάθημα 5 ου εξαμήνου-αυτοδύναμη Διδασκαλία). Χειμερινό εξάμηνο Τηλεπικοινωνίες (υποχρεωτικό μάθημα 5 ου εξαμήνου-αυτοδύναμη Διδασκαλία). Εαρινό εξάμηνο Τηλεπικοινωνίες (υποχρεωτικό μάθημα 5 ου εξαμήνου-αυτοδύναμη Διδασκαλία). Τηλεοπτικά Συστήματα (εργαστήριο 7 ου εξαμήνου-συνδιδασκαλία). Χειμερινό εξάμηνο Τηλεπικοινωνίες (υποχρεωτικό μάθημα 5 ου εξαμήνου-αυτοδύναμη Διδασκαλία). Τηλεοπτικά Συστήματα (εργαστήριο 7 ου εξαμήνου-συνδιδασκαλία). Εαρινό εξάμηνο Αρχιτεκτονική Υπολογιστών (υποχρεωτικό μάθημα 3 ου εξαμήνου-αυτοδύναμη Διδασκαλία). Αρχιτεκτονική Υπολογιστών (εργαστήριο 3 ου εξαμήνου-συνδιδασκαλία). Χειμερινό εξάμηνο Αρχιτεκτονική Υπολογιστών (υποχρεωτικό μάθημα 3 ου εξαμήνου-αυτοδύναμη Διδασκαλία). Αρχιτεκτονική Υπολογιστών (εργαστήριο 3 ου εξαμήνου-συνδιδασκαλία). Εαρινό εξάμηνο Αρχιτεκτονική Υπολογιστών (υποχρεωτικό μάθημα 3 ου εξαμήνου-αυτοδύναμη Διδασκαλία). Αρχιτεκτονική Υπολογιστών (εργαστήριο 3 ου εξαμήνου-συνδιδασκαλία). 6/53

7 2.6 Τμήμα Ηλεκτρολόγων Μηχανικών και Τεχνολογίας Υπολογιστών, Πανεπιστήμιο Πατρών Στα πλαίσια εκπόνησης της Διδακτορικής μου Διατριβής παρείχα διδακτικό επικουρικό έργο (αμισθί) στα παρακάτω μαθήματα: Διάδοση Κυμάτων & Σχεδίαση Κεραιών (7 ο εξάμηνο-συνδιδασκαλία) Συστήματα Ευρείας Εκπομπής (8 ο εξάμηνο- Συνδιδασκαλία) 2.7 Επίβλεψη Πτυχιακών Εργασιών Ψηφιακή Μετάδοση Εικόνας & Ήxoυ, Τμήμα Ηλεκτρολογίας, ΤΕΙ Λαμίας, 2009 (σε εξέλιξη). Ευρυζωνικά Δίκτυα-Τεχνολογία ADSL, Τμήμα Ηλεκτρολογίας, ΤΕΙ Λαμίας, Πολυπλεξία με Ορθογώνια Διαίρεση Συχνότητας (OFDM), Τμήμα Ηλεκτρολογίας, ΤΕΙ Λαμίας, 2009 (σε εξέλιξη). Σχεδίαση Προσομοίωση και Μελέτη Ψηφιακής Γεννήτριας Παλμών Διαμορφωμένων Κατά το Εύρος τους, Τμήμα Ηλεκτρονικής, ΤΕΙ Λαμίας, Συμμετοχή σε Τριμελείς Επιτροπές Εξέτασης Πτυχιακών Εργασιών Διαχείριση Πόρων σε Συστήματα Κινητών Τηλεπικοινωνιών Τρίτης Γενιάς (3G), Τμήμα Πληροφορικής & Τεχνολογίας Υπολογιστών, ΤΕΙ Λαμίας, Ανάλυση και Διεύρυνση Γραμμικής Κωδικοποίησης Πηγής Πληροφοριών, Τμήμα Πληροφορικής & Τεχνολογίας Υπολογιστών, ΤΕΙ Λαμίας, /53

