Semantic Web of Things group, founded in 2020, conducts research on the following topics:
Semantic Web, IoT/WoT, Semantic Web of Things, Semantic Data Management, Semantic trajectories, Conversational AI and KGs , Linked Data.
- A list of peer-reviewed papers authored by our group can be found at Google Scholar profile.
- A list of ontologies developed (co-developed) can be found here and at GitHub!
- A list of source code (ontologies and apps) can be found at GitHub!
- A video of selected apps demo at YouTube can be found here!
- A list of Linked Data apps can be found here!
Lead: assist. Prof. Konstantinos Kotis (kotis@aegean.gr).

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Konstantinos Kotis
Prof. Konstantinos Kotis (ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7838-9691) owns a B.Sc. in Computation from University of Manchester (UMIST), UK and a Ph.D. in Information Management (Knowledge Representation & Management) from the
PhD candidates

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Savvas Varitimiadis
PhD Thesis Title: "AI dialogue and QA softbots (ΑΙ chatbots) in the Digital Culture domain".
Savvas is a cultural informatics specialist and a field archaeologist. He holds a bachelor degree in History and Archaeology of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Faculty of Phil

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Sotiris Angelis
PhD Thesis (2020- today) Title: "Semantic trajectory analytics and recommendation systems".
Sotiris Angelis holds a Dipl.-Ing. in Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. His background includes experience in Software Engineerin

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Theocharis Theocharopoulos
PhD Thesis Title: "Event Prediction based on semantic sentiment analytics of big data in social media networks".
Theocharis Theocharopoulos has a BSc in Computer Science from the Hellenic Open University, a MSc in e-Government from the University of the Aegean and is studying tow

Adam Koletis
PhD Thesis (2021- today) Title: “Revealing Common Mechanisms Between Neurodegenerative Diseases and Artistic Behaviors Using Fuzzy Knowledge Representation.”
Adam Koletis holds a BSc from the Depa

Andreas Soularidis
PhD Thesis (2023-) – Title: Semantic interoperability and real-time automated reasoning in IoT-enabled edge devices and swarms of drones.
Andreas is a PhD Student at the department of Cultural Technology and Communication of the University of the

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Pavlos Bitilis
PhD student (2022) - Title: Sensor data integration and analytics for smart health monitoring of PD patients.
Pavlos Bitilis owns a B.Sc. in Economics and Management from Panteion University of Athens, Greece, and a M.Sc. in Information Systems (In
MSc students

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George Bouchouras
Dr. George Bouchouras specializes in medical biomechanics and sports biomechanics. His PhD thesis focused on the biomechanical analysis of gait after Anterior cruciate ligament rehabilitation. His postdoctoral research focused on knee osteoarthritis and the activities of daily leaving. His research

Dimitris Doumanas
Dimitris Doumanas is a MSc. student in Intelligent Computer Systems at the department of Cultural Technology and Communication of the University of the Aegean. He is a military officer in the Greek Army and works as an instructor and administrator of studies at the Hellenic Military Training Academy
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Alexandros Karakikes
MSc. Thesis title: Bias in Twitter analytics.
Alexandros is an MSc. Student in Intelligent Computer Systems at the department of Cultural Technology and Communication of the University of the Aegean. He is an officer of the Hellenic Air Force. His primary academic area of interes

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Konstantina Zachila
Master’s Thesis (2020) Title: “Semantic modeling and computation of IoT entities' trust ”.
Konstantina is an MSc. student in Intelligent Information Systems at the department of Cultural Technology a

Efstathia Marini
Master’s Thesis (2020) Title: “Digitizing, documenting, semantically annotating and publishing cultural content in the Semantic Web”.
Mrs Efstathia Marini is a MSc. student in Cultural Informat

Maria Chondrogianni

Dimitra Pittou

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Despoina Kostelidou

Kleopatra Mageira

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Maria Karathanasi
PhD Thesis (2020-2024) Title: "read more

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Evangelos Paparidis
Master’s Thesis (2020) - Title: Fair Knowledge Representation in surveillance applications.
Evangelos is an MSc. stud

