Non University Related Activities

• 2007 - 2010: Chairman of the Signal Processing Advisory Committee, Edinburgh Research Partnership (ERP), Scotland.
• 2005 - 2010: Member of the National (Greek) Council for Research and Technology.
  This was a 13 member committee and it is the highest in rank body in Greece that consults to the Greek Government on Policies related to Research and Technology and it is also in charge for the evaluation of the Research Centers and Institutes in Greece.
• 2001 - 2004: Member of the consulting committee to the Minister of Education, on Policies related to Education and Information Technologies.
• 1996 - 2000: Member Board of Directors COSMOTE (The Greek DCS-1800 mobile phone operating company).
  COSMOTE is now the leading mobile phone company in Greece.
• 1993 - 1995: Chairman, Patras Innovation Technology (PIT) Centre.
  PIT was an institute, funded partly by EU and partly by the Greek Government, whose goal was to intensify the interaction between the University and the local SME´s, in the area of Information Technologies.