Personal Details

Name: Kostas
Last Name: Choumas
Date of birth: 08 August 1984
Place of birth: Drama, Greece
Place of residence: Volos, Greece
Place of origin: Agios Georgios Nileias, South Pelion, Greece
Nationality: Greek
Languages: Greek (native), English (Proficient user)
Military Obligations: Fulfillled

Education

• 09/2012 - 06/2022: 4-year Diploma Degree at Univ. of Thessaly, Dept. of Economics.
  
  • Grade: 8.00 / 10.
• 10/2009 - 09/2015: PhD at Univ. of Thessaly, Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering.
  
  • Thesis: Resource Allocation in Wireless Adhoc Networks.
  • Supervisor: Prof. Thanasis Korakis.
• 09/2007 - 06/2008: M.Sc. in Telecommunications, Signals and Networks at Univ. of Thessaly, Dept. of Computer & Communication Engineering.
  
  • Grade: 9.69 / 10.
  • Thesis: Sharing and collaboration for efficient Internet service provisioning in wireless networks.
  • Supervisor: Prof. Leandros Tassiulas.
• 09/2002 - 06/2007: 5-year Diploma Degree (B.Eng., M.Sc.) at Univ. of Thessaly, Dept. of Computer & Communication Engineering.
  
  • Grade: 8.72 / 10.
  • Thesis: Prioritization schemes for QoS provisioning in wireless networks.
  • Supervisor: Prof. Leandros Tassiulas.
• 09/1999 - 06/2002: 3-year High School studies in 1o Lyceum Almiros, Greece
• Grade: 19.0 / 20.

Research & Work Experience

• 08/2015 - until now: Postdoctoral associate with Univ. of Thessaly, Volos, Greece.
• 08/2014 - 07/2015: Secondment from CERTH to iquadrat, Barcelona, Spain.
• 05/2014 - 07/2014: Graduate research with Univ. of Thessaly, Volos, Greece.
• 09/2009 - 10/2010 & 01/2011 - 07/2014: Graduate research fellow with CERTH, Thessaloniki, Greece.
• 07/2012 - 08/2012: Internship at NICTA, Sydney, Australia.
• 08/2008 - 08/2009: Mandatory military service at the Computers Department of Greek Army.
• 08/2003 - 09/2003: Internship at Intracom, Athens, Greece.

Research Projects involved (selected):

Teaching Experience

• 09/2020 - 06/2021: Teaching Instructor at the Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the University of Thessaly for the courses of Inter-network Protocol Design, Network Optimization & Computer Networks II.
• 02/2019 - 06/2019: Teaching Instructor at the Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the University of Thessaly for the course of Network Optimization.
• 02/2017 - 06/2019: Teaching Instructor at the Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the University of Thessaly for the course of Computer Networks II.
• 09/2013 - 06/2017: Teaching Assistant at the Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the University of Thessaly for the courses of Inter-network Protocol Design, Computer Networks I, Wireless Communications and Network Optimization.
• 10/2010 - 07/2011: Teaching Assistant at the Dept. of Computer Science & Telecommunications of the Technological Educational Institute (T.E.I.) of Thessaly for the course of Artificial Intelligence.
• 10/2009 - 02/2011: Teaching Instructor at the Specialty of Web Designer/Developer of the Institute of Vocational Training (I.E.K.) of Volos for the courses of Algorithms & Data Structures, Operating Systems, Computer Networks and Introduction to Information Technology.
• 02/2008 - 06/2008: Teaching Assistant at the Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the University of Thessaly for the course of Scientific Computing.
• 09/2005 - 02/2006 & 09/2007 - 02/2008: Teaching Assistant at the Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the University of Thessaly for the course of Linear Algebra.
• 09/2004 - 07/2009: Rich experience on teaching Programming (C, C++, Java), Compilers and Operating Systems in private schools.

Honors

• 05/2018 - 07/2019: Scholarship for research on 5G networks given through the "Supporting researchers with emphasis on new researchers" (ΕΔΒΜ 34) call for proposals of the Operational Program «Human Resources Development, Education and Lifelong Learning 2014-2020».
• 10/2015: Best paper award in CloudComp 2015.
• 09/2007 - 06/2008: Scholarship for the M.Sc. studies given by European Operational Programme "Education" (ΕΠΕΑΕΚ II) (Ranked 1st in class).
• 09/2002 - 06/2007: Scholarship for the 5-year (B.Eng., M.Sc.) Diploma studies given by Greek State Scholarships Foundation (IKY), Deligeorgis Foundation, as well as award from Technical Chamber of Greece (TEE) (Ranked 1st in class).
• 07/2010 & 07/2008: Full Grant to attend the summer schools powered by Onassis Foundation Science Lecture Series.

Summer Schools

• 07/2010: "Network and Information Security", Heraklion, Greece, powered by Onassis Foundation Science Lecture Series.
• 07/2008: "Embedded networked Systems: Theory and Applications", Heraklion, Greece, powered by Onassis Foundation Science Lecture Series.
• 09/2006: "Advances in Beyond 3G Wireless Communications and Networks", Santorini, Greece, powered by NEWCOM and CERTH.