• Harokopio University is a public university dedicated to promoting research and learning in a small, well focused set of intellectual areas, of which Informatics plays a key role in the University’s strategy.
• The University originates from an educational institution first established in 1929 and gained the status of University in 1991, realizing the vision of national benefactor Panagis Harokopos.
• The University’s excellent campus facilities houses four academic departments:
  • Department of Home Economics & Ecology
  • Department of Nutrition & Dietetics
  • Department of Geography
  • Department of Informatics & Telematics

All departments offer four year studies, leading to B.Sc. Degrees and postgraduate programmes that result in Master and PhD degrees

• The Department was founded in the summer of 2006
  • Students are admitted since September 2007 and the Department is ranked high in the National Admission Examinations preference order
• It is located in a newly built 5 floor building, close to Harokopio University main campus and the Metro station of El. Venizelos (Tavros)
• Goal
  • Advancement of the Science of Informatics, mainly in the field of network-centered systems and related e-services.
• Focus
  • Telematics areas, related to network and Ιnternet technologies
  • Their applications in areas such as e-business, e-learning, e-government, e-transport and e-health

• • National and Εuropean EC-funded projects (e.g. ONELAB, Ceasefire, TEACHING, etc.)
  • Research cooperation with Research Institutions, Universities and IT companies
  • Participation in international standardization organizations
  • Research interests / groups
  • AI, Machine Learning, parallel and distributed systems, edge & cloud computing
  • Data and knowledge management
  • Information workflow management systems, web services and applications in business processes
  • Modern electronic services & applications (intelligent transport systems, e-health, e-commerce, e-government)
  • Wireless networks and mobile communications, optical communications, autonomous and cognitive networks