The aim of the Informatics Laboratory is to develop and promote research at the Department of Computer, Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering and the International Hellenic University on issues related to local and regional development, research and innovation, production improvement, design of innovative products, evaluation and solution of technological problems, as well as modernization of production processes through design, the development and application of modern and advanced technological methods. For this purpose, the Laboratory undertakes the implementation of funded research programs in partnership with public and private bodies. It aims to develop innovative products, tools, systems and software in the field of the subjects it treats. At the same time, it promotes the cooperation of the members of its Scientific Staff with other research and technology bodies with the aim of creating stable research nuclei, as well as the gathering of experience and know-how within the framework of teams of researchers. Indirectly, through its activities, it supports the qualitative upgrading of the education provided to the Department and the University.
The Informatics Laboratory serves research and educational activities in the fields of Informatics with emphasis on the development of algorithms, software and digital technologies as well as the evaluation, utilization and learning of relevant technologies and products. Specifically, the main cognitive and non-restrictive subjects included in the activities of the Laboratory are:
- The design and development of modern information systems.
- Research and development of parallel algorithms in problems of high spatial and temporal complexity.
- Research and development of digital signal and image processing, pattern recognition and artificial intelligence and their application in other cognitive fields such as bioinformatics, biomedicine, industrial applications, decision making systems, three-dimensional digitization and poetry modeling, etc.
- The management of large amounts of data and the discovery of hidden patterns of rules and correlations (data analytics) e.g. market trends, business intelligence, website user behavior, etc.
- The Laboratory also aims to enhance the education provided by organizing undergraduate or postgraduate courses in cutting-edge technological products that help certify trainees by their production companies.
Members
- Dimitrios Varsamis, Professor, Laboratory Director
- Charalampos Strouthopoulos, Professor
- Alkiviadis Tsimpiris, Associate Professor
- Stylianos Basagiannis, Assistant Professor
- Evangelos Outsios, Lecturer
- Iordanis Ziogas, Laboratory Associate
- Theodoros Lantzos, Special Technical Laboratory Staff
- Argyris Koureas, Academic Scholar
PhD Candidates
- Angeioplastis Athanasios, «Deep learning models and algorithms in distance learning» (start date: 26/01/2022)
- Kamilali Angeliki, «Development of computational methods in explicit interpolation with application to control theory problems» (start date: 03/02/2021)
- Myllis Georgios, «Applications of artificial intelligence in water and wastewater management» (start date: 19/01/2023)
- Papaioannou Nikolaos, «Information-based feature selection in machine learning and applications» (start date: 26/01/2022)
- Tsakiridis Sotirios, «Development of computational methods to spatial data acquisition and processing» (start date: 26/01/2022)
Educational workshops under the responsibility of the Laboratory
- Database Laboratory
- Programming Laboratory A
- Programming Laboratory B
- Software Technology Laboratory
- Digital Processing Laboratory
- Research and Technical Support Laboratory
Undergraduate courses under the responsibility of the Laboratory
- Cοmputer Programming Ι
- Cοmputer Programming ΙI
- Object-oriented Programming
- Database Systems
- Software Development Environments
- Computational Intelligence
- Programming Methodology
- Special Topics in Databases
- Software Engineering
- Compilers
- Design and Development of Information Systems
- Human-Machine Interfaces
- Internet Programming Applications
- Data Mining
- Digital Image Processing
MSc courses under the responsibility of the Laboratory
- Database Systems
- Advanced Computer Networks
- Software Development
- Programming in Scientific Applications
- Statistics Analysis Tools
- Remote Teaching Systems
- Application Development in Mobile Devices
- Parallel Programming
- Smart Systems
Collaborations of the Laboratory
- Cooperation with the Municipality of Serres
- Cooperation with the Chamber of Serres
- Cooperation with the ANESER S.A.
