Ioannis Filippopoulos
Assistant Professor
Dr Ioannis Filippopoulos an Assistant Professor at Cyprus International Institute of Management (CIIM); is a “technology architect”, a “team leader”, an information systems and a digital transformation specialist with an exceptional passion aptitude for working with computers combined with an astounding academic background in computer, software engineering and business management. He was until recently the Academic Director of Informatics and Engineering at Hellenic American University, where he was responsible for the effective management and operation of the Division regarding the scheduling of courses, staffing, and supervision of faculty as well as with the correct and consistent implementation of all University’s policies. He was the Chief Information & Technology Officer (CIO/CTO) at a top-performing shipping company (Angelicoussis Group), where he orchestrated the entire network of hardware and software systems, as well as applications for more than 1000 users, systems covering the route of a fleet of more than 140 vessels around the world. He offered 7+ years of experience in analyzing, managing, designing, developing, and enforcing innovative and complex military projects for the Hellenic Ministry of Defense and 14+ years’ customer, technical and consulting support for several Hi-Tech companies. He is also teaching and researching innovative systems and platforms..
Dr Ioannis Filippopoulos has a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Computer & Networks Engineering from the University of Thessaly, a Master of Art in Business Administration (MBA) from the Middlesex University of London, a Master of Science (MSc) in Information Technologies (IT) from the Kapodistrian University of Athens / Telecommunications & Informatics Department, a Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Military Training from the Military Academy of Athens (SSE)
Dr Ioannis Filippopoulos has issued a number of publications; he took part in many conferences as a speaker, in exhibitions, in research projects on the subject of cyber security and vessels, internet of things platform, digital transformation in shipping.
He has many collaborations on the subjects: “GIS Vessel Monitoring Platform, Real-time information with ITS technology”, “Telemedicine in shipping”, “Managing forest fires with i – protect fire simulation module”, “OCTANT Ship Fleet Management Platform”, “Vessels Performance Monitoring Platform, “5GENESIS: 5th Generation End-to-end Network, Experimentation, System Integration, and Showcasing (EU 5G-PPP)”.
His most recent book (2021) contribution is: “ICT Solutions and Digitalisation in Ports and Shipping”, IET, ISBN-13: 978-1-83953-086-9. In this book are given the volumes of global ship traffic, solutions are needed to reduce waiting times, costs, energy consumption and emissions. This frequent reference on ICT solutions and digitalisation in the ports and shipping sector covers new and existing technologies, different types of digital systems and offers illustrative examples and case studies.
Major Collaborations:
- “Vessels Performance Monitoring Platform”, 2020. Infralabs LTD, Angelicoussis Group.
Using precise measurements, owners can get an accurate overview of vessel fuel consumption, which is compared with the specific engine model, condition, and running mode to identify specific fuel consumption. With a direct reporting system to shore, users can identify patterns and make analyses of fleet findings while leaving crew free to operate the vessel without interruption.
- “OCTANT Ship Fleet Management Platform”, 2019. European Structural and Investment Funds Partnership Agreement 2014-2020. Navios Maritime, Alassia Maritime, Space Hellas SA
Maritime Fleet Management Platform, a GIS monitoring platform, a single point of viewing the information collected from the vessel and other sources.
- “5GENESIS: 5th Generation End-to-end Network, Experimentation, System Integration, and Showcasing (EU 5G-PPP)”, 2018. Angelicoussis Group (29 Partners), Project ID: 815178 Call: H2020-ICT-2018-1.
The main goal of 5GENESIS to validate 5G KPIs for various 5G use cases, in both controlled set-ups and large-scale events. This will be achieved by bringing together results from a considerable number of EU projects as well as the partners’ internal R&D activities in order to realize an integrated End-to-end 5G Facility, built on five diverse in terms of capabilities –yet fully interoperable- experimentation platforms distributed across Europe and interconnected with each other.
- “Angelicoussis Group’s Enterprise Platform Solution”, 2017. Best Practice Consulting SA, Angelicoussis Group.
