ARTEMIS addresses cultural heritage conservation, restoration, and valorisation through the concept of Reactive Digital Twins. Unlike static digital replicas, a reactive digital twin is a living, responsive representation that dynamically reflects the behaviour and condition of a real-world heritage asset. The project implements services on heritage documentation data that model asset behaviour under different conditions and external phenomena, enabling digital experiments that simulate the effects of various activities on the twin.

My role: Design and development of a microservices architecture supporting the ARTEMIS platform in implementing the reactive digital twin design pattern. Development of a web-based environment where annotations drive the dynamic behaviour and reactivity of the digital twin, transforming it into a tool for enrichment, adaptation, and responsive representation of cultural heritage assets. Formulation of a pilot template methodology to define the specifications of each pilot case.

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A flagship Greek research project aiming to create a unified IoT platform through extensive analysis and integration of urban infrastructure across Greek cities. SmartC4G_2.0 focused on implementing a digital twin of a school building complex located within the University of Patras campus. The digital twin was produced through an IoT infrastructure providing real-time measurements of energy consumption and environmental conditions, combined with a 3D digitisation process of the buildings.

My role: Development of a web-based annotation and characterisation environment for the school building infrastructure. The tool supported manual segmentation of building geometry according to construction materials and their energy-related properties. Additionally, the platform functioned as a digital twin by visualising energy parameter flows through annotated points of interest, providing a comprehensive picture of the building’s energy behaviour and performance.

Publications: IC12 (2025)

A flagship interdisciplinary project examining the impacts of the green and digital transition on individuals, households, businesses, and public policy across Greek regions. JustReDI combined primary and secondary data analysis to map areas and sectors differentially affected by the twin transition. The project identified education and training needs in digital and green skills, while elaborating targeted public policy proposals.

My role: Design and development of GreenDC, a web-based decision-support and self-assessment platform for data centres. The tool focused on sustainability, energy efficiency, and progressive compliance with the EU Code of Conduct on Data Centre Energy Efficiency. It translated the regulatory framework and its technical sustainability guidelines into a structured digital instrument for evaluation, benchmarking, and continuous improvement.

Greece 4.0 served as a pilot pillar for Industry 4.0, providing the necessary infrastructure and knowledge for the development, testing, and validation of smart manufacturing services including Industrial IoT platforms, Digital Twins, control systems, robotics, and Artificial Intelligence. The project aimed to assist Greek manufacturing companies in their digital transformation.

My role: Design, development, and extension of a web-based 3D annotation platform for industrial training applications. The tool enabled rich semantic annotation of 3D models representing industrial machinery, transforming static digital assets into structured educational resources. The platform also supported export of annotated data in formats suitable for downstream Virtual Reality training tools.

APTOS addressed a fundamental question in cultural heritage accessibility: how can visually impaired people meaningfully experience museum artefacts when tactile contact is typically prohibited? The project proposed a multidisciplinary approach fusing ambient intelligence, microcontrollers, 3D digitisation and printing, and audio narration to create smart exhibit replicas that transform passive museum objects into interactive, haptic experiences. Three prototype systems were developed and installed at the Epigraphic Museum of Athens.

My role: Design and development of the IoT service layer powering the smart exhibit systems. Integration of single board computers, microcontrollers, RFID readers, and proximity sensors into 3D printed cultural heritage replicas. This project represented a pivotal personal shift toward human-centric design and accessibility. The work produced four publications including two first-author journal papers in the Journal of Cultural Heritage, one of which received the Editor’s Choice distinction.

Publications: J11 (2021, Editor’s Choice), J13 (2023), IC11 (2024), GC6 (2021)

A collaborative platform addressing the gap between expert-driven occupational health and safety auditing and broader workforce participation in safety reporting. Safety4ALL introduced a novel three-level evaluation architecture integrating crowdsourced citizen assessments, multimodal AI classification, and expert-in-the-loop validation. The platform combined location-based reporting using BLE, QR, and NFC technologies with a multimodal text and image classification pipeline built on a dual-encoder transformer architecture.

My role: Technical management and requirements engineering for the entire platform. This project marked a pivotal shift toward human-centric research dimensions, combining artificial intelligence with human contribution through collective awareness platforms. Building on prior experience with human-in-the-loop systems in industrial maintenance, Safety4ALL extended this paradigm into Industry 5.0 territory.

Publications: J12 (2022)

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ESTIA developed a comprehensive platform for the forecast, detection, and management of structural fire incidents within cultural heritage settlements and sites. The platform incorporated advanced simulation capabilities for fire propagation and crowd behaviour, offering responsible authorities tools for risk assessment, first responder training, and real-time incident management. The old town of Xanthi (Greece) served as the primary case study.

