Mr. N. Alexandridis was born in Thessaloniki, Greece and graduated from Anatolia College in 1962. He carried out all his University studies in the U.S. where he received his B.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from Ohio University and his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science and Computer Engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).

After working for a while in the U.S. industry, he returned to Greece. He was elected Professor of the first Chair of “Computer Science” established in Greece at the School of Engineering at the University of Patras. After that he was elected Professor of “Digital Systems and Computers” at the National Technical University of Athens, where he served for 5 years. Since 1984 he is Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the George Washington University, Washington DC, USA.

He has a long experience in industrial and governmental technology issues, in the private and public sectors, both in Greece and abroad. He was Greece’s scientific representative in the European research program ESPRIT and was one of the first Professors in the governing board of the Greek Naval Research Center for 5 years.

He has an extensive record of publications, with numerous monographs and publications in international scientific journals and prestigious conferences and is the author of 12 textbooks (3 in English, the remaining in Greek), and has participated in chairing and organizing various international conferences and symposia. Moreover, he has been a member of assessment committees for the evaluation of scientific papers and research proposals, at an international level.

He was a founding member and the first President of the Greek Computer Society. He is a member of the Technical Chamber of Greece, is listed in a large number of Who’s Who in the world, and has received a number of honors and awards.

Since August 2005 he is the President of the Hellenic Telecommunications & Post
Commission (EETT).

More information is provided at http://www.seas.gwu.edu/~alexan/