I am a Professor of Operations Research in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Patras.
I received a BSc in Mathematics from the University of Ioannina in 1981 and my Ph.D. in Operations Research in 1984 from the Department of Mathematics at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. From 1988 to 2006 I was Lecturer, Assistant and Associate Professor in the same Department. Since 2006 I have been with the Department of Mathematics of the University of Patras, as an Associate Professor (2006-2014) and Professor (2014-present) of Operations Research. I served as vice-Chairman of the Department from September 2011 to August 2015 and as Chairman from September 2013 to October 2015.
My teaching interests include Operations Research, Probability and Statistics, and Optimization. I have taught several courses in these areas in the undergraduate and graduate programs of the Department of Mathematics at the Univeristy of Patras. I have also taught graduate courses in Operations Research and Management Science, Quantitative Techiques, Research Methodoloy, etc. in graduate programs organized by the other departments or universities, such as the Department of Mathematics at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (graduate program in Statistics and Operations Research), the University of Macedonia (graduate program in Business Administration), etc. From 2009 to 2013 I served as director of the graduate program in "Mathematics and Modern Applications" organized by the University of Patras (Department of Mathematics), while, since 2013 I serve as director of the graduate program in "Mathematics of Computers and Decision Making" coorganized by the Department of Mathematics and the Department of Computer Engineering & Informatics. I have supervised more than 30 master theses and 1 doctoral theses at Department of Mathematics at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
My research interests are in the areas of Manpower Planning, Optimization in Stochastic Models, Optimal Control Problems, Applications of Markov Chains and Discrete-Time Markov Processes, Computational Markov Chains. I have publised papers in international journals such as European Journal of Operational Research, Mathematical Methods of Operations Research, Journal of the Operational Research Society, Journal of Applied Probability, Linear Algebra and its Applications. I have presented my research in several national and international conferences. I have refereed papers for many journals in the field of Operations Research and Applied Probability.