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Nikolaos Zafeiropoulos
Master Thesis Title: Engineering personal KGs for PD: semantically integrating data from off-the-shelf wearables and PHR systems for PD.
Nikolaos Zafeiropoulos holds a bachelor’s degree from the department of Digital Systems, University of Piraeus, supported by IKY scholarship. H

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Stavros Stavrinos
Master’s Thesis (2021) – Title: Semantic Modeling and Simulation of cyber-security and interoperability issues in swarms of unmanned marine vehicles (UMVs)
Stavros is an MSc. Student in Intelligent Com
Representative list of students and projects supervised
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Τίτλος/Title |
Φοιτητής/ Student |
Έτος/ Year |
Επίπεδο/ Level |
Ρόλος/ Role |
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Unbiased prediction of women’s recidivism: A study on female prisons’ archives. Link(s): [related paper A] |
Σπύρου Σταμάτης |
2021 |
Post Doc |
Supervisor /Επίβλεψη |
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AI dialogue and QA softbots (ΑΙ chatbots) in the Digital Culture domain. Link(s): [thesis abstract] [Thesis] [Presentation] [System] [related paper A] [related paper B] |
Βαριτιμιάδης Σάββας |
2019 |
PhD |
Supervisor /Επίβλεψη |
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Event prediction based on semantic sentiment analytics of big data in social media networks. |
Θεοχαρόπουλος Χάρης |
2020 |
PhD |
Supervisor/Επίβλεψη |
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Semantic trajectory analytics and Recommendation systems. Link(s): [related paper A] [related paper B] |
Αγγελής Σωτήρης |
2020 |
PhD |
Supervisor /Επίβλεψη |
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Revealing Common Mechanisms Between Neurodegenerative Diseases and Artistic Behaviors Using Fuzzy Knowledge Representation. Link(s): [related paper A] |
Κωλέτης Α. |
2021 |
PhD |
Supervisor /Επίβλεψη |
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Semantic interoperability and real-time automated reasoning in IoT-enabled edge devices and swarms of drones. |
Σουλαρίδης Α. |
2023 |
PhD |
Supervisor /Επίβλεψη |
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Analysis of Data from smart wearable devices for effective patient monitoring: an intelligent system for monitoring patients with mobility problems Link(s): [related paper A] |
Μπίτιλης Π. |
2022 |
PhD |
Supervisor /Επίβλεψη |
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Internet of Things and interoperability through semantic knowledge representation in the form of ontologies for smart city applications. |
Πλιάτσιος Αντώνιος Επιβλ.: Γκουμόπουλος Χ. |
2019 |
PhD |
Advisor/ |
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Knowledge representation/ontologies on the domain of artworks conservation. |
Μωραϊτου Ευθυμία Επιβλ.: Καρυδάκης Γ. |
2019 |
PhD |
Advisor/ |
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Mining and analyzing information in public documents using deep machine learning and natural language processing. |
Αραμπατζής Γαβριήλ Επιβλ.: Καρυδάκης Γ. |
2020 |
PhD |
Advisor/ Τριμελή Επιτροπή |
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Object recognition in art paintings using deep learning neural networks. |
Τροχίδης Επιβλ.: Τσεκούρας Γ. |
2021 |
PhD |
Advisor/ Τριμελή Επιτροπή |
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Development of a methodology for mapping and identifying privacy and security issues in the Internet of Cloud (IoC). |
Τσουπλάκη Α. Επιβλ.: Καλλονιάτης Χ. |
2022 |
PhD |
Advisor/ Τριμελή Επιτροπή |
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Development of a methodology for accepting technological transition and best practice solutions (end-to-end) for the new industrial revolution (Industry 4.0), intelligent and immersive technologies. |
Στεργίου Γ. Επιβλ.: Καβακλή Β. |
2022 |
PhD |
Advisor/ Τριμελή Επιτροπή |
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Semantic integration of cultural data from heterogeneous sources. Link(s): [thesis abstract] [Thesis] [Presentation] (in Greek) [System] [related paper A] |
