George Thanos

Contact Info

Office:
Network Economics and Systems Theory Lab
76 Patission Str., GR-10343, Athens
Antoniadou wing, 4th floor
Department of Informatics
Athens University of Economics and Business
E-mail:
gthanos@aueb.gr
Other websites:
http://gr.linkedin.com/in/georgethanos

Studies


Scholarships

  • 2001: MSc Project Distinction from the Electrical and Electronic Engineering Dept. of the Univ. of Surrey in collaboration with Motorola Ltd, UK
  • 2000: EPSRC scholarship of the British Council of Education
  • 1997-2000: Undergraduate Scholarships from the Achilopouleio Trust of Athens


Research Interests

Network economics and techno-economics research: design of economic mechanisms such as incentives, pricing of new services, auctions etc. and business modelling for emerging technologies including:
  • Energy: Smart Grids
  • Future Internet: Grid and Cloud computing
  • Internet of Things: Participatory Sensing


Research Projects Participation

  • Management, scientific and technical contributions
    • WATTALYST ICT-2011-288322: Modelling and Analysing Demand Response Systems for Smart Grids
    • INCEPTION (ARISTEIA/940): Incentives driven Participatory Sensing
    • BEINGRID IST-2005-034702: Business Experiments in Grid
    • GRIDECON IST-2005-033634: Grid Economics and Business Models
    • ISHTAR IST-2004-015929: Industrial Stimuli for the Harmonisation of European Research in the area of Location Based Services
    • B-BONE IST-2003-507607: Broadcasting and Multicasting Over Enhanced UMTS Mobile Broadband Networks
    • MB-NET IST-2002-39164: M-Business Network
  • Scientific and technical contributions
    • ASCETIC FP7-ICT-2013-610874: Adapting Service lifeCycle towards EfficienT Clouds
    • ETICS ICT-2010-93071: Economics and Technologies for Inter-Carrier Services
    • ASK-IT IST-2003-511298: Ambient Intelligence System of Agents for Knowledge-based and Integrated Services for Mobility Impaired users
    • REMUNE IST-2001-652002: Advanced Real-Time Multimedia and Networking Execution Platform and Development Environment
    • CASENET IST-2001-32446: Computer-Aided solutions to Secure Electronic commerce Transactions
    • NETMOB DSEBPRO-182-182: Conformance Testing and Monitoring of networks using mobile agents
    • MOBILEIN FP6-IST-2002-004498: Harmonised Services over Heterogeneous Mobile, IN and WLAN Infrastructure
    • EVOLUTE IST-2001-32449: Seamless multimedia services Over all IP-based infrastructures
    • GEMINI IST-2001-33465: Generic Architecture for customised IP-based IN services over hybrid Voice over IP and SS7 networks
    • POLOS IST-2001-35283: Integrated Platform for Location-Based Services
    • LIBRE IST-2000-29313: Advanced LINUX-Based products for Embedded telecommunication solutions
    • ATS-NETWORK IST-1999-29098: Applied Test Suites Network
    • INTERVAL IST-1999-11557: Formal Design, Validation and Testing of Real-Time Telecoms. Systems
    • CELLO IST-2000-25382: Cellular Network Optimisation Based on Mobile Location


Professional experience


Academic experience

Teaching assistant Teaching assistant positions at the Dept. of Informatics of AUEB at the following courses:
  • Fall 2007-2012: Introduction to Computing - Undergraduate level
  • Spring 2006-2009: Digital Systems Design - Undergraduate level
  • Spring 2006: Computer Architectures - Undergraduate level
  • Spring 2006: Software Technologies - Postgraduate level


Publications

Journals and Book Chapters

  • George Thanos, Eleni Agiatzidou, Costas Courcoubetis, George D. Stamoulis, Grid Business Models, Book Chapter 5, Grid and Cloud Computing: A Business Perspective on Technology and Applications, ISBN: 978-3-642-05192-0, Springer, November 2009
  • C. Gresty, T. Dimitrakos, G. Thanos and P. Warren, Meeting customer needs in Service Oriented Infrastructures, BT Technology Journal, Vol 26 No 1, September 2008
  • George Xylomenos, Vasilis Vogkas and George Thanos, The Multimedia Broadcast / Multicast Service, Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing, vol.8, no. 2, 2008, pp. 255--265.

