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Prof. Konstantinos Arvanitis

Affiliation :
Agricultural University of Athens,Greece

Biography :

Dr. Konstantinos (Kostas) G. Arvanitis received the B.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from the National Technical University of Athens, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, in 1986 and 1994, respectively. During his post-graduate studies, he held a three-year scholarship on “Applied Mathematics” from the Greek State Scholarship Foundation. After receiving his Ph.D. degree, he served several research and teaching positions in the National Technical University of Athens, in the Hellenic Naval Academy, in the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, in the School of Pedagogical and Technical Education of Athens and in the Technological Educational Institutes of Piraeus and Thessaloniki. He currently serves as a Professor (Full) in Agricultural University of Athens, Department of Natural Resources Management and Agricultural Engineering, Laboratory of Farm Machi¬nery, where he teaches various courses on Electrical Technology and Electric Machines, Instrumentation and Measurement Systems, Process Control and Automation, Applications of AI in Agriculture, ICT in Agriculture, Precision Agriculture, etc., and where he also served as Head/Deputy Head of the Section of Farm Structures and Farm Machinery (2013-2016, 2018-2019/2016-2017). He was (2000-2017) a member of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) Technical Committee on Control in Agriculture. He is also a member of the European Society of Agricultural Engineers (EurAgEng) and of the European Federation of National Association of Engineers (FEANI). He participated in 5 European and 22 domestic research and development projects. He published over 275 technical papers in international/national books (17/1), refereed scientific journals (92) and international/national conferences (145/24). He served (2009-2013) as a member of the Editorial Board of the scientific journal “Computers and Electronics in Agricultu-re”. He currently serves as: (i) an Associate Editor of the international scientific journal “WSEAS Transactions on Advances in Engineering Education” (SSN: 1790-1979); (ii) a member of the Editorial Board of the international scientific journal “WSEAS Transactions on Systems and Control” (ISSN: 1991-8763,); (iii) a member of the Edito¬rial Board of the international scientific journal “Instruments” (ISSN: 2410-390X); (iv) a member of the Editorial Board of the international scientific journal “Inventions” (ISSN: 2411-5134); (v) a member of the Editorial Board of the international scientific journal “Automation, Control and Intelligent Systems” (ISSN: 2328-5583); (vi) a member of the Editorial Board of the international scientific journal “Environmental and Agricultural Sciences” (ISSN: 2313-8629,); (vii) a member of the Advisory Board of the international scientific journal “Sci” (ISSN: 2413-4155); (viii) a member of the Editorial Panel of the international scientific journal “EC Agriculture”; (ix) the Editor-in-Chief of the international scientific journal “International Journal of Agricultural Science” (ISSN: 2367-9026). He also served as: (i) a Guest Editor of a Special Issue on the topic: “Precision Agriculture Technologies for a Sustainable Future: Current Trends and Perspectives” of the international scientific journal “Sustainability” (ISSN: 2071-1050); (ii) a Guest Editor of a Special Issue on the topic: “Adnaced Instrumentation for an Intelligent Agriculture: Current Trends and Perspectives”, of the international scientific journal “Instruments”; (iii) a Guest Editor of a Special Issue on the topic: “Sustainable Microgrids for Remote, Isolated and Emerging Areas: Current trends and Perspectives in Policies, Practices and Technologies”, of the international scientific journal “Sustaina¬bility”. He currently serves as a Guest Editor of a Special Issue on the topic: “Computational Intelligence in Agriculture and Natural Resources”, of the international scientific journal “Inventions”. He participated in the Scientific and/or Program Committees of 51 international scientific conferen¬ces and in the Scientific/Organizing Committees of 11 national scientific conferences. He also served as Chairman in scientific sections of several international scientific conferences. He is an active reviewer in several international scientific journals (40), book series and scientific conferences, while, since January 2018, he is cerified as an Outstanding Reviewer of the international scientific journal “Applied Energy” (ISSN: 0306-2619, Elsevier Publishing Co.). His research work has received significant international recognition (2940 citations, h-index=25, g-index=51). His main research interests are: Electrification and Automation in Agriculture, Advanced Process Control, Wireless Sensor Networks, ICT and Artificial Intelligence Applications in Agriculture, Remote Sensing, Optimization Techniques, Energy Management and Control of Autonomous Micro-Grids, IoT and Cloud Computing.

Research Interest :

Electrification and Automation in Agriculture, Advanced Process Control, Computer-Based Control and Industrial Automation. Wireless Sensor Networks, ICT and Artificial Intelligence Applications in Agriculture, Computational Intelligence and Optimization Techniques, Precision Farming, SCADA Systems, Decision Support Systems, Energy Management and Control of Autonomous Micro-Grids, Image Processing and Remote Sensing, Internet of Things and Cloud Computing, E-learning and Web-Based learning in Agriculture.