Curriculum Vitae
Personal information
Name and Family name: Stavros Filippidis.
Year of birth: 1975.
Marital status: Married, father of three children.
Military obligations: Achieved (1/1997 - 7/1998).
Academic education
[2008] PhD from the School of Informatics of the Faculty of Sciences of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece). Research area: New Educational Technologies. PhD thesis title: Internet Based Education using Adaptive Hypermedia Systems. Grade: Excellent. Supervisor: professor I. A. Tsoukalas.
[2002] 2-year multi-departmental MSc in Medical Informatics, from the Schools of Medicine (of the Faculty of Health Sciences), Informatics (of the Faculty of Sciences), and Electrical and Computer Engineering (of the Faculty of Engineering) of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece). Grade: Excellent. Diploma thesis: Detecting non-stationarity in biomedical signals. Supervisor: lecturer L. Hadjileontiadis.
[2000] 4-year BSc (ptychio) from the School of Informatics of the Faculty of Sciences of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece). Grade: Very Good. Specialization of studies: Digital Media. Diploma thesis: Digital image watermarking using fractals and chaotic techniques. Supervisor: professor I. Pitas.
[1996] 4-year BSc (ptychio) from the School of Mathematics of the Faculty of Sciences of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece). Grade: Very Good. Specialization of studies: Applied Mathematics.
Languages
English: Certificate of Proficiency in English, University of Cambridge (1995).
Greek: native speaker.
Professional and teaching experience
[2/2023 - now] Informatics Education Consultant of Pieria (Greece), with the scientific responsibility of the Informatics Teachers of Pieria and part of East Thessaloniki (Greece).
[2001 - now] High school Teacher of Informatics and Mathematics with technical, music and general high schools. Since February 2023 he is the Informatics Education Consultant of Pieria (Greece).
[2010] Adjunct Lecturer at the School of Informatics of the Faculty of Sciences of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece), teaching Human Computer Interaction (spring semester, academic year 2009-2010).
[2009] Adjunct Lecturer at the School of Philosophy and Education of the Faculty of Philosophy of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece), teaching Informatics (spring semester, academic year 2008-2009).
[2005 - 2009] Laboratory Collaborator (2005-2006) and Seconded High School Teacher (2006-2009) at the department of Logistics at Katerini's branch of the Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki (Greece), teaching courses in the area of a) Information Technology's Applications for Logistics, b) Didactics.
[2003 - 2008] Laboratory Collaborator at the department of Informatics of the School of Technological Applications of the Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki (Greece), teaching theory (academic year 2003 – 2004) and lab (academic years 2004-2005, 2005-2006, 2006-2007 and 2007-2008) of the course "Digital Signal and Image Processing" of the 7th semester of studies.
[1998 - 2005] Teacher/Instructor of Informatics at several public and private institutes of professional training.
[1999 - 2000] Instructor and Tutor of Informatics at Mediterranean - ECS in courses for Higher National Diploma in Computing - Business Information Technology, teaching: Computer Platforms, Systems Analysis, Management Science, and in courses for Higher National Diploma in Information Technology, teaching: Programming Methods I & II, Systems Analysis, Operating Systems, Computer Architecture.
[1997 - 1998] Military Service in telecommunications’ branch of the Greek army (18 months).
Scientific and research activity
[2023] Member of the central organizing committee, presidency of the scientific commitee, and organizing committee for Pieria and East Thessaloniki of the 15th Student Conference of Informatics.
[2015] Member of the scientific commitee of the 2nd Pan-Hellenic Conference on Free and Open Source Software in Education.
[2013 - 2019] Member of the review committee of the 7th-13th Pan-Hellenic Conference of Teachers of Informatics, Greece.
[2004] Member of the organizing committee of the 2nd Pan-Hellenic Conference "Informatics and Education", organized by the high school informatics-teachers' union of Thessaloniki, Greece.
[2003 - 2013] Publications at refereed international and national journals, book chapters and conferences.
[2008] "Internet Based Education using Adaptive Hypermedia Systems", Ph.D. thesis, department of Informatics. Supervisor: professor I.A. Tsoukalas.
[2002] "Detecting non-stationarity in biomedical signals", diploma thesis, M.Sc. in Medical Informatics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. Supervisor: lecturer L. Hadjileontiadis.
[2000] "Digital image watermarking using fractals and chaotic techniques", diploma thesis, department of Informatics, School of Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. Supervisor: professor I. Pitas.