Dr. NICHOLAS T. BATIS
Home Address: 8 Thassou St
413 35 LARISA
GREECE
Telephone: 041-620-357
Education:
September 1980 to June 1982.
POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF NEW YORK.
Ph. D. in Operations Research. Thesis title:
"Resource Allocation with Interdependent Activities."
Research involved studies on Combinatorial Optimization
problems using analytical and heutistic techniques. Statistical
Optimization.
January 1978 to June 1980.
POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF NEW YORK.
M.S. in Economic Systems.
Fulfilled requirements for M.S. in Applied Statistics.
Emphasis on Econometric models, Macro and Micro Economics,
Forecasting, Engineering Economic Analysis, Regression Analysis,
Design of Experiments, Reliability, Statistical Quality Control,
Sampling, and Stochastic Process.
September 1976 to December 1978
POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF NEW YORK.
M.S in Operations Research.
Emphasis on Mathematical programming, Queuing Theory,
Production Planning, Inventory Control, Facility Layout,
Systems Simulation, and Optimization.
September 1971 to June 1976
ATHENS UNIVERSITY. ATHENS, GREECE.
B.S. in Mathematics
Emphasis on Applied Mathematics.
Have also completed several Continuing Education courses related
to Switching, Transmission, Traffic Engineering, Unix, Data
Communications, Talking with the Customer, e.t.c..
Academic
Experience:
September 1989 to present
INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATION, LARISA-GREECE
Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications.
Professor of Information Systems with tenure.
Responsibilities included teaching, research and service.
Teaching involved courses related to Computer Programming, Data
Base Management, Management Information Systems, Simulation,
Local Area Networks, etc. Enjoyed excellent class relations. Research
involved problems on Computer Networking, Congestion Control, etc. Head
of the Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications from
Septembet 1999 until November 2002.
September 1991 to September 1992
UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY, VOLOS-GREECE
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Computer Sciences.
Responsibilities included teaching Computer courses in programming,
database management and operating systems.
September 1982 to July 1984
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS, BOSTON MA 02125
Assistant Professor of Management Sciences.
Responsibilities included teaching, research and service.
Teaching involved courses related to Statistics, Operations Management,
Production Planning, Inventory Control, Quality Control, Simulation,
Forecasting, and Mathematical Programming. Enjoyed excellent class
relations and outstanding student evaluations. Research involved problems
on Combinatorial Optimization related to 0-1 Knapsack problem, Fixed
Charge problem, Optimum Location Selection problem, e.t.c.. Service
involved introduction of new courses, faculty performance review,
paper refereeing, student and University affairs, e.t.c..
January 1978 to June 1982
POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF NEW YORK
Teaching and Research Assistant.
Responsibilities included teaching Operations Research courses
and research on Combinatorial Optimization Problems.
Business
Experience:
September 1992 to July 1993
BELL COMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH, RED BANK, N.J. 07701
Member of Technical Staff (MTS) in the Data Communications
Technology Department (On sabbatical leave from Institute of
Technological Education, Larisa, Greece).
July 1986 to September 1989
AT&T BELL LABORATORIES, HOLMDEL N.J. 07733
Member of the AT&T Data Architecture Planning department.
Responsibilities include development and planning of the AT&T data
architecture. Special emphasis on data networking, interworking, LAN
interconnection, high speed data networking, and broadband ISDN.
Analytical studies on the evolution of Integrated Services Digital Network
(ISDN). Special emphasis on the evolution of packet mode services within
ISDN, and on the evolution of ISDN interfaces into higher speeds
(Broadband ISDN). Participation in the development of ISDN standards in
CCITT (TSS) and T1S1 Standards forums. Editor of the Architecture and
Service Description Document of Frame-relaying for the T1S1 Standards
Committee.
July 1984 to July 1986
AT&T BELL LABORATORIES, HOLMDEL N.J. 07733
Analytical studies on private telecommunications networks,
including design of voice networks, and voice and data integrated
networks. Analysis of AT&T services and recommendations on
improvements. Research and development of new services, including price
structure, feasibility studies, functionality, e.t.c.. Introduced a hybrid design
for private networks by combining Virtual Private Networks with Premises
Based Networks.
Awards:
"Exceptional Contribution Award", awarded by AT&T Bell Labs on
March 1989 in recognition of significant contribution towards the
development of the AT&T data networking architecture.
