Konstantinos Kotis

Konstantinos Kotis is an Associate Professor at the Department of Cultural Informatics and Communication, University of the Aegean, and a Research Associate at the AI Lab of the University of Piraeus. He serves as Director of Postgraduate Studies in Cultural Informatics and leads the Semantic Web of Things research group. He holds a B.Sc. in Computation from University of Manchester (UMIST) and a Ph.D. in Information Management from University of the Aegean.

His research focuses on:

• Knowledge engineering methodologies and ontology evolution
• Semantic Web technologies and linked data applications
• IoT semantics and semantic sensor networks
• Intelligent systems for cultural heritage and digital twins
• AI chatbots and conversational interfaces

His publication portfolio demonstrates significant contributions to semantic data integration, with recent work emphasizing ontology engineering, RDF generation from streaming data, and maritime domain applications. Research consistently addresses knowledge representation challenges in distributed environments.

Awards include:

• ERCIM 'Allain Bensoussan' Post-Doctoral Fellowship (2011-2012)

He directs the postgraduate program in Cultural Informatics and leads multiple research projects including GreenHeritage (Erasmus+), RE-SAMPLE (H2020), and datACRON (H2020). Manages research teams at the Intelligent Systems Lab (i-lab) and contributes to European projects on semantic interoperability and digital culture.