Home address: Antheon 9, Ano Patisia, 11143 Athens, Greece.
Work address: Siemens AE DIP SWC M5, Promitheos 12, N. Kifisia, 14564 Athens, Greece.
Home telephone: +30 10 2532921
Work telephone: +30 10 6864637
Fax at work: +30 10 6247895
Email addresses: i_kokkinidis@email.com &
isaak.kokkinidis@siemens.gr
PERSONAL
23rd September 1970: born in Komotini, Greece.Sex: male.
Marital status: single.
EDUCATION
September 1997 to September 1998: Graduate student at the
Department of Electrical and Electronic
Engineering,
University College London, UK.
Course: MSc in
Telecommunications.
Assignments for specific course modules are
available.
MSc Dissertation: Reliable Video Transmission Over Packet Networks.
Supervisors: Dr. L. Sacks and Dr. V. Hardman.
September 1989 to July 1994: Undergraduate student at the
Department of
Electrical and Computer Engineering of the
Aristotle University in
Thessaloniki,
Greece.
Degree awarded: Diploma in Electrical Engineering.
Degree grade: 8 on a scale of A=10 (class rank: Top 6%).
Diploma Thesis:
Compression Schemes for Communication of Digital Image Sequences.
Advisor: Prof. M. G. Strintzis.
WORK AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
September 2000 to today: Technical Manager, member of the System Engineering group for the development of the worldwide Siemens 3G UMTS product. Area of responsibility: design and implementation of the 3GPP Nc interface according to ITU Bearer Independent Call Control (BICC) protocol and 3GPP Mc interface (H.248) for AAL2 and IP bearer. Leader of the DIP SWC M5 unit, a 10-people group for BICC development in Siemens Greece.
June 2000 to August 2000: Senior software engineer, coordinator of a 4-strong team at Siemens AE SWC M1. Attended seminars on human resources management, schedule management, basic marketing, provided by the Greek Management Association.
February 2000 to April 2000: Consultant at Siemens AG ICM N MS ED in Bad Hersfeld, Germany. Provided support for the development of the next generation IN Service Switching Function for the Siemens GSM switching platform.
August 1999 to February 2000: Software engineer at Siemens AE SWC, Athens, Greece. Responsible for the development of the following projects: Intelligent Network support adaptations for a mobile operator in Qatar, and MFC-R2 and ISUP signalling adaptations for the leading GSM operator in Lebanon.
November 1998 to September 1999: Software engineer at Siemens Osakeyhtiö ICN CA MT2, Espoo, Finland. Worked on software development for mobile telephony operators. Worked on projects for operators in Philippines, Thailand, Sweden, and Ukraine.
September to November 1998: Basic training on the EWSD switching platform at Siemens AE SWC, Athens,Greece.
May 1996 to May 1997: Engineering placement during military service at the 732 Directorate of Military Constructions, Xanthi, Greece. Duties included design of electrical power and telecommunications military installations.
July 1995 to October 1995: COMETT placement at the IRISI (Interregional Information Society Initiative) Network Bureau, Brussels, Belgium. Duties included technical consultancy on networking and a database designing. Samples of work are available at the IRISI WWW server or locally.
March 1993 to June 1995: Research placement at the
Information Processing Laboratory
of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, under the supervision
of Prof. Michael G. Strintzis.
Involved in/contributed to the following research projects:
RACE/COST-MPEG4 Development; PENED, NIKA-Coding and transmission of
medical images; IHIS/Integrated Hospital Information Systems-Teleworking
and CSCW; TELEMATICS for Health Project HC 1044, SAMMIE.
Related publications list is available.
SKILLS
At Siemens Information and Communications Mobile Networks gained experience in telecommunications software development for very large-scale projects serving an international customer base. Had to collaborate in design and analysis task groups with people from all over the world. Managed a team of developers, assigned tasks including education of new colleagues and know-how sharing. Participated in numerous workshops, including strategic product planning meetings, had to communicate system aspects to technical and non-technical audiences. Exploited the vast information pool created from Siemens research activities and memberships in organisations and fora, in order to keep in touch with the latest developments in telecommunications.
During postgraduate research activity, gained experience in writing scientific papers, as well as proposals and reports for research projects.
Moreover, mastered knowledge in designing and programming computer applications for UNIX (SGI Irix, SunOS), MS Windows NT/95, in C/C++ and Java. Experienced in FreeBSD and Windows NT administration. Very well acquainted with the structure and tools of the Internet, including the World Wide Web protocols and languages. Familiar with several telecommunications and data networks related technologies and architectures.
During stage in Brussels, acquired a good knowledge on the European Community structure and resources, as well as experience on tender tracking and database design.
Very good command of the English language (Cambridge Proficiency grade C in 1992, GRE Verbal 510 in 1994), and basic command of the German language (Zertifikat Deutsch als Fremdsprache, Goethe Institut in 1993).
MEMBERSHIPS AND AWARDS
Member of the IEEE and the Technical Chamber of Greece.
May 1997: Granted a scholarship fully covering fees and expenses for postgraduate studies in the UK, from the Greek State Scholarships Foundation, Lysikratous 14, GR-10558 Athens.
April 1994: Awarded a scholarship from the `Moshidi' Foundation, Komotini, Greece, for outstanding performance in undergraduate studies.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Main interests are concerned with telecommunications networks analysis and design, specifically optimal transmission of multimedia data.
Other interests include image sequence coding and transmission, medical information systems, computer supported cooperative work applications.
PUBLICATIONS
Journals
- M. G. Strintzis and I. Kokkinidis, "Maximum Likelihood Motion Estimation in Ultrasound Image Sequences," IEEE Signal Processing Letters, Vol. 4, No. 6, pp 156-157, June 1997.
Conferences
- C. Kontogeorgakis, M. G. Strintzis, N. Maglaveras, I. Kokkinidis, "Tumour Detection in Ultrasound B-Mode Images through Motion Estimation, Using a Texture Detection Algorithm," Computers in Cardiology 1994, IEEE Comp. Soc. Press, pp. 117-120, 1994.
- I. Kokkinidis, M. G. Strintzis, "Motion Estimation in Ultrasound B-Mode Images, Using a Maximum Likelihood Matching Criterion," Proc. 1995 IEEE International Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference, Montreal P.Q., September 20-24, 1995.
- E. V. Kopsacheilis, M. G. Strintzis, I. Kokkinidis, "Distributed Teleworking Platform for Radiology Applications," Proc. Computer Assisted Radiology 1996 Conference, Paris, June 1996.
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