"Exceptional Contribution Award", awarded by AT&T Bell Labs on
March 1988 in recognition of significant contributions towards
the standardization of frame relaying.
"Exceptional Contribution Award", awarded by AT&T Bell Labs on
July 1987 in recognition of technical contributions in the area
of packet mode bearer services within ISDN.
"Exceptional Contribution Award", awarded by AT&T Bell Labs on
July 1985 in recognition of technical contributions in the area
of private telecommunications network designs.
"Certificate of Appreciation" awarded by the American Institute
of Decision Sciences on March 1985, in recognition of contributions toward
the enhancement of the Interface between Industry and the Decision
Science Academic Community.
Recipient of two Faculty Research Grants from the College of
Management of the University of Massachusetts/Boston.
Teaching Fellow at Polytechnic Institute of New York from January
1978 to June 1982.
Publications/
Presentations:
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Aristotle G. Koutsiaris, Sophia V. Tachmitzi, Nick Batis ,Maria G.
Kotoula, Constantinos H. Karabatsas, Evagelia Tsironi, and Dimitrios Z.
Chatzoulis. “Volume flow and wall shear stress quantification in the
human conjunctival capillaries and post-capillary venules in vivo”
BIORHEOLOGY 44(2007) 375-386
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Ν. Samaras, N. Batis “Optimal Trajectory of Dynamic Multistage ROT
cooling Process with Stochastic Disturbances” The IEEE Transactions
on Industry Applications. May/June 2006 issue.
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Ν. Samaras, N. Batis “On optimization of multicast routing
communication networks”. International Conference on
Telecommunications & Multimedia - TEMU 2006
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G. Karetsos and N. Batis “Technologies and trends for enabling Advanced
IP based Services over Wireless Networks” International Conference on
Telecommunications & Multimedia - TEMU 2005
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Koutsiaris, Μaria Kotoula, John Marmorkos, Nick Samaras, Jim
Xantzoulis, N. Batis “An imaging system with new capabilities for
measuring microcirculatory parameters in the human conjuctiva”
International Conference on Telecommunications & MultimediaTEMU 2005
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A.G. Koutsiaris, S.V. Tachmitzi, M.G. Kotoula, C.H. Karabatsas, E.
Tsironi, N. Batis and D.Z. Chatzoulis «A slit lamp based imaging system
for measuring blood velocity in the conjunctival microcirculation of the
human eye». 24th Conference of the European Society for
Microcirculation, August 30-September 2, 2006, Amsterdam, The
Netherlands.
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Aristotle G. Koutsiaris, Sophia V. Tachmitzi, Maria G. Kotoula,
Constantinos H. Karabatsas, Evagelia Tsironi, Nick Batis and Dimitrios Z.
Chatzoulis. Measurements of Blood Velocity in the Human Conjunctival
Microcirculation and WSS Estimation».2nd Eurosummer School on
Biorheology & Symposium on Micro Mechanobiology of Cells, Tissues
and Systems, September 17-20, 2006, Varna, Bulgaria.
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"Explicit Congestion Notification vs Implicit Congestion Detection in Frame
Relaying". T1S1 Meeting in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Contribution No.
89-149. April 1989.
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"American National Standard for Telecommunications - FrameRelaying Bearer
Service - Architectural Framework and Service Description". T1S1 Meeting in
Mclean, Virginia. January 1989. Contribution No. 88-224R1.
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"Performance of a Dynamic Window Congestion Control Mechanism". T1D1
Meeting in Cooper Mountain, Colorado. Contribution No. 87-203. May 1987. b)
CCITT Study Group XVIII meeting in Hamburg. Contribution No.
D.1123/XVIII. July 1987.
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"Use of Priorities within Step 3 Packet Mode Bearer Services". T1D1 Meeting in
Cooper Mountain, Colorado. Contribution No. 87-201. May 1987. b) CCITT
Study Group XVIII meeting in Hamburg. Contribution No D.1124/XVIII. July
1987.
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"Definitions of Throughput, Transit Delay, and Information Integrity in a FrameRelaying Network". a) T1D1 Meeting in Cooper Mountain, Colorado.
Contribution No. 87-202. May 1987. b) CCITT Study Group XVIII meeting in
Hamburg. Contribution No D.1125/XVIII. July 1987.
