ANTONIOS I. KONSTANTARAS CURRICULUM VITAE
Title:
Dr.
Surname:
Konstantaras
Name:
Antonios
D.o.B.:
December 20th, 1977
Nationality: Greek
Marital Status: Married with 2 children
Webpage:
www.chania.teicrete.gr
E-mail:
akonstantaras@staff.teicrete.gr
Address:
TEI Crete
Dept. Electronics
Romanou 3
Chania, 73133
Greece
Tel:
Mob:
0030 2821023033
0030 6984446834
Education and Life-long Learning
11/00 – 08/04 University of Central Lancashire
Doctorate of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Doctorate of philosophy in the development of applied software solutions using the
latest software engineering technologies (Neural Networks, Fuzzy Logic and Soft
Computing), titled: “Development and Analysis of Hybrid Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy
Inference Systems for the Recognition of Weak Signals Preceding Earthquakes”
PhD thesis summary:
Prior to an earthquake, there is energy storage in the seismogenic area, the
release of which results in a number of micro-cracks, which in effect produce a
weak electric signal. Initially, there is a rapid rise in the number of propagating
cracks, which creates a transient electric field. The whole process lasts in the order
of several tens of minutes, and the resulting electric signal is considered as an
electric earthquake precursor (EEP). Electric earthquake precursor recognition is
mainly prevented by the very essence of the signal itself. The nature of the signal,
according to the theory of propagating cracks, is usually a very weak electric
potential anomaly appearing on the Earth’s electric field prior to an earthquake,
often unobservable within the severely stronger embedded in noise electric
background. Furthermore, EEP signals vary in terms of duration and size making
reliable recognition even more difficult. The work described in this thesis
incorporates neuro-fuzzy technology for the reliable recognition of EEP signals
within the electric field. Neuro-fuzzy networks are neural networks with intrinsic
fuzzy logic abilities, i.e. the weights of the neurons in the network define the
premise and consequent parameters of a fuzzy inference system. In particular, the
adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system (ANFIS) is used, which has been shown to
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be effective as a universal approximator that can match any input/output data set,
providing the system is adequately trained. An average model for EEP signals has
been identified based on a time function describing the evolution of the number of
propagating cracks. Pattern recognition is performed by the neural network to
identify the average EEP model from within the electric field. The fuzzy nature of
the neuro-fuzzy model, though, enables the network to classify as EEPs, signals
that are not exactly the same but do approximate the average EEP model. On the
other hand, signals that look like EEPs but do not approximate enough the average
model are being suppressed preventing false classification. The effectiveness of
the proposed network is demonstrated using electrotelluric data recorded in NW
Greece in 1995. Following training, testing with unseen data verifies the reliable
performance of the model.
09/99 – 09/00 University of Portsmouth
MSc in Mobile Robotics
MSc thesis title: Neuro-Fuzzy Systems for Modelling and Control
09/96 – 06/99 University of Central Lancashire
BEng (Hons) Electronic
Engineering
01/01 – 06/01 University of Central Lancashire
Workshops in Learning and
Teaching in Higher Education
05/01 – 05/01 Πανεπιστήμιο Central Lancashire
Qualified Mentor Training
through the UK National
Mentoring Pilot Project
Languages
- English
- Greek
(Proficiency Level as holder of Doctorate of Philosophy from British
University)
(Native Language)
Employment History
06/10 – Today Technological Educational
Institute of Crete (T.E.I. Crete)
Assistant Professor
10/06 – 06/10
Technological Educational
Institute of Crete
Research Associate
09/07 – Today
I.E.K. Chania
Hourly-paid Lecturer
10/05 – 09/06
Technological Educational
Institute of Crete
Adjunct Lecturer
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02/04 – Today Centre of Technological Research Collaborative Researcher of Crete, Institute of Natural
Geophysical and Seismological
Resources and Natural Disasters Digital Signal Processing
11/00 – 06/04
University of Central Lancashire
Associate Lecturer in Electronics
and Computer Programming
10/02 – 06/04
Preston College
Associate Lecturer in Electronics,
Mathematics, Physics and
Computer Programming
Institutional Memberships
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Associate Member of the ‘Institute of Engineering and Technology’ (IET)
former ‘Institute of Electrical Engineers’ (IEE)
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Member of the ‘European Geosciences Union’ (EGU)
Reviewer in Scientific Journals and Conferences by Invitation
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IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems
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IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote
Sensing
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IEEE Geosciences and Remote Sensing Letters
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WMSCI Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics
Scholarships, Awards and Achievements
01/02/07 – 31/01/2008
2007
2004, 2006, 2007, 2008
State Scholarships Foundation (Ι.Κ.Υ.)
