Publications : 2014-2015 Journal Articles N. Doulamis, A. Doulamis, P. Kokkinos and E. Varvarigos, Event Detection in Tweeter Microblogging, IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics. I. Gravalos, K. Yannopoulos, G. Papadimitriou, E. Varvarigos, 'Burst-by-Burst Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation for XG-PONs,IET Networks (Special Issue on Network Resource Optimization with emphasis on Optical Networks). V. Gkamas, K. Christodoulopoulos, D. J. Vergados, E. Varvarigos, Energy-minimized design of IP over flexible optical networks, International Journal of Communication Systems, Wiley, Special Issue on Energy-efficient Networking, pp. 1-17, Aug. 2015. K. Koumoutsos, A. Kretsis, P. Kokkinos, E. A. Varvarigos, V. Nikolopoulos, E. Gkioxi, A. Zafeiropoulos, Gathering and Processing Energy Consumption Data from Public Educational Buildings over IPv6, Energy, Sustainability and Society, Elsevier 5 (1), pp. 1-12, 2015. K. Christodoulopoulos, C. Papageorgiou, E. Varvarigos, Minimizing Expected Transmissions Multicast in Wireless Multihop Networks, International Journal of Wireless Information Networks, Springer, Volume 22, Issue 3, pp. 205-219, May 2015. P. Sarigiannidis, P. Nicopolitidis, G. Papadimitriou, E. Varvarigos, Towards Power Consumption in Optical Networks: A Cognitive Prediction-Based Technique, International Journal of Communication Systems, Wiley, pp. 1-23, May 2015. I. Gravalos, K. Yiannopoulos, G. Papadimitriou and E. A. Varvarigos, The Max-Min Fair Approach on Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation for XG-PONs,Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies, Wiley, vol. 26(10), pp. 1212-1224 2015. P. Kokkinos, T.A. Varvarigou, A. Kretsis, P. Soumplis, E.A. Varvarigos, SuMo: Analysis and Optimization of Amazon EC2 instances, Journal of Grid Computing, pp. 1-20. Oct 2014 P. Soumplis, K. Christodoulopoulos, E. Varvarigos, Dynamic Connection Establishment and Network Re-optimization in Flexible Optical Networks, Photonic Network Communications, special issue on ONDM 2014, Volume 29, Issue 3, pp 307-321, June 2015. (invited) P. Melidis, P. Nicopolitidis, G. Papadimitriou, E. Varvarigos, Green Optical Backbone Networks: Virtual Topology Adaptation using a Page Rank-based Rating System, International Journal of Communication Systems, Wiley, Vol. 28(16): pp. 2112-2121, 2015. P. Papanikolaou, P. Soumplis, K. Manousakis, G. Papadimitriou, G. Ellinas, K. Christodoulopoulos, E. Varvarigos, Minimizing Energy and Cost in fixed-grid and flex-grid networks, IEEE/OSA Journal of Optical Communications and Networking (JOCN), Vol. 7, Iss. 4, pp. 337–351, 2015. V. Gkamas, K. Christodoulopoulos, E. Varvarigos, A joint multi-layer planning algorithm for IP over flexible optical networks, IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology, Vol. 33 (14), 7090952, pp. 2965-2977, 2015. A. Kretsis, P. Kokkinos, K. Christodoulopoulos, T. Varvarigou, E. Varvarigos, "Mantis: Cloud-based optical network planning and operation tool", Computer Networks, Volume 77, 11 February 2015, Pages 153-168 I. Mamounakis, K. Yiannopoulos, G. Papageorgiou, and E. Varvarigos, Optical Network Unit Based Traffic Prediction for Ethernet Passive Optical Networks, IET Circuits, Devices & Systems, Vol 8 (5), pp. 349-357, 2014. E. Varvarigos, K. Christodoulopoulos, "Algorithmic Aspects in Planning Fixed and Flexible Optical Networks with Emphasis on Linear Optimization and Heuristic Techniques", Journal of Lightwave Technology, Volume: 32 , Issue:4, pp. 681 - 693, 2014 (invited tutorial). A. Kretsis, K. Christodoulopoulos, P. Kokkinos, E. Varvarigos, "Planning and Operating Flexible Optical Networks: Algorithmic Issues and Tools", IEEE Communications Magazine, special issue on Advances in Network Planning, Vol. 52(1), pp. 61-69, 2014. Nikolaos D. Doulamis, Member, IEEE, Panagiotis Kokkinos, and Emmanouel (Manos) Varvarigos, Resource Selection for Tasks with Time Requirements Using Spectral Clustering, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON COMPUTERS, vol. 63(2),2014 