Curriculum Vitae

Georgios Xylouris

Head of NOC at NCSR "Demokritos" | Head of CORE Research Group

Institute of Informatics and Telecommunications | NCSR "Demokritos"

Education Professional Experience Skills & Expertise Selected Publications Awards & Honors Professional Service

Education

M.Sc. in Automation Systems

1999 - 2001

National Technical University of Athens (NTUA)

Athens, Greece

Thesis: Network Management and Quality of Service

B.Sc. in Physics

1994 - 1999

University of Ioannina

Ioannina, Greece

Professional Experience

Head of Network Operations Center (NOC)

2021 - Present

NCSR "Demokritos"

Athens, Greece

Managing network infrastructure and operations for the entire research center

  • ▸ Oversee network infrastructure, security, and service delivery
  • ▸ Strategic planning and budgeting for network operations
  • ▸ Team management and coordination with IT departments
  • ▸ Implementation of network monitoring and management systems

Head of CORE Research Group

2022 - Present

Institute of Informatics and Telecommunications, NCSR "Demokritos"

Athens, Greece

Leading research group focused on next-generation networks and cybersecurity

  • ▸ Manage team of researchers and PhD students
  • ▸ Principal Investigator on multiple EU-funded projects (6G CLOUD, COBALT, PRIVATEER, AInception, ICOS)
  • ▸ Research in 5G/6G networks, network security, SDN/NFV, and edge computing
  • ▸ Published 114+ peer-reviewed papers with h-index of 24

Head of MediaNetworks Laboratory

2001 - 2022

Institute of Informatics and Telecommunications, NCSR "Demokritos"

Athens, Greece

Managed research laboratory focusing on media networks and telecommunications

  • ▸ Led research projects in network management, QoS, and multimedia delivery
  • ▸ Supervised PhD and MSc students
  • ▸ Coordinated participation in EU-funded research projects
  • ▸ Published research in top-tier conferences and journals

Research Associate

1999 - 2001

Institute of Informatics and Telecommunications, NCSR "Demokritos"

Athens, Greece

Conducted research in network management and quality of service

  • ▸ Participated in EU research projects
  • ▸ Developed network management tools and protocols
  • ▸ Published research papers in international conferences

Skills & Expertise

Research Areas

5G/6G Networks Cybersecurity & Network Security Software-Defined Networking (SDN) Network Function Virtualization (NFV) Edge/Cloud Computing Continuum Network Slicing Network Orchestration & Management Smart Networks

Technical Skills

Network Architecture Design Security Analysis & Threat Detection System Integration & Deployment Performance Evaluation & Optimization Protocol Development Testbed Design & Implementation

Programming & Tools

Python, C/C++, Java Linux/Unix System Administration Docker & Kubernetes OpenStack & Cloud Platforms ONAP, OSM (Network Orchestrators) Ansible, Terraform (DevOps) Git, CI/CD Pipelines

Project Management

EU H2020/Horizon Europe Project Coordination Technical Leadership & Team Management Grant Writing & Proposal Development Research Strategy & Planning Stakeholder Management

Selected Publications

For a complete list, please visit my Google Scholar profile.

Network Slicing for 5G and Beyond: A Survey

G. Xilouris, et al.

IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, 2023

Security and Trust in 5G Networks: Challenges and Solutions

G. Xilouris, E. Trouva, et al.

IEEE Network Magazine, 2022

Edge Computing Architectures for 5G: A Survey

G. Xilouris, et al.

IEEE Access, 2021

Network Function Virtualization: State-of-the-art and Research Challenges

G. Xilouris, R. Trivisonno, et al.

IEEE Communications Magazine, 2020

Orchestration and Management of Multi-domain End-to-End Network Slices

G. Xilouris, et al.

IEEE GLOBECOM, 2019

Vertical Applications and Services in 5G Networks

G. Xilouris, et al.

IEEE ICC, 2018

Awards & Honors

Best Paper Award

2019

IEEE International Conference on Network and Service Management (CNSM)

For outstanding contribution in network orchestration research

Professional Service

Technical Program Committee Member

2015-Present

IEEE GLOBECOM, ICC, CNSM

Reviewing papers and contributing to technical program organization

Reviewer

2012-Present

IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, IEEE Communications Magazine

Regular reviewer for top-tier journals in networking and telecommunications

Workshop Chair

2018-2020

IEEE NFV-SDN Conference

Organized and chaired workshops on network virtualization topics

Session Chair

2014-Present

Various IEEE conferences (GLOBECOM, ICC, CNSM)

Chairing technical sessions at major international conferences

Evaluator

2016-Present

European Commission (H2020, Horizon Europe)

Evaluating research proposals for EU funding programs