Dr. Michael A. Bekos
Curriculum Vitae
Personal Data
- Full name: Michael A. Bekos
- Date of birth: March 30, 1981
- Place of birth: Amarousio, Greece
- Citizenship: Greek
- Family Status: Married, one child
- Military obligations: Fulfilled (19/05/2009 - 19/05/2010)
Education
Ph.D in Computer Science and Discrete Mathematics
2004 - 2008, National Technical University of Athens
Department of Mathematics, School of Applied Mathematics and Physical Sciences
Ph.D. Dissertation: Map labeling algorithms with application in graph drawing and cartography
Advisor: Antonios Symvonis, Professor
M.Sc. in Computational Mathematics and Computer Science
2002 - 2004, University of Ioannina
Department of Mathematics
Dissertation Topic: Map Labeling
Advisor: Antonios Symvonis, Professor
B.Sc. in Mathematics
1998 - 2002, University of Ioannina
Graduated with first class Honors
Degree: 7.13/10
Research Interests
My primary research interests concern theoretical aspects of Computer Science, focusing on algorithms and their complexity mostly from the following research areas:
Graph Drawing
Graph Theory
Map Labeling
Information Visualization
Academic Appointments
Postdoctoral Researcher
December 2011 - Today, Arbeitsbereich Algorithmik
Department of Informatics
University of Tübingen, Germany
Researcher
May 2010 - December 2011, Algorithmics Application Research Group
Department of Mathematics
School of Applied Mathematics and Physical Sciences
National Technical University of Athens
Visiting Lecturer
September 2010 - January 2011, Technological Educational Institute of Athens
Department of Informatics
Faculty of Technological Applications
Research Funding
Drawing Graphs with High Resolution and Applications in Mobile Devices
36 months (2012-2015)
Ministry of Education, Lifelong Learning and Religious Affairs,
General Secretariat of Research and Technology of Greece
through action "Supporting Postdoctoral Researchers"
Label Placement Algorithms under the Boundary Labeling Model
14 months (2009-2010)
National Technical University of Athens
through action "Basic Research Support Program PEBE 2008"
Accommodative Intelligent Educational Environments for Dyslexic Learners
14 months (2008-2009)
European Union Sixth Framework
Information Society Technologies
Label Placement Algorithms with Applications to Graph Drawing and Cartography
36 months (2005-2008)
Ministry of Development
General Secretariat of Research and Technology of Greece
through "PENED research program"
Optimal Graph Drawing Algorithms
12 months (2004-2005)
Ministry of Education
through "Pythagoras research program "