Digital transformation and modernization lead Angelicoussis Group to seek of a new Enterprise Platform, Among multiple cloud platform like MS Dynamics 365, Sap Cloud etc.
- “Mini Intranet – eSMS platform on Vessels”, 2014. Best Practice Consulting SA, Angelicoussis Group.
Mini intranet is a Vessels Centralized information platform. The platform serves and facilitates the structured data transferring between the Operational Vessel’s unstable environment and the Office one. In addition, it can apply business processes not only to office side but also to Vessel’s remote environment.
The platform is composed of two main modules, e-Forms (e-Applications) and e-SMS (e-Documents).
- “IoT on Vessels (GIS) Platform, Vessels Management –Vessels Map”, 2014. Angelicoussis Group, Infralabs LTD.
IoT on Vessels is a platform, in which shore management companies can collect, transmit, store, analyze and finally use and present vessels live data on a Geographical Information System used as Global Monitoring Platform. We used those data for further analysis, and we produced information about engine performance, gas emissions, navigation, Vessel performance etc. The produced information of the above data could be used as an input to a support decision system or to an alerting system, back to the Maritime Company that monitors the Vessel.
- “i-Protect: An Open Source Emergency Management Framework”, 2011. University of Thessaly
Emergency management is an essential capability in modern society. As disasters can happen at any time and can differ from each other considerably, it is necessary to develop a supple framework which can comply with each situation. The aim of this paper is to provide an overview of the i-Protect Emergency Management Framework and analyze in details each of its components. As a proof of concept, we also present two case studies: an urban chemical explosion and a wildland fire simulation engine.
- “BRISEIDE: BRIdging SErvices & Information Data for Europe (EU)”, 2010. Epsilon SA, (14 Partners) Project ID: CIP-ICT-PSP.2009.6.2, Geographic Information, CIP-Pilot Actions (FP7).
A Civil Protection web-GIS s/w platform for hazard management “prior” and “when disaster strikes”. Hazards addressed: Geo-hazards (earthquakes, landslides), Forest Fire hazards, Flood Hazards, Extreme Weather events.
- “Fire Brigade Computer Based Dispatching System (CBD), GIS Platform”. Athens 2004 Olympic Games event crisis management, Epsilon SA.
Athens 2004 Olympic Games event crisis management.
- “SEESIM: Project of South-Eastern European Emergency Situation Network Committee”, 2000. Army General Staff.
Publications
- Marie-Aurelie Ne, Ioannis Filippopoulos, Eleftherios Voumvourakis, Aggelos Aggelis, Leonidas Perlepes, Georgios Stamoulis, Panayotis Kikiras (2011). “i-Protect: An Open Source Emergency Management Framework”. IEEE / 15th Panhellenic Conference on Informatics, 30 November 2011, DOI: 10.1109/PCI.2011.56.
Emergency management is an essential capability in modern society. As disasters can happen at any time and can differ from each other considerably, it is necessary to develop a supple framework which can comply with each situation. The aim of this paper is to provide an overview of the i-Protect Emergency Management Framework and analyze in details each of its components. As a proof of concept, we also present two case studies: an urban chemical explosion and a wildland fire simulation engine.
- Ioannis Filippopoulos, Georgios Stamoulis, Panayotis Kikiras (2012). “Managing Forest Fires with i-Protect Fire Simulation Module”. IEEE / 16th Panhellenic Conference on Informatics, 5 October, DOI: 10.1109/PCi.2012.51.
This article discusses the fire simulation component of i-Protect. i-Protect is an Emergency Management Framework aiming to support emergency management process during the four phases of a crisis: mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery.
- Ioannis Filippopoulos (2012), “Managing forest fires with i – protect fire simulation module”, PhD Thesis, DOI: 10.12681/eadd/29344.
