Evangelos Kalampokis

Evangelos Kalampokis serves as Assistant Professor of Information Systems and eGovernment at the Department of Business Administration, University of Macedonia, Greece. He maintains additional affiliations with the Hellenic Open University as an Adjunct Lecturer and with the Information Technologies Institute of the Centre for Research & Technology - Hellas (CERTH-ITI) in Thessaloniki.

Dr. Kalampokis earned his Diploma (MEng) in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, followed by an MSc in Business Administration-MBA from the University of Macedonia, and completed his Ph.D. on "Linked Open Government Data Analytics" at the same institution. His academic foundation bridges engineering, business administration, and data science.

His research spans Digital Government, Digital Health, Business Intelligence, Explainable Artificial Intelligence, Large Language Models, and Knowledge Graphs. With over fourteen years of experience, he has served as technical consultant and project initiator for numerous EU-funded initiatives including H2020 OpenGovIntelligence and FP7 OpenCube. His work consistently focuses on practical applications of advanced data technologies in public sector contexts, with particular emphasis on creating usable AI systems that government agencies can implement.

Dr. Kalampokis' recent publications reveal a strategic shift toward healthcare applications of AI, particularly in oncology and cardiology, while maintaining his strong foundation in government data systems. His work demonstrates increasing sophistication in combining Large Language Models with structured government data to create practical decision support tools across multiple domains including healthcare, legal interpretation, and urban planning.

He has published over 95 papers in high-impact journals including PLOS Digital Health (IF: 7.7), IEEE Intelligent Systems (IF: 6.1), and Journal of Web Semantics (IF: 3.1), establishing himself as a leading researcher at the intersection of AI and public sector applications.

Dr. Kalampokis serves as proposal evaluator for the European Commission under Horizon Europe and has organized major conference tracks including the "AI, Data Analytics & Automated Decision Making" Track at EGOV-CeDEM-EPART 2023. His current research portfolio includes digiGOV-innoHUB (European Digital Innovation Hub for Digital Governance), TealHelix (Building Resilience Through Inclusive Food Labeling), and AI4Deliberation (Artificial Intelligence for Democratic Deliberations), reflecting his growing influence in shaping Europe's digital governance landscape.