Dr. Dimitris Apostolou is a Professor at the Informatics Department of the
University of Piraeus and Senior Research Scientist at the Institute of Communication and Computer Systems. His research concerns decision support and intelligent systems. His professional experience focuses on the design and management of large-scale IT projects. He has coordinated several EU-funded research and innovation projects and participated in more than fifteen ones. He has more than 40 publications in journals such as IEEE Intelligent Systems, International Journal of Information Management, Expert Systems with Application, Journal of Knowledge Management, Internet Research, more than 60 publications in conference proceedings and one book published by Springer-Verlag. He holds a PhD on electrical and computer engineering from the National Technical University of Athens, an MSc in information technology from University College London, UK, an MSc in chemical engineering from New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA, and a Diploma Degree in chemical engineering from the National Technical University of Athens. He is a member of the ΙΕΕΕ Computer Society and various national scientific and professional associations.