The purpose of this Thesis is to develop a simulation system, which will be able to simulate past, active and potential fires (operational simulation), but also real-time simulation (design simulation) to facilitate the services involved in fire extinguishing and their training. The simulation algorithm does not divide the field into static cells, but it creates dynamic cells in the direction of the fire, which allows for the reduction of the necessary calculation and for continuous updating of dynamically changing data. The user of the platform has the choice of the shape of the cells, between the hexagonal and the square.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ydzmc6j30f76g00/phdGRPrinted.pdf?dl=0
- Ioannis Filippopoulos, Georgios Stamoulis (2017). “Collecting and using vessel’s live data from on board equipment using “Internet of Vessels (IoV) platform”. IEEE / South Eastern European Design Automation, Computer Engineering, Computer Networks and Social Media Conference (SEEDA-CECNSM)), Kastoria, Greece, 3-5 September, DOI: 10.23919/SEEDA-CECNSM.2017.8088242.
The purpose of this paper is a presentation of a recursive project (a platform), that started three years ago, in which shore management companies can collect, transmit, store, analyze and finally use and present vessels live data on a Geographical Information System used as Global Monitoring Platform. We used those data for further analysis, and we produced information about engine performance, gas emissions, navigation, Vessel performance etc. The produced information of the above data could be used as an input to a support decision system or to an alerting system, back to the Maritime Company that monitors the Vessel.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/i502gvgry5nvo4e/Vessels%20IoTpaper.pdf?dl=0
- Ioannis Filippopoulos, Georgios Stamoulis, Ioannis Sovolakis (2018), “Transferring Structured Data and applying business processes in remote Vessel’s environments using the InfoNet Platform”, IEEE / South Eastern European Design Automation, Computer Engineering, Computer Networks and Social Media Conference (SEEDA-CECNSM), Kastoria, Greece, 22-24 September, DOI: 10.23919/SEEDA-CECNSM.2018.8544918.
The purpose of this paper is a presentation of a fully implemented platform (InfoNet), that has been installed in more than 120 Vessels. The described platform serves and facilitates the structured data transferring between the Operational Vessel’s unstable environment and the Office one. In addition, it can apply business processes not only to office side but also to Vessel’s remote environment. “InfoNet” platform is multipurpose and can interface with multiple components and modules of any ERP, CRM or other structured platform that the organization uses in both sides (vessels and/or Office).
- Zoran Lajic, Ioannis Filippopoulos, Alexandros Senteris, Mark Pearson (2018). “Adaptive GLR Change Detector for Increasing Reliability of Vessel Performance System”. IEEE / 3rd International Conference on System Reliability and Safety ICSRS 2018, Barcelona, Spain, 24-26 November, DOI: 10.1109/ICSRS.2018.8688875.
In this paper a new adaptive GLR (generalized likelihood ratio) detector which is able to detect the stable periods of the operation of a vessel has been presented. To assess the performance of a vessel, the stable periods of navigation can be used only. Therefore, having only sensor measurements from the stable periods as the inputs to the system is crucial for proper functioning of an auto logged vessel performance monitoring system. Removing the “contaminated” signals by ship maneuvering, changes in the weather condition or vessel speed would lead to an increase of the reliability of the system. The results from two VLCCs (Very Large Crude Carrier) with high and low frequency data will be shown.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/g2nfr8so1qemg4h/Adaptive%20GLR%20%20SM.pdf?dl=0
- Stergios Oikonomou, Ioannis Filippopoulos, Alexandros Voliotis (2019). “An Integrated Maritime Cyber Security Proposal”, ISER – 637th International Conference on Science, Technology, Engineering and Management (ICSTEM), Crete, Greece, 8th-9th August.
This paper attempts to analyze the common cyber threats, the possible actors behind a cyber-attack as well as its anatomy. Furthermore, there is a report about the vulnerabilities in ship systems but the main purpose of this paper is to propose a cyber-security policy and its components for the maritime sector.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/5jw9faf6tcn2sjs/Maritime%20Cybersecurity%20Policy_v2.pdf?dl=0
- Zoran Lajic, Alexandros Senteris, Ioannis Filippopoulos, Mark Pearson (2019) “Transformation of Vessel Performance System into Fault-tolerant System – Example of Fault Detection on Speed Log”, IEEE / 4th ICSRS, Rome, Italy.
