Athanasios Liavas

Athanasios Liavas is a Professor at the Technical University of Crete in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, specializing in Signal Processing for Telecommunications and Information Theory. He has held administrative roles as Department Chair (2009-2011), Vice Chair (2011-2013), and Dean of the ECE School (2017-2021).

• Education: Diploma (1989) and PhD (1993) in Computer Engineering and Informatics from the University of Patras.
• Professional Background: Postdoctoral Marie Curie Fellow at INT, Evry (1996-1998); Lecturer at University of Ioannina (1999-2001); Assistant/Associate Professor at University of the Aegean (2001-2004) and Technical University of Crete (2004-present).

His research focuses on Signal Processing for Telecommunications, Information Theory, and Tensor Decomposition. Recent work involves nonnegative tensor factorization, parallel algorithms, and fMRI data analysis, with applications in wireless communications and medical imaging. Articles show trends in optimization algorithms, LDPC code design, and MIMO system robustness.

Scientific Awards include:

• Marie Curie Fellowship (1996-1998)
• Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing (2005-2009)
• Elected Member, IEEE Signal Processing for Communications and Networking Technical Committee (2006-2011)

He has taught courses like Telecommunications Systems II, Wireless Communications, and Information Theory, and supervised students such as Despoina Tsipouridou (PhD) and Alex Balatsoukas-Stimming (Graduate). He leads projects like Partensor (Parallel Tensor Toolbox) and COOPCOM (Cooperative Communications), and contributes to labs including the Telecommunications Laboratory.