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Christos Panayiotou is a Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of Cyprus (UCY) and serves as the Deputy Director of the KIOS Research and Innovation Center of Excellence. He holds a B.Sc. and Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Massachusetts Amherst (1994 and 1999), as well as an MBA from the Isenberg School of Management. Prior to joining UCY in 2002, he was a Research Associate at Boston University's Center for Information and System Engineering.
His research focuses on modeling, control, optimization, and performance evaluation of discrete event and hybrid systems, with applications in intelligent transportation systems, cyber-physical systems, machine learning, wireless networks, and smart buildings. His work has secured over €45 million in funding from national/EU agencies, governments, and private entities. He has published over 290 papers and received the 2014 Best Paper Award in Building and Environment.
- Editorial Roles: Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, IEEE Control Systems Society, and others.
- Leadership: General Chair of EWGT2020, Co-Chair of ECC2018, and Chair of IEEE Computational Intelligence Society subcommittees.
Key projects include UAV swarm coordination for maritime surveillance, digital twin architectures for smart buildings, and resilient traffic demand management systems. His grants emphasize cyber-physical systems, energy grids, and disaster response technologies.
