Tsantas Nikolas

Nikolas Tsantas is a Professor of Operations Research at the Department of Mathematics, University of Patras. He holds a Ph.D. (1984) and B.Sc. (1981) from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and the University of Ioannina, respectively. His research focuses on stochastic modeling, Markov chains, optimization, and manpower planning. He has held academic positions at multiple institutions, including Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and Hellenic Open University.

Education:

• Ph.D. in Mathematics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (1984)
• B.Sc. in Mathematics, University of Ioannina (1981)

Research Interests:

• Manpower Planning
• Stochastic Models and Markov Chains
• Operations Research and Optimization
• Computational Markov Chains

Teaching:

• Undergraduate: Mathematical Programming, Operations Research
• Postgraduate: Optimization and Decision Models, Stochastic Processes

Advising and Grants: Supervised over 30 theses, including 24 MSc theses at University of Patras. Conducted research on manpower planning, stochastic systems, and mobility analysis, funded by various projects since 1981.

Labs: Director of Probability-Statistics and Operations Research Lab (2008–2012, 2016–2018).