National Postdoctoral Scholarship titled ‘Recovery of
Electric Earthquake Precursors from the Electric Field
of the Earth’
2nd place best papers award, "VI International Scientific
and Technical Conference GEOPHYSICS",
St. Petersburg, Russia, 2007
Four presentations at the annual international
conference European Geosciences Union General
Assembly were awarded as selected papers and
appeared in the scientific journal Natural Hazards and
Earth System Sciences with Impact Factor 1.357.
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Namely:
1) Konstantaras A, Fouskitakis G, Makris J, Vallianatos F, Varley M.R, ‘Geoelectromagnetic signal analysis prior to the Kythira Mw 6.9 earthquake on January 2006’,
European Geosciences Union General Assembly, 2008
2) Konstantaras A, Vallianatos F, Varley M.R, Makris J, ‘On the observed EEP signal
attributed to the Kythira M 6.9 earthquake in January 2006’, European Geosciences
Union General Assembly, 2007
3) Konstantaras A, Varley M.R, Vallianatos F., Collins G, Holifield P, ‘Hybrid inverse
adaptive filtering (HIAF) for the minimisation of magnetotelluric disturbances from
electric field recordings’, European Geosciences Union General Assembly, 2006
4) Konstantaras A, Varley M.R, Vallianatos F., Collins G, Holifield P, ‘A neuro-fuzzy
approach for the reliable recognition of electric earthquake precursors’, Geophysical
Research Abstracts, vol. 6, 02325, European Geosciences Union General Assembly, 2004
Research Programmes
During the three year employment period as Assistant Professor:
1. 03/10 – 07/10 .E.S.P.A. 07-13, Innovation Scientific Coordinator Vouchers for SmE
Automation of ticket labeling
(64372748-02-000168)
process for olive packaging
2. 10/13-10/16
ARCHIMED III
Tech-SEM
Researcher Technologies coalescence for
holistic seismoelectromagnetic
research
3. 10/13-10/16
ARCHIMED III
TLS-PRO
Researcher New terrestrial laser scan data
processing methods for vertical
applications
4. 10/10 – 10/13 E.S.P.A 07-13
CO-OPERATION
3D-SYSTEK
Researcher Development of a novel system
for 3D documentation, promotion
and exploitation of cultural
heritage monuments via 3D data
acquisition, 3D modeling and
metadata recording
5. 09/11 – today E.S.P.A 07-13
E.P.E.D.B.M.
Researcher –
Operational Programme
Education and Life Long
Learning, Students Practical
Placement Initiative
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6. 09/10 – 01/11 Vamos Municipality,
Full Consultancy
Researcher Digital museum of Vouves
ancient olive tree
7. 04/10 – 06/10 E.S.P.A. 07-13, Innovation
Voucher for SmE
(47210030-01-000191)
Researcher Creation of 3-D displays and
3-D virtual tours in the internet
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Before being employed as Assistant Professor:
8.
04/08 – 08/08 EPEAEK 2008 TEI CRETE Researcher –
Direct labor of the Department of
Electronics of TEI Crete
9. 02/07 – 05/08 European Regional
Development Fund,
(SE RISK)
Researcher Advanced techniques for seismic
risk reduction in Mediterranean
archipelago regions
10. 02/07 – 06/08 European Regional
Development Fund,
(MILDMAP-MEDIA)
Researcher Methodology integration of EO
techniques as operative tool for
land degradation management
Planning in Mediterranean areas
11. 06/07 – 03/08 P.E.P. Crete 2000-2006
(TALOS)
Researcher Integrated system for monitoring
and management of seismic risk
in the front of the Hellenic arc
12. 02/04 – 12/05 Centre of Technological
Research of Crete, Institute
of Natural Resources and
Natural Disasters
Researcher –
Geophysical and Seismological
Digital Signal Processing
Academic Work
- Director of the Laboratory of Computational Intelligence and Software Engineering.
- Students’ occupation and supervision within the Laboratory of Computational
Intelligence and Software Engineering for the overall six-month period of their
practical placement.
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- Academic supervisor of students’ practical placement at various companies
throughout Greece.
- Counselor of first year newly-inducted students.
- Liaison officer with Further Education (F.E.). Part of the duties include constant
communication with the professions orientation office of the F.E. directorate in
Chania, extension of visiting invitations, presentations and touring of high school and
college students in the Department of Electronic Engineering.
