Short bio
Charis Papadopoulos is a Professor at the Department of Mathematics of the University of Ioannina. He received his Master and PhD degree from the Department of Computer Science in 2001 and 2005, respectively. For two years (2005-2007), he has worked as a postdoc researcher at the Algorithms Research Group of the University of Bergen in Norway. During 2008-2010, he has also worked as a visiting researcher at the Departments of Mathematics and Computer Science of the University of Ioannina. From 2011, he is a Faculty member at the Department of Mathematics, University of Ioannina. His research interests include design and analysis of algorithms, algorithmic graph theory, combinatorial enumeration, and algorithm engineering. He has published research papers in journals and refereed conferences that have attracted several citations. He has participated in national and international PhD commitees and he has supervised PhD and Master dissertations. Moreover, he has participated in research programmes funded by the European Union, Greek national funds, and Research Council of Norway, and he has given invited talks at research schools and seminars. He has also served as an evaluator for research grants funded by Research Councils of Greece, Norway, Hong Kong, the Netherlands, and the European Commission.
Program commitee work
- PC member for CIAC 2025, June 2025, Rome, Italy.
- PC member for EuroCG 2025, April 2025, Liblice, Czech Republic.
- PC member (co-chair) for EuroCG 2024, March 2024, Ioannina, Greece.
- PC member for SEA 2023, July 2023, Barcelona, Spain.
- PC member for WG 2022, June 2022, Tübingen, Germany.
- PC member for FCT 2021, September 2021, Athens, Greece.
- PC member for CIAC 2019, May 2019, Rome, Italy.
- Member of Organizing committee for 2nd Conference of Young Researchers in the Branches of Mathematical Science , June 2018, Ioannina, Greece.
- PC member for ICANN 2014, September 2014, Hamburg, Germany.
- PC member for ICANN 2013, September 2013, Sofia, Bulgary.
Recent project grants
- eFficient Algorithms for NeTwork Analysis (FANTA)
Research programme funded by the Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation (H.F.R.I.) under the "First Call for H.F.R.I. Research Projects to support Faculty members and Researchers and the procurement of high-cost research equipment grant" (Project Number: 431).
Scientific Advisor: Loukas Georgiadis, Duration: 2020–2023. - Separators and Cut Problems in Algorithmic Graph Theory
Research programme funded by the HFRI Hellenic Foundation for Research & Innovation. Greece.
Scientific Advisor (PhD fellow: S. Tzimas). Duration: 2017–2020.