In this paper fault diagnosis as the first step of system transformation into a fault-tolerant system has been presented. Fault diagnosis means that the existence of faults has to be detected and the faults have to be isolated. As an example, fault detection on the speed log (measurement of speed through the water) and GPS corrected speed (calculated speed through the water by combining the vectors of speed over ground and sea current) has been presented. Furthermore, the influence of hull fouling on the results has been discussed. In order to achieve the final goal, i.e. transformation of the system into a fault-tolerant system, the system must be redesigned. System re-design implies that the system has to be adapted to the faulty situation so that the overall system continues to satisfy its goal. The results of the fault detection from one VLCCs (Very Large Crude Carrier) and one SUEZMAX tanker, with clean and with fouled hull will be shown.
- Ioannis Filippopoulos, Zoran Lajic, Alexandros Senteris, Mark Pearson, Georgios Mitsopoulos (2019), “Multi-Sensor Data Fusion for the Vessel Trim Analyzer and Optimization Platform”, IEEE / 4th ICSRS, Rome, Italy.
The purpose of this paper is to describe a platform and the multi-sensor Data Fusion, that is used to analyze the power consumed regarding the Vessel’s trim during past Voyages and to provide decision making support about the trim for futures Voyages. Platform collects data from several resources, including live data from sensors, aggregates, and analyses them. Platform also provides simplified user interfaces and indicators to the maritime company’s specialized personnel and the Vessel’s Captain and Chief Engineer for best “trimming” selection. Maran Tankers Management Inc. is a maritime company that uses the described platform for more than forty (40) Tanker Vessels.
- Marios Papadakis, Andreas Afendras, Charalampos Skiadas, Despoina Renieri, Morfo Tsaknaki, Ioannis Filippopoulos, Chrysoula Liakou (2020), ”Cardiovascular risk factors among 3712 Greek seafarers”, International Maritime Health Journal, DOI: 10.5603/IMH.2020.0032
Global concern on seafarers’ health and its potential cost is widely evident across the shipping industry. Seafarers are at increased cardiovascular risk since it is common to have risk factors associated with that risk such as hyperlipidaemia, obesity and smoking. The aim of this study is to assess the prevalence of the main risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD), i.e. hyperlipidaemia, smoking and obesity, in Greek seafarers.
- Ioannis Filipopoulos, Yiannis Kiouvrekis, Angelika Kokkinaki, Eleni – Emmanouela Koumantaki, Chrysoula Liakou (2020) “Telemedicine in shipping made easy – Shipping eHealth solutions”, EMCIS 2020, 17th European Mediterranean & Middle Eastern Conference on Information Systems , Dubai – UAE.
This research study aims to highlight the main weak and strong points of existing telemedicine technologies as well as to propose the creation of a new, innovative and financially efficient system of telemedicine which can be used in the maritime industry. In addition to main applications and details of the new system, the article describes and expounds on necessary equipment as well as personnel training.
- Ioannis Filipopoulos, Yiannis Kiouvrekis, Angelika Kokkinaki, Yiannis Tsilikas, Panagiotis Efstathiadis, Anna Karanika (2020), “Extensive Use of RFID in Shipping”, EMCIS 2020, 17th European Mediterranean & Middle Eastern Conference on Information Systems , Dubai – UAE.
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Technology is a part of supply chain systems but has not been fully integrated in the shipping industry to date. Port and terminal management teams already make use of this technology to verify cargo information, reduce waiting times and prevent bottlenecks. The adoption of RFID technology in the shipping industry can provide invaluable real-time information about a ship’s crew and cargo.
