Christos Tranoris

Education

1999 - 2006

Received a PhD from the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Patras,Greece Dissertation in the area of Software Engineering with title: « A SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS FOR INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS SUPPORTED BY A CASE TOOL» (CASE: Computer Aided Software Engineering)

4/3/1999

Diploma from the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Patras,Greece

Professional Experience

[1] 1/1/2009 - Today

Research fellow at the dept. of Electrical Engineering, University of Patras, Greece.

[2] 14/2/2007 – 31/12/2008

Bytemobile European Development Center: Software Quality Assurance Technical Lead Engineer [Bytemobile European Development Center Patras Science Park, Bytemobile, Inc. 2025 Stierlin Court Suite 200 Mountain View, California, USA]

[3] 1/4/2006 – 13/2/2007

Participant as a senior programmer in the development of the Greek Army’s project “Unified Personnel Management System” (Eclipse, Java, Oracle) during the military service at the Centre of Information Technology of the Greek Army in the Ministry of National Defence, Athens. - Participant in the design and implementation of a computer domain network in a brigade based on Windows 2003 Advanced Server and Active Directory during the military service.

[4] 3/1/2002 - 31/12/2006

Instance ltd: Co-founder of Instance ltd, Software Design and Development, a company specialized in the design and development of software applications for personal computers and web sites by means of modern software tools and methodologies.

[5] 1/11/2002 – 31/3/2003

Participant in the Greek founded project : ”Penelope: Model’s Creation". An open computer collaborative learning system developed at Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Patras,Greece. A project funded from Institute of Technology of Computers

[6] 1/5/2001- 31/10/2002

Participant in the project "IST -2000-25385- Modelling Space ". Space of idea’s expression, modeling and collaboration for the development of imagination reasoning and learning, Project funded from European Union

[7] 1/4/2000 – 31/8/2001

Participant in the project PENED 99 – ARTIO: Development of a system for the interconnection of heterogeneous industrial networks. A project funded from GSRT (Greek Secretariat for Research and Technology) and developed at the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Patras,Greece and the Industrial Institute.

[8] 12/10/1999 – 31/3/2000

Participant in the project EKBAN 1,3,-76 : A system for the remote monitoring and administration of industrial devices. A project funded from GSRT (Greek Secretariat for Research and Technology) and developed at the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Patras,Greece and the Patras’ University Hospital

[9] 1/6/1995 – 31/8/2000

Rhesos ltd: Developer of database management systems for GIS. Programming of GISs, multimedia and internet applications.

Teaching experience

1/10/2008 - Today

Associate Lecturer at TEI of Messologgi, Networks dpt, Naupaktos, teaching databases theory as well as databases and java labs

1/9/2003 – 31/12/2003 (44 hours) - 1/9/2000 – 31/1/2001 (55 hours)

Laboratory support of the lesson Advanced Programming Techniques (Low Level C Programming, Object Oriented Programming in Java, advanced algorithms, multithreading. Lesson of the 4th year of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Patras,Greece

1/3/2002 – 31/7/2002 (79 hours) - 1/3/2000 – 31/5/2000 (75 hours)

Laboratory support of the lesson Programming Languages ( C and Object Oriented Programming in Java) Lesson of the 2nd year of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Patras,Greece

1/2/2001 - 31/3/2001

Laboratory support of the postgraduate lesson Co-design of hardware and Software Systems, software design of embedded systems.

1/3/2000 – 31/5/2000 (75 hours) and1/6/2000 – 30/6/2000 ( 6 hours )

Laboratory support of the lesson Programming Languages (C, Java and Object Oriented programming) Lesson of the 2nd year of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Patras,Greece

1/9/2000 – 31/1/2001 (55 hours)

Laboratory support of the lesson Advanced Programming Techniques (Low Level C Programming, Object Oriented Programming in Java, advanced algorithms, multithreading. Lesson of the 4th year of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Patras,Greece

Publications

[1] Kl. Thramboulidis, C.Tranoris «Using UML for Stating and Handling Regulations in the Resource (Re)scheduling Problem» 5th International Conference of the Decision Science Institute, Athens, Greece, July 1999

