Vasos Vassiliou

Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Cyprus

Short Bio:

Dr. Vasos Vassiliou has extensive knowledge of advanced ICT topics and significant expertise in research and technology project creation and evaluation. Dr. Vassiliou is an Associate Professor at the Computer Science Department of the University of Cyprus and the co-Director of the Networks Research Laboratory. He is also the Group Leader of the Smart Networked Systems Research Group of the RISE Center of Excellence, situated in Nicosia, Cyprus. Between 2014 and 2019 he co-founded and acted as the Chief Scientific Advisor of a startup (now defunct) in the area of Cleantech. Viridom was about Home Energy Management with AI solutions and has received numerous awards in Business Idea competitions. Viridom was accelerated at the Rockstart Smart Energy Program in Amsterdam and at the Climate KIC Accelarator. Dr. Vassiliou’s current research work is in the Next Generation Networks and the Internet of Things domains, where he and his team work on Security, Privacy, Mobility, Resource Management, and Data Management issues.

Areas of Expertise:

IoT / Smart City Applications, CleanTech, Security and Privacy