I am currently professor at University of West Attica (assistant professor during 2017-2024). From 2007-2017, I acted as associate professor at Technological Educational Institute of StereaEllada. My research interests lie mainly in the areas of Information and Communication Technologies including a) routing protocols and trust management in Wireless Sensor Networks, b) control plane technologies in broadband networks including HFC, PON, WDM metro and core networks and c) industrial, embedded and network system design and development. Currently I am working on blockchain technologies, IoT enabled systems and gamification for various application sectors including social innovation, education and participatory approaches. I am also a visiting professor at the Hellenic Open University.