Conference Proceedings K. Kontodimas, P. Kokkinos, Y. Kuperman, E. Varvarigos, Analysis and Evaluation of I/O Hypervisor Scheduling, IEEE/ACM Utility & Cloud Computing (UCC 2015), Limassol. Cyprus, 7-10 Dec. 2015. G. Sauba, J. van der Burgt, E. Varvarigos, P. Makris, A. Schoofs, VIMSEN – Smart Tool for Energy Aggregators, IEEE INTELEC 2015, Osaka, Japan, October 2015. G. Lyberopoulos, E. Theodoropoulou, I. Mesogiti, K. Filis, I. Mamounakis, P. Makris and E. Varvarigos, VIMSEN: A Distributed Architecture for future Energy Market Frameworks, 2nd Workshop on Innovative European Policies and Applied Measures for Developing Smart Cities (IPMSC2015), held in conjuction with 16th Intl Conference on Engineering Applications of Neural Networks (EANN 2015), pp. 33:1-33:5, Rhodes, Greece, Sept. 2015. P. Sarigiannidis, G. Papadimitriou, P. Nicopolitidis, E. Varvarigos, and M. Louta, Time Synchronization in XG-PON Systems: An Error Analysis, OPTICS 2015, pp. 14-21, Valencia, Spain, Sept 2015. V. Gkamas, K. Christodoulopoulos, E. Varvarigos, 'Energy-Aware Multi-layer Flexible Optical Network Operation', SoftCom 2015, pp. 16-21, Split, Croatia, Sept. 2015. I. Mamounakis, D. J. Vergados, T. Mavridis, P. Makris, E. Varvarigos, A Virtual Microgrid Platform for the Efficient Orchestration of Multiple Energy, Panhellenic Conference on Informatics (PCI), pp. 191-196, 2015. V. Botsis, N. Doulamis, A. Doulamis, P. Makris and E. Varvarigos, Efficient Clustering of DERs in a Virtual Association for Profit Optimization, Euromicro Conference on Digital System Design (DSD 2015), pp. 494-501, Maderes, Aug. 2015. J. van der Burgt, G. Sauba, E. Varvarigos, P. Makris, Demonstration of the smart energy neighbourhood management system in the VIMSEN project, PowerTech, 2015 IEEE Eindhoven, pp. 1-6, June 2015. A. Di Giglio, A. Pagano, K. Christodoulopoulos, P. Kokkinos, N. Argyris, C. Spatharakis, S. Dris, H. Avramopoulos J.-C. Antona, C. Delezoide, J. Pesic, P. Jenneve, Y. Pointurier, P. Castoldi, N. Sambo, G. Bernini, G. Carrozzo, and E. Varvarigos, Cross-Layer, Dynamic Network Orchestration, Leveraging Software-Defined Optical Performance Monitors, FOTONICA 2015, Turin, May 2015. S. Marcou, A. Siokis, P. Maniotis, K. Christodoulopoulos, E. Varvarigos and N. Pleros, Performance Analysis and Layout Design of Optical Blades for HPCs using the OptoBoard-Sim simulator, IEEE Optical Interconnects Conference (OIC 2015), San Diego, USA, April 2015. D. Kyriazis, V. Anagnostopoulos, A. Arcangeli, D. Gilbert, D. Kalogeras, R. Kat, C. Klein, P. Kokkinos, Y. Kuperman, J. Nider, P. Svärd, L. Tomas, E. Varvarigos, T. Varvarigou, High performance fault-tolerance for clouds. 20th IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC 2015), pp. 251-257. V. Botsis, N. Doulamis, E. Varvarigos, 'Fair Pricing Mechanism for Coalitions in Rural Areas', 20th IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC 2105). V. Botsis, N. Doulamis, A. Doulamis, and E. Varvarigos, 'Demand Allocation in Local RES Electricity Market Among Multiple Microgrids and Multiple Utilities Through Aggregators', 20th IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC 2105). Papanikolaou, K. Christodoulopoulos, E. Varvarigos, Multilayer flexgrid network planning, 19th International Conference on Optical Network Design and Modeling (ONDM 2015), pp. 151-156, Pisa, May 2015. K. Christodoulopoulos, P. Kokkinos, A. Di Giglio, A. Pagano, N. Argyris, C. Spatharakis, S. Dris, H. Avramopoulos, JC. Antona, C. Delezoide, P Jenneve, J. Pesic, Y. Pointurier , N. Sambo, F. Cugini, P. Castoldi, G. Bernini , G. Carrozzo, and E. Varvarigos, ORCHESTRA - Optical performance monitoring enabling flexible networking, ICTON 2015, Budapest, July (invited). P. Soumplis, P. Pananikolaou, K. Christodoulopoulos, N. Argyris, C., Spatharakis, S. Dris, H. Avramopoulos, and E. Varvarigos, Cross-layer optimization: network cost vs. physical layer margins, ICTON 2015, Budapest, July (invited). V. Gkamas, K. Christodoulopoulos, E. Varvarigos, A comparison study of joint and sequential multi-layer planning for IP over