Research

The Information and Communication Systems Security Laboratory (Info-Sec-Lab) was established in 1999 and includes the largest scientific team in Greece in this specific field, supported by 6 faculty members of the Department and more than 36 postdoctoral researchers, PhD candidates, and postgraduate students. Info-Sec-Lab researchers have participated in a large number of Research and Development projects on Information Security and Privacy Protection, in various studies and security development projects, as well as in scientific committees and organizing committees of international security conferences.

In addition, they have participated in a series of evaluation committees for major Public Sector projects. Most R&D projects have been funded either by European Union programmes (European Commission Programmes) (e.g. IST, CRAFT, Telematics for Administrations, ESPRIT, European Trusted Services ETS I & ETS II, ISIS, INFOSEC, Healthcare Telematics, RACE, ACTS, AIM, VALUE, STAR, ORA, Socrates/Erasmus, etc.), or by the European Standardization Committee (CEN), or by the Greek Government (e.g. General Secretariat for Research and Technology, Ministries of Interior, Economy and Finance, Foreign Affairs, Development, National Defence, Health and Welfare, National Education and Religious Affairs, Justice, as well as bodies such as Information Society S.A., the Hellenic Data Protection Authority, the Social Insurance Institute, the State Scholarships Foundation, etc.).

Also, many projects have been funded by private organizations (e.g. OTE S.A., OPAP S.A., EKO S.A., etc.). Indicatively, during 2009-2018, the laboratory researchers participated in more than 25 international and 58 national projects with a total budget of approximately 5 million EUR. In addition, laboratory members have participated in a series of evaluation committees for major Public Sector projects.

From 2009 until today, laboratory researchers have developed collaborations with more than one hundred and sixty (160) organizations, Universities, Research Centers, Private Enterprises and Public bodies from Greece, EU Member States and the USA. Indicatively, these organizations include the following:

University of Murcia (Spain), University of Malaga (Spain), University Centre of Defence at the Spanish Air Force Academy (Spain), Universidad Politecnica de Valencia (Spain), University of Milan (Italy), University of Padua (Italy), Polytechnic University of Bari (Italy), University of Regensburg (Germany), University of Duisburg-Essen (Germany), University of Vienna (Austria), Katholieke University of Leuven (Belgium), University of Tilburg (The Netherlands), University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UK), University of East London (UK), University of Plymouth (UK), University of Bristol, Cryptography Group (UK), University of Bristol, Systems Center (UK), Bournemouth University (UK), University College Dublin (Ireland), Aalborg University (Denmark), Technical University of Denmark (Denmark), Technical University of Cyprus (Cyprus), Georgia Institute of Technology (USA), Carnegie Mellon University (USA), Columbia University (USA), Stevens Institute of Technology (USA), George Mason University (USA), National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) (USA), Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (Israel), National University of Singapore, Singapore, University of Technology and Design (Singapore), Seoul National University of Technology (Republic of Korea), Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information (Republic of Korea), University of Melbourne (Australia), Victoria University, (Australia), Auckland University of Technology (New Zealand), University of Otago (New Zealand), Izmir University (Turkey), Institute for Infocomm Research (I2R) (Singapore), Outpost24 A.B. (Sweden), Workable, European Commission, Republic of Cyprus, European Commission Joint Research Centre.

Members of Info-Sec-Lab, as authors of books or book chapters, editors of books or conference proceedings, guest editors of journals, authors of journal papers, or authors of peer-reviewed international conference papers, have contributed to more than six hundred (600) publications on Information and Communication Systems Security and Privacy Protection.

Furthermore, Info-Sec-Lab members have served as Conference Chairs, Program Committee Chairs, Program Committee Members, Organizing Committee Members, and reviewers for journals and international scientific conferences, in total in more than nine hundred (900) cases, on Information and Communication Systems Security and Privacy Protection.

The number of scientific citations by other researchers to publications by Info-Sec-Lab members exceeds eight thousand (8,000). More than eighty (80) international scientific conferences or summer schools have been organized or are being organized during the last 15 years under the Scientific or Organizing Chairmanship of Info-Sec-Lab members, many of them in Samos.

Detailed information on all the above topics is available on the Info-Sec-Lab website.

• Secure eGovernment
• Secure eBusiness
• Secure eCommerce
• Secure eLearning services
• Secure eVoting
• Secure eHealth services
• Theory and practice of Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)
• Security in mobile communication networks (Secure Mobile Computing)
• Privacy
• Privacy Enhancing Technologies
• Smart card technology and applications
• Forensics and Digital Investigation
• GRID security
• Security Policies
• Risk Assessment Methodologies
• Intrusion Detection Systems
• Security Education

The Computer and Communication Systems Laboratory (CCSL) belongs to the Department of Information and Communication Systems Engineering of the School of Engineering of the University of the Aegean, based in Karlovasi, Samos (Presidential Decree 319, Government Gazette 304/A/31-12-1999), and continuously seeks new collaborations with public and private bodies in Telecommunications, Networks and Computer Systems, both at national and European level.

