Christos Liaskos

Christos Liaskos is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Ioannina (UoI), Greece. He is also a researcher at the Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH). His expertise spans computer networks, wireless communication systems, and nanotechnology, with a focus on reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS), metasurfaces, and their applications in 6G, IoT, and autonomous systems. He holds a PhD in Computer Networking from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH) and has published extensively in IEEE venues.

Education:

• Diploma in Electrical and Computer Engineering (AUTH, 2004)
• MSc in Medical Informatics (AUTH Medical School, 2008)
• PhD in Computer Networking (AUTH Informatics Department, 2014)

Research Interests:

• Programmable wireless environments using software-defined metasurfaces
• RIS-assisted architectures for 5G/6G networks
• IoT and UAV communication systems
• Energy-efficient trajectory design for drones
• Beam steering and wavefront control in mmWave systems

His recent work explores applications like RIS-based autonomous driving, optical wireless positioning, and fault-tolerant routing in metasurface networks. He contributes to open-source simulation frameworks (e.g., Cooperis) and collaborates on EU projects like VISORSURF, advancing the Internet-of-Materials concept.