flexible optical networks, Optical Society of America, Optical Fiber Communications Conference (OFC), Th2A. 48, March 2015. J. M. Fabrega, M. Svaluto Moreolo, F.J. Vilchez, K. Christodoulopoulos, E. Varvarigos and J. P. Fernandez-Palacios, Experimental validation of MTU-BRAS connectivity with DMT transmission and coherent detection in flexgrid metro networks using sliceable transceivers, Optical Society of America, Optical Fiber Communications Conference (OFC), Th3H. 4, March 2015. K. Christodoulopoulos, E. Varvarigos, Evaluating Flexibility Degrees in Optical Networks, Optical Society of America, Optical Fiber Communications Conference (OFC), Tu2I. 1, March 2015, (invited). G. Beletsioti, P. Nicopolitidis, G. Papadimitriou, E. Varvarigos, Energy Efficient Virtual Topology Configuration Algorithm for IP Over WDM Optical Networks, International Conference on Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Social Media (CSCESM2014), December 2014, Thessaloniki, Greece. P. Melidis, P. Nicopolitidis, G. Papadimitriou, E. Varvarigos, Energy Efficient Optical Backbone Networks: A Dynamic Threshold Approach, Proceedings of the IEEE/CVT Annual Symposium on Communications and Vehicular Technology in the Benelux (IEEE SCVT 2014), November 10, 2014, Delft, Netherlands. C. Kyriakopoulos, P. Nicopolitidis, G. Papadimitriou, E. Varvarigos, On the Use of Learning Automata for Energy Saving in Optical Backbone Networks, Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on Understanding the inter-play between Sustainability, Resilience, and Robustness in networks (USRR 2014 Fall), Barcelona, Spain, November 19, 2014. Apostolos Siokis, Konstantinos Christodoulopoulos, and Emmanouel Varvarigos, On-OPCB Interconnection Networks, ICTON 2014 . K. Yiannopoulos, E. Varvarigos, V. Katopodis, K. Christodoulopoulos, G. Heliotis, L.-P. Dimos, D. Klonidis, I. Tomkos, P. Bakopoulos, I. Lazarou, H. Avramopoulos, Coverage Capabilities of a Multi-Wavelength Passive Optical Network Architecture, IEEE 19th International Workshop on Computer Aided Modeling and Design of Communication Links and Networks (CAMAD 2014). P. Soumplis, P. Papanikolaou, K. Christodoulopoulos, G. Papadimitriou, E. Varvarigos, 'Energy Minimization Design of Fixed- and Flex-Grid Optical Networks, IEEE 19th International Workshop on Computer Aided Modeling and Design of Communication Links and Networks (CAMAD 2014). G. Limperopoulos, E. Theodoropoulou, I. Mesogiti, P. Makris, E. Varvarigos, 'A Highly-Dynamic and Distributed Operational Framework for Smart Energy Networks', IEEE 19th International Workshop on Computer Aided Modeling and Design of Communication Links and Networks (CAMAD 2014). G. Beletsioti, C. Kyriakopoulos, G. Papadimitriou, P. Nicopolitidis, E. Varvarigos, Green Networks: "An energy-oriented model for IP Over WDM Optical Networks", IEEE ICUMT OPNTDS 2014. C. Kyriakopoulos, G. Papadimitriou, P. Nicopolitidis, E. Varvarigos, "Energy-aware Lightpath Routing in Optical Networks Based on Adaptive Heuristics", 6th International Congress on Ultra Modern Telecommunications and Control Systems and Workshops (ICUMT), 2014. P. Sarigiannidis, G. Papadimitriou, P. Nicopolitidis, M. Louta, V. Kakali, E. Varvarigos, 'IFAISTOS: "A Fair and Flexible Resource Allocation Policy for Next-Generation Passive Optical Networks"', 6th International Congress on Ultra Modern Telecommunications and Control Systems (ICUMT 2014), St. Petersburg, Russia, October 2014. A. Siokis, K. Christodoulopoulos, E. Varvarigos, "Laying out Interconnects on Optical Printed Circuit Boards, ACM/IEEE Symposium on Architectures for Networking and Communications Systems (ANCS 2014)", Marina del Rey, CA, USA, October 2014. A. Kretsis, P. Kokkinos, E. Varvarigos, V. Nikolopoulos, E. Gkioxi and I. Hatzakis, "GEN6 EU-project – Greek Pilot: IPv6 upgrade of Energy Efficiency in School Networks", PCI, Oct. 2014. I. Mamounakis, K. Yiannopoulos, G. Papadimitriou, E. Varvarigos, "On the Prediction of EPON Traffic using Polynomial Fitting in Optical Network Units", Vienna UT, Austria, OPTICS 