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Detailed CV

Publications/Talks:

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Awards/Scholarships:

UW Cheriton Scholarship 2009-2010.
AAAI Student Travel Scholarship, July 2009.
Finalist for the Google Anita Borg Scholarship, May 2008.
Grace Murray Hopper Conference Student Scholarship, October 2007.
Distinguished Teaching Assistantship Award, David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science, University of Waterloo, Spring 2007.
International Doctoral Student Award, University of Waterloo, September 2005-August 2008.
University of Waterloo Entrance Scholarship, September 2005.
European Commission Scholarship to participate in the EEF Summer School on Global Computing, July 2003.
Awarded by the Greek Railway Association for academic excellence, November 2003.
Academic excellence in Graduate Studies Scholarship, awarded by the Computer Science Department of the University of Ioannina, 2002-2003.
Academic excellence in Undergraduate Studies Scholarship, awarded by the Hellenic Worker Association for the academic years 1998-1999 and 1999-2000.

Research Employment:

September 2005 – present: Graduate Research Assistant, David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science, University of Waterloo, Canada. Supervisors: Prof. Jay Black (09/2005-04/2007) and Prof. Robin Cohen (05/2007-present).
March 2002 – September 2002: Undergraduate Research Assistant, Computer Science, University of Ioannina, Greece. Supervisor: Prof. Evaggelia Pitoura,

Recent Teaching Employment:

David Cheriton School of Computer Science, University of Waterloo, Canada

CS432-Business Systems Analysis (Spring 2009, Fall 2008, Spring 2008),
CS330-Management Information Systems (Winter 2008, Spring 2007, Fall 2007, Winter 2008, Winter 2009),
CS436-Distributed Computer Systems (Winter 2007, Winter 2008),
CS 348-Introduction to Databases (Fall 2006),
CS454-Distributed Systems (Spring 2006),
CS133-Introduction to Programming (Fall 2005),
CS134-Principles of Computer Science (Winter 2006)

Technical Experience

Programming languages: C, C++, Java, Pascal, Fortran, Prolog, TCL/TK, PL/SQL.
Operating systems: Solaris, IRIX, FreeBSD, Linux, Windows.
Databases: Oracle, PostgresSQL, Access.
Mobile Agent Platforms: Aglets, Concordia & Voyager.
Geographic Information Systems: ArcView, ArcGIS Desktop, ArcIMS.
PBX Systems: Asterisk

Volunteering Service

Olympic Games, Athens 2004, Greece. VIP section worker for the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA).

University of Waterloo.

Volunteer for various university events: “40 Years of Computer Science” September 2007, CS4U (event to introduce high school students to computer science) November 2005, CS4U November 2006, CS4U November 2007, CS4U November 2009.
Volunteer for various Campus Day activities (a day for prospective students to visit UW) since January 2006.
Global Representative of Greece at the University of Waterloo since September 2007.
“House Parent” for the 2008 CEMT in Computer Science for Young Women Seminars, Waterloo, Canada, May and June 2008.
“House Parent” for the 2007 Imperial Oil Seminar in Computer Science for Young Women, Waterloo, Canada, May 2007.
Volunteer for the Graduate Student Orientation week, September 2007.
Liaison between the Task Force For Gender Equality Committee and the David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science Graduate Recruiting Committee, May 2007-July 2007.
Mentor for the “Women in Mathematics” program, Fall 2006.