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Constantinos B. Papadias, PhD

Head, SWiFT Lab
Associate Vice President for Research, Innovation, and Graduate Studies Founding Executive Director of the Research, Technology & Innovation Network

CONTACT INFO

+30 210 6009800 ext 1240

EDUCATION

Stanford University
Post-doc, Electrical Engineering, Smart Antenna Research Group
1995 – 1997

Télécom Paris
Doctorate, Signal Processing, Telecommunications
1991 – 1995

National Technical University of Athens
Diploma of Engineering, Electrical Engineering
1986 – 1991

Constantinos B. Papadias, PhD, is Associate Vice President for Research, Innovation, and Graduate Studies and the Founding Executive Director of the Research, Technology & Innovation Network (RTIN) at The American College of Greece (ACG). He is also Professor of Information Technology at Deree College, Head of ACG’s Smart Wireless Future Technologies (SWiFT) Research Lab and Scientific Director of the ACG Research Center (ACG-RC). He is currently Adjunct Professor at Aalborg University in Denmark and the University of Cyprus.

He was Dean (2014-2019) and Professor (2006-2019) at Athens Information Technology, Technical Manager (2001-2006) and Researcher (1997-2001) at Bell Laboratories, Adjunct Professor at Carnegie Mellon University (2006-2011) and Columbia University (2004-2005), post-doctoral researcher at Stanford University (1995-1997) and researcher at Institut Eurécom (1992-1995). Professor Papadias’ teaching and research interests include wireless communications, signal processing, antenna systems, and machine learning, among others. He has published over 220 papers and 4 books, holds 12 patents and has received over 10,000 citations as well as several recognitions for his work. He has attracted research grants whose total value exceeds 25M€. Professor Papadias is a Fellow of the IEEE and the European Alliance of Innovation.

Publications

Books

Spectrum Sharing: The Next Frontier in Wireless Networks, C.B. Papadias, T. Ratnarajah and D. Slock (Editors.) ISBN: 978-1-119-55151-5, Wiley-IEEE Press, April 2020.

Book Chapters

[1] C. B. Papadias, T. Ratnarajah, D. Slock, “Introduction: from cognitive radio to spectrum sharing on packet basis,” in Spectrum Sharing: The Next Frontier in Wireless Networks, C. B. Papadias, T. Ratnarajah, D. Slock, Eds., Wiley-IEEE Press, 2020.

[2] C. B. Papadias, K. Ntougias, G. Papageorgiou, “The role of antenna arrays in spectrum sharing,” in Spectrum Sharing: The Next Frontier in Wireless Networks, C. B. Papadias, T. Ratnarajah, D. Slock, Eds., Wiley-IEEE Press, 2020.

Journal Papers

[1] A. S. de Sena, D. B. da Costa, Z. Ding, P. H. J. Nardelli, U. S. Dias and C. B. Papadias, “Massive MIMO-NOMA networks with successive sub-array activation,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 19, no. 3, pp. 1622-1635, March 2020.

[2] G. K. Papageorgiou, M. Sellathurai, K. Ntougias and C. B. Papadias, “A stochastic optimization approach to hybrid processing in massive MIMO systems,” IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, vol. 9, No. 6, pp. 770-773, June 2020.

[3] A. S. de Sena, F. Rafael M. Lima, Daniel B. da Costa, Z. Ding, P. H. J. Nardelli, U. S. Dias, C. B. Papadias, “Massive MIMO-NOMA networks with imperfect SIC: design and fairness enhancement,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 19, no. 9, pp. 6100-6115, Sept. 2020.

[4] O. A. Lopez, S. M. Sánchez, R. Demo, C. B. Papadias, H. Alves, “On CSI-free multi-antenna schemes for massive wireless energy transfer,” IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 8, No. 1, pp. 278-296, Jan. 2021.

[5] G. K. Papageorgiou, K. Voulgaris, K. Ntougias, D. K. Ntaikos, M. M. Butt, C. Galiotto, N. Marchetti, V. Frascolla, H. Annouar, A. Gomes, A. J. Morgado, M. Pesavento, T. Ratnarajah, K. Gopala, F. Kaltenberger, D. T. M. Slock, F. Khan and C. B. Papadias, “Advanced dynamic spectrum 5G mobile networks employing licensed shared access,” IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 58, No. 7, pp. 21-27, July 2020.

[6] K. Ntougias, C. B. Papadias, G. K. Papageorgiou, G. Hasslinger, T. B. Sorensen, “Coordinated caching and QoS-aware resource allocation for spectrum sharing,” Wireless Personal Communications, available online, March 26, 2020.