International Conferences and Workshops

  • M. Jain, V. Chandan, M. Minou, G. Thanos, T. K. Wijaya, A. Lindt and A. Gylling. “Methodologies for Effective Demand Response Messaging”. Proc. IEEE SmartGridComm, 2015, Miami, Florida. [pdf].
  • M. Minou, G.D. Stamoulis, G. Thanos, and V. Chandan. “Incentives and Targeting Policies for Automated Demand Response Contracts”. Proc. IEEE SmartGridComm, 2015, Miami, Florida. [pdf].
  • M. Minou, E. Kaskantiri, G.D Stamoulis. “Discovering the Right Incentives for Demand Response Programs”. In Proceedings of the 2015 ACM Sixth International Conference on Future Energy Systems (pp. 271-276). ACM. [pdf].
  • Chandan V., Ganu T. Wiyava K. T., Minou M., Stamoulis G., Thanos G., Deva P. Seetharam. “iDR: Consumer and Grid Friendly Demand Response ”. The 5th ACM International Conference on Future Energy Systems (e-Energy '14), June 2014, Cambridge, UK. [pdf]
  • Minou M., Thanos G., Vasirani M.,Ganu T., Jain M. Gylling A. “Evaluating Demand Response Programs: Getting the Key Performance Indicators Right ”. Demand Response Workshop of the 5th ACM International Conference on Future Energy Systems (e-Energy '14), June 2014, Cambridge, UK. [pdf]
  • G. Thanos, C. Courcoubetis, E. Markakis and G. D. Stamoulis. “Design and Experimental Evaluation of Market Mechanisms for Participatory Sensing Environments ”.16th International Workshop on Agent-Mediated Electronic Commerce and Trading Agents Design and Analysis, May 2014, Paris, France. [pdf]
  • G. Thanos, C. Courcoubetis, E. Markakis and G. D. Stamoulis. “Design and Experimental Evaluation of Market Mechanisms for Participatory Sensing Environments ”. Extended abstract, ACM Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2014), May 5-9, 2014, Paris, France. [pdf]
  • M. Kanakakis, M. Minou, C. Courcoubetis, G. D. Stamoulis, G. Thanos. “A Practical Iterative Price-Based Approach for Optimal Demand-Response”. The Third International Conference on Smart Grids, Green Communications and IT Energy-aware Technologies, Lisbon, Portugal, 2013. [pdf]
  • G. Thanos, M. Minou, T. Ganu, V. Arya, D. Chakraborty, J. Deventer, G. D. Stamoulis. “Evaluating Demand Response Programs By Means Of Key Performance Indicators”. 5th International Conference on Communication Systems and Networks (COMSNETS), Bangalore, India, 2013. [pdf]
  • K. Stanoevska-Slabeva, T. Wozniak, G. Thanos, D. M. Parrilli, B. Serrabou, K. Luokkanen-Rabetino. "Turning Grid Research into Business - Identification of Commercialization Barriers". Proceedings of the First International ICST Conference on Digital Business (DIGIBIZ 2009), London, June 2009, ISBN: 978-963-9799-56-1. [pdf]
  • G. Thanos, E. Agiatzidou, K. L. Rabetino, I. Rosenberg, K. Stanoevska-Slabeva, J. C. Cuesta, A. Readhead, R. Dohmen. "The Impact of Security and Identity Management Issues in Grid: The Business Perspective". Proceeding of eChallenges 2009, Istanbul October 2009. [pdf]
  • D. M. Parrilli, G. Thanos, K. Stanoevska-Slabeva. "Software as a Service (SaaS) through a Grid Network: Business and Legal Implications and Challenges". eChallenges 2008, Stockholm, October 2008. [pdf]
  • K. Stanoevska-Slabeva, D. M. Parilli, G. Thanos. "Defining Efficient Business Models for Grid-enabled Applications". eChallenges 2008, Stockholm, October 2008. [pdf]
  • K. Stanoevska-Slabeva, D. M. Parilli, G. Thanos. "BEinGRID: Development of Business Models for the Grid Industry". GECON08, Proceedings, Pages 140-151, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (Volume 5206/2008), Springer 2008. [pdf]
  • K. Stanoevska-Slabeva, C. F. Talamanca, G. Thanos, C. Zsigri. "Development of a Generic Value Chain for the Grid Industry". The 4th International Workshop on Grid Economics and Business Models, GECON 2007, Proceedings, Pages 44-57, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS 4685), Springer 2007. [pdf]
  • G. Thanos, C. Courcoubetis, G. D. Stamoulis. "Adopting the Grid for Business Purposes: The Main Objectives and the Associated Economic Issues". The 4th International Workshop on Grid Economics and Business Models, GECON 2007, Proceedings, Pages 1-15, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS 4685), Springer 2007. [pdf]
  • W. Fu, F.-J. Banet, G. Thanos, S. Rupp. "Qualitative and Quantitative Evaluation of MBMS Data Routing".IST Mobile Summit 2006
  • Kavadias, G. Thanos, N. Ploskas, V. Kollias, G. Stassinopoulos and M. Loupis. "Use of SDL for the Implementation of Abstract Test Suites". ACATS Forum Conference, Stuttgart 2003
  • C. Kavadias, A. Litke, G .Thanos, V. Kollias and W. Skelton. "Evolution of Real-Time TTCN Testing based on Prioritised Scheduling". ACATS Forum Conference, Athens 2002
  • G. Thanos, C. Kavadias, A. Litke, G.J. Wintterle. "The Advantages and Enforcement of Open Source Software in Embedded Real-time Systems". ACATS Forum Conference, Athens 2002