8 3. ΕΡΕΥΝΗΤΙΚΗ ΔΡΑΣΤΗΡΙΟΤΗΤΑ 3.1 Αντικείμενα Ερευνητικής Δραστηριότητας Ασύρματα τηλεπικοινωνιακά συστήματα πολλαπλών αλμάτων με αναμεταδότες (multihop wireless relaying communication systems). Τηλεπικοινωνιακά συστήματα με διαφορισμό συνεργασίας (cooperative diversity communication systems). Αξιολόγηση της επίδοσης ψηφιακών τηλεπικοινωνιακών συστημάτων σε κανάλια με θόρυβο και διαλείψεις. Τεχνικές εκπομπής και λήψης ψηφιακών τηλεπικοινωνιακών συστημάτων. cyclic prefixed single-carrier systems Θεωρία διαλειπτικών καναλιών (communications theory). Aσύρματες oπτικές επικοινωνίες (wireless optical communications). 3.2 Συμμετοχή σε Ερευνητικά προγράμματα «Μελέτη γενικευμένων κατανομών διαλείψεων για ψηφιακές ασύρματες επικοινωνίες», Γ.Γ.Ε.Τ, Διακρατική συνεργασία Ελλάδας-Τυνησίας, Επιστ. Υπεύθυνος: Γ. Κ. Καραγιαννίδης, Επικ. Καθηγητής, Τμήμα Ηλεκτρολόγων Μηχανικών και Μηχανικών Υπολογιστών, ΑΠΘ. «Ανάπτυξη αποδοτικών τεχνικών λήψης σε συστήματα κινητής επίγειας ψηφιακής τηλεόρασης (Mobile DVB-T)», Γ.Γ.Ε.Τ, Διακρατική συνεργασία Ελλάδας- Μαυροβουνίου, Επιστ. Υπεύθυνος: Γ. Κ. Καραγιαννίδης, Επικ. Καθηγητής, Τμήμα Ηλεκτρολόγων Μηχανικών και Μηχανικών Υπολογιστών, ΑΠΘ. 8/53

9 4. ΕΠΙΣΤΗΜΟΝΙΚΕΣ ΔΡΑΣΤΗΡΙΟΤΗΤΕΣ-ΔΙΕΘΝΗΣ ΑΝΑΓΝΩΡΙΣΗ 4.1 Μέλος Εκδοτικών Επιτροπών (Editorial Boards) Επιστημονικών Περιοδικών Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering- European Association for Signal Processing (EURASIP)- Hindawi Publishing Corporation Recent Patents on Electrical Engineering - Bentham Science Publishers 4.2 Κριτής σε Διεθνή Επιστημονικά Περιοδικά IEEE Transactions on Communications IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications ΙΕΕΕ Communications Letters IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing IET Communications (formerly IEE Proceedings - Communications) Electronics Letters EURASIP Journal of Wireless Communications & Networks EURASIP Journal on Advances on Signal Processing EURASIP Research Letters in Communications KICS Journal of Communications & Networks Wiley-Wireless Communications & Mobile Computing Wiley-International Journal of Satellite Communications & Networking Journal of Computers and Electrical Engineering- Elsevier International Journal of Electronics ETRI Journal Optics Communications-Elsevier Recent Patents on Electrical Engineering 4.3 Κριτής σε Διεθνή Επιστημονικά Συνέδρια IEEE International Conference on Communications (ΙΕΕΕ ICC) IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (ΙΕΕΕ GLOBECOM) IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (ΙΕΕΕ VTC) IEEE Wireless Communications & Networking Conference (ΙΕΕΕ WCNC) 9/53

10 Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications Symposium (PIMRC) 4.4 Μέλος Τεχνικών Επιτροπών Προγράμματος (Technical Program Committee) Διεθνών Συνεδρίων IEEE ICC Wireless Communications Symposium 33rd IEEE Sarnoff Symposium 2010 IEEE GlobeCom 2009, Wireless Communications Symposium PIMRC 2009 IEEE GlobeCom 2008, Wireless Communications Symposium Mosharaka International Conference on Communications, Signals and Coding (MIC-CSC) 2008 Mosharaka International Conference on Communications, Networking and Information Technology (MIC-CNIT) /53