- Establishment of Erasmus staff mobility and student exchange agreement with the
School of Computing, Engineering and Physical Science of the University of Central
Lancashire, U.K.
- Responsible for the introduction and creation of new modules in the newly formed
programme of studies of the Department of Electronic Engineering, namely:
Distributed Systems and Parallel Processing, Digital Image Processing and Technical
Programming.
- Teaching and/or co-teaching of the following mandatory modules depending based
on yearly modules’ allocation (T – Theory, L - Laboratory)
1) Computer Programming (T+L), 2) Speech & Image Processing (T+L),
3) Computer aided circuits design and analysis (T+L), 4) Signals & Systems (T+L), 5)
Digital Signal Processing (L), Robotics (L), Digital Control Systems (L),
Electrical and Electronic Measurements (L).
- Creation and teaching of new optional modules: Neural Networks, Genetic
Algorithms and Soft Computing
- Erasmus students teaching in English.
- Academic modules self-produced teaching notes and laboratory exercises:
1) Teaching notes for the module ‘Neural Networks’.
2) Teaching notes for the module ‘Genetic Algorithms – Soft Computing’.
3) Teaching notes (slide presentations) for the theory of the module Digital
Image Processing (former Speech and Image Processing) and teaching notes
including practical exercises for the laboratory of the same module.
4) Teaching notes and laboratory exercises for the module ‘Signals and
Systems’.
5) Laboratory exercises and support material for the module ‘Digital Signal
Processing’.
6) Teaching notes (theoretical exercises) and laboratory material with weekly
assignments for the module ‘Computer aided circuits design and analysis’.
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7) Teaching notes in English for the module ‘Digital Image Processing’ for
Erasmus students teaching.
- Supervision of several final year theses, personal or in groups of students.
- Supervision of Erasmus students final year thesis in English.
Managerial Responsibilities
- Academic lead of the Computing and Control sector during the academic years
2011/2012 and 2012/2013.
- Member of internal quality evaluation committee (OMEA) of the Department of
Electronic Engineering since 2012. Main contributions include:
a) interaction with graduates for which I have developed a software
solution/data base incorporating a selves-developed graduaye alumni
questionnaire available online. This effort has already yield two presentations
in national and international conferences whilst our graduates feedback has
helped us considerably in reforming our Electronic Engineering department’s
syllabus.
b) creation of electronic questionnaires available online for our undergraduate
students to assess our performance and evaluate the undergraduate degree
offered by the department with their evaluations transferred directly to the
institutes quality assurance committee (MODIP) with no intermediate
interface.
- Member of the evaluation committee for the recruitment of hourly-paid lecturers for
the academic years 2006/2007, 2007/2008 and 2012/2013.
- Academic supervisor of the School of Applied Sciences library during the academic
year 2010/2011.
- Academic supervisor of photocopying and graphic material during the academic
year 2011/2012.
- Substitute academic representative of the School of Applied Science in the
institutional accommodation committee during the academic year 2012/2013.
- Contribution in the externalization of the department towards the local community
with interviews in local media and organization of open events such as open day
school visits, laboratory demonstrations and night sky telescope observation
festivities.
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Journal Publications
(google scholar: h-index 5, citations 73; scopus: h-index 3, citations 28)
During the three year employment period as Assistant Professor:
1. A. Konstantaras, ‘Classification of Distinct Seismic Regions and Regional
Temporal Modelling of Seismicity in the Vicinity of the Hellenic Seismic Arc’,
IEEE Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, vol. 6
(4), pp. 1857-1863, 2013 (Engineering) I.F. 1.489 (Corresponding Author)
2. E. Skounakis, K. Banitsas, A. Badii, S. Tzoulakis, E. Maravelakis, A.
Konstantaras, ‘ATD: A Multiplatform for Semiautomatic 3-D Detection of
Kidneys and Their Pathology in Real Time’, IEEE Transactions on HumanMachine Systems, Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/THMS.2013.2290011, 2013
(IEEEXPLORE early access) (Engineering) I.F. 2.548
3. G. Georgoulas, A. Konstantaras, E. Katsifarakis, C. D. Stylios, E. Maravelakis,
& G. J. Vachtsevanos, ‘“Seismic-Mass” Density-based Algorithm for SpatioTemporal Clustering’, Expert Systems with Applications, vol. 40 (10), pp. 4183–
4189, 2013 (Engineering) I.F. 2.2 (Corresponding Author)
4. E. Maravelakis, A. Konstantaras, A. Kritsotaki, D. Angelakis, M. Xinogalos,
‘Analysing User Needs for a Unified 3D Metadata Recording and Exploitation of
Cultural Heritage Monuments System’, Advances in Visual Computing Lecture
Notes in Computer Science, vol. 8034, pp 138-147, 2013 (Engineering)
