PROFESSOR IN DATA MANAGEMENT
DEPUTY HEAD OF THE SCHOOL OF SCIENCES
COURSE LEADER OF MSC DATA ANALYTICS

Qualifications

PhD in Computer Science (University of Cyprus, Cyprus, 2011)

MSc Advanced Computer Technologies (University of Cyprus, Cyprus, 2006)

BSc Computer Science (University of Cyprus, Cyprus, 2003)

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, 2016

Specialization

Data Management and Analytics

Employment Track

Associate Professor in Computing, UCLan Cyprus, School of Sciences (2021 – Present)

Assistant Professor in Computing, UCLan Cyprus, School of Sciences (2016 – 2021)

Director, InSPIRE Research Center (2016-present)

Lecturer in Computing, UCLan Cyprus, School of Sciences (2014 – 2016)

Post-Doctoral Researcher, Dep. of Computer Science, University of Cyprus (2013 – 2014)

Visiting Lecturer, Dep. of Computer Science, University of Cyprus (2012 – 2013)

Marie Curie Fellow, ID-Mind, Lisbon, Portugal (2012)

Post-Doctoral Researcher, Dep. of Computer Science, University of Cyprus (2011 – 2012)

Instructor, Center for Teaching and Learning, Nicosia, Cyprus (2010 – 2011)

Research Associate, Dep. of Computer Science, Open University of Cyprus (2008)

Instructor, Training Seminars in the Industrial Sector (2004 – 2010)

Research Associate, Dep. of Computer Science, University of Cyprus (2003 – 2011)

 Memberships (Academic/Professional)

• Association of Computing Machinery (ACM)
• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (IEEE)
• Higher Education Academy (Fellow)

Research Interests

Data Management for Systems and Networks, Information Systems, Adaptive Computing, ICT services for eHealth and Ambient Assisted Living, Adaptive Systems

Roles and Responsibilities (including past roles and responsibilities)

Teaching and Course Leadership 

• Course Leader of MSc Data Analytics

• Module Leadership/Delivery (UCLan Cyprus): Enterprise Data Management, Knowledge Discovery, Business Intelligence and Data Analytics (MSc Data Analytics); System Analysis and Database Design, Advanced Programming with C++, Software Development, Software Engineering Practices, Object Oriented Methods in Computing, Algorithms and Data Structures, Database Systems (BSc Computing)

Administrative Roles

• Deputy Head, School of Sciences (2018)
• Member, Senate (elected member) (2015-2018)
• Chair, Innovation and Enterprise Committee (2016-2019)
• Member, Research and Innovation Committee (2016-2019)
• Internships Coordinator, School of Sciences (2015)

Selected Publications 

Peer-Reviewed Conference Papers

• “Towards Trustworthy Experimental Replication in SLICES-RI”, P. Andreou, A. Osmolovskiy, P. Hadjidemetriou, S. Fdida: IFIP Networking 2024: 672-677.
• “Human-centered Information Visualization Adaptation Engine”. P. Andreou, C. Amyrotos, P. Germanakos, I. Polycarpou, ACM UMAP 2023: 25-33.

• “Experimental Research Reproducibility and Experiment Workflow Management”. P. Andreou, Y. Demchenko, S. Gallenmüller, S. Fdida, C. Crettaz, M. Kirkeng: COMSNET, 2023, 835-840.
• “SLICES Data Management Infrastructure for Reproducible Experimental Research on Digital Technologies”. P. Andreou, Y. Demchenko, S. Gallenmüller, S. Fdida, T. Rausch, D. Saucez: GLOBECOM, 2023, 1-6.
• “RABIT: Reflective Analytics for Business InTelligence”, P. Andreou, C. Amyrotos, A. Pamboris, P. Germanakos, CHI Greece 2021: 13:1-13:8.
• “FogFS: A Nomadic Fog File System For Hyper-Responsive Mobile Applications”. P. Andreou, Pamboris, A., Samaras, G., & Polycarpou, I.: In the Proceedings of the CCNC 2019, 1-6.
• “An experience report on the effectiveness of five themed workshops at inspiring high school students to learn coding”. Andreou P., Paspallis, N., Polycarpou, I., Antoniou, J., Kaimakis, P., Raspopoulos, M., Terzi M.: Proceedings of the 23rd Annual ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, 2018, 105-110
• “Enhancing Virtual Reality Systems with Smart Wearable Devices”. P. Andreou, S.E. Alshaal, S. Michael, A. Pamboris, H. Herodotou, G. Samaras: Proceedings of the 17th IEEE International Conference on Mobile Data Management, 2016

