Stelios M POTIRAKIS

Stelios M POTIRAKIS is a Professor at the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at the University of West Attica in Athens, Greece. He has held this position since September 2018, following an Associate Professor role at the same institution from March to September 2018, and previously at Piraeus University of Applied Sciences from November 2015 to February 2018. His research focuses on complex systems time-series analysis with applications spanning geophysical phenomena, space weather, biological signals, financial markets, and audio processing. He leads the Electronics and Computer Technologies Laboratory (ECTLab) at the University of West Attica.

Dr. POTIRAKIS specializes in digital signal processing, nonlinear dynamics, and mathematical modeling of complex physical systems. His expertise bridges electrical engineering with geophysics, particularly in studying earthquake precursors through electromagnetic emissions, ionospheric disturbances, and atmospheric anomalies. He has developed methodologies to analyze critical phenomena across diverse systems, from phase transitions in physics to market dynamics in finance.

His recent publication record demonstrates a strong focus on the intersection of space weather, ionospheric monitoring, and seismic activity. He has pioneered approaches using Very Low Frequency (VLF) signals to detect pre-seismic ionospheric anomalies, contributing to earthquake prediction research. His work also extends to financial markets, where he applies complexity measures to forecast volatility, and to biological signals, where he investigates neural dynamics and spike generation mechanisms.

• 246 scientific publications with 54,289 reads and 2,419 citations
• Director of ECTLab (Electronics and Computer Technologies Laboratory)
• Key contributor to hELlenic Seismo-ElectroMagnetics Network (ELSEM-Net)
• Active researcher in Swarm mission data analysis for geophysical monitoring

Dr. POTIRAKIS maintains an extensive international collaboration network, particularly with Japanese researchers like Masashi Hayakawa, reflecting the global impact of his interdisciplinary research in complex systems analysis and earthquake precursor studies.