[2] K. Thramboulidis, C.Tranoris, C. Koulamas «An Object-Oriented Framework for the Development of Distributed Industrial Process Measurement and Control Systems» ICEIS 2001, Portugal, July 2001

[3] C. Tranoris, K. Thramboulidis «Interconnecting Heterogeneous Fieldbuses in Wide Area Industrial Environments», WSCEAS, Multiconference, Greece, Crete 2001, July

[4] K. Thramboulidis, C. Tranoris, “An Architecture for the Development of Function Block Oriented Engineering Support Systems”, IEEE International Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Robotics and Automation, Canada August 2001.

[5] K. Thramboulidis, C.Tranoris «A Function Block Based Approach for the development of Distributed IPMCS Applications» International Conference on Advamced Robotics, Hungary, Budapest, August 2001

[6] Kleanthis Thramboulidis , Chris Tranoris «An Object-oriented framework for the development of distributed Control Applications» First National Conference on Recent Advances in Mechanical Engineering, Greece, Patras, September 17-20 2001

[7] Chris Tranoris, Stefanos Aslanis, Kleanthis Thramboulidis «Using RT-Linux for the Interconnection of Industrial Fieldbuses», First National Conference on Recent Advances in Mechanical Engineering, Greece, Patras, September 2001

[8] Tranoris C., Komis V., Thramboulidis K., Feidas C., Avouris N., “Tools and techniques of an open architecture for the development of educational material ”, 3rd Pan-Hellenic conference on New Technologies on Education

[9] Chris Tranoris, Kleanthis Thramboulidis «From requirements to function block diagrams: A new approach for the design of industrial control applications», 10th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, Lisbon Portugal, 2002, July 9-12

[10] Chris Tranoris, Kleanthis Thramboulidis «A UML based Engineering Support System for the Development of Distributed Control Applications», Workshop on Computer Science and Information Technologies CSIT 2002, University of Patras, Rion Patras, Greece, 18-20 September 2002

[11] Chris Tranoris, Kleanthis Thramboulidis «An IEC Compliant Engineering tool for Distributed Control Applications», IEEE 11th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, Rhodes, Greece, 18-20 June 2003

[12] Vassilis Kapsalis, Christos Fidas, Christos Tranoris, Adrian Stoica «Edu-Smile: A context-aware service for synchronous support in web-based educational systems», The 5th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, July 5-8, 2005, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Journals

[1] Kleanthis Thramboulidis, Chris Tranoris «Developing a CASE tool for Distributed Control Applications», The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Springer-Verlag, ISSN 0268-3768 Issue: Volume 24, Numbers 1-2 Date: July 2004

[2] Christos Tranoris, Kleanthis Thramboulidis «A Tool Supported Engineering Process for the Development of Distributed Industrial Control Applications», (Computers in Industry , Volume 57, Issue 5, June 2006, Pages 462-472

[3] Fidas C., Kapsalis V., Tranoris C., Avouris N., «Synchronous support and monitoring in web–based educational systems», Journal of Campus-Wide Information Systems, vol. 23, No. 3, pp. 138-148, Special issue on Synchronous methods and applications in e-learning, 2006.

Patents

[1] No. 1004805.OBI, INT. CL G06F 17/60, g06f 15/163 «A method and a process for the real-time support and monitoring of website visitors»

Memberships

IEEE Valued Member for 10 years (Computer Society, Engineering Management Society, Robotics & Automation Society)

ACM Member ( SIGSOFT)

Member of Technical Chamber of Greece

Supplemental education - Seminars

[1] First Certificate in English, Cambridge.

[2] 4/5/2005 – 25/6/2005 Training of 100 hours on «Managing and operating a modern enterprise», at KEK MENTOR EDUCATION, Patras

[3] 11-12/12/2002 40 hours seminar on “Business Plan: Creating your own Business Plan” at Κ.Ε.Κ. Ι.Β.EP.Ε, Patras Other technological and general interests Software Engineering, Computer networks, Real-Time Embedded systems, Sailing

Fullfiled army obligations