DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH April 26,1952, Athens - GREECE NATIONALITY GREEK EMAIL: lagaris@cs.uoi.gr Current Position: Professor, Dept. of Computer Science University of Ioannina, Ioannina-GREECE Past Administrative Position: Vice Rector for Research, 2010-2014 EDUCATION University of Ioannina B.Sc. in Physics, June 1975 University of Ilinois at Urbana Champaign: MSc in Physics, May 1977 University of Ilinois at Urbana Champaign: PhD in Physics, March 1981, PhD Thesis Title: "Nuclear Matter with Realistic Hamiltonians" Advisor: Vijay R. Pandharipande ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE University of Ioannina 1982-1994: Lecturer, Physics Dept. 1994-2000: Associate Professor, Dept. of Computer Science. 2000 : Professor, Dept. of Computer Science. 2000-2006: Head, Dept. of Computer Science. 1998- : Director of the Department's Graduate Program. VISITING POSITIONS University of Pisa (Italy): 9/1984 - 3/1985 3/1989 - 9/1989. COURANT Institute (New York University) 11/1985 - 1/1986 University of Lecce-Italy: 9/1989 - 3/1990. University of S. Africa (UNISA) 3/1993 - 4/1993, 6/1995 - 9/1995 8/1998 - 9/1998, 8/2000 - 9/2000, 7/2001 - 9/2001 University of Tuebingen 11/1996 - 1/1997. Purdue University, at Lafayette IN, USA Academic Year 1997-1998. RESEARCH INTERESTS 1. Neural Networks for pattern recognition and function approximation. 2. Development & implementation of algorithms for local and global optimization. 3. Simulation of classical systems with the Molecular Dynamics and Monte Carlo techniques. 4. Development of methods for simulation of quantum systems. 5. Inverse scattering: Methodology and applications. 6. Modeling. 7. Parallel Optimization.