5. A. Konstantaras, E. Katsifarakis, E. Maravelakis, E. Skounakis, E. Kokkinos, E.
Karapidakis, ‘Intelligent Spatial-Clustering of Seismicity in the Vicinity of the
Hellenic Seismic Arc’, Earth Science Research, vol. 1 (2), pp. 1-10, 2012
(Physical Sciences) (Corresponding Author)
6. E. Maravelakis, E. Bilalis, I. Mantzorou, A. Konstantaras and A. Antoniadis, ‘3D
modelling of the oldest olive tree of the world’, International Journal of
Computational Engineering Research, vol. 2 (2), pp. 340-348, 2012 (Engineering)
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Before being employed as Assistant Professor:
7. A. Konstantaras, F. Vallianatos, M.R. Varley and J.P. Makris, ‘Soft computing
modelling of seismicity in the Southern Hellenic arc’, IEEE Geosciences and
Remote Sensing Letters, vol. 5 (3), 2008 (Engineering) I.F. 1.832 (Corresponding
Author)
8. A. Konstantaras, G. Fouskitakis, J.P. Makris and F. Vallianatos, 'Stochastic
analysis of geoelectric field singularities as seismically correlated candidates',
Journal of Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, vol. 8, pp. 1451-1462,
2008 (Physical Sciences) I.F. 1.357
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9. A. Konstantaras, J.P. Makris, F. Vallianatos and M.R. Varley, ‘On the electric
field transient anomaly observed at the time of the Kythira M=6.9 earthquake on
January 2006’, Journal of Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, vol. 7, pp.
677-682, 2007 (Physical Sciences) I.F. 1.357 (Corresponding Author)
10. A. Konstantaras, M.R. Varley, F. Vallianatos, J.P. Makris, G. Collins and P.
Holifield, ‘Detection of Weak Seismo-Electric Signals upon the Recordings of the
Electrotelluric Field by means of Neuro-Fuzzy Technology’, IEEE Geosciences
and Remote Sensing Letters, vol. 4 (1), pp.161-165, 2007 (Engineering) I.F. 1.832
(Corresponding Author)
11. A. Konstantaras, M.R. Varley, F. Vallianatos, G. Collins and P. Holifield,
‘Neuro-fuzzy Prediction-based Adaptive Filtering applied to severely distorted
magnetic field recordings’, IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, vol. 3
(4), pp. 439-441, 2006 (Engineering) I.F. 1.832 (Corresponding Author)
12. A. Konstantaras, M.R. Varley, F. Vallianatos, J.P. Makris, G. Collins and P.
Holifield, ‘Hybrid adaptive filtering (HAF) for the minimization of magnetotelluric disturbances from electric field recordings’, Journal of Natural Hazards
and Earth System Sciences, vol.6, pp.955-959,2006 (Physical Sciences) I.F. 1.357
(Corresponding Author)
13. A. Konstantaras, M.R. Varley, F. Vallianatos, G. Collins and P. Holifield, ‘A
neuro-fuzzy approach to the reliable recognition of electric earthquake
precursors’, Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, vol. 4, pp 641 646, 2004
(Physical Sciences) I.F. 1.357 (Corresponding Author)
Conferences with Announcements
During the three year employment period as Assistant Professor:
1. I. Kaliakatsos, A. Konstantaras, E. Kokkinos and E. Katsifarakis, ‘Electronic
Engineers’ Employability in Greece during the Economic Crisis’, 8th
International Conference on New Horizons in Industry, Business and Education
(NHIBE'13), Chania, 2013 (Corresponding Author)
2. O. Maurodimou, S. Kolios, A. Konstantaras, G. Georgoulas and C. D. Stylios,
‘Environmental networks for large-scale monitoring of Earth and atmosphere’,
EGU General Assembly 2013, Vienna, Austria, EGU2013-6154, 2013
3. J. Kaliakatsos, A. Konstantaras, E. Katsifarakis and E. Kokkinos, ‘The careers
of our graduates as a tool for quality assurance’, Quality Assurance in Higher
Education Institutes: Leverage for development, Thessaloniki, 2012
4. G. Georgoulas, A. Konstantaras, E. Maravelakis, E. Katsifarakis and C. D.
Stylios, ‘On the problem of earthquake correlation in space and time over large
distances’, EGU2012-4517, vol. 14, EGU General Assembly, Vienna, 2012
(Corresponding Author)
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5. E. Katsifarakis, A. Konstantaras, E. Maravelakis, E. Skounakis and M. R.
