Date of Birth : / 8 December 1967
Place of Birth : / Αrta, Greece
Sex : / Male
Address : / Nikis 15, 151 25, Maroussi, Athens, Greece
Telephone : / (30)-1-6835346
Email Address : / ,
Marital Status : / Single
ACADEMIC STUDIES
01/92 – 07/99 / Ph.D., Laboratory for Automation & Robotics, Division of Systems & Control, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Patras.
Title of Dissertation: "Evolutionary Computation in Control Systems".
Degree of Dissertation: A – Excellent
Research scholarship granted by the General Secretariat for Research and Technology, via programme YPER 93. The main sponsor of the Private Sector for the accomplishment of the scholarship was the Hellenic Aspropyrgos Refinery.
09/85-09/91 / Undergraduate Degree, Chemical Engineering Department, National Technical University of Athens with degree 6.92/10.
CONFERENCES
12/14/95-12/15/95 / "Modern Technologies of Process Control", Athens, Organized by Technical Chamber of Greece (TEE).
05/16/94-06/01/94 / "Advanced Summer Institute '94 (ASI '94) in Computer Integrated Manufacturing and Industrial Automation (CIMIA)", Sponsored by ESPRIT BR No 9251, Organized by Laboratory for Automation & Robotics, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Patras.
PUBLICATIONS
1. Goggos V. & King R., "Evolutionary Design of Predictive Controllers Using Fuzzy Criterion", in preparation.
2. Collaboration with Professor Robert King at the 14th & 15th chapters of his book entitled: Intelligent Control – Computational Intelligence (in Greek).
3. Goggos V. & King R., "Introduction to Optimization Methods of Computational Intelligence: I. Evolutionary Computation", (in Greek) (submitted for publication to Technical Chronicles).
4. Goggos V. & King R., "Introduction to Optimization Methods of Computational Intelligence: II. Simulated Annealing", (in Greek) (submitted for publication to Technical Chronicles).
5. Goggos V. & King R., "Stochastic Predictive Control of Mechatronic Systems", Mechatronics, Vol. 7, No. 2, pp. 129-40, 1997.
6. Goggos V. & King R., "Evolutionary Predictive Control", Computers & Chemical Engineering, Supplement B on Computer Aided Process Engineering, pp. 817-822, 1996.
7. Goggos V. & King R., «Evolutionary Predictive Control (EPC) of Multivariable Processes», Proceedings of 4th IEEE Mediterranean Symposium on New Directions in Control & Automation, 10-14 June 1996, Chania, Crete.
8. Goggos V, & King R., «Evolutionary Predictive Control», Proceedings of Conference of Modern Technologies in Process Control, pp. 57-66, 14-15 December 1995, Athens, ΤΕΕ, 1995 (in Greek).
9. Goggos V. & King R., «Stochastic Predictive Control of Mechatronic Systems», Proceedings of International Conference on Recent Advances in Mechatronics ICRAM’95, p.123-130, Aug. 14-16 1995, Istanbul, Turkey.
10. Goggos V. & King R., «Advanced Process Control using Genetic Algorithms», Proceedings of Advanced Summer Institute ’94 in Computer Integrated Manufacturing and Industrial Automation (CIMIA), Patra 1994.
11. Goggos V., «Establishing the relation of the mineral and crystallographic components of clinker with grindability and hydraulic cement features», Undergraduate Thesis completed in Hellenic Research Cement Center (subsidiary of HERACLES GENERAL COMPANY) and in Section of Synthesis and Development of Industrial Processes (IV) of Chemical Engineering Department of National Technical University of Athens, under the guidance of Associate Professor Chris Ftikos (in Greek), Athens 1990-91.
SEMINARS-COURSES
11/05/95-11/12/95 / "Industrial Mobile Robotics: Theory & Applications”, SIMB COMMET course, Mechanical Design & Control System Division, Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens.