2014. P. Sarigiannidis, G. Papadimitriou, P. Nicopolitidis, E. Varvarigos, and K. Yiannopoulos,"HYRA: An Efficient Hybrid Reporting Method for XG-PON Upstream Resource Allocation", Vienna UT, Austria, OPTICS 2014. M. Svaluto Moreolo, J. M. Fabrega, F. J. Vilchez, K. Christodoulopoulos, E. Varvarigos, V. Lopez, and J. P. Fernandez-Palacios, "Assessment of Flexgrid Technologies in the MAN for Centralized BRAS Architecture Using S-BVT", ECOC, Cannes, France, Sept. 2014. P. Kokkinos, A. Kretsis, T.A. Varvarigou, E.A. Varvarigos, Multi-Criteria Virtual Machines Migration Considering the Reconfiguration of their Logical Topology, MASCOTS 2014, Sept 2014. K. Manousakis, G. Ellinas, Ε. Varvarigos, " Energy-Efficient Algorithms for Translucent WDM Optical Networks",ICTON 2014 (Invited Paper). A. Siokis, K. Christodoulopoulos, E. Varvarigos, "Laying out interconnects on optical printed circuit boards (OPCBs)", ICTON 2014, Graz, Austria, July 2014. (Invited Paper). P. Sarigiannidis, G. Papadimitriou, P. Nicopolitidis, E. Varvarigos, K. Yiannopoulos, "Towards a Fair and Efficient Downlink Bandwidth Distribution in XG-PON Frameworks", Proceedings of IEEE Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference (IEEE MELECON 2014), Beirut, Lebanon, April 2014. K. Manousakis, E. Varvarigos, G. Ellinas, "Minimizing Power Consumption in Mixed Line-Rate Translucent Optical Networks", 18th International Conference on Optical Network Design and Modeling (ONDM 2014), May 2014. P. Soumplis, K. Christodoulopoulos, E.A. Varvarigos, "Dynamic Connection Establishment and Network Re-optimization in Flexible Optical Networks",18th International Conference on Optical Network Design and Modeling (ONDM 2014), May 2014. I. Grabalos, G. Papadimitriou, K. Yiannopoulos, E. Varvarigos, "A Modified Max-Min Fair Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation Algorithm for XG-PONs')" 19th European Conference on Networks and Optical Communications (NOC 2014). K. Christodoulopoulos, C. Papageorgiou, N. Doulamis, E. Varvarigos, "On Least Expected Transmissions Multicasting in Wireless Networks", Workshop on Computing, Networking and Communications, held in conjunction with ICNC 2014. E.A. Varvarigos, K. Christodoulopoulos, "Algorithmic Challenges in Flexible Optical Networks", in Optical and Grid Networking Symposium of the International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications (ICNC 2014) Honolulu, USA, February 3-6, 2014 (invited). Book Chapters L. Velasco, M. Ruiz, K. Christodoulopoulos, M. Varvarigos, M. Zotkiewicz and M. Pioro, Chapter 4, Solving Routing and Spectrum Allocation Optimization Problem, to be published. A. Siokis, K. Christodoulopoulos, E. Varvarigos, The role of optical interconnects in the design of data center architectures, Optical Interconnects for Data Centers, Woodhead Publishing, Editors: T. Tekin, N. Pleros, R. Pitwon, A. Hakansson, to be published 2015. M. Kalochristiannakis, E. Varvarigos, Wireless Sensor Network Administrative Management, in Handbook of Industrial Sensor Networks, Woodhead Publishing (Elsevier), Chapter 4, pp. 57-78, 2015. P. Sarigiannidis, G. Papadimitriou, P. Nicopolitidis, V. Kakali, E. Varvarigos, K. Yiannopoulos, ARES: An Adaptive, Resilient, Estimation Scheme for Enforcing Bandwidth Allocation in XG-PON Systems, book Chapter in E-Business and Telecommunications, based on Proc. of ICETE 2014, CCIS 554, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, September 2015. C. Kyriakopoulos, G. Papadimitriou, V. Kakali, E. Varvarigos, Simulation techniques for evaluating energy-efficient heuristics for backbone optical networks, Book chapter, Modeling and Simulation of Computer Networks and Systems: Methodologies and Applications, Elsevier, Pages 95-118, April 2015. I. Mamounakis, K. Yiannopoulos, G. Papadimitriou and E. Varvarigos, Combined Polynomial Prediction and Max-Min Fair Bandwidth Redistribution in Ethernet Passive Optical Networks, LCNS, Chapter in book: E-Business and Telecommunications, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-25915-4_9, pp.152-168, January 2015.