Irene Kilanioti

Irene Kilanioti is a Teaching Professor at the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), affiliated with the Division of Communication, Electronic and Information Engineering under the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. She holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Cyprus and has extensive experience as a PostDoc researcher at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. Her career includes roles as an informatics teacher in Greece and Germany, software engineer at Vodafone, and teaching assistant in tertiary education. Dr. Kilanioti specializes in knowledge graphs, social media analytics, sustainable development goals, and AI-driven education technologies.

Education: B.Sc. in Informatics and Telecommunications (NKUA), M.Sc. in Advanced Information Systems (NKUA with best student award), Ph.D. in Computer Science (University of Cyprus). She completed German teaching licensure studies at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität (Erlangen) and holds a translator’s diploma from the Institute of Linguists (London). Fluent in English and German, she is a member of the Cyprus Scientific and Technical Chamber.

Research focuses on knowledge graph optimization, social media misinformation detection, and IoT applications in transportation. Notable achievements include the Best Paper Award at the 2022 IEEE International Conference on Knowledge Graphs and contributions to IEEE/UL Standard 2933™ for Clinical IoT Interoperability. She co-leads the EU-funded cHiPSet initiative for big data simulation and serves as an editor for Frontiers in Digital Education.

Awards include a Greek State Scholarship Foundation PhD grant (2012-2015) and the Best Student Award for her M.Sc. Her work bridges technical innovation with societal impact, spanning education technology, healthcare IoT, and global sustainable development.