Research
Our group’s main research expertise lies in the field of Systems & Hardware Security with publications in all major conferences. Up until now, we have coordinated and participated in numerous FP7 and H2020 funded projects developing innovative security solutions for the protection of computer systems and networks.
The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) refers to the extension and use of the Internet of Things (IoT) applications in industrial sectors. The wide adaptation of IoT broadens the attack surface against the OT sector, as new vulnerabilities arise. This creates the potential for industrial process interruption, manipulation, or espionage. We have participated in numerous H2020 projects providing IoT and OT security solutions for different industrial sectors.
Big data processing is a set of techniques or programming models to access large-scale data to extract useful information for supporting and providing decisions. Our research focuses on the exploitation of high performance processing for Big Data analysis, with the use of commodity hardware like GPGPUs or novel high performance hardware designs tested with the use of FPGAs.
Data analytics is the science of analyzing raw data in order to make conclusions about the processed data, extracting novel information. We are actively exploiting data analytics along with the use of Machine learning and Artificial Intelligence in the context of social network analysis, security applications and healthcare applications for health.
Featured Projects
Multimodal Extreme Scale Data Analytics for Smart Cities Environments
European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme
2021-2023
PRogrammable INfrastructure for CounterIng Pugnacious Adversaries on a Large Scale
DARPA
2020-2024
Cyber security cOmpeteNce fOr Research anD Innovation
CONCORDIA is one of four H2020 Cybersecurity Pilots launched to secure Europe's digital economy, infrastructures, society, and democracy.
European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme
2019-2022
(with Prof. Maria Pateraki)
A cyber-security framework to GUArantee Reliability and trust for Digital service chainsSmart environments for person-centered sustainable work and well-being
European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme
2019-2021
Cyber Security Threats and Threat Actors Training - Assurance Driven Multi-layer, end-to-end Simulation and Training
European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme
2018-2021
Industrial-Driven Big Data as a Self-Service Solution
European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme
2018-2020
Ongoing Projects
Planning a Digital Twin for Greener Road Infrastructure
HORIZON.4.1 - Widening participation and spreading excellence MAIN PROGRAMME
2024 - 2026
Efficient, portabLe And Secure orchesTration for reliable servICes
HORIZON JU Research and Innovation Action
2024-2027
CYBERUNITY
Community for Integrating and Opening Cyber Range Infrastructures that Build an Interoperable Cross-Domain and Cross-Sector Cyber Range Federation
Digital Europe Programme (DIGITAL)
2024-2027
CONSOLE
Cybersecurity for Resilient Software Development
Digital Europe Programme (DIGITAL)
2024-2027
An innovative Virtual Reality based intrusion detection, incident investigation and response approach
European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme
2023-2026
SecOPERA Secure OPen source softwarE and hardwaRe Adaptable framework
European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme
2023-2025
Cognitive edge-cloud with serverless computing
European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme
2023-2025
Extreme-scale Urban Mobility Data Analytics as a Service
European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme
2023-2025
Energy-efficient AI-ready Data Spaces
European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme
2023-2025
Collaborative, Multi-modal and Agile Professional Cybersecurity Training Program for A Skilled Workforce In the European Digital Single Market and Industries
Digital Europe Programme (DIGITAL)
2022-2025
Climate Monitoring and Decision Support Framework for Sand Fly-borne Diseases Detection and Mitigation with COST-benefit and Climate-policy Measures
Horizon Europe
2022-2025
Joint Cybersecurity Operations Platform
European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HaDEA)
2021-2024
Bridging the security, privacy, and data protection gap for smaller enterprises in Europe
European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme
2021-2023
(with Dr. Manolis Lourakis)
FlExible assembLy manufacturIng with human-robot Collaboration and digital twin modEls
European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme
2021-2024
ENERgy-efficient manufacturing system MANagement
European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme
2021-2023
PRogrammable INfrastructure for CounterIng Pugnacious Adversaries on a Large Scale
DARPA
2020-2024
Intelligent, distributed, human-centered and trustworthy IoT environments
European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme
2020-2023
A CybEr range tRaining platform for medicAl organisations and systems Security
European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation staff exchange programme (RISE) under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie
2019-2023
Smart Big Data Platform to Offer Evidence-based Personalised Support for Healthy and Independent Living at Home
