ACADEMIC & PROFESSIONAL BIOGRAPHY

SMU = Saint Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
UoL = University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
UWO = University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
UoA = University of Athens, Athens, Greece

  • Full Professor, Department of Mathematics and Computing Science, SMU (Sep. 09 -- ).
  • Member of the (national) Research Grant Selection Committee for Computing and Information Sciences of NSERC (Aug. 08 -- ).
  • Chairperson, Department of Mathematics and Computing Science, SMU (Sep. 07 –  ).

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  • Computing Science Co-ordinator, Department of Mathematics and Computing Science, SMU (Sep. 05 – Aug. 07).
  • Best paper award, 9th International Conference on the Implementation and Application of Automata (CIAA'04), July 22-24, 2004, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
  • Best paper score, 10th International Meeting on DNA-based computers (DNA 10), June 7-10, 2004, Milano, Italy.
  • Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics and Computing Science, SMU (Sep. 01 -- Aug. 09).
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics and Computing Science, SMU (Aug. 98 -- Aug. 01)
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, UoL (Aug. 96 -- Jun. 98).
  • Sessional Lecturer, Department of Computer Science, UWO (Spring 96 and Fall 94)
  • Nominated for the Governor General's Gold Medal Award by the Department of Computer Science, UWO (Apr. 96).
  • Ontario Differential Fee Waiver, UWO (Sep. 92 -- Feb. 94).
  • Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science, UWO, (Sep. 92 -- Mar. 96). Advisor: Prof. Dr. H. Jurgensen.
  • Teaching Assistant, Department of Computer Science, UWO (Sep. 91 -- Apr. 96).
  • Research Assistant, Department of Computer Science, UWO (Sep. 90 -- Aug. 91).
  • Ontario Differential Fee Waiver, UWO (May 90 -- May 92).
  • Master of Science in Computer Science, UWO, (Sep. 90 -- May 92). Advisor: Prof. Dr. H. Jurgensen.
  • Software Designer and Implementer, Business Reconstruction Organization, Athens (Dec. 88 -- Mar. 89).
  • Private Tutor in Mathematics, Athens (Sep. 86 -- Apr. 89).
  • B.Sc., Mathematics, UoA, (Sep. 84 -- Aug. 88).
  • Ranked 6th (out of about 160--200 ?) in the 1984 entrance examinations for the Department of Mathematics, UoA.