11 5. ΣΥΜΜΕΤΟΧΗ ΣΕ ΕΚΠΑΙΔΕΥΤΙΚΑ ΣΕΜΙΝΑΡΙΑ 5.1 Σεμινάρια της Philips Businees Communications B.V. Χρόνος: Θέση: Εκπαιδευόμενος. Σύντομη Περιγραφή Αντικειμένου: Εκπαίδευση στα ψηφιακά τηλεφωνικά κέντρα της Philips και στις εφαρμογές τους στο Hilversum Ολλανδίας και στη Monza- Milan Ιταλίας. 5.2 Σεμινάριο του Οικονομικού Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών Επιστ. Υπεύθυνος: Καθηγητής Γ. Πραστάκος, Τμήμα Διοικητικής Επιστήμης, Οικονομικό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών. Χρόνος: Ιουνίου Θέση: Εκπαιδευόμενος. Σύντομη Περιγραφή Αντικειμένου: Εκπαίδευση του στελεχιακού δυναμικού των ελληνικών εταριών με θέμα: Διαχείριση Γνώσης (Knowledge Management). 11/53

12 6. ΔΙΑΚΡΙΣΕΙΣ - ΑΛΛΕΣ ΔΡΑΣΤΗΡΙΟΤΗΤΕΣ Βράβευση από την εταιρία Ericsson για την καλύτερη διδακτορική διατριβή προερχόμενη από το Τμήμα Ηλεκτρολόγων Μηχανικών και Τεχνολογίας Υπολογιστών του Πανεπιστήμιου Πατρών στα πλαίσια των Ericsson Awards of Excellence, Ιούλιος Συμμετοχή στην ομάδα της Philips Business Communications και παρουσίαση της εφαρμογής Web enabled Call Centre στη CeBIT 2001, Αννόβερο Γερμανίας, Μάρτιος IEEE Student Travel Award Globecom External evaluator of the Ph.D. Thesis of Mr. M. L. Manickam, Studies on resiliency-oriented and trust-based secure routing in MANET, Faculty of Information and Communication Engineering, ANNA University Chennai, Chennai , India. Αξιολογητής της Γενικής Γραμματείας Έρευνας & Τεχνολογίας Μέλος της Επιτροπής ενδιάμεσων ελέγχων φυσικού και οικονομικού αντικειμένου του υποέργου 05 ΠΡΑΞΕ 28 του Τεχνοβλαστού ΔΥΝΕΣΥΣ Α.Ε. 12/53

13 7. ΕΠΙΣΤΗΜΟΝΙΚΕΣ ΕΡΓΑΣΙΕΣ 7.1 Διδακτορική Διατριβή [Δ-1] ΜΕΛΕΤΗ-ΒΕΛΤΙΣΤΟΠΟΙΗΣΗ ΤΩΝ ΕΠΙΔΟΣΕΩΝ ΑΣΥΡΜΑΤΩΝ ΤΗΛΕΠΙΚΟΙΝΩΝΙΑΚΩΝ ΣΥΣΤΗΜΑΤΩΝ ΜΕ ΑΝΑΜΕΤΑΔΟΤΕΣ Διδακτορική Διατριβή, Τμήμα Ηλεκτρολόγων Μηχανικών και Τεχνολογίας Υπολογιστών, Πολυτεχνική Σχολή, Πανεπιστήμιο Πατρών, Οκτώβριος Επιβλέπων: Καθηγητής Σ. Κωτσόπουλος 7.2 Δημοσιεύσεις σε Διεθνή Επιστημονικά Περιοδικά με Κριτές [Π-1] [Π-2] [Π-3] N. D. Chatzidiamantis, M. Uysal, T. A. Tsiftsis, and G. K. Karagiannidis, Iterative Maximum-Likelihood Sequence Detection for MIMO Optical Wireless Systems, IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol.28, no.7, pp , April1, H. G. Sandalidis, T. A. Tsiftsis, and G. K. Karagiannidis Optical Wireless Communication Systems with Heterodyne Detection over Turbulence Channels with Pointing Errors, IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 27, no. 20, pp , October H. Nistazakis, T. A. Tsiftsis, and G. Tombras, Performance Analysis of Free-Space Optical Communication Systems over Atmospheric Turbulence Channels, IET-Communications, vol. 3, no. 8, pp , August [Π-4] T. A. Tsiftsis, H. G. Sandalidis, G. K. Karagiannidis, and M. Uysal, Optical Wireless Links with Spatial Diversity over Strong Atmospheric Turbulence Channels, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 8, no. 2, pp , February [Π-5] A. Lioumpas, G. K. Karagiannidis, T. A. Tsiftsis, Adaptive Generalized Selection Combining (A-GSC) Receivers, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol.7, no.12, pp , December [Π-6] T. A. Tsiftsis, Performance of heterodyne wireless optical communication systems over gamma-gamma atmospheric turbulence channels Electronics Letters, vol. 44, no. 5, pp , 28 th February /53

