Dr. Anastasios Karakostas (m) received the Degree in Computer Science and the PhD degree in Computer Science Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Greece. He is a Senior Researcher with ITI-CERTH. He has participated in numerous European and national research projects, as technical manager or WP leader, and is the author of more than 60 publications in refereed journals and international conferences.
Currently, among other projects, he is deputy coordinator of the H2020 DRS project aqua3S (which supports safety and security in existing water networks), project risk and mitigation manager of the H2020 DRS project INGENIOUS, project innovation manager of the SC H2020 project SAFERS. Moreover, he was the deputy coordinator of the DRS H2020 beAWARE project, which was considered and evaluated as a success story from the EU.