Active Project Management from 2018
s/n | Project Title | Funding | Period | Budget |
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1 | Virtual Auditorioum | ERASMUS-EDU-2023-PI-FORWARD-LOT | 2023-2027 | 1.381.070,00€ |
2 | English as Maths Speech | Erasmus+ | 2023-2025 | 250.000,00€ |
3 | Development of Smart Farming Applications for monitoring-improvement of production and training of farmers, MIS 5136493 | “Investment Innovation Plans” Operational Program “Central Macedonia-Greece” | 2021-2023 | 130.000,00€ |
4 | Creative Engineering | Erasmus+ | 2022-2023 | 400.000,00€ |
5 | Gamification is the tool for new learning | Erasmus+ | 2022-2023 | 120.000,00€ |
6 | BEE with Oracle APEX | Erasmus+ | 2021-2022 | 268.362,00€ |
7 | Optimizing the placement and counting of goods in large industrial sites using drones, MIS 5136571 | “Investment Innovation Plans” Operational Program “Central Macedonia-Greece” | 2021-2023 | 200.000,00€ |
8 | Strengthening and accelerating the merger processes and abolitions of higher education institutions) | National Resources | 2021-2023 | 1.200.000,00€ |
9 | GRE-Taste: the Taste of Greece | RESEARCH – CREATE – INNOVATE (EPANEK) | 2018-2021 | 741.060,00€ |
10 | Electronic support services of collective bodies of the Municipality of Serres | Municipality of Serres | 2020-2024 | 7.000,00€ |
11 | Development, installation and technical support of an outbreak mapping system for mosquito control | ANESER S.A. | 2022-2025 | 15.000,00€ |
Publications of the last five years by members of the Laboratory
Books
- Alpaydin E. (Επιμέλεια Μετάφραση: Κουλουριώτης Δ., Γεωργόπουλος Ε., Τσαδήρας Α. Τσιμπίρης Α.., «Εισαγωγή στη Μηχανική Μάθηση», Εκδόσεις Broken Hill , Π.Χ. Πασχαλίδης, ISBN 978-9925-588-50-3, 2022
- Κουρέας Α., Νάτσικας Κ., Τσιμπίρης Α., «Εκπαιδευτική Ρομποτική με Spike Prime (Τόμος 3)», Εκδόσεις Δίσιγμα, 978-618-202-125-5, 2023
- Κουρέας Α., Νάτσικας Κ., Τσιμπίρης Α., «Εκπαιδευτική Ρομποτική με Spike Prime (Τόμος 2)», Εκδόσεις Δίσιγμα, 978-618-202-105-7, 2022
- Κουρέας Α., Νάτσικας Κ., Τσιμπίρης Α., «Εκπαιδευτική Ρομποτική με Spike Prime (Τόμος 1)», Εκδόσεις Δίσιγμα, 978-618-202-096-8, 2022
- Κουρέας Α., Νάτσικας Κ., Τσιμπίρης Α., Φωτιάδου Ι., «Εκπαιδευτική Ρομποτική Mindstorms EV3», Εκδόσεις Δίσιγμα, ISBN13:978-618-202-024-1, 2020
Publications in international peer-reviewed journals
- Tsakiridis, N. Papaioannou, A. Tsimpiris, D. Varsamis, A. Papakonstantinou, “Smart agriculture: Predictive height analysis for universal crop health classification”, Contemporary Engineering Sciences, Vol. 16, no. 1, 55-70, 2023
- Strikas, N. Papaioannou, I. Stamatopoulos, A. Angeioplastis, A. Tsimpiris, D. Varsamis, P. Giagazoglou, «State-of-the-art CNN Architectures for Assessing Fine Motor Skills: a Comparative Study,» Transactions on Advances in Engineering Education, vol. 20, pp. 44-51, 2023
- Papaioannou, A. Tsimpiris, A. Kounani, I. Stamatopoulos, A. Angeioplastis, D. Varsamis, Comparative analysis of convolutional neural networks for early diagnosis of plant diseases and pest in a multiclass dataset”, International Journal of Computing and Optimization, Vol. 10, no. 1, 41-53, 2023
