About – Kostas Choumas

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Kostas Choumas
08 August 1984
Residence: Volos, Greece
Hometown: Agios Georgios Nileias, Greece
Nationality: Greek
Languages: Greek (Native), English (Proficient user)

Education

Research & Work Experience

Teaching Experience

Honors

Summer Schools

Education

PhD at Univ. of Thessaly, Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering

10/2009 - 09/2015
Thesis: Resource Allocation in Wireless Adhoc Networks
Supervisors: Prof. Leandros Tassiulas & Prof. Thanasis Korakis

1-year M.Sc. in 'Telecommunications, Signals and Networks' at Univ. of Thessaly, Dept. of Computer & Communication Engineering

09/2007 - 06/2008
Grade: 9.69 / 10
Thesis: Sharing and collaboration for efficient Internet service provisioning in wireless networks
Supervisor: Prof. Leandros Tassiulas

5-year Diploma Degree (B.Eng., M.Sc.) at Univ. of Thessaly, Dept. of Computer & Communication Engineering

09/2002 - 06/2007
Grade: 8.72 / 10
Thesis: Prioritization schemes for QoS provisioning in wireless networks
Supervisor: Prof. Leandros Tassiulas

High School studies at 1o Lyceum of Almiros, Greece

09/1999 - 06/2002
Grade: 19.0 / 20

Research & Work Experience

Postdoctoral associate with Univ. of Thessaly, Volos, Greece

08/2015 - PRESENT

> working on ALLIANCE

01/2025 - PRESENT, research on using Blockchain in food supply chains

> working on RECONMATIC

07/2022 - PRESENT, research on using Blockchain in the supply chain of concrete

> working on 5G-PICTURE

01/2018 - 11/2019, research on using SDN in the 5G architecture

> working on 5G-XHAUL

10/2015 - 06/2018, research on using SDN in the 5G architecture

> working on SMARTFIRE

10/2015 - 12/2015, research on building wireless and SDN testbeds across EU and South Korea

Secondment from CERTH to iquadrat, Barcelona, Spain

08/2014 - 07/2015

Graduate research fellow with Univ. of Thessaly, Volos & CERTH, Thessaloniki, Greece

05/2014 - 07/2014

Graduate research fellow with CERTH, Thessaloniki, Greece

09/2009 - 10/2010 & 01/2011 - 05/2014

> internship at NICTA, Sydney, Australia

07/2012 - 08/2012

Mandatory military service at the Computers Department of Greek Army

08/2008 - 08/2009

Internship at Intracom, Athens, Greece

08/2003 - 09/2003

Teaching Experience

Teaching Instructor at Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering of Univ. of Thessaly

Courses: Inter-network Protocol Design, Network Optimization & Computer Networks II
09/2020 - 06/2021

Teaching Instructor at Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering of Univ. of Thessaly

Course: Network Optimization
02/2019 - 06/2019

Teaching Instructor at Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering of Univ. of Thessaly

Course: Computer Networks II
02/2017 - 06/2019

Teaching Assistant at Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering of Univ. of Thessaly

Courses: Inter-network Protocol Design, Computer Networks I, Wireless Communications & Network Optimization
09/2013 - 06/2017

Teaching Assistant at Dept. of Computer Science & Telecommunications of former Technological Educational Institute (T.E.I.) of Thessaly

Course: Artificial Intelligence
10/2010 - 07/2011

Teaching Instructor at the Speciality of Web Designer/Developer of the Institute of Vacational Training (I.E.K.) of Volos

Courses: Algorithms & Data Structures, Operating Systems, Computer Networks & Introduction to Information Technology
10/2009 - 02/2011

Teaching Assistant at Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering of Univ. of Thessaly

Course: Scientific Computing
02/2008 - 06/2008

Teaching Assistant at Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering of Univ. of Thessaly

Course: Linear Algebra
09/2005 - 02/2006 & 09/2007 - 02/2008

Rich experience on teaching in private schools

Courses: Programming (C, C++, Java), Compilers & Operating Systems
09/2004 - 07/2009

Honors

Scholarship for research on 5G networks given through the "Supporting researchers with emphasis on new researchers" call for proposals (ΕΔΒΜ 34) of the Operational Program «Human Resources Development, Education and Lifelong Learning 2014-2020»

05/2018 - 07/2019

Best paper award in CloudComp 2015

10/2015

Full Grant to attend the summer schools powered by Onassis Foundation Science Lecture Series

07/2008 & 07/2010

Scholarship for the M.Sc. studies given by European Operational Programme "Education" (ΕΠΕΑΕΚ II)

Ranked 1st in class
09/2007 - 06/2008

Scholarships and awards for the Diploma studies given by Greek State Scholarships Foundation (IKY) and Technical Chamber of Greece (TEE)

Ranked 1st in class
09/2002 - 06/2007

Summer Schools

"Network and Information Security" in Heraklion, Greece

Powered by Onassis Foundation Science Lecture Series
07/2010

"Embedded networked Systems: Theory and Applications" in Heraklion, Greece

Powered by Onassis Foundation Science Lecture Series
07/2008

"Advances in Beyond 3G Wireless Communications and Networks" in Santorini, Greece

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09/2006