Dr. Despina Anastasiadou
Director, Southeastern Europe Telecommunications & Informatics Research Institute (INA)

Dr. Despina Anastasiadou is the Director of the Southeastern Europe Telecommunications & Informatics Research Institute (INA) in Thessaloniki, Greece. She is responsible for the Institute’s strategic planning, overall scientific and administrative management and coordination of educational/training activities performed within the scope of the INA Academy, the educational arm of INA. She received her Diploma and Ph.D. degrees in electrical and electronics engineering from the Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Patras, Greece, in 1998 and 2004, respectively. Dr. Anastasiadou has worked as a teaching assistant at the Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Patras, Greece until 2003 and as a research engineer at the Research Academic Computer Technology Institute, in Patras, from October 2000 until July 2004. Her research fields include digital signal processing, embedded communications systems design and telecommunications networking, while her Ph.D. is focused on broadband Power-line communications. She joined INA in November 2004 as Head of INA’s Research and Analysis Unit, coordinating research projects and analysing the developments in the Information and Communications Technologies sector in Southeastern Europe. Since January 2006, she is the Institute’s Director. Dr. Anastasiadou is also a lecturer since 2005 at CITY College, Thessaloniki, Greece, an affiliated Institution of the University of Sheffield, UK. She teaches two Advanced Telecommunications Networking courses (MSc level). She has served as technical reviewer for International Scientific Journals and Conferences (IEEE Transactions, ACM, etc) and has authored several scientific papers. She has served as an expert reviewer for the European Commission in FP6 and FP7 programmes and as an ICT technical consultant in Southeast Europe Regional Initiatives of the Stability Pact and the International Telecommunications Union (ITU). She is a member of the IEEE and the Technical Chamber of Greece.

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