14 [Π-7] [Π-8] [Π-9] D. S. Michalopoulos and T. A. Tsiftsis, Performance Analysis of Wireless Multihop Diversity Systems, International Journal of Communications Systems Wiley, vol. 21, no. 9, pp , September H. G. Sandalidis and T. A. Tsiftsis, Outage Probability and Ergodic Capacity of Free-Space Optical Links over Strong Turbulence, Electronics Letters, vol. 44, no. 1, pp , 3 rd January H. S. Sandalidis, T. A. Tsiftsis, G. K. Karagiannidis, and M. Uysal, BER Performance of FSO Links over Strong Atmospheric Turbulence Channels with Pointing Errors, IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 12, no.1, pp , January [Π-10] T. A. Tsiftsis, Performance of Wireless Multihop Communications Systems with Cooperative Diversity over Fading Channels, International Journal of Communications Systems Wiley, vol. 21, no.5, pp , [Π-11] P. S. Bithas, N. C. Sagias, T. A. Tsiftsis, Performance Αnalysis of Dual- Diversity Receivers over Correlated Generalized Gamma Fading Channels, IET Communications (formerly IEE Proceedings Communications), vol. 2, no. 1, pp , January [Π-12] D. S. Michalopoulos, G. K. Karagiannidis, T. A. Tsiftsis, and R. K. Mallik, Distributed Transmit Antenna Selection (D-TAS) with MRC and Energy Consumption Constraints, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 7, no.4, pp , April [Π-13] N. C. Sagias, G. K. Karagiannidis, P. T. Mathiopoulos, and T. A. Tsiftsis, On the Performance Analysis of Equal Gain Diversity Receivers Over Generalized Gamma Fading Channels, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 5, no. 10, pp , October [Π-14] G. K. Karagiannidis, T. A. Tsiftsis, and H. S. Sandalidis, Outage Probability of Relayed Free-Space Optical Communication Systems, Electronics Letters, vol. 42, no. 17, pp , August [Π-15] T. A. Tsiftsis, G. K. Karagiannidis, P. T. Mathiopoulos, and S. A. Kotsopoulos, Nonregenerative dual-hop cooperative links with selection diversity, Special Issue of the EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking in Multiuser Cooperative Diversity for Wireless Networks, Volume /53

15 [Π-16] G. K. Karagiannidis, N. C. Sagias and T. A. Tsiftsis, Closed-Form Statistics for the Sum of Squared Nakagami-m Variates and Its Applications, IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 54, no. 8, pp , August [Π-17] G. K. Karagiannidis, T. A. Tsiftsis and R. K. Mallik, Bounds for Multihop Relayed Communications in Nakagami-m Fading, IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 54, no. 1, pp , January [Π-18] T. A. Tsiftsis, G. K. Karagiannidis, S. A. Kotsopoulos, "Dual-hop Wireless Communications with Combined Gain Relays" IEE Proceedings- Communications, vol. 152, no. 5, pp , October [Π-19] G. K. Karagiannidis, T. A. Tsiftsis and N. C. Sagias, A Closed-Form Upper-Bound for the Distribution of the Weighted Sum of Rayleigh variates, IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 9, no. 7, pp , July [Π-20] T. A. Tsiftsis, G. K. Karagiannidis, S. A. Kotsopoulos and F.-N. Pavlidou, BER Analysis of Collaborative Dual-hop Wireless Transmissions, Electronics Letters, vol. 40, no. 11, pp , May Impact Factors (IF) Περιοδικών (Πηγή: ISI Journal Scitation Reports 2008) Περιοδικό IF IEEE Transactions on Communications IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications IEEE Communications Letters Electronics Letters IET Communications (formerly IEE Proceedings Communications) EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking Ανακοινώσεις σε Διεθνή Επιστημονικά Συνέδρια με Κριτές [Σ-1] [Σ-2] D. Trung, H-J. Zepernick, T. A. Tsiftsis, V. N. Q. Bao, Amplify-and- Forward MIMO Relaying with OSTBC over Nakagami-m Fading Channels, IEEE ICC 2010, Cape Town, South Africa, June T. A. Tsiftsis, Z. Hadzi-Velkov, G. K. Karagiannidis, and N. Zlatanov elaying Utilization Metrics of Diamond Cooperative Diversity Systems, IEEE International Symposium on Wireless Pervasive Computing, Modena, Italy, May /53

