Profile

 

  • Date of Birth: 14 November 1982
  • Nationality: Greek
  • Marital Status: Single

 

 

Skills

 

Web Development

Good knowledge of the most popular web programming languages. Proven ability to work, with success, under presure.

 

 

Project Direction

Proven ability to lead and manage a wide variety of design and development projects in team and independent situations.

 

 

Analytical Thinking

Ability to design multifunctional projects without sacrificing the UI.

 

 

 

 

Programming

 

  • XHTML – HTML5
  • CSS
  • Javascript
  • JQuery
  • PHP
  • MySQL
  • .NET
  • Java
  • CVS / Subversion

 

 

 

Education

 

Ph. D Candidate

  • University: Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark
  • Dates: 12/2009 – Present
  • Group: Algorithms and Security
  • Main Academic Interests: Trust Networks, Privacy, Security in Ad Hoc Networks, e-Learning, Web Technologies, Semantic Web, Video Games and anything that looks interesting.

 

 

Masters in Information Technology and Telecommunications

  • University: Athens Information Technology, Athens, Greece
  • Dates: 10/2006 – 12/2007
  • General Average Mark: 3.77/4
  • Main Academic Interests: Network Security, e-Learning, Web Technologies, Semantic Web.

 

 

Degree in Mathematics

  • University: University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete
  • Dates: 10/2000 – 09/2006
  • General Average Mark: 6.25/10
  • Main Academic Interests: Algebra, Approximation Theory, Mathematical Programming. 

 

 

Socrates – ERASMUS Exchange Student

  • University: University of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic
  • Dates: 02/2004 – 07/2004
  • Participated in 5 undergraduate seminars offered by the University of Ostrava. Achieved a General Average Mark of 7.2 / 10

 

 

Professional Experience

DPG Digital Media

Senior PHP Developer

06/2011 – Present

Main working environments: PHP, MySQL, JQuery, XML

Athens Information Technology

Researcher

11/2009 – 06/2011

Conducting research in the field of Network Security. My research lies on DoS and DDoS attack resistance in ad hoc networks as well as in the design of protocols that provides Trust and Privacy in a decentralized manner.

I-Cube S.A

Software Engineer

11/2008 – 06/2009

Development of European Union research projects.

Main working environments: Microsoft .NET (C#, VB), Javascript, MySQL, PHP, Crystal Reports and Web Services.

Intralot S.A.

Software Engineer (Outsourcer)

02/2008 – 11/2008

Programming and development of lottery-related games in Europe, the USA and Australia.

Main working environments: Microsoft .NET (C#, VB), Javascript, Oracle, Crystal Reports and Web Services.

Paxos News

Graphics Designer

2006 – 2007

Graphics artist for the monthly local newspaper Paxos News.

Microsoft Hellas

2006

Participated in the program promoting the new video game console X – Box 360. Responsible for the distribution and delivery of the console to companies and stores.

DARCY Advertising Company

Graphics Designer

2005

Member of the research group for the editing of a quiz sponsored by the Hellenic Bank.

Webline S.A

Web Developer

2001 – 2004

During my undergraduate studies I worked as a Web Developer at Webline S.A.

Main working environments: XHTML, PHP, MySQL, Javascript, XML.

Lecturer in Private Institutes

2002 – Present

Main working environments: Mathematics and Microsoft Office.

 

Projects & Research

 

Fanbet | Betting Game

PHP Developer

Web: www.fanbet.gr

07/2011 – 10/2011

Development of the Betting Game “Fanbet” for DPG Digital Media. Each user can bet on real soccer games with odds that we receive from Bet365 via a service offered from Enet Pulse.

Main working environments: HTML, PHP, JQuery, MySQL, AJAX.

Secure Single Sign On – Identity Management

For Intralot S.A

11/2010 – 06/2011

A secure single sign on web platform for the needs of Intralot S.A. For the purposes of this project, I implemented the Kerberos architecture in order to secure the login procedure. In addition, the single sign on solution was based on unique tickets with unique session keys for each http request.

Main working environments: HTML5, JavaScript, JQuery, XML, PHP, MySQL, AJAX.

Enabling value added betting services by employing Web Services and intelligent processing techniques (Msc Thesis)

  • Supervisor: Dr. Th. Tiropanis / Dr. Sofia Tsekeridou
  • Grade: A

The main idea of this project was to make an optimization of the online betting system.

Main working environments: HTML, JavaScript, XML, XSLT, PHP, MySQL, AJAX.

Cryptographic Hash Functions (Independent Study)

  • Supervisor: Dr. Nikos Komninos
  • Grade: A

Block cipher techniques as well as numerous algebraic techniques were used in combination with common logical operations.

Main working environments: Maple.

Amnesty International | Greek Website

PHP Developer

Web: www.amnesty.org.gr

2010

Development of the Greek portal for Amnesty International.

Main working environments: HTML, PHP, Javascript, XML, MySQL, AJAX.

Delivericious

PHP Developer

Web: www.delivericious.gr

2007 – Present

The project aims at providing users with information on delivery restaurants. The user is given the opportunity to choose the type of cuisine he/she is interested in and calculate the price of his/her order.

Main working environments: HTML, PHP, Javascript, JQuery, XML, MySQL, AJAX, Microsoft .NET (Windows Forms).

Apollonion Palace

PHP Developer

Web: www.apollonionpalace.gr

2009

Website for a luxury hotel. The users have the ability to make online reservations and payments via paypal. We have also created a very user – friendly CMS for administrator issues.