European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme
2019-2024
Biologically Inspired Complex Software System Reconstruction at Near Extinction States
European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation staff exchange programme (RISE) under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie
2019-2023
Past Projects
Security Assessments for Networks anD Services in 5G
Digital Europe Programme (DIGITAL)
2024-2026
Greek Security Operations Centre for Small and Medium Enterprises
Digital Europe Programme (DIGITAL)
2024-2026
A Dynamic Training programme based on Cyber-Ranges Leveraging IT Security, Privacy and Data Protection Culture and Awareness of Critical Information Infrastructures
Digital Europe Programme (DIGITAL)
2024-2026
Cybersesurity market assurance and insurance-as-a-service
Digital Europe Programme (DIGITAL)
2023-2026
Secure and Safe Multi-Robot Systems
European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme
2021-2023
Multimodal Extreme Scale Data Analytics for Smart Cities Environments
European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme
2021-2023
A Dynamic and Self-Organized Artificial Swarm Intelligence Solution for Security and Privacy Threats in Healthcare ICT Infrastructures
European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme
2020-2023
Certifying the Security and Resilience of Supply Chain Services
European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme
2020-2023
Αrtificial intelligence Supporting CAncer Patients across Europe
European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme
2020-2022
Towards a Sophisticated SIEM Marketplace for Blockchain-based Threat Intelligence and Security-as-a-Service
European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme
2020-2023
A secure Healthcare Environment for Informatics Resilience
European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme
2020-2023
Α COmprehensive cyber-intelligence framework for resilient coLLABorative manufacturing Systems
European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme
2020-2022
Cyber Security Incident Handling, Warning and Response System for the European Critical Infrastructures
European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme
2019-2022
A cyberSecurity Platform for vIrtualiseD 5G cybEr Range services
European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme
2019-2022
(with Dr. Vangelis Sakkalis)
Protection and privAcy of hospital and health iNfrastructures with smArt Cyber sEcurity and cyber threat toolkit for dAta and people
European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme
2019-2021
(with Prof. Maria Pateraki)
A cyber-security framework to GUArantee Reliability and trust for Digital service chainsSmart environments for person-centered sustainable work and well-being
European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme
2019-2021
Cyber Security Threats and Threat Actors Training - Assurance Driven Multi-layer, end-to-end Simulation and Training.
European Union’s Connecting Europe Facility (CEF)
2018-2021
RESilient transport InfraSTructure to extreme events
European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme
2018-2021
Intelligence-Driven Urban Internet-of-Things Ecosystems for Trustworthy and Circular Smart Cities
European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation staff exchange programme (RISE) under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie
2018-2022
A Framework for Pairing Circular Economy and IoT: IoT as an enabler of the Circular Economy circularity-by-design as an enabler for the IoT
European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation staff exchange programme (RISE) under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie
2018-2022
Cyber security 4.0: protecting the Industrial Internet Of Things
European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme
2019-2022
A cyber-security framework to GUArantee Reliability and trust for Digital service chains
European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme
2019-2022
Cyber Security Threats and Threat Actors Training - Assurance Driven Multi-layer, end-to-end Simulation and Training
European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme
2018-2021
Smart End-to-end Massive IoT Interoperability, Connectivity and Security
European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme
2018-2020
Industrial-Driven Big Data as a Self-Service Solution
European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme
2018-2020
CYBER Security InSURancE — A Framework for Liability Based Trust
European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation staff exchange programme (RISE) under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie
2017-2020
A Hardware Platform for Software-driven Functional Metasurfaces
European Union via the Horizon 2020, Future Emerging Topics call (FETOPEN)
2017-2020
Protecting Small and Medium-sized Enterprises digital technology through and innovative cyber-SECurity framework
European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme
2017-2020
Trans-European and Greek CERTs collaboration project
European Union’s Connecting Europe Facility (CEF)
2017-2020
Cybersecurity and privacy dialogue between Europe and Japan
European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme
2017-2019
A Novel Framework for Multi-cloud Services Development, Orchestration and Continuous Management Fostering Cloud Technologies Uptake from Digital SMEs/Startups