Journal Papers

• “SLICES, a scientific instrument for the networking community”, S. Fdida, N. Makris, T. Korakis, R. Bruno, A. Passarella, P. Andreou, B. Belter, C. Crettaz, W. Dabbous, Y. Demchenko, R. Knopp, Comput. Commun. 193: 189-203 (2022).
• “Managing Big Data Experiments on Smartphones”, G. Larkou, M. Mintzis, P. Andreou, A. Konstantinidis, D. Zeinalipour-Yazti, Distributed and Parallel Databases (DAPD’16), Volume 34, No.1, Pages: 33-64, 2016.
• “CodeAdventure: An Adventure Game for Computer Science Education”, Andreou P., Nicou, G., Polycarpou, I., Germanakos, P. & Paspallis, N., In: Zaphiris P., Ioannou A. (eds) Learning and Collaboration Technologies. Novel Learning Ecosystems. LCT 2017. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer, Cham, Volume: 10295, 2017
• “A Network-aware Framework for Energy-efficient Data Acquisition in Wireless Sensor Networks”, P. Andreou, D. Zeinalipour-Yazti, G. Samaras, P.K. Chrysanthis, Journal of Network and Computer Applications (JNCA’14), Volume 46, Pages: 227 – 240, 2014.

Selected Research Funding/ Grant Capture

• Horizon Europe, FLECON-6G, Principal Investigator (UCLan Cyprus), €10M, 2025 – 2027.
• Horizon Europe, SLICES-PP, Principal Investigator (UCLan Cyprus), €2.9M, 2022 – 2025.
• H2020-EU.1.4.1.1., SLICES-DS, Principal Investigator (UCLan Cyprus), €2.9M, 2020 – 2022.
• Cyprus RIF-INNOVATE, RegTek, Principal Investigator (InSPIRE), €1M, 2020 – 2022.
• Cyprus RIF-EXCELLENCE-HUBS, IDEALVis, Principal Investigator (InSPIRE), €250K, 2019 – 2021.
• Ε 2/4.10.4.2/1/02.2017, University Labor Market Liaison Offices, Principal Investigator (UCLan Cyprus), €7M, 2014 – 2020.
• H2020-EU-PHC-2014, Grow Me Up, Technical Manager (Cloud Knowledge Base Design), €3.4M, 2015-2018
• EU: FP7-ICT-2013-10, Miraculous-Life for Elderly Independent Living, Technical Manager (Knowledge Base Design), 2013-2016
• EU: FP7-PEOPLE-2011-IAPP-285870, Social Robot to Support Elderly at Home, Technical Manager, 2011-2014
• Research Promotion Foundation Cyprus:  FireWatch: Fire detection/prediction of Cyprus forests using Wireless Sensor Networks, Lead author of the proposal (rank 1st in the evaluation process), Technical manager (designer of the data management system), €160K, 2010 – 2012.

Supervision of Projects/PhDs

• Current PhD supervision (2024 – 2029): Hybrid AI-framework for fraud detection
• Past PhD supervision: Adaptive Data Visualizations Framework. (2016 – 2019)

Consultancy and CPD Training

• Promotion of research techniques to the design of novel software projects, through consulting and training. Consultancy projects include
  • InfoStar: Data Analytics for retail audit data (analysis and visualization of Big Data through the web), RAI Consultants LTD
  • PharmaTrack: Data Analytics for pharmaceutical sales data (analysis and visualization of Big Data through the web), I.A.S. Sinopsis LTD
  • Altius BID: Data warehousing and analytics for insurance data, Altius Insurance
  • UCLan Cyprus Timetable/Student Attendance Monitoring: Comprehensive timetable scheduling system and tracking/reporting of daily student attendance, UCLan Cyprus
  • MesArch: Empowering architectural research through a unified information system, Department of Architecture, University of Cyprus
  • TrainerBee: Social Network for personal trainers
  • AthleteBase: Social network for young athletes
  • Jockey DMS: Architectural design of a data management and reporting system for horse races data, Jockey Magazine
  • CLDC DMS: Architectural Design and supervision for the development of the data management

Scholarships/Awards

• Best PhD Award: 9th European Conference on Wireless Sensor Networks (EWSN’2012) /Cooperating Objects Network of Excellence (CONET)
• eHealth Award: The DITIS system (Networked Home HealthCare Collaboration) was ranked among the best 20 e-Health projects in the European Union (out of 179 EU projects) and has been presented at the e-Health Ministerial conference 2003
• World Summit Award (WSA): DITIS was ranked seventh among over eighty projects at the World Summit Award (WSA) Competition, October 2003
• DMSN’07 student fellowship: Research Fellowship

Other Scholarly and Outreach Activities

• Member of the European Youth Awards (EYA) Grant Jury Expert Team of Evaluators, 2018-2024
• Conference Program Chair at the ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (ITiCSE), 2018
• Expert Reviewer at the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), 2018
• Co-founder and Director of the InSPIRE (Center of Interdisciplinary Science Promotion and Innovative Research Exploration), 2016-present
• Chair (2018-19), Member of Organizing Committee and Jury at the Cyprus Digital Championship, 2015-2019