Main working environments: HTML, PHP, Javascript, JQuery, XML, MySQL, AJAX.

I-Way

.NET Developer

11/2008 – 02/2009

A Geographic Information System for a European Research program. The goal of I-WAY is to develop a multi-sensorial system that can ubiquitously monitor and recognize the psychological condition of driver as well as special conditions prevailing in the road environment.

Main working environments: HTML, Javascript, XML, Microsoft SQL, AJAX, Microsoft .NET (C#), Web Services.

PERFORM

.NET Developer

02/2009 – 06/2009

The PERFORM project aims to tackle problems associated with the efficient remote health status monitoring, the qualitative and quantitative assessment and the treatment personalization for people suffering from neurodegenerative diseases and movement disorders, such as Parkinson’s disease (PD). Aspires to research and develop an innovative, intelligent system for monitoring neurodegenerative disease evolution through the employment of a wide range of wearable micro-sensors, advanced knowledge processing and fusion algorithms.

Main working environments: Windows Forms (C#), HTML, Javascript, XML, MySQL, AJAX, .NET.

Formulation and numerical implementation of the Bisection Method and the Newton Method for the solution of applied problems

  • Supervisor: Dr. P. Chantzipadelidis
  • Grade: 09/10
  • Main working environment: Matlab

Formulation and Numerical Implementation of the LU, Gauss Methods and Solution of Linear Systems

  • Supervisor: Dr. P. Chantzipadelidis
  • Grade: 08/10
  • Main working environment: Matlab

Solution of Problems using Polynomial Interpolation, Linear and “Natural” Cubic Spline and Determination of Interpolated Functions

  • Supervisor: Dr. P. Chantzipadelidis
  • Grade: 10/10
  • Main working environment: Matlab

Development of Functions using Legendre and Chebysev Polynomials

  • Supervisor: Dr. P. Chantzipadelidis
  • Grade: 07/10
  • Main working environment: Maple

 

 

Publications

 

  • Authors: Antonis Michalas, Menelaos Bakopoulos, Nikos Komninos and Neeli R. Prasad
  • Title: Secure & Trusted Communication in Emergency Situations
  • Conference: 35th IEEE Sarnoff Symposium – 2012
  • Location: Newark, New Jersey
  • Year: 2012
  • Status: Accepted
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  • Authors: Tassos Dimitriou and Antonis Michalas
  • Title: Multi-Party Trust Computation in Decentralized Environments
  • Conference: 5th IFIP International Conference on New Technologies, Mobility & Security (NTMS’12)
  • Location: Istanbul, Turkey
  • Year: 2012
  • Status: Accepted
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  • Authors: Antonis Michalas, Tassos Dimitriou, Thanassis Gianetsos, Nikos Komninos and Neeli R. Prasad
  • Title: Vulnerabilities of Decentralized Additive Reputation Systems Regarding the Privacy of Individual Votes
  • Conference: 3rd International ICST Conference on Security and Privacy in Mobile Information and Communication Systems (MobiSec 2011)
  • Location: Aalborg, Denmark
  • Year: 2011
  • Authors: Antonis Michalas, Vladimir A. Oleshchuk, Nikos Komninos and Neeli R. Prasad
  • Title: Privacy-preserving Trust Establishment scheme for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
  • Conference: IEEE International Conference on Communications (ISCC2011)
  • Location: Corfu, Greece
  • Year: 2011
  • HTML Version: Click here
  • Authors: Antonis Michalas, Nikos Komninos and Neeli R. Prasad
  • Title: Mitigate DoS and DDoS attack in Ad Hoc Networks
  • Journal: International Journal of Digital Crime and Forensics (IJDCF), DOI: 10.4018/IJDCF
  • Year: 2011
  • Authors: Antonis Michalas, Nikos Komninos and Neeli R. Prasad
  • Title: Multiplayer Game for DDoS Attacks Resilience in Ad hoc Networks
  • Conference: 2nd International Conference on Wireless Communications, Vehicular Technology, Information Theory and Aerospace & Electronic Systems Technology (Wireless Vitae 2011)
  • Location: Chenai, India
  • Year: 2011
  • Authors: Antonis Michalas, Nikos Komninos and Neeli R. Prasad
  • Book Chapter: Cryptographic Puzzles and Game Theory against DoS and DDoS attacks in Networks
  • Book: Encryption: Methods, Software and Security
  • Publisher: Nova Science Publishers
  • Year: 2011
  • Authors: Antonis Michalas, Komninos, Neeli R. Prasad and Vladimir A. Oleshchuk
  • Title: New Client Puzzle Approach for DoS Resistance in Ad hoc Networks
  • Conference: IEEE International Conference on Information Theory and Information Security (ICITIS' 10)
  • Location: Beijing, China
  • Year: 2010

 

 

Honors – Awards

 

  • Best Paper Award for the paper entitled "Vulnerabilities of Decentralized Additive Reputation Systems Regarding the Privacy of Individual Votes".Mobisec, Aalborg, Denmark: 17 – 19 May 2011.

 

 

Languages

 

  • Greek (mother tongue)
  • English (Cambridge FCE, TOEFL)

 

 

Interests & Activities

 

  • Traveling
  • Literature
  • Cinema
  • Theatre
  • Music
  • Technology
  • Sports
  • An active member of ARCHELON (Sea Turtle Protection Society of Greece). Worked as a volunteer in the European Union funded programme Life based in Lakonikos Bay – South Peloponnese