Apostolos Traganitis

Apostolos Traganitis is a Professor of Computer Science at the University of Crete, affiliated with the Institute of Computer Science (ICS) at the Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH). He joined ICS-FORTH in 1988 and has led projects in wireless communications, healthcare systems, and cybersecurity. His research focuses on digital communications, wireless networks security, hardware design, and biomedical engineering.

Education:

• PhD and M.Sc. from Princeton University, USA
• Diploma in Electrical Engineering from National Technical University of Athens (NTUA)

Professional Experience:

• Visiting Research Fellow at University of Maryland (1993–1994)
• Former Researcher at Hellenic Navy Research Laboratory (GETEN)

Research Contributions:

• Evaluation of card-phone security in Greece
• Development of secure m-commerce payment systems
• Key generation in ad hoc wireless networks using Elliptic Curve Cryptography