[7] A. S. de Sena, D. Carillo, F. Fang, P. H. J. Nardelli, D. B. da Costa, U. S. Dias, Z. Ding, C. B. Papadias, and W. Saad, “What role do intelligent reflecting surfaces play in multi-antenna non-orthogonal multiple access?” IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine, vol. 27, No. 5, pp. 24-31, Oct. 2020.

[8] M. H. Tariq, D. K. Ntaikos and C. B. Papadias, “Design guidelines for multi-active/multi-passive parasitic antenna arrays,” IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, vol. 19, no. 12, pp. 2141-2144, Dec. 2020.

[9] N. Babu, C. B. Papadias and P. Popovski, “Energy-efficient 3-D deployment of aerial access points in a UAV communication system,” IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 24, no. 12, pp. 2883-2887, Dec. 2020.

[10] O. A. Lopez, S. M. Sánchez, R. Demo, C. B. Papadias, H. Alves, “On CSI-free multi-antenna schemes for massive wireless energy transfer,” IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 8, No. 1, pp. 278-296, Jan. 2021.

[11] N. Babu, M. Virgili, C. B. Papadias, P. Popovski and A. J. Forsyth, “Cost- and energy-efficient aerial communication networks with interleaved hovering and flying,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 70, no. 9, pp. 9077-9087, Sept. 2021.

[12] A. S. de Sena, P. H. J. Nardelli, D. B. d. Costa, U. S. Dias, P. Popovski and C. B. Papadias, “Dual-polarized IRSs in uplink MIMO-NOMA networks: An interference mitigation approach,” IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, vol. 10, no. 10, pp. 2284-2288, Oct. 2021.

Conference papers

[1] A. S. de Sena, D. B. da Costa, Z. Ding, P. H. J. Nardelli, U. Dias, and C. B. Papadias, “Successive sub-array activation for Massive MIMO-NOMA networks,” IEEE International Conference on Communications, June 7-11, 2020.

[2] G. K. Papageorgiou, M. Sellathurai, D. K. Ntaikos, C. B. Papadias, “3D beamforming with multi-active multi-passive antenna arrays using stochastic optimization,” 21st IEEE Workshop on Signal Processing Advances in Wireless Communications (SPAWC 2020), May 26-29, 2020 (virtual conference).

[3] M. Haroon Tariq, I. Chondroulis, P. Skartsilas, N. Babu and C. B. Papadias, “mmWave Massive MIMO channel measurements for fixed wireless and smart city applications,” IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC 2020), Aug. 31 – Sept. 3, 2020 (virtual conference).

[4] N. Babu, K. Ntougias and C. B. Papadias, “Energy efficient altitude optimization of an aerial access Point,” IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC 2020), Aug. 31 – Sept. 3, 2020 (virtual conference).

[5] A. S. de Sena, P. H. J. Nardelli, D. B. da Costa, F. R. M. Lima, L. Yang, P. Popovski, Z. Ding, and C. B. Papadias, “IRS-assisted massive MIMO-NOMA networks with polarization diversity,” Workshop on Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces for future wireless communications, IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC’ 2021), virtual / Montreal, Canada, June 14-23, 2021.

[6] N. Babu, C. B. Papadias and P. Popovski, “Energy-efficient deployment of a non-orthogonal multiple access unmanned aerial system,” 4th IEEE ICC Workshop on Integrating UAVs into 5G and Beyond, IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC’ 2021), virtual / Montreal, Canada, June 14-23, 2021.

White Papers

[1] C. B. Papadias, I Chondroulis, M. H. Tariq, N. Babu, T. Barratt, F. Undi, J. Kusuma, K. Mangalmurti, E. Tanghe, D. de Beelde, Z. Aslam, W. Joseph, D. Lai, N. Golmie, A. Gosain, S. G. Sanchez, L. Bertizzolo, L. Bonati, M. Polese, H. B. Tulay, Y. Corre, A. Zubow, and S. Goldstein, “TIP channel sounder program results summary report,” white paper published by the Telecom Infra Project (TIP) mmWave Networks Project Group, Sept. 2020.

Special Issues & Workshops

[1] EU Project PAINLESS 2nd Summer School and Workshop, June 1-5, 2020 (online), co-organized by C. B. Papadias.

[2] Workshop on “Communication and Networking Algorithms for Cyber-Physical Systems in Industry 4.0,” co-located with IEEE PIMRC 2020, Aug. 31, 2020, co-organized by C. B. Papadias.

[3] Special Issue on “Aerial Wireless Networks,” IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society (IEEE OJCOMS), co-edited by C. B. Papadias.

[4] Upcoming Special Issue on “Technologies & Innovation Models for 5G Services and Verticals,” Wireless Personal Communications (Springer), co-edited by C. B. Papadias.