This study deals with RFID-based solutions concerning issues of cargo security and handling, as well as tracking of the crew in emergency situations. Although some maritime companies have upgraded their fleet with modern management systems, there is still much to be gained by the wide use of more RFID applications in shipping. We will expound on some of the most useful RFID applications in the maritime sector and discuss their respective advantages and disadvantages.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/i19wnbw1b6c9nx5/Karanika2020_Chapter_ExtensiveUseOfRFIDInShipping.pdf?dl=0
- Ioannis Filipopoulos, (2021), “Real-time information with ITS technology”, Michele Fiorini and Natalie Gupta (Eds.), Book Title “ICT Solutions and Digitalisation in Ports and Shipping”, The Institution of Engineering and Technology, ISBN-13: 978-1-83953-086-9.
Given the volumes of global ship traffic, solutions are needed to reduce waiting times, costs, energy consumption and emissions. This systematic reference on ICT solutions and digitalisation in the ports and shipping sector covers new and existing technologies, different types of digital systems, and offers illustrative examples and case studies. The aim of this work is to examine the application of ICT solutions and digitalisation to the movement and clearance of freight at seaports globally. It provides conceptual clarity on the applicability of the different technologies and systems used for this purpose, and the relevance of such projects for different types of ports, from a trade facilitation perspective.
- Kiouvrekis, V.Softa, I. Filippopoulos , K.Kappas, (2021), Unsupervised Machine Learning and EMF radiation in schools: a study of 205 schools in Greece (2021), European Journal of Medical Physics, European Congress of Medical Physics ECMP 2020 – Torino, 16-19 June 2021.
The expansion of network infrastructure in Greece has raised concerns about the possible negative health effects on sensitive groups, such as children, from exposure to long-term radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (RF-EMFs). The objective of this study is to apply Unsupervised Machine Learning methods such as hierarchical clustering, in order to establish patterns of EMF radiation in schools. To this end we performed measurements in the majority schools units in the region of Thessaly in order to calculate the mean value for RF – EMF exposure in the 27 MHz – 3 GHz range, which covers the whole spectrum of RF – EMF sources. Hierarchical clustering dendrogram analysis shows that population density in urban areas of Thessaly bears no relation to the level of EMF exposure in schools. Furthermore, in 97.5% of schools found in the Thessaly region, the exposure level is at least 3500 times below the Greek exposure limits while in 2.5% it is a little less than 500 times below the limit.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/rpwvvp5zy3xce9v/MLRF.pdf?dl=0
- Kiouvrekis, A.Alexias, V.Softa, I. Filippopoulos, K.Kappas, (2021) RF-EMF exposure levels in municipal waste collection service and ELF-EMF exposure levels at the electric railway system of Greece (2021), European Journal of Medical Physics, European Congress of Medical Physics ECMP 2020 – Torino, 16-19 June 2021.
This work on one hand tries to examine the potential impact of RF coming from two “hidden” sources, professional GPSs in municipality waste collection service, and at the other hand detects the ELF at the electric railway system. According to our measurements Trikala municipal workers and train passengers, employees and engineers are exposed at doses well below the national and international safety limits.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/wni6ft9jpx3qzxv/15%20Abstract_Train.pdf?dl=0
- Filippopoulos, Y. Kiouvrekis, S. M. Triantafyllou, C. Skiadas (2021), GIS Vessel Monitoring Platform, submit to conference EMCIS 2021 Dubai UAE, 08-09 Dec., under review.
The purpose of this paper is to present a platform initiated seven years ago, which collects information from various internal and external sources and vessels on a Geographical Information System used as a Global Vessels Monitoring Platform. The data is then used for further analysis, and information about engine performance, gas emissions, navigation, vessel performance, etc. is projected on the Vessels Map. Furthermore, the information collected based on the aforementioned data can be used as an input to a decision support system or to an alerting system linking back to the Maritime Company that monitors the Vessel. More specifically, the paper will discuss how the platform provides the manager responsible with all the information they need about a vessel’s condition in real time. Geographical Information System used as Global Monitoring Platform is part of our solution that it is in use for more than 8 years at Angelicoussis group.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/v6cprlyxvjucmfl/GIS_Vessel.pdf?dl=0
Conferences Contributions – Posters
- Ioannis Filippopoulos, 2017, “Collecting and using vessel’s live data from on board equipment”, RSCy2017 / Fifth International Conference on Remote Sensing and Geoinformation of Environment, Paphos, Cyprus, March 2017.
