Nikolaos Pappas is an Associate Professor and Docent at Linköping University's Department of Computer and Information Science (IDA), within the Database and Information Techniques (ADIT) division. His research focuses on semantic wireless communications, age of information, stochastic modeling of communication networks, and wireless energy harvesting systems. He leads the Communications for Networked Intelligent Systems Group and serves as an editor for several IEEE journals, including the IEEE Transactions on Machine Learning in Communications and Networking. Education: B.Sc./M.Sc./Ph.D. in Computer Science and Mathematics from the University of Crete (2005–2012). Postdoctoral roles at Supélec (France) and Linköping University (2012–2016). Marie Curie Fellow (2014–2016). Research Interests: Includes semantic communication, tactile internet, IoT, queueing theory, and 6G network architectures. He is a voting member of the IEEE Tactile Internet Working Group and Principal Investigator for projects like 'Semantics-Empowered Communication for Networked Intelligent Systems' (Swedish Research Council, 2022–2025). Awards: Recognized in the Top 2% Scientists List (2020–2023) for Networking and Telecommunications. Leading Horizon Europe projects such as ROBUST-6G and ETHER, focusing on 6G security and hybrid terrestrial/satellite networks. Teaching: Courses on Age of Information, Statistical Learning, and Network Virtualization. Supervises a large team of PhD students and postdocs in ADIT.