- Strikas, A. Valiakos, A.Tsimpiris, D. Varsamis, P. Giagazoglou , «Deep Learning Techniques for Fine Motor Skills Assessment in Preschool Children”, International Journal of Education and Learning Systems, Submitted (6-5-2022)
- Voultsou, K.Strikas, A. Tsimpiris, D. Varsamis, «First Reading and Writing in Greek using Asynchronous Distance Learning», Journal of Innovative Technology and Education, Accepted for Publication (21-4-2022)
- Papadopoulou, A.Tsimpiris, D. Varsamis, «Educational robotics and asynchronous learning platforms: A powerful combination to enhance education in Special Schools», Journal of Innovative Technology and Education, Accepted for Publication (21-1-2022)
- Tsimpiris, D. Varsamis, «Tesseract OCR Evaluation on Greek Food Menus Datasets», International Journal of Computing and Optimization, , Vol. 9(1), 13 – 32, 2022
- Varsamis, A. Tsimpiris, «Parallel Implementations of k-Means in Matlab», Contemporary Engineering Sciences, Vol. 13(1), 359 – 366, 2020
- Siggiridou, C. Koutlis, A. Tsimpiris, D. Kugiumtzis, «Evaluation of Granger Causality Measures for Constructing Networks from Multivariate Time Series», Entropy, Vol 21, (11), 1080, 2019
Publications in proceedings of international conferences with referees
- A Kounani, N Lavazos, A Tsimpiris, D Varsamis, “Sustainable Smart Agriculture: Plant disease detection with deep learning techniques in cotton cultivation”, International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology Proceedings, 2023
- Athanasios Angeioplastis, Alkiviadis Tsimpiris, Dimitrios Varsamis, Robert Leskovar, “Integration of ORACLE APEX Environment in Database Courses of Computer, Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering Department of International Hellenic University”, 42nd International Conference on Organizational Science Development: Interdisciplinarity Counts, Portorož, 2023
- Athanasios Angeioplastis, Alkiviadis Tsimpiris, Dimitrios Varsamis, Robert Leskovar, “DATA ANALYSIS OF STUDENT’S PERFORMANCE ON “DATABASE” COURSE WITH ORACLE APEX STATISTICS”, 42nd International Conference on Organizational Science Development: Interdisciplinarity Counts, Portorož, 2023
- Robert Leskovar, Wieland Schwinger, Werner Retschitzegger, Alkiviadis Tsimpiris, Athanasis Angeioplastis, Dijana Oreški, Vjeran Strahonja, “Alphas of Low Code Development Project: BeeAPEX Case”, 42nd International Conference on Organizational Science Development: Interdisciplinarity Counts, Portorož, 2023
- Tsimpiris, D. Varsamis, C. Strouthopoulos, G. Pavlidis, K. Chairi, “Open-source OCR engine integration with Greek dictionary”, PCI 2021: 25th Pan-Hellenic Conference on Informatics, Volos, Greece, November 2021, 436–441, 2021
- Pavlidis , S. Markantonatou , K. Toraki , A. Vacalopoulou , C. Strouthopoulos , D. Varsamis , A. Tsimpiris , S. Mouroutsos , C. Kiourt , V. Sevetlidis and P. Minos, «AI in gastronomic tourism», 2 nd International Conference on Advances in Signal Processing and Artificial Intelligence (ASPAI’ 2020), 1-3 April 2020, Berlin, 168-173, Germany, 2020