Varley, ‘Seismic clustering algorithms’, EGU2011-4259, vol. 13, EGU General
Assembly, Vienna, 2011 (Corresponding Author)
6. E. Skounakis, A. Konstantaras, E. Katsifarakis, E. Maravelakis, K. Banitsas and
M. R. Varley, ‘Seismic data clustering management system’, EGU2011-12120,
vol. 13, EGU General Assembly, Vienna, 2011 (Corresponding Author)
7. E. Skounakis, K. Banitsas, E. Maravelakis and A. Konstantaras, ‘ARTM
Framework: Automatic recognition of tumors in medical images’, IEEE
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC ’11), 2011
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Before being employed as Assistant Professor:
8. A. Konstantaras, E. Katsifarakis, X. Artzouxaltzis, J. P. Makris, F. Vallianatos,
and M. R. Varley, ‘Soft computing analysis of the possible correlation between
temporal and energy release patterns in seismic activity’, EGU2010-10096, vol.
12, EGU General Assembly, Vienna, 2010 (Corresponding Author)
9.
A. Konstantaras, G. Fouskitakis, J.P. Makris and F. Vallianatos, ‘Geoelectromagnetic signal analysis prior to the Kythira Mw 6.9 earthquake on
January 2006’, EGU2008-A-08042, vol. 10, EGU General Assembly, Vienna
2008
10. A. Konstantaras and J.P. Makris, ‘On the Contradictory Characteristics of the
EEP Signal Observed Prior to the Kythira M 6.9 Earthquake on January 2006’,
WSEAS Int. Conf. on Geology and Seismology (GES), Portoroz, Slovenia, 2007
(Corresponding Author)
11. A. Konstantaras, G. Fouskitakis, J.P. Makris and F. Vallianatos, ‘Intelligent
Systems Analysis of the EEP Signals Observed Prior to Earthquakes’, VI
International
Scientific and
Technical
Conference GEOPHYSICS,
St. Petersburgh, Russia, 2007
12. A. Konstantaras, J.P. Makris, F. Vallianatos and M.R. Varley, ‘On the observed
EEP signal attributed to the Kythira M 6.9 earthquake in January 2006’,
EGU2007-04120, vol. 9, EGU General Assembly, Vienna, 2007 (Corresponding
Author)
13. A. Konstantaras, F. Vallianatos, J.P. Makris, M.R. Varley, G. Collins and P.
Holifield, ‘Neuro-fuzzy technology for the detection of weak seismo-electric
signals’, Atlantic Europe Conference in Remote Imaging and Spectroscopy
(AECRIS), Preston, U.K., 2006 (Corresponding Author)
14. A. Konstantaras, M.R. Varley, F. Vallianatos, J.P. Makris, G. Collins and P.
Holifield, ‘Hybrid inverse adaptive filtering (HIAF) for the minimisation of
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magnetotelluric disturbances from electric field recordings’, EGU2006-07170,
vol. 8, EGU General Assembly, Vienna, 2006 (Corresponding Author)
15. M.R. Varley, M. Peak, J.D. Heys, G. Collins, A. Konstantaras, F. Vallianatos
and P.D. Picton, ‘Spreadsheet Software as a Teaching Tool for Concepts in
Electronic Engineering’, Proc. WSEAS International Conference on Engineering
Education, Athens, Greece, 2005 (Corresponding Author)
16. A. Konstantaras, M.R. Varley, F. Vallianatos, G. Collins and P. Holifield, ‘A
neuro-fuzzy approach for the reliable recognition of electric earthquake
precursors’, EGU2004-02325, vol. 6, 1st European Geosciences Union General
Assembly, Nice, France, 2004 (Corresponding Author)
17. A. Konstantaras, M.R. Varley, F. Vallianatos, G. Collins and P. Holifield,
‘Recognition of electric earthquake precursors using neuro-fuzzy models:
methodology and simulation results’, Proc. IASTED International Conference on
Signal Processing Pattern Recognition and Applications (SPPRA 2002), Crete,
Greece, 2002, pp 303-308, 2002
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