My role: Design and development of a web-based multi-user annotation tool that represented a pivotal transition from metadata management systems toward annotation-enriched digital twins. The tool enabled 3D visualisation and semantic annotation of urban-scale point cloud data. Civil protection stakeholders could mark and codify risk-relevant points of interest directly on the 3D representation of the urban fabric.

Publications: GC4 (2020), GC5 (2021)

PALMIS targeted active lifecycle management of industrial products and assets, aiming to close the loop between lower-level production shop-floor functions and higher-level decision-making. The project integrated Internet of Things (IoT) and Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) technologies with smart data processing and management, enabling both monitoring intelligence and operational knowledge to flow seamlessly across the production environment.

My role: Extension of the IMA-FMEA platform into a sociotechnical system where both human expertise and cyber-physical infrastructure could concurrently activate and validate segments of a failure analysis study. The CPS layer enabled automated correlation of sensor threshold events and operational behaviour patterns with specific failure causes and effects. This work was published as “Enabling the human in the loop” (J7, 2019).

Publications: J7 (2019)

A research project focused on advancing Condition-Based Maintenance (CBM) through a flexible toolset of wireless sensor networks, mobile devices, and intelligent software services. The WelCOM platform enabled ubiquitous, transparent access to maintenance-related data and services, encompassing wireless monitoring infrastructure with embedded intelligence for condition capture, deviation detection, fault diagnosis, and prognostic estimation.

My role: Design and development of IMA-FMEA (Intelligent Maintenance Advisor), a web-based tool that transformed traditional FMEA studies into a living, field-validated knowledge framework. Known failure modes, causes, and effects were presented as observable events to be confirmed or annotated during field inspections. This work formed the core of the PhD research and produced 10 publications.

Publications: J3, J5, J6, IC4, IC6, IC7, IC8, IC9, IC10, BC1

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An e-learning platform designed to improve the qualifications and employability of maintenance management personnel in the manufacturing sector. Built on a customised Moodle environment, iLearn2Main delivered a learner-centric training experience aligned with EFNMS (European Federation of National Maintenance Societies) competence standards, covering modern maintenance strategies such as condition monitoring, e-maintenance, and reliability-centred practices.

My role: Development of learning objects focused on e-maintenance and condition monitoring. Authoring of educational content and self-assessment material for the customised Moodle-based LMS, targeting maintenance managers seeking to modernise their practices through digital tools and methodologies.

Publications: J1 (2010), J4 (2013), IC5 (2011)

Evaluation of an early-stage wireless sensor network (WSN) platform for its capacity to support embedded, node-level analytics in condition monitoring scenarios. The project focused on assessing the extent to which computationally constrained sensor hardware and its accompanying middleware could accommodate intelligent pre-processing, specifically novelty detection algorithms applied to measurement streams. U-Sense provided valuable insights into the feasibility of pushing analytical intelligence to the network edge.

My role: Software evaluation and benchmarking of the WSN middleware stack. Comparative assessment of embedded processing capabilities for on-node signal analysis and anomaly detection, within the constraints of early IoT hardware.

A European project aiming to reduce buildings’ thermal energy demand and enable energy flexibility to increase the renewable energy share, enhancing grid stability in a cost-effective way with low lifecycle environmental impact.

My role: Development and support of web applications for the dissemination of the project’s research outcomes. Coordination of Design Thinking workshops and authoring of a professional handbook for the effective promotion and exploitation of the project’s research achievements.

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A European project developing innovative and holistic renovation solutions to increase the scope and productivity of the renovation process, improve comfort and satisfaction of building inhabitants, and maximise integrated decentralised renewable energy generation. The project developed 8 renovation packages deployed across 4 demo sites in Greece, Italy, France, and Hungary.

My role: Data profiling for the identification of energy conditions and the design of social innovation actions. Documentation of needs and evaluation of the effectiveness of proposed renovation packages. Design of personalised activity plans for validation of results and recording of impacts throughout the renovation package lifecycle.

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A capacity-building initiative addressing real-world challenges faced by SMEs through the lens of circular economy and innovative product development. The project delivered a series of seminars and hands-on workshops attended by company representatives, combining lectures with collaborative exercises focused on translating innovation goals into actionable product development strategies.

My role: Design and delivery of training content across three thematic areas: Product and Service Design & Development Principles; Journey of the Prototyping Process; and Testing Prototypes at parts, systems, and models level. The work involved lectures and interactive workshops with company representatives, providing mentorship on communicating innovation specifications and engaging with circular economy objectives.