05/09/94-06/23/94 / "Applications of Logic to Informatics. Languages of Logical & Functional Programming”, Center for Continuing Education, National Technical University of Athens.
10/93 - 05/94 / "Business, Commercial & Banking Terminology and Translation", Hellenic American Union.
09/92 - 12/92 / "Development of Business Acumen ", University of Athens.
EXPERIENCE IN COMPUTERS
a) Operating Systems
DOS, WINDOWS 3.1, WINDOWS 95, WINDOWS NT v.4, LINUX, UNIX (Solaris, Sun OS, IRIX).
b) Programming LanguagesMatlab, C (Compiler Turbo C v.2, GNU C), C++ (Borland C++), Visual Basic, Java.
c) ApplicationsMicrosoft Office, Microsoft Publisher, Adobe Photoshop.
d) InternetAdvanced knowledge of the function and structure of the Internet. Deep knowledge of the TCP/IP family of protocols (the main Internet protocol). Web Designer, html language.
WORK EXPERIENCEa) Private Sector
02/00 - today / Technical Coordinator, Internet Services Business Unit, Business Development Department, PANAFON S.A.. Internet Services Business Unit runs PANAFON’s portal, www.pan.gr. My main responsibility is the coordination, concerning technical issues, of different Departments of PANAFON S.A., towards the achievement of our business goals.
02/98 – 01/00 / Network Engineer of OTENET S.A.. Among the main activities of the job are the administration of the TCP/IP network of the company all over Greece (CISCO Routers & Access Servers) and partial administration of SUN 450 & 3000 Servers.
Summers of 86,87,88,89,90,91 / Trainee Student at Hellenic Research Cement Center (subsidiary of HERACLES GENERAL COMPANY). Also, the undergraduate thesis was completed in the Hellenic Research Cement Center and was part of the research activities of the Center.
Autumn 92
/ Among the early research activities for the PhD thesis was the monitoring of the cement grinding process, in the HERACLES plant in Milaki Evoia, of the HERACLES GENERAL COMPANY. Step-response experiments upon the grinding process in real-time were performed aimed at the study of the dynamics of the process.b) Academia
10/1/97-01/01/98 / System Administrator of the Control Laboratory of the Department of Electrical & Computers Engineering in the National Technical University of Athens. Two local networks, one with PCs (WIN NT server & WIN95 clients) and another with UNIX (Solaris) workstations are administrated.
c) Military Service
6/26/96-1/10/97
1/11/97-9/26/97 / In the 1st Office, responsible for the management of the military personnel in a battalion in Chios island.
Head of the Hellenic National Defense General Staff Press Office working team. Responsible for organizing and dividing the daily tasks among the members of the team. Responsible for co-ordinating and organizing press and information matters. Inspection of Greek and foreign daily press, selection of articles related to defense and foreign policies. Creation of daily news bulletins. Interpretation and translation of foreign articles.
LANGUAGES
Greek, English (Fluent), German (Elementary).ORGANIZATIONS-ASSOCIATIONS
IEEE, Technical Chamber of Greece (TEE), Society of Chemical Engineers in Greece, Association of Hellenic Internet Users (EEXI), PG Club (think-tank of Greek intellectuals Internet users around the world).
ACTIVITIES & INTERESTS
Travelling, Computers, Internet, Current Affairs, Films, Music, Sports.
REFERENCES
John Marinos / Robert King D.Sc., Ph.D., SMIEEEChemical Engineer / Professor of Automation & Robotics
Assistant Manager / Division of Systems & Control
Heracles General Cement Co.
/ Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering49-51 Soph. Venizelou Str. / University of Patras
141 23 Lykovg][tyiy57y / Patras 26500, Greece
Athens, Greece / email address: ,
web address: http://www.lar.ee.upatras.gr/lar/king.htm
Mr. Achilles Voliotis
Dipl. Electrical Engineer
Athens Node Supervisor
OTENET S.A.
Emm. Mpenaki 47EJARXEIA
ATHENS, GREECE