About
Short Bio
I was born and raised in Kavala, a town in northern Greece. At the end of 1998 I moved to Thessaloniki for a BA in Applied Informatics at University of Macedonia and graduated in 2002 (with honours). During my undergraduate studies I focused on software engineering activities. In 2002, I started working towards a PhD degree in Applied Informatics under the supervision of Prof. Iannis Papadimitriou, which I received in 2007. In my research I focused on the effectiveness and reliability of Correspondence Analysis (CA), a well-established method of Analyse des Données (in French) or Data Analysis (in English).
Teaching and Research Experience
Between 2003 and 2007 I was a Laboratory Assistant for the course Statistics & Data Analysis, Department of Marketing, Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki (or T.E.I. of Thessaloniki), Greece. In 2008-09 I was a Scientific Associate at the Department of Accounting, T.E.I. of Thessaloniki, teaching Business Statistics. Currently, I am an Adjunct Lecturer (407/80 in Greek) at the Department of Applied Informatics, University of Macedonia, teaching Descriptive Statistics and Data Analysis and the School of Primary Education, Democritus University of Thrace, teaching Qualitative and Quantitative Data Analysis. Since 2003, I have participated in numerous funded research programs and I am a Board Member of the Greek Society of Data Analysis (GSDA), which is a member of the International Federation of Classification Societies. More about my current work can be found here.
Specialties
Experienced in the fields of computational statistics and data analysis, statistical aspects of data mining and statistical software development. Working knowledge of Bivariate and Multivariate Statistical Methods, especially Optimal Scaling Methods for Categorical Data. Well versed in R, MATLAB and SPSS.
WWW
In the Digital World I am especially concerned about Digital Rights and Freedom of Speech. I support, translate and use wherever I can, Free Software. More about my current thoughts and interests can be found at amarkos|gr|blog, yet another weblog. If it seems greek to you, it's because it's (mostly) written in greek.