16 [Σ-3] H. Suraweera, T. A. Tsiftsis, G. K. Karagiannidis, and M. Faulkner, Effect of Feedback Delay on Downlink Amplify-and-Forward Relaying with Beamforming, IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (GlobeCom) 2009, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. [Σ-4] N. D. Chatzidiamantis, M. Uysal, T. A. Tsiftsis, and G. K. Karagiannidis, EM-Based Maximum-Likelihood Sequence Detection for MIMO Optical Wireless Systems, IEEE ICC'09, Dresden, Germany, June [Σ-5] T. A. Tsiftsis, H. G. Sandalidis, G. K. Karagiannidis, and M. Uysal, FSO Links with Spatial Diversity over Strong Atmospheric Turbulence Channels, in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications 2008 (ICC'08), Beijing, China, May [Σ-6] [Σ-7] [Σ-8] D. S. Michalopoulos, G. K. Karagiannidis and T. A. Tsiftsis, Introducing PHY-Layer Fairness in Amplify and Forward Cooperative Diversity Systems, in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications 2007 (ICC'07), June 2007, Glasgow, Scotland, U.K. P. S. Bithas, N. C. Sagias, T. A. Tsiftsis, and G. K. Karagiannidis, Products and Ratios of Two Gaussian Class Correlated Weibull Random Variables, in Proc. The 12th International Conference on Applied Stohastic Models and Data Analysis (ASMDA 2007), Chania, Crete, Greece, May P. S. Bithas, N. C. Sagias, T. A. Tsiftsis, and G. K. Karagiannidis, Distributions Involving Correlated Generalized Gamma Variables, in Proc. The 12th International Conference on Applied Stohastic Models and Data Analysis (ASMDA 2007), Chania, Crete, Greece, May [Σ-9] D. S. Michalopoulos, G. K. Karagiannidis, T. A. Tsiftsis, and Ranjan K. Mallik, An Optimized User Selection Method for Cooperative Diversity Systems, in Proc. IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (GLOBECOM '06), 28 Nov. - 1 Dec. 2004, San Fransisco, USA. [Σ-10] T. A. Tsiftsis, H. G. Sandalidis, G. K. Karagiannidis and N. C. Sagias, Multihop Free-Space Optical Communications Over Strong Turbulence Channels, in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications 2006 (ICC'06), June 2006, Turkey. [Σ-11] D. S. Michalopoulos, G. K. Karagiannidis and T. A. Tsiftsis, New Results for Wireless Multihop Diversity Systems, in Proc. The 12th European Wireless Conference (EW2006), April 2-5, 2006, Athens, Greece. 16/53

