Professor Konstantina Nikita

Faculty Member, Professor Mobile Radio Communications Laboratory School of Electrical and Computer Engineering National Technical University of Athens 9 Iroon Polytechniou Street Tel: + 30210 7722285 Fax: +30210 7722320

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Konstantina S. Nikita (M’96-SM’00) received the Diploma in Electrical Engineering and the Ph.D. degree from the NTUA, as well as the M.D. degree from the Medical School, University of Athens. Since 2005 she serves as a Professor at the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the NTUA. She has authored or co-authored 154 papers in refereed international journals, 38 chapters in books, and over 300 papers in international conference proceedings. She is editor of five books in English, and author of two books in Greek. She holds two patents. She has been the technical manager of several European and National R&D projects. She has been honorary chair/chair of the program/organizing committee of several international conferences and she has served as keynote/invited speaker at international conferences, symposia and workshops organized by NATO, WHO, ICNIRP, IEEE, URSI, COMCON, PIERS etc. She has been the advisor of 24 completed Ph.D. theses, several of which have received various awards. Her current research interests include biological effects and medical applications of radiofrequency electromagnetic fields, biomedical telemetry, biomedical signal and image processing and analysis, simulation of physiological systems, and biomedical informatics. Dr Nikita is an Associate Editor of the ΙΕΕΕ Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, the IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, the Wiley - Bioelectromagnetics, the Journal of Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing and a guest editor of several international journals. She has received various honors/awards, among which, the Bodossakis Foundation Academic Prize (2003) for exceptional achievements in “Theory and Applications of Information Technology in Medicine”. She has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Atomic Energy Commission, of the Hellenic National Academic Recognition and Information Center, and of the Hellenic National Council of Research and Technology. She has also served as deputy head of the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the NTUA. She is a member of the Hellenic National Ethics Committee, a Founding Fellow of the European Association of Medical and Biological Engineering and Science (EAMBES), a member of the Technical Chamber of Greece and of the Athens Medical Association. She is also the founding chair and ambassador of the ΙΕΕΕ-EMBS, Greece chapter and vice chair of the IEEE Greece Section.

Education

• Diploma in Electrical Engineering, NTUA
• Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering, NTUA
• M.D., Medical School, University of Athens

Research Interests

• Biomedical Signal / Image Processing and Analysis
• Applied Computational Bioelectromagnetics
• Biomedical Telemetry
• M-health and e-health
• Simulation of Biological and Physiological Systems
• Optimization Algorithms and Applications
• Clinical Decision Support Systems
• Neuroinformatics - Computational neuroscience

Publications

• 1 book in English (Handbook of Biomedical Telemetry, Wiley-IEEE Press, 2014) as editor
• 1 book in Greek (Medical Imaging Systems, Tziolas 2004) as co-author
• 1 book in Greek (Simulation of Physiological Systems, Tziolas 2010) as author
• 4 books in English
  • Computational Electromagnetics:State of the Art and Future Trends, Springer 2000
  • Innovation in Nuclear and Radiological Imaging: From Basic Research to Clinical Application Elsevier 2005
  • Wireless Mobile Communication and Health Care, Springer 2011 and 2012 as co-editor
• 154 papers in refereed international journals
• 38 chapters in books
• 298 international conference papers
• 30 technical reports
• 2 patents

Scientific Activities

• Associate editor of the IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 2006-
• Associate editor of the Wiley Bioelectromagnetics, 2012-
• Founding Associate Editor of the IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics (J-BHI)
• Co-Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Monitoring and Surveillance Technologies Research (IJMSTR), 2012-
• Associate editor of the IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine (2004-2008)
• Associate Editor of Springer Journal of Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing (MBEC)
• Guest editor of special issues
• Reviewer of technical papers in several journals (IEEE Trans. MTT, IEEE Trans. EMC, Bioelectromagnetics, IEEE Trans. Nuclear Science, Bioelectromagnetics, Image and Vision Computing Journal, ACES, JEWA, JOSA, AIM, etc).
• Chair/Honorary Chair of the organizing and/or technical program committee of 25 international conferences on m-health, medical imaging, bioelectromagnetics etc
• Organizer and chair of over 50 sessions in national and international symposia (IEEE, URSI, COMCON etc) on m-health, mobile communications, biomedical and health informatics, medical imaging
• Invited / keynote speaker at more than 50 international workshops (organized by NATO, WHO, ICNIRP) and conferences (IEEE, URSI, COMCON, PIERS etc) in the field of m-health, biomedical and health informatics, electromagnetic dosimetry
• National representative of the european projects COST 244 bis "Biomedical Effects of Electromagnetic Fields", COST 281 "Potential Health Implications from Mobile Communication Systems", COST BM0704 “Emerging EMF Technologies and Health Risk Management”
• Project leader or technical manager of 30 european (eHealth, FP6-IST, FP7-ICT etc) or national (ΕPΑΝ, ΕPΕΤ2, SΥΝ, PΕΝΕD, ΚΕSΥ etc) funded research projects
• Evaluator of research proposals of the Greek General Secretariat of Research and Technology, the Greek Ministry of Health, the EC Framework Programmes, the Science Foundation Ireland, the Cyprus Foundation for Research Advancement, the Netherlands e-Science Center

Academic/Administrative Positions

• Member of the Hellenic National Ethics Committee, 2014- .
• Μember of the Hellenic National Council of Research and Technology, 2008-2010
• Member of the Mathematics and Information Science Sector, Hellenic National Council of Research and Technology, 2014- .
• Μember of the Board of Directors of the Greek Atomic Energy Commission, 2008-2009
• Μember of the Board of Directors of the Hellenic National Academic Recognition and Information Center (Hellenic NARIC), 2008-2010.
• Member of the Management Board of the Research Institute of Accelerating Systems and Applications (IASA), University of Athens-National Technical University of Athens, 2009- .
• Deputy Head of the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, 2010- 2013.
• Chair of the Undergraduate Studies Committee, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, 2010- .
• Member of the Senate’s Undergraduate Studies Committee, National Technical University of Athens, 2010- .
• IEEE-EMBS Greece Chapter Ambassador and Founding Chair, 2006-.
• IEEE Greece Section, Vice Chair, 2010- .
• IEEE-EMBS, Member of the Education Committee, 2012- .
• IEEE-EMBS, Member of the Technical Committee on Biomedical and Health Informatics, 2012-.
• IEEE International School on Imaging Systems and Techniques, Member of the Board of Directors, 2012- .

Honors/Awards

• Bodossakis Foundation Academic Prize for exceptional achievements in "Theory and Applications of Information Technology in Medicine".
• IEEE Honor Awards for outstanding organization of IST 2007, IST 2008
• IEEE Honor Award in recognition and appreciation for valued services and contributions as a General Chair to the BIBE 2008
• IEEE EMBS award as founding chair of the best new chapter (Greece chapter)
• Best paper awards (45th Panhellenic Symposium of Medical / Surgical Society, 1st International Congress on Pancreatic Cancer, 1st Panhellenic Conference on Biomedical Technology)

Scientific Professional Societies

• Founding Fellow of the European Alliance for Medical and Biological Engineering and Science
• Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (MTT-S), Antennas and Propagation Society (AP-S), Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS), Neural Networks Council, Pervasive Computing Computer Society (CS)
• IEEE-EMBS Greece Chapter Ambassador and Founding Chair
• Member of the Technical Chamber of Greece
• Member of the Athens Medical Association
• Member of the Hellenic Society of Biomedical Engineering