Curriculum Vitae

 


Education


Honors and Scholarships

  • 2017, Best paper award, 19th International Conference on Advances in Distributed and Parallel Computing.

  • 1994–1997, Recipient of Aristotle University's Scholarship for Postgraduate Studies.

  • 1989, Honorary Award from the Technical Chamber of Greece for academic achievements during the academic year 1988-1989.

  • 1988-1992, Greek State Scholarship (IKY).

  • 1985, Recipient of the Panhellenic Mathematical Society Award.


Working Experience

  • 3/2018-Present, Professor, Dept. of Informatics & Computer Engineering, University of West Attica.

  • 10/2015-7/2016 & 1/2021 - Present, Dual appointment with the Faculty of Sciences, Hellenic Open University.

  • 4/2016-3/2018, Professor, Dept. of Computer Systems Engineering, Piraeus University of Applied Sciences.

  • 9/2010-4/2016, Professor, Dept. of Informatics Engineering, (former Department of Informatics and Communications). Technological Education Institute of Central Macedonia - TEICM (former Technological Education Institute of Serres - TEISer).

  • 7/2006-9/2010, Associate Professor, Dept. of Informatics and Communications, Technological Education Institute of Serres.

  • 1/2003-7/2006, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Informatics and Communications, Technological Education Institute of Serres.

  • 9/2000-1/2003, Scientific Associate, Dept. of Informatics and Communications, Technological Education Institute of Serres.

  • 3/1999-9/2000, Private in the Hellenic Army, Corps of Research and Informatics, specialized in CCIS systems.

  • 9/1996–2/1999 & 9/2000-9/2002, Scientific Associate, Department of Electronics, Technological Education Institute of Thessaloniki.

  • 9/19946/1996, Teaching Associate, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.

  • 11/1993–Present, Coordinator (since 2005) and researcher in 26 research and 7 educational programs, funded by the European Union, the Greek Secretariat for Research & Technology.

  • 9/2000–1/2003, Software engineer and IT consultant.


 Teaching Experience

 Postgraduate Courses

  • 10/2020-Present, University of West Attica and University of Limoges, France, Joint MSc in Artificial Intelligence and Visual Computing: Data Mining, Fuzzy Systems and Evolutionary Computation.

  • 10/2018-2/2020, Department of Informatics and Computer Engineering, University of West Attica, MSc in Science and Technology of Informatics and Computers: Computational Intelligence Systems, Data Mining of Large Scale Data.

  • 10/2016-2/2019, Department of Computer Systems Engineering, Piraeus University of Applied Sciences, MSc in Applied Information Systems: Computational Intelligence - Intelligent Systems.

  • 10/2015-4/2016, Department of Informatics Engineering, TEICM, MSc in Applied Informatics: Software Development, Intelligent Systems.

  • 10/2012-6/2015, Department of Informatics Engineering, TEICM, MSc in Communication & Information Systems: Advanced Database Systems - Data Mining, Computational Intelligence - Machine Learning.

Undergraduate Courses

  • 10/2021-Present, Faculty of Sciences, Hellenic Open University, BSC in Informatics: Python.

  • 1/2021-7/2021, Faculty of Sciences, Hellenic Open University, BSC in Informatics: Introduction to Informatics.

  • 10/2019-Present, Department of Informatics and Computer Engineering, University of West Attica: Data Mining, Fuzzy Logic and Uncertainty Systems, Circuit Theory, Artificial Intelligence.

  • 10/2022-9/2023, Department of Informatics and Computer Engineering, University of West Attica: Artificial Intelligence.

  • 10/2019-9/2020, Department of Informatics and Computer Engineering, University of West Attica: Digital Signal Processing.

  • 10/2018-9/2019, Department of Informatics and Computer Engineering, University of West Attica: Algorithms and Complexity, Data Structures.

  • 10/2016-9/2018, Department of Computer Systems Engineering, Piraeus University of Applied Sciences: Data Mining, Mechatronic Systems, Robotics, Sensors - Measurements and Industrial Control.

  • 10/2015-7/2016, Faculty of Sciences, Hellenic Open University, BSC in Informatics: Artificial Intelligence.

  • 9/2000-4/2016, Department of Informatics Engineering, TEICM: Fuzzy Systems, Numerical Methods, Algorithms & Data Structures, Introduction to Programming, Structured Programming, Object-Oriented Programming, Software Engineering,  Digital Circuits, Digital Signal Processing.

  • 9/1996-2/1999 & 9/2000-9/2002, Department of Electronics, TEITh: Electronics I & II, Electronic Measurements, Power Electronics, Electric Circuits I, Digital Circuits I.

  • 1994-96, Teaching Assistant, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, AUTH: Electric Circuits III.


Journal/Conference Papers

A complete list of publications as well as selected abstracts.


Books - Lecture Notes  

1.

P.A. Mastorocostas, Fuzzy and Neurofuzzy Systems - Fuzzy Deep Learning, 2022, ISBN: 978-618-5726-19-5.

2.

P.A. Mastorocostas, Procedural Programming, 2015, ISBN: 978-960-603-057-4.

3.

P.A. Mastorocostas, Electric Circuits I, TEITh, 1997.

4.

P.A. Mastorocostas, Electronic Measurements, TEITh, 2001.

5.

P.A. Mastorocostas, A Laboratory Guide to Digital Circuits, TEISer, 2001.

6.

P.A. Mastorocostas, Numerical Methods with MATLAB, TEISer, 2001.

7.

P.A. Mastorocostas, Software Engineering, TEISer, 2003.

8.

P.A. Mastorocostas, Introduction to Programming, TEISer, 2003 (updated in 2005).

9.

P.A. Mastorocostas, Structured Programming, TEISer, 2003 (updated in 2005).

10.

P.A. Mastorocostas, Fuzzy Systems, TEISer, 2006.

11.

P.A. Mastorocostas, Procedural Programming, TEISer, 2006.

12.

P.A. Mastorocostas, Fuzzy Systems (Lab Notes), TEISer, 2009.

13.

P.A. Mastorocostas, Algorithms & Data Structures (Test Cases), TEISer, 2009.


Professional and Cultural Organizations


Languages

  • Greek (native) 

  • Fluent in English

  • Fluent in French


Research Interests

  • Computational Intelligence

  • Data mining

  • Neurofuzzy Classifiers and Evolutionary Computation for remote sensing

  • Nonlinear Signal Processing and Nonlinear Systems, focused on medical signals, power and telecommunication systems

  • Computational Methods for Chartography

  • Parallel Programming