17 [Σ-12] L.-C Siafara, D. S. Michalopoulos, T. A. Tsiftsis and G. K. Karagiannidis, Regenerative Versus Non-Regenerative Relaying in Cooperative Diversity Systems, in Proc. 15th IST Mobile & Wireless Communications Summit, 4-8 June, 2006, Mykonos, Greece. [Σ-13] T. A. Tsiftsis, G. K. Karagiannidis, N. C. Sagias and S. A. Kotsopoulos, Performance of MRC Diversity Receivers Over Correlated Nakagami-m Fading Channels, in Proc. Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing (CSNDSP 06), July 2006, Patras Univ. Conference Centre, Greece. [Σ-14] T. A. Tsiftsis, G. K. Karagiannidis and P. T. Mathiopoulos, New Results on the Performance Evaluation of the Relay Fading Channel, in Proc. IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC S'06), May 2006, Melbourne, Australia. [Σ-15] N. C. Sagias and G. S. Tombras, G. K. Karagiannidis and T. A. Tsiftsis, Equal-Gain Combining Receivers over Interference-Limited Nakagamim Fading with Multiple Cochannel Interferers, in Proc. of the 12th National Conference on Communications, (NCC 2006), Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India, Jan , [Σ-16] D. A. Zogas, G. K. Karagiannidis, N. C. Sagias, T. A. Tsiftsis, P. T. Mathiopoulos, and S. A. Kotsopoulos, Dual Hop Wireless Communications over Nakagami Fading, in Proc. IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference, May 2004, Milan - Italy. [Σ-17] G. K. Karagiannidis, D. A. Zogas, N. C. Sagias, T. A. Tsiftsis, and P. T. Mathiopoulos, Multihop Communications with Fixed-Gain Relays over Generalized Fading Channels, in Proc. IEEE Global Telecom. Conference (GLOBECOM '04), December 2004, Dallas Texas, USA. [Σ-18] G. K. Karagiannidis, T. A. Tsiftsis, R. K. Mallik, N. C. Sagias, and S. A. Kotsopoulos, Closed-Form Bounds for Multihop Relayed Communications in Nakagami-m Fading, in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications 2005 (ICC'05), May 2005, Seoul, Korea. [Σ-19] T. A. Tsiftsis, G. K. Karagiannidis, and S. A. Kotsopoulos, Wireless Transmissions With Combined Gain Relays Over Fading Channels, in Proc. 4th Annual Mediterranean Ad Hoc Networking Workshop, June 21-24, 2005, Île de Porquerolles, France. 17/53

18 [Σ-20] G. K. Karagiannidis, T. A. Tsiftsis, and S. A. Kotsopoulos, Performance of Broadband Multihop Networks with Cooperative Diversity over Fading Channels, in Proc. 5th International Network Conference (INC 2005), 5-7 July, 2005, Island of Samos, Greece. 8.4 Υποβληθείσες Εργασίες για Κρίση [Υ-1] [Υ-2] [Υ-3] [Υ-4] [Υ-5] K. J. Kim and T. A. Tsiftsis, Cyclic Prefix-Based Single-Carrier Opportunistic Cooperative Diversity Systems, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. T. A. Tsiftsis, Z. Hadzi-Velkov, G. K. Karagiannidis, and N. Zlatanov Average Relaying Utilization Metrics and Application in Diamond Cooperative Systems, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. K. J. Kim and T. A. Tsiftsis, Performance Analysis for QRD-based Cyclically Prefixed Single-Carrier Transmissions with Opportunistic Scheduling, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. D. Trung, H-J. Zepernick, T. A. Tsiftsis, V. N. Q. Bao, Performance Analysis of Amplify-and-Forward MIMO Relay Networks with Transmit Antenna Selection over Nakagami-m Channels, IEEE Signal Processing Letters. H. A. Suraweera, T. A. Tsiftsis, G. K. Karagiannidis, and A. Nallanathan, Amplify-and-Forward Relaying with Beamforming over Time Varying Fading Channels, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. 18/53