- Ioannis Filippopoulos, 2017, “Transferring Structured Data between Vessel and Office and Applying Business Processes in Remote Environments”, 3rd ShipIT Conference, Athens, Greece, September 2017.
- Ioannis Filippopoulos, 2018, “Cyber Security & Vessels’ Internet of Thinks Platform”, Maritime Cyber Security Summit, London, United Kingdom, March 2018.
- Ioannis Filippopoulos, 2018, “Transferring Structured Data between Vessel and Office and applying business processes in remote environments on MarineInfo Platform”, EMC 2018 8th International Symposium, Zrenjanin, Serbia, June 2018.
- Ioannis Filippopoulos, 2018, “Cyber Security & Vessels’ Internet of Thinks Platform”, 4th ShipIT Conference, Athens, Greece, September 2018.
- Kostas Grivas, Ioannis Filippopoulos, 2018, “Information Systems Security in Shipping, according to ISO 27001”, Sep 2018, 4th ShipIT Conference, Athens, Greece, September 2018.
- Charalmpos Skiadas, Ioannis Filippopoulos, 2018, “Business Case: Modern Procurement Department”, Oct 2018, 2nd IMPA Procurement Forum, Athens, Greece, September 2018.
- Ioannis Filippopoulos, 2018, “Digital Transformation in the Procurement Process”, Dec 2018, 1st Contract Performance Management Conference, Athens, Greece, December 2018.
- Liakou CI, Filippopoulos Ioannis et al, “Hyperlipidemia, Obesity and tobacco use among 2827 Greek Seafarers”, April 23-24, 2019. 5th Edition of International Conference on Occupational Health and Public Safety. Berlin, Germany.
- Ioannis Filippopoulos, 2019, “Collecting and Using Vessel’s live data from on board equipment using IoV platform”, Maritime Path, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece, March 2019.
- Ioannis Filippopoulos, 2019, “IoT and Smart Grids: A new era in energy management, efficiency and sustainability for FM”, 5th Facility Management Conference, Athens, Greece, March 2019.
- Ioannis Filippopoulos, 2019, “Creating and Internet of Vessels for Real Time Data Collection”, May 2019, Smart Maritime Network Athens Conference, Athens, Greece, May 2019
- Ioannis Filippopoulos, 2019, “Digital Transformation: A Maritime Success Story”, May 2019, Digital Business Transformation Conference, Athens, Greece, May 2019.
- Ioannis Filippopoulos, 2019,”Digital Transformation in Shipping”, 5th ShipIT Conference, Athens, Greece, Sep 2019.
- Ioannis Filippopoulos, 2019,”Digital Transformation in Shipping”, ACI Digitalisation in Shipping Conference, Hamburg, Germany, Oct 2019.
- Ioannis Filippopoulos, Spiros Christopoulos, Dimitris Tolias, 2020, “COVID-19 pandemic: Shifting Modality. The Case of Hellenic American University”, Digital Business Transformation Conference, June 2020.
- Ioannis Filippopoulos, 2020,” Creating an Internet of Vessels ( IoV ) platform for Real Time Data Collection”, CSN 1st Cyprus Shipping ICT Conference, Sep 2020.
- Ioannis Filippopoulos, 2020,”Vessel Trim Analyzer and Optimization Platform”, 6th ShipIT Conference, Athens, Greece, Sep 2020.
- Ioannis Filippopoulos, 2021,”Shipping Industry’s Digital Transformation in Favour of Ports”, 7th Port Automation Summit, Singapore, May 2021.
- AT700 – Algorithms and Data Structures
- BI395 – Foundations of Business Information Technology
- BI400 – Management of Information Systems
- CS221 – Management of Information Systems
- CS231 – Algorithms, Data Structures & Databases
- SOM003 – Environmental Management & Safety in Shipping
- SOM004 – Ship Operations Management and Data Analytics