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Technical Program

DAY 1st : Sunday 3, July 2011

THEMATIC AREA: "Opening Ceremony"
Central Hall, Latseio Hall, 19:00

Session Chairs:

  • Nicolas Sklavos, Technological Educational Institute of Patras, Hellas
  • Spyros Louvros, Technological Education Institute of Messologhi, Hellas

18:30  Registration
19:00  Opening: Welcome Message
19:30  2nd ATHENA 2011 Summer School Presentation
        Nicolas Sklavos, Technological Educational Institute of Patras, Hellas
19:45  Researchers Awards
20:00  Sunday Plenary Talk:
        "Education in Academia and the Challenges in the New World Order"
        Socrates Kaplanis, Technological Educational Institute of Patras, Hellas

DAY 2nd : Monday 4, July 2011

THEMATIC AREA: "Networks & Communications"
Central Hall, Latseio Hall, 9:00 - 14:00

Session Chairs:

  • Vassileios Triantafyllou, Techn. Educational Institute of Messologhi, Hellas
  • Sherali Zeadally, University of the District of Columbia, USA

9:00   "Advanced LTE Network Presentation"
        Spyros Louvros, Technological Education Institute of Messologhi, Hellas
10:00  "Deflection and Wormhole Routing: Issues & Problems"
        Vassileios Triantafyllou, Techn. Education Institute of Messologhi, Hellas
11:00  30 minutes break
11:30  "Wireless Ad Hoc Sensor Networks: A Programming View"
        George Ashmakopoulos, Techn. Education Institute of Messologhi, Hellas
12:30  "Elliptic Curve Cryptography as a Security Enhancement on Modern Network Systems"
        Apostolos P. Fournaris, University of Patras, Hellas
13:30  "Digital Signal Processing Applications for Wireless Communication Systems"
        Athanasios Koutras, Technological Educational Institute of Patras, Hellas
14:30   Exams of the Day

DAY 3rd : Tuesday 5, July 2011

THEMATIC AREA: "Wireless & Mobile Technologies"
Central Hall, Latseio Hall, 9:00 - 14:00

Session Chairs:

  • Tasos Dagiuklas, Technological Education Institute of Messologhi, Hellas
  • Aggeliki Pragiati, Hellenic Telecommunications & Post Commission, Hellas

9:00   "Wireless Technologies in Greek reality - Europe Digital Agenda"
        Aggeliki Pragiati, Hellenic Telecommunications & Post Commission, Hellas
10:00  "Wireless Technology Applications in Public Sector, Environment & Health"
        Aggeliki Pragiati, Hellenic Telecommunications & Post Commission, Hellas
11:00  30 minutes break
11:30  "Mobile Video Delivery Across Heterogeneous Wireless Networks"
        Tasos Dagiuklas, Technological Education Institute of Messologhi, Hellas
12:30  "Android & You"
        Panayiotis Alefragis, Technological Education Institute of Messologhi, Hellas
13:30  "A Competitive Sizing of Stand Alone PV Systems Powering DC Loads"
        E. Kaplani, S. Kaplanis, Technological Educational Institute of Patras, Hellas
14:30   Exams of the Day

DAY 4th : Wednesday 6, July 2011

THEMATIC AREA: "Embedded Systems Design: Mobile & Wireless"
Central Hall, Latseio Hall, 9:00 - 14:00

Session Chairs:

  • Kamesh Namuduri, University of North Texas, USA
  • Mirela Sechi Moretti Annoni Notare, Sao Jose Municipal University, Brazil

9:00   "Ubiquitous Computing - A Multidisciplinary Endeavour"
        I.D. Zaharakis, Technological Educational Institute of Patras, Hellas
10:00  "Space and Satellite Value Added Services"
        George Kostopoulos, ARATOS Technologies S.A., Hellas
11:00  30 minutes break
11:30  "SAE/LTE MME, P/S-GW Ericsson Technology Presentation"
        Harris Palaskonis, Teledrom AB
12:30  "Lawful Interception"
        Athanasios Milidonis, Nokia-Siemens Networks, Hellas
13:30  "Mapping Optimisation and Dynamic Memory Management for Distributed On-Chip         Multi-Core ARchiTecture: The MOSART Approach"
        Iraklis Anagnostopoulos, Alexandros Bartzas, Dimitrios Soudris, National Technical University of         Athens, Hellas
14:30   Exams of the Day


DAY 5th : Thursday 7, July 2011

THEMATIC AREA: "Demos & Exhibitions"
Central Hall, Latseio Hall, 9:00 - 14:00

Session Chairs:


  • Spyros Louvros, Technological Educational Institute of Messologhi, Hellas
  • Yan Zhang, Simula Research Laboratory & University of Oslo, Norway

9:00   "COSMOTE Mobile Services, Focus on Internet on The Go"
        Ioannis Niarchos, Cosmote Mobile Communications S.A., Hellas
10:00  "Mobile Telephony Networks - International Recommendations & Greek Legislation         Limits for EMF Safety."
        Christos Raptis, P. Risvas, Cosmote Mobile Communications S.A., Hellas
11:00  30 minutes break
11:30  "Industry Visit"
        Attendants will visit COSMOTE premises at Pyrgos. Site visit includes visit into GSM-WCDMA switches (MSC, Media Gateway, BSC, RNC), Base Station of WCDMA and GSM technology, Transmission equipment (PCM, Optical network, Radio network), Antenna for MW & GSM, and also a visit into the headquarters of COSMOTE to listen a lecture on radiation, safety regulations and GSM-WCDMA compatibility to the human interactions.
The visit includes two different sections of the COSMOTE premises.
14:30   Exams of the Day


DAY 6th : Friday 8, July 2011

THEMATIC AREA: "Applications & Demos"
Central Hall, Latseio Hall, 9:00 - 14:00

Session Chairs:

  • Mirela Sechi Moretti Annoni Notare, Sao Jose Municipal University, Brazil
  • Nicolas Sklavos, Technological Educational Institute of Patras, Hellas

9:00   "Aiming at Higher Network Security Levels Through Extensive Penetration Tests"
        Anestis Bechtsoudis, University of Patras, Hellas
        Nicolas Sklavos, Technological Educational Institute of Patras, Hellas
10:00  "Using Arduino and XBee for 802.15.4 Wireless Communication"
        Vasileios Georgitzikis, Ioannis Chatzigiannakis, University of Patras, Hellas
11:00  30 minutes break
11:30  "Windows Phone 7 - Operating System Overview"
        K. Diamanti, N. Rontogiannis, Microsoft Student Partners Community, Hellas
12:30  "Windows Phone 7 - Overview and Introduction to developing Apps and Games"
        K. Diamanti, N. Rontogiannis, Microsoft Student Partners Community, Hellas
13:30  "IEEE Content After First Degree, Academia Vs Industry: The Chariots of Fire"
        Nicolas Sklavos, Technological Educational Institute of Patras, Hellas
14:30   Conclusions & Remarks –Certifications Ceremony



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