European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme
2017-2019
Enhancing Critical Infrastructure Protection with innovative SECurity framework
European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme
2016-2019
(with Dr. Ioannis Askoxylakis)
Virtual and programmable industrial network prototype deployed in operations Wind park
European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme
2015-2018
(with Dr. Iakovos Mavroidis)
Heterogeneous Secure Multi-level Remote Acceleration Service for Low-Power Integrated Systems and Devices
European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme
2015-2017
Secure Hardware-Software Architectures for Robust Computing Systems
European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme
2015-2017
GANDALF
A GPU-based Architecture for Network and Data Level Flows
General Secretariat for Research and Technology, Program “Αριστεία ΙΙ”, Excellence Award, Investigator Driven Research
2014-2015
Supporting European Union and Southeast Asia ICT strategic partnership and policy dialogue: Connecting ICT EU-SEA Research, Development and Innovation Knowledge Network
European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme
2013-2016
Nippon-European Cyberdefense-Oriented Multilayer threat Analysis
Strategic International Collaborative R&D Promotion Project of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communication, Japan, and European Union Seventh Framework Programme
2013-2016
OPerational Trustworthiness Enabling Technologies
European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme
2012-2015
Forensics Tools Against Illegal Use of the Internet
Prevention of and Fight against Crime Programme of the European Union
2011-2014
TRACER
Vulnerability Detection and Reinforcement of Security in Legacy Applications and Systems
General Secretariat for Research and Technology
2011-2014
EUINCOOP - Fostering Cooperation in Computing Systems
European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme
2011-2013
(with Prof. Evangelos Markatos)
A European Network of Excellence in Managing Threats and Vulnerabilities in the Future Internet: Europe for the World
European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme
2010-2014
(with Prof. Evangelos Markatos)
Real-time Malicious Code Identification
Prevention, Preparedness and Consequence Management of Terrorism and other Security-related Risks European Union’s Programme
2010-2012
List of Innovations published on Innovation Radar
Market maturity: Exploring
Project: CYRENE
Innovation Topic: Other
Market maturity: Exploring
Project: CyberSANE
Innovation Topic: Secure Networks & Computing
Market maturity: Exploring
Project: MARVEL
Innovation Topic: Other
Market maturity: Exploring
Project: MARVEL
Innovation Topic: Other
Market maturity: Exploring
Project: MARVEL
Innovation Topic: Other
Market maturity: Business Ready
Project: MARVEL
Innovation Topic: Other
Market maturity: Business Ready
Project: SustAGE
Innovation Topic: Health & Care
Market maturity: Tech Ready
Project: SEMIoTICS
Innovation Topic: Deep Tech
Market maturity: Market Ready
Project: I-BiDaaS
Innovation Topic: Deep Tech
Market maturity: Exploring
Project: VISORSURF
Innovation Topic: Excellent Science
People
Associate Professor Technical University of Crete / Affiliated Researcher FORTH
Aggeliki Tsioliaridou
Postdoctoral Researcher
George Hatzivasilis
Postdoctoral Researcher
Postdoctoral Researcher
Postdoctoral Researcher
Gregory Chrysos
Postdoctoral Researcher
Michalis Diamantaris
Postdoctoral Researcher
Postdoctoral Researcher
Georgios Christou
Postdoctoral Researcher
Postdoctoral Researcher
Postdoctoral Researcher
Charalambos Ioannis Mitropoulos
PhD Candidate
PhD Candidate
Research Associate, PhD Candidate
PhD Candidate
Thomas Kyriakakis
MSc Student
Petros Portokalakis
MSc Student
Giannis Morianos
MSc Student
Andreas Theofanous
MSc Student
Giannis Arkalakis
MSc Student
MSc Student
MSc Student
MSc Student
Argyro Palli
Undergraduate Student
Technical Project Manager
Project Manager
Project Manager Assistant
Eleni Pateraki
Project Manager Assistant
Mairy Spyridaki
Project Manager Assistant
R&D Engineer
R&D Engineer
Eftychia Lakka
R&D Engineer
R&D Engineer
R&D Engineer
Grigoris Ntousakis
R&D Engineer
Manos Papoutsakis
R&D Engineer
Charalabos Savvakos
R&D Engineer
Courses
Technical University of Crete, “ΠΛΗ619: Advanced Secure Systems” Spring 2022
Technical University of Crete, “ΗΡΥ609: Advanced Computer Architecture” Spring 2021, 2023
Technical University of Crete, “ΗΡΥ312: Computer Organization” Spring 2021, 2022, 2023
Technical University of Crete, “ΗΡΥ414: Security of Systems and Services” Fall 2020, 2021, 2023
University of Crete, “CS345: Operating Systems” Fall 2012
University of Crete, “CS455: Cybersecurity Lab” Spring 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
University of Crete, “CS457: Introduction to Information Security Systems” Spring 2017
University of Crete, “CS557: Secure Systems” Fall 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
University of Crete/FORTH, “CSE4881: Secure Systems” Summer 2009, 2010 (foreign exchange students course)
Stevens Institute of Technology, “CS465/765: Secure Systems” Spring 2006, 2007
Events
Contact
Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas
Institute of Computer Science
Nikolaou Plastira 100
70013 Heraklion, Crete, Greece
Tel: +30 2810 391412
Technical University of Crete
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Akrotiri Campus
73100 Chania, Crete, Greece
Tel: +30 28210 37344