The Institute of Communication and Computer Systems (ICCS) of the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) of the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) was founded in 1992.
I-SENSE Group is one of the Research Units of ICCS, founded in 2002 and focused on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Virtual Environments, Smart Integrated Systems, Digital Platforms across many disciplines such as Sustainability, Circular Economy, Mobility, Logistics and Supply Chain, Citizen Science.
The Decision Support Systems Laboratory (DSSLab) is a multidisciplinary scientific unit that operates within ICCS. It provides academic training, and carries out R&D projects, management and decision support services across a wide range of complex business, socio-technical, energy and climate policy/planning problems, having more than 100 highly qualified researchers.
CIBOS will mainly contribute to WP11 exploitation activities. As a spin-off company of ICCS, it will develop a business plan and exploitation and marketing strategy for the main Key Exploitable Result
ICCS is the coordinator of Theseus H4C Project, managing the overall methodology and the work plan of the whole consortium.
I-SENSE will develop material flows analysis and projections, digital frameworks and components, Digital Product Passport, Matchmaking Algorithms, Separation and Sorting Robotic and Mechanical Systems, Smart Bins, AR/XR app, to be demonstrated in the material pilots. It will contribute to regional analysis conducted in within the project, in the development of the governance model, as well as in activities related to collaboration and social awareness. DSSLab will develop climate change models, building on the insights to be upscaled in EU, using GCAM-Europe and CLEWs-EU, as well as Theseus H4C platform Security Enabler for identity access management strategy and role-based access policies.
s (KERs) of the institute, comprising sorting technologies for various materials, and the use of Extended Reality to assess human-robot interaction during sorting. Moreover, it will contribute to WP2, supporting the projections for 2050 scenarios for the Attica region, backed with data from its network of value chain stakeholders in the respective verticals.
Dr. Angelos J. Amditis Research and Development Director in ICCS and member of its Board of Directors. Elected Chairman of ERTICO – ITS Europe since June 2018, and a member of ERTICO’s Supervisory Board (BoD, Vice President of ITS Hellas. He has been the scientific responsible for more than 150 EU and national projects.
Charalampos Manousiadis is a Project Manager in the I-SENSE Research Group of ICCS and a PhD candidate in Regional Development at the University of the Aegean. He holds a Diploma degree in ECE-NTUA. He has worked as a technology consultant at Accenture. He has served twice as elected Municipal Councilor of Keratsini-Drapetsona.
Georgios Tsimiklis is a Researcher and Scientific Project Manager at the I-SENSE Group of ICCS. He holds a Diploma degree in ECE-Patras University and MSc in Entrepreneurship and Innovation from KTH. He has an extensive experience in the management of large-scale IT projects in the field of Airline Passenger Service Systems, in and Japan.
Kostas Chatziioannou is the Division Leader of Circular Economy & Tracing at the I-SENSE Group of ICCS. He holds a Diploma degree in ECE-DUTH and a MSc in Sustainable Energy Systems from Chalmers, Gothenburg, Sweden, on smart electricity grids and integration of RES in the European power grid upon circularity and societal aspects of sustainability.
Marilena Xarcha graduated from the Economics Department of the University of Piraeus. She is employed in the I-SENSE group of ICCS responsible for financial management of research projects heading the financial team since 2011. She is responsible for project administrative management, monitoring and planning expenditures, checking partners’ expenditures and synthesizing financial reports, and distribution of partners’ payments. She is acting as the administrative manager on behalf of the coordinator for several H2020 and Horizon Europe projects.
Zaharoula Xipolitou graduated from Mercy Diocesan College. She has completed the Advanced Certificate in Business and Office Administration in Melbourne Australia. She has worked for two of the largest banks in Australia in managerial positions. She has extensive experience in Sales and Promoting bank products and in directing all operational aspects including distribution customers’ service and human resources. She has also provided training and coaching to all new lending and sales staff.
Dr. Theodoros Theodoropoulos holds a PhD from ECE-NTUA in the “Application of convex optimization algorithms to electric vehicle demand side management” and a MSc from Telecom ParisTech. He has participated in the development of various EU and Commercial projects. He is the Technical Coordinator of the Circular Economy & Tracing Division.
Dr. Lucyna Lekawska-Andrinopoulou holds a Diploma in Environmental Protection from Warsaw University, M.Sc. in Bioinformatics from Stockholm University and PhD from AUA within FP7 Initial Training Network “Lean Green Food”. She has worked on environmental and sustainability projects in several scientific institutes and universities in Europe.
Stella Georgali is a Project Manager in I-SENSE Group of ICCS. She holds a diploma in Civil Engineering and a Master’s in Environment, both NTUA. She has extensive experience in circular economy and sustainability in both industry and research. Stella has worked at the EU Cement Association and TITAN Cement Group with various roles to support the execution of the Group’s sustainability strategy.
Dr. Lucyna Lekawska-Andrinopoulou holds a Diploma in Environmental Protection from Warsaw University, M.Sc. in Bioinformatics from Stockholm University and PhD from AUA within FP7 Initial Training Network “Lean Green Food”. She has worked on environmental and sustainability projects in several scientific institutes and universities in Europe.
Dr. Fotios Konstantinidis is the Division leader of Smart Industry at I-SENSE group of ICCS. He holds a Ph.D. in Smart Manufacturing and a Diploma in ECE and a Master’s degree from DUTH. He has worked as an Industry 4.0 Technology Analyst proposing relevant strategies.
Panagiotis Zoumpoulis is a Robotics Engineer at ICCS. He holds a diploma in Mechanical Engineering and MSc in Automation Systems. Panagiotis has participated in several EU projects in the field of additive manufacturing. He has authored articles for journals and conferences and has contributed to webinars and training as a guest lecturer.
Dr. Tina Katika holds a diploma in Civil Engineering and an MSc in Geotechnical Engineering (University of Patras), a Ph.D. from the Technical University of Denmark and she has worked as a researcher in Colorado School of Mines. She has worked as a Product Owner at Labster. She is experienced in agile development processes and product management (market research, product development, and customer experience) in VR/AR products that have reached users in multidisciplinary sectors (universities, healthcare, and corporates).