Αγγελής Σωτήρης |
2019 |
MSc |
Supervisor/ Επίβλεψη |
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Generate and publish open and linked cultural data for Android mobile apps. Link(s): [Thesis] [Presentation] |
Μουζάκης Παναγιώτης |
2019 |
MSc |
Supervisor/Επίβλεψη |
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Design and development of educational AI chatbot for museums. Link(s): [System] [Thesis] [Presentation] |
Μάγειρα Κ.- Πιττού Δ. |
2020 |
MSc |
Supervisor/Επίβλεψη |
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Creation of searchable, open, interoperable, machine-readable, reliable and reusable digital content and data. The role of cultural heritage aggregators. Link(s): [System (DSpace)] [System (SearchCulture.gr – EKT)] [Thesis] |
Κωστελίδου Δ. |
2020 |
MSc |
Supervisor/Επίβλεψη |
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Digitizing, documenting, semantically annotating and publishing cultural content in the Semantic Web. |
Μαρίνη – Χονδρογιάννη |
2020 |
MSc |
Supervisor/Επίβλεψη |
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Semantic Interoperability of Smart Cultural Spaces. Link(s): [System] [Thesis] [Presentation] [related paper A] [related paper B] |
Ζαχίλα Κωνστναντίνα |
2020 |
MSc |
Supervisor/Επίβλεψη |
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Fair Knowledge Representation in surveillance applications. Link(s): [System] [Thesis] [Presentation] [related paper A] [related paper B] |
Παπαρίδης Βαγγέλης |
2020 |
MSc |
Supervisor/Επίβλεψη |
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e-Gov 3.0: E-gov, CP systems and IoT. |
Σάμιος Θ. |
2021 |
MSc |
Supervisor/Επίβλεψη |
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Semantic Modeling and Simulation of cyber-security and interoperability issues in swarms of unmanned marine vehicles (UMVs). Link(s): [related paper A] |
Σταυρινός Σ. |
2021 |
MSc |
Supervisor/Επίβλεψη |
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Semantic trajectories’ analytics and visualization in swarms of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Link(s): [related paper A] |
Σουλαρίδης Α. |
2021 |
MSc |
Supervisor/Επίβλεψη |
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Engineering ontology and KG for PD monitoring and alerting. |
Ζαφειρόπουλος Ν. |
2023 |
MSc |
Supervisor/Επίβλεψη |
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Handling bias in Twitter/X analytics. |
Καρακικές Α. |
2023 |
MSc |
Supervisor/Επίβλεψη |
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Smart mobile app: Silence bot. |
Ζώτος Θοδωρής, Τσοχαταρίδης Σωκράτης |
2020 |
BSc |
Supervisor/Επίβλεψη |
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Content Management Systems (CMS) for cultural content preservation and dissemination . |
Κοντελές Κων/νος, Τρούμπη Ιωάννα |
2020 |
BSc |
Supervisor/Επίβλεψη |
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Smart mobile FB app: Family bot. |
Ιωσηφίδης Κυριάκος |
2020 |
BSc |
Supervisor/Επίβλεψη |
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Creating Semantic Web of Data sites with JSON-LD. Link(s): [Thesis] [Presentation] |
Μαρκόπουλος Θανάσης |
2020 |
BSc |
Supervisor/Επίβλεψη |
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Beyond traditional Web Search: Semantic Web search, Dataset Search, Culture Search, IoT Search engines. |
Σταύρου Άννα |
2020 |
BSc |
Supervisor/Επίβλεψη |
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Social Internet of Things (SIoT) and smart objects |
Κωνσταντινίδου Στελίνα |
2020 |
BSc |
Supervisor/Επίβλεψη |
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Developing an ontology-based AI Chatbot: the case of Covid-19 chatbot. |
Δημάκη Δ., Χριστέλλη Κ. |
2021 |
BSc |
Supervisor/Επίβλεψη |
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Cultural events information Web app for people with disabilities (sign language recognition). |
Αυγουστόπουλος Δημήτριος, Καλδέλλης Μάριος, Κωστάρας Αντρέας |
2021 |
BSc |
Supervisor/Επίβλεψη |