The current research and educational activity of CCSL members is well balanced between theory and practice and covers a broad range of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) fields. Throughout its operation, and especially in recent years, the team members have participated in a significant number of European/national research and development projects, gaining specialized experience and knowledge in cutting-edge domains. Based on this expertise, CCSL is able to offer innovative solutions for the development and implementation of ICT infrastructure components required for the effective provision of future digital connectivity services.

The laboratory strategy is closely connected with the exploitation of the latest technological advances in wireless and mobile telecommunications, wired and wireless optical communications, communication networks, digital circuit and systems design, as well as Internet and Web technologies. More specifically, CCSL strategy includes leveraging wireless network architectures and Internet technologies to produce innovative results and integrate modern services, as well as designing and developing transmission, routing and application-serving techniques. At the same time, CCSL focuses strategically on research for the transition to next-generation wireless and mobile networks (5G), spectrum-saving techniques, interoperability of heterogeneous networks, cloud computing, reliability and resource management in wireless networks, Internet of Things technologies, and efficient hardware systems for fast signal and image processing.

• Measurements and studies of non-ionizing electromagnetic radiation
• Channel characterization, propagation models and wireless systems modeling
• Resource management in cellular cooperative networks
• Cognitive systems
• Energy-aware next-generation networks and services
• Wireless, mobile and satellite cooperative systems
• Integration of heterogeneous technologies
• SDN / NFV / Cloud computing
• Design and programming of pervasive computing systems
• Design and implementation of neuromorphic optical computing systems
• Digital circuit and systems design
• Digital image processing
• Design of photonic and optical computing and telecommunication systems and devices
• Security in virtual environments
• Physical-layer security for broadband networks and IoT
• Satellite communication systems and tracking
• IoT systems and applications

ISL is staffed by members of the UoA faculty, post-doc and postgraduate researchers, including associates from a wide spectrum of international caliber experts and researchers.

The areas of expertise of ISL span within the life-cycle of information systems and services for administrations, enterprises and citizens, covering:

• Information systems investments planning and impact assessment
• Government transformation and ICT-enabled, collaborative governance
• Simulation and visualisation of systems, data and argumentation
• Ontologies for supporting the collaboration among public organizations
• Web-based service modelling, engineering, marketing and support
• Web 2.0 methods and tools for societal collaboration
• Information systems and services evaluation, verification and validation
• Security, identity, privacy and trust management

In today’s Knowledge Society, the huge volume of information produced by organizations and communities imposes drastic changes on markets. It is imperative to restructure enterprises with the goal of collecting, exploiting, and disseminating information that may come from different sources, correspond to different scales, and appear in different forms, in ways that improve the performance of computational systems carrying out daily activities in complex, unpredictable, and dynamic environments.

In this context, members of the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory develop intelligent methods and intelligent systems focusing on:

• Empowering humans and robots to perform tasks in complex and dynamic environments
• Managing and exploiting large volumes of information originating from different (possibly heterogeneous) sources
• Collecting and extracting knowledge from text and data
• Designing and implementing distributed cognitive systems for better exploitation and integration of information

The Database Laboratory was established in 1999 (Presidential Decree 319, Government Gazette 304/A/31-12-1999) and is active in research areas of data management, with particular emphasis on query processing and optimization techniques for multidimensional data, data security and privacy protection, data warehouses and knowledge discovery from data, big data management, location-based services, etc.

Within the Department of Information and Communication Systems Engineering of the University of the Aegean, the Database Laboratory and its staff have supported teaching in at least fifteen different undergraduate and postgraduate courses offered in the Department curriculum since its establishment. The Laboratory has also undertaken and/or supported the development and teaching of data-management-related courses in the curricula of other departments of the University of the Aegean, as well as departments of other higher-education institutions in Greece.

In the Database Laboratory, postgraduate and undergraduate students acquire specialized academic theoretical and technical knowledge in the dynamically evolving fields of data management and, more broadly, data science. Laboratory members actively participate in editorial boards of international scientific journals in the Laboratory's areas of interest, as well as in organizing many high-impact international conferences, either as members of organizing committees, program committees, or as external reviewers. The Database Laboratory maintains collaborations with many research and educational institutions, as well as with other public and private organizations active in research and technology.