Publications in proceedings of national conferences with referees
- Α. Κουνάνη, Ν. Λαβάζος, Α. Τσιμπίρης, Δ. Βαρσάμης, Εντοπισμός φυτικών ασθενειών με τεχνικές βαθιάς μηχανικής μάθησης, 34ο Πανελλήνιο Συνέδριο Στατιστικής «Στατιστική και Πειραματικές Επιστήμες», Γεωπονικό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών, Αθήνα, 19-22 Μαΐου, 2022
- Α. Τσιμπίρης, «Πρόβλεψη πολυμεταβλητών χρονοσειρών με βαθιά νευρωνικά δίκτυα», 32ο Πανελλήνιο Συνέδριο Στατιστικής «Η επιστήμη της στατιστική και η συμβολή της στη βιώσιμη ανάπτυξη», Ιωάννινα, 30 Μαΐου -1 Ιουνίου, 2019
- Κ.Π. Στρίγκας, Α. Τσιμπίρης, Δ. Βαρσάμης, «Εξ Αποστάσεως Επιμόρφωση Εκπαιδευτικών από το 4ο ΠΕ.Κ.Ε.Σ. Κ. Μακεδονίας. Εφαρμογή, αποτίμηση και προοπτική», 10ο Διεθνές Συνέδριο για την Ανοικτή και εξ Αποστάσεως Εκπαίδευση, Σχολή Ανθρωπιστικών Επιστημών, ΕΑΠ, OPEN EDUCATION , Αθήνα, 22 – 24 Νοεμβρίου 2019
- Κ.Π. Στρίγκας, Α. Τσιμπίρης, Δ. Βαρσάμης, «Εξ Αποστάσεως Κυκλοφοριακή Αγωγή για μαθητές Στ’ Δημοτικού Σχολείου», 10ο Διεθνές Συνέδριο για την Ανοικτή και εξ Αποστάσεως Εκπαίδευση, Σχολή Ανθρωπιστικών Επιστημών, ΕΑΠ, OPEN EDUCATION , Αθήνα, 22 – 24 Νοεμβρίου, 2019
- Κ. Στρίγκας, Α. Τσιμπίρης, «Εξ αποστάσεως Επιμόρφωση Δασκάλων. Εφαρμογή, Στατιστική Ανάλυση και Αποτίμηση», 6ο Πανελλήνιο Συνέδριο «Ένταξη και Χρήση των ΤΠΕ στην Εκπαιδευτική Διαδικασία», ΕΤΠΕ, Αθήνα, 18- 20 Οκτωβρίου, 2019, σελ. 216-227
- E. Στάμου, A. Τσιμπίρης, X. Στρουθόπουλος, «Ασύγχρονη Εκπαίδευση: Ένα πολύτιμο εργαλείο για τους εκπαιδευτικούς στην Προσχολική Ηλικία», 2ο Πανελλήνιο Συνέδριο Διδακτικής, Παιδαγωγικής και Τεχνολογιών της Πληροφορικής και των Επικοινωνιών, Καβάλα, 23-25 Νοεμβρίου, 2018
- I. Γκιουγκή, A. Τσιμπίρης, Δ. Βαρσάμης, «Αξιολόγηση της απόδοσης μαθητών Β -θμιας εκπαίδευσης από την χρήση τεχνικών ασύγχρονης εκπαίδευσης στο μάθημα ‘Σχέδιο’», 2ο Πανελλήνιο Συνέδριο Διδακτικής, Παιδαγωγικής και Τεχνολογιών της Πληροφορικής και των Επικοινωνιών, Καβάλα, 23-25 Νοεμβρίου, 2018
- Α. Κουρέας, Δ. Βαρσάμης, Α. Τσιμπίρης, Λ. Φραγγίδης, «Ανάπτυξη πλατφόρμας τηλεκπαίδευσης για το μάθημα «Ανάπτυξη Εφαρμογών σε Προγραμματιστικό Περιβάλλον», 2ο Πανελλήνιο Συνέδριο Διδακτικής, Παιδαγωγικής και Τεχνολογιών της Πληροφορικής και των Επικοινωνιών, Καβάλα, 23-25 Νοεμβρίου, 2018
- Α. Πασχαλίδου., Κ. Νάτσικας., Α. Τσιμπίρης, Δ. Βαρσάμης, «Ασκήσεις Εκπαιδευτικής Ρομποτικής με το εκπαιδευτικό κιτ και λογισμικό της LegoEducationWedo0 για το μάθημα ‘Μελέτη του Περιβάλλοντος», 2ο Πανελλήνιο Συνέδριο Διδακτικής, Παιδαγωγικής και Τεχνολογιών της Πληροφορικής και των Επικοινωνιών, Καβάλα, 23-25 Νοεμβρίου, 2018
Chapters in books
- Κ. Στρίγκας, Α. Τσιμπίρης, Δ. Βαρσάμης, Χ. Πράμας, Γ. Μιχαηλίδης, «Εξ αποστάσεως Επιμόρφωση Δασκάλων. Εφαρμογή, Στατιστική Ανάλυση και Αποτίμηση», Επιστημονικό Βήμα του δασκάλου, (23), 205-236, 2019
- Κ.Π. Στρίγκας, A. Τσιμπίρης, «Εξ αποστάσεως Επιμόρφωση Δασκάλων. Εφαρμογή, Στατιστική Ανάλυση και Αποτίμηση», Open Education, 15(1), 241-267, 2019