19 8. ΑΝΑΦΟΡΕΣ ΣΤΟ ΔΗΜΟΣΙΕΥΜΕΝΟ ΕΡΓΟ ΑΠΟ ΑΛΛΟΥΣ ΕΡΕΥΝΗΤΕΣ [Π-4] T. A. Tsiftsis, H. G. Sandalidis, G. K. Karagiannidis, and M. Uysal, Optical Wireless Links with Spatial Diversity over Strong Atmospheric Turbulence Channels, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 8, no. 2, pp , February M. Khalighi, N. Schwartz, N. Aitamer, and S. Bourennane, "Fading Reduction by Aperture Averaging and Spatial Diversity in Optical Wireless Systems," J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 1, (2009) 2. M.H. Mahdieh, M. Pournoury, Atmospheric turbulence and numerical evaluation of bit error rate (BER) in free-space communication, Optics & Laser Technology, Volume 42, Issue 1, February Castillo-Vázquez, B., García-Zambrana, A., Castillo-Vázquez, C., Closed-form BER expression for FSO links with transmit laser selection over exponential atmospheric turbulence channels, Electronics Letters 45 (23), pp , Nistazakis, H.E., Tombras G.S., Tsigopoulos A.D., Karagianni, E.A., Fafalios M.E, Capacity estimation of optical wireless communication systems over moderate to strong turbulence channels, Journal of Communications Networks, vol 11, no. 4, pp , August A. Garcia-Zambrana C. Castillo-Vazquez B. Castillo-Vazquez A. Hiniesta- Gomez, Selection Transmit Diversity for FSO Links Over Strong Atmospheric Turbulence Channels, IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, vol. 21, no. 14, pp , July A. Katsis, H.E. Nistazakis, G.S. Tombras, Bayesian and frequentist estimation of the performance of free space optical channels under weak turbulence conditions, Journal of the Franklin Institute, Volume 346, Issue 4, May 2009, Pages [Π-5] T. A. Tsiftsis, Performance of heterodyne wireless optical communication systems over gamma-gamma atmospheric turbulence channels Electronics Letters, vol. 44, no. 5, pp , 28th February Wu HL, Yan HX, Li XY, Performance analysis of bit error rate for free space optical communication with tip-tilt compensation based on gamma-gamma distribution, OPTICA APPLICATA, vol 39, no. 3, pp , M.H. Mahdieh, M. Pournoury, Atmospheric turbulence and numerical evaluation of bit error rate (BER) in free-space communication, Optics & Laser Technology, Volume 42, Issue 1, February Steven Michael; Ronald R. Parenti; Frederick G. Walther; Alicia M. Volpicelli; John D. Moores; William Wilcox, Jr.; Robert Murphy, Comparison of scintillation measurements from a 5 km communication link to standard statistical models SPIE Proceedings, vol. 7324, /53

20 [Π-7] D. S. Michalopoulos and T. A. Tsiftsis, Performance Analysis of Wireless Multihop Diversity Systems, International Journal of Communications Systems Wiley, vol. 21, no. 9, pp , September [Π-7] 10. Golnaz Farhadi, PERFORMANCE EVALUATION, OPTIMAL POWER ALLOCATION, AND PHYSICAL LAYER DESIGNS FOR WIRELESS RELAYING SYSTEMS, PhD Thesis, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Alberta, Fall Ming-Fong Tsai, Ce-Kuen Shieh, Wen-Shyang Hwang, Der-Jiunn Deng, An adaptive multi-hop forward error correction protection scheme for video streaming over wireless mesh networks, International Journal of Communications Systems Wiley, vol. 22, no. 10, pp , July H. G. Sandalidis and T. A. Tsiftsis, Outage Probability and Ergodic Capacity of Free-Space Optical Links over Strong Turbulence, Electronics Letters, vol. 44, no. 1, pp , 3 rd January He, B.; Schober, R., "Bit-interleaved coded modulation for hybrid RF/FSO systems," Communications, IEEE Transactions on, vol.57, no.12, pp , December Wu HL, Yan HX, Li XY, Performance analysis of bit error rate for free space optical communication with tip-tilt compensation based on gamma-gamma distribution, OPTICA APPLICATA, vol 39, no. 3, pp , M.H. Mahdieh, M. Pournoury, Atmospheric turbulence and numerical evaluation of bit error rate (BER) in free-space communication, Optics & Laser Technology, Volume 42, Issue 1, February D. K. Borah and D. G. Voelz, "Pointing Error Effects on Free-Space Optical Communication Links in the Presence of Atmospheric Turbulence," J. Lightwave Technol. 27, (2009). 16. Letzepis, N.; Guillen i Fabregas, A., "Outage probability of the free-space optical channel with doubly stochastic scintillation," Communications, IEEE Transactions on, vol.57, no.10, pp , October Chen C.-Y., Yang H.-M., Jiang H.-L., Feng X., and Wang H., Performance analysis and optimization of partially coherent optical communication links through atmospheric channel, Tien Tzu Hsueh Pao/Acta Electronica Sinica, vol. 37, no. 8, pp , August Nistazakis, H.E., Tombras G.S., Tsigopoulos A.D., Karagianni, E.A., Fafalios M.E, Capacity estimation of optical wireless communication systems over moderate to strong turbulence channels, Journal of Communications Networks, vol 11, no. 4, pp , August A. Katsis, H.E. Nistazakis, G.S. Tombras, Bayesian and frequentist estimation of the performance of free space optical channels under weak turbulence conditions, Journal of the Franklin Institute, Volume 346, Issue 4, May 2009, Pages H. E. Nistazakis, G. S. Tombras, A. D. Tsigopoulos, E. A. Karagianni, and M. E. Fafalios, "Average capacity of wireless optical communication systems over gamma gamma atmospheric turbulence channels," in Proc. of IEEE International Microwave Symposium Digest, 2008 IEEE MTT-S, pp , June /53