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"Link Layer Address Translation Function and Delay". T1D1 Meeting in Cooper
Mountain, Colorado. Contribution No. 87-205. May 1987. b) CCITT Study
Group XVIII meeting in Hamburg. Contribution No D.1126/XVIII. July 1987.
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"Fraud Vulnerability and Misrouting of Frames in a Frame-Relaying Network".
a) T1D1 Meeting in Cooper Mountain, Colorado. Contribution No. 87-206. May
1987. CCITT Study Group XVIII meeting in Hamburg. Contribution No
D.1127/XVIII. July 1987.
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"Resolution of Call Collision". a) T1D1 Meeting in Cooper Mountain, Colorado.
Contribution No. 87-207. May 1987. b) CCITT Study Group XVIII meeting in
Hamburg. Contribution No D.1128/XVIII. July 1987.
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"Connectionless Services in Step 3 Packet Mode Bearer Services". a) T1D1
Meeting in Cooper Mountain, Colorado. Contribution No. 87-208. May 1987. b)
CCITT Study Group XVIII meeting in Hamburg. Contribution No
D.1129/XVIII. July 1987.
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"Technical Issues Concerning Charging for Step 3 Packet Mode Bearer
Services". a) T1D1 Meeting in Cooper Mountain, Colorado. Contribution No.
87-209. May 1987. b) CCITT Study Group XVIII Meeting in Hamburg.
Contribution No. D.1130/XVIII. July 1987.
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"Frame-Relaying in the D(16 Kbps) - Channel". T1D1 Meeting in Cooper
Mountain, Colorado. Contribution No. 87-204. May 1987.
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"Load Increase under Link-by-Link and End-to-End Error Recovery". a) T1D1
Meeting in Irving, Texas. Contribution No. 87-02. January 1987. b) CCITT
Study Group XVIII meeting in Brasilia. Contribution No D.987/XVIII. February
1987.
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"Bandwidth Utilization for Fixed and Variable frame Length". T1D1 Meeting in
Irving, Texas. Contribution No. 87-03. February 1987. b) CCITT Study Group
XVIII meeting in Brasilia. Contribution No D.988/XVIII. February 1987.
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"Delay and Throughput in a Frame-Relaying Network". a) T1D1 Meeting in
Irving, Texas. Contribution No. 87-04. February 1987. CCITT Study Group
XVIII meeting in Brasilia. Contribution No D.989/XVIII. February 1987.
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"Congestion Control in a Frame-Relaying LAPD Based Network". T1D1
Meeting in Irving, Texas. Contribution No. 87-05. CCITT Study Group XVIII
meeting in Brasilia. Contribution No D.990/XVIII. February 1987.
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"Architecture and Service Description of Frame-Relaying". T1D1 Meeting in
Atlanta, Georgia. Contribution No. 87-93. March 1987.
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"Technical Issues Concerning Charging for Proposed New Packet Mode Bearer
Services". a) T1D1 Meeting in Oakbrook, Illinois. Contribution No. 86-120. June
1986. b) CCITT Study Group XVIII meeting in Geneva. Contribution No
D.718/XVIII. July 1986.
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"Wide-band Packet Technology Design Applications in Private Networks".
AT&T Bell Laboratories Internal Memorandum. Filing Case No 39351-528. May
1986.
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"Economic trade-offs between current technology and wide-band packet
technology and a proposal of a pricing scheme for a wide- band packet network".
AT&T Bell laboratories Internal Memorandum. Filing case No 39351-528. May
1986.
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"Study of Travelers Insurance Company's Private Network." AT&T Bell
Laboratories Internal Memorandum. Filing Case No 39351-528. December 1985.
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"Economic trade-offs between Software Defined Network and Private Lines."
AT&T Bell Laboratories Internal Memorandum. Filing Case No 39351-528.
December 1985.
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"Study of United Airlines Private Network." AT&T Bell Laboratories Internal
Memorandum. Filing Case No 39351-528. March 1985.
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"Resource Allocation under Assumption of Interdependency: Heuristics."
American Institute of Decision Sciences 1983 Proceedings. Williamsburg.
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"Resource Allocation under Assumptions of Interdependency." American
Institute of Decision Sciences 1982 Proceedings. San Francisco.
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"A Generalization of the 0-1 Knapsack Problem. Statistical Techniques for
Estimating the Optimum Value". Operations Research/Management Sciences
joint National Meeting. November 1983. Orlando, Florida.
References: References and additional information will be furnished upon
request