Dr Michael Filippakis has been a Full Professor at the Department of Digital Systems, School of Information and Communication Technologies, University of Piraeus, since August 2022, and an elected Member of the Governing Council of the University of Piraeus since October 2022.
Since December 2013 he has been a member of the Teaching and Research Staff of the Department of Digital Systems of the University of Piraeus, initially as Assistant Professor and subsequently as Associate Professor. Dr Michael Filippakis holds a PhD from the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), a degree with distinction from the Department of Mathematics of the University of Ioannina and a Master’s degree with distinction. He has taught at undergraduate and postgraduate level at several university institutions, including the National Technical University of Athens, the University of the Peloponnese, the University of Thessaly, Panteion University, Higher Military Academies (Hellenic Army Academy, Hellenic Military Academy of Combat Support Officers, Hellenic Army Academy for NCOs) and several Technological Educational Institutes (TEI of Athens, TEI of Piraeus, TEI of Chalkida), as well as at ASPETE, covering a wide range of courses and subjects (Machine Learning, Practical Machine Learning, Fundamentals of Artificial Intelligence, Data Mining and Analysis, Data Mining and Preparation, Predictive Analytics, Educational Research Methodology, Biostatistics, Bioinformatics, Mathematical Analysis, Applied Analysis, Financial Mathematics, Business Statistics, Quantitative Methods and Applications, Probability Theory, Operational Research, Discrete Mathematics, Applied Linear Algebra, Use of Symbolic Languages in Problems of Mathematical Physics with Matlab, Simulation of digital systems using Matlab-Mathematica, Python, R, etc.). His research interests focus on nonlinear problems with partial differential equations, optimisation problems, game theory, Machine Learning, Data Mining, Data Science and image processing. He has published more than 63 scientific articles in international scientific journals and in peer-reviewed international conference proceedings. There are more than 430 citations of his work by other researchers in the international literature, and he has written referee’s reports for several international journals. Dr Michael Filippakis is the author of 14 university textbooks, has participated in many international scientific conferences and has served as a reviewer for scientific journals, conference proceedings and books. Dr Michael Filippakis also participates in several international research projects.