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22 Communications, vol. 7, no.4, pp , April Ekşim, A.a, Çelebi, M.E.b, Extended cooperative balanced space time block coding in wireless networks for spectral efficiency 2009 IEEE 17th Signal Processing and Communications Applications Conference, SIU 2009, art. no , pp Ekşim, A.a, Çelebi, M.E.b, Extended balanced space-time block coding for wireless communications IET Signal Processing 3 (6), pp , Gedik, B.; Amin, O.; Uysal, M., "Power allocation for cooperative systems with training-aided channel estimation," IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol.8, no.9, pp , September N. H. Vien, H. H. Nguyen, and T. Le-Ngoc, Diversity Analysis of Smart Relaying, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 58, no. 6, pp , July A. Eksim and M. E. Celebi, Extended Cooperative Balanced Space-Time Block Coding for Increased Efficiency in Wireless Sensor Networks, 8th International IFIP TC 6 Network Conference 2009, May 11-15, 2009, Aachen, Germany. 34. M. S. Kaiser, I. Khan, F. Adachi and K. M. Ahmed, Fuzzy logic based relay search algorithm for cooperative systems, 1t International Conference on Communication Systems and Networks and Workshops, COMSNETS J. Yindi and H. Jafarkhani, "Single and multiple relay selection schemes and their achievable diversity orders," IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol.8, no.3, pp , March [Π-12] N. C. Sagias, G. K. Karagiannidis, P. T. Mathiopoulos, and T. A. Tsiftsis, On the Performance Analysis of Equal Gain Diversity Receivers Over Generalized Gamma Fading Channels, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 5, no. 10, pp , October Panić, S.R., Stefanović, M.Č., Mosić, A.V., "Performance analyses of selection combining diversity receiver over α-μ Fading channels in the presence of cochannel interference," IET Communications 3 (11), pp , G. A. Ropokis, A. A. Rontogiannis, and P. T. Mathiopoulos, "Quadratic forms in normal RVs: theory and applications to OSTBC over hoyt fading channels," IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol.7, no.12, pp , December D. B. Da Costa, M. D. Yacoub, J. Santos Filho, "An Improved Closed-Form Approximation to the Sum of Arbitrary Nakagami-m Variates," IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol.57, no.6, pp , Nov Υ. Song, Η. Shin and W. Kim, "Asymptotic SEP for M-PSK Signals over α-μ Fading Channels," IEEE Commun. Lett., vol. 12, no. 9, pp , Sep Hossein Samimi, Paeiz Azmi, Performance analysis of equal-gain diversity receivers over generalized Gamma fading channels, AEU - International Journal of Electronics and CommunicationsVolume 62, Issue 7, 1 August 2008, Pages Hossein Samimi and Paeiz Azmi, A simple method to approximate the probability of error for equal gain combiner over independent fading channels, International Journal of Communications Systems, Wiley, 2008 (early view). 42. D. B. da Costa M. D. Yacoub, Accurate closed-form approximations to the sum of generalized random variables and applications, IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, 2008, WCNC 2008, Las Vegas, 22/53

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