Publications : 2024 - 2025 Journal Articles P. Soumplis, K. Christodoulopoulos, P. Kokkinos, A. Napoli, M. Hosseini, K. Yiannopoulos, and E. Varvarigos, "Enabling extended access aggregation with light-trees and point-to-multipoint coherent transceivers," J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 17, 249-261 (2025). doi: 10.1364/JOCN.542492. I. Avramopoulos, P. Makris, E. Varvarigos, “Optimal procurement under backwardation and the benefits of the manifestation of demand aggregators”, Operations Research Letters (ORL), vol. 61, 107286, July 2025. J. S. Vardakas, P. Soumplis, P. Kokkinos, S. Pryor, P. Chanclou, E. Varvarigos, K. Ramantas, C. Verikoukis, "A Self-Driven Virtual Elastic Infrastructure for Cell-Free Based 6G Networks," accepted for publication in IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine, Dec. 2024. doi: 10.1109/MWC.001.2300429 K. Seklos, K. Steriotis, N. Efthymiopoulos, P. Makris, G. Tsaousoglou, D. J. Vergados, E. Varvarigos, “On the design of the architecture of Distribution Level Flexibility Markets”, Elsevier Electric Power Systems Research (EPSR), vol. 236, 110934, November 2024. G. Tsaousoglou, P. Ellinas, J. S. Giraldo, E. Varvarigos, Distributed Sequential Optimal Power Flow under Uncertainty in Power Distribution Systems: A Data-driven Approach, Electric Power Systems Research, Elsevier, Volume 235, October 2024 A. Khaksary, K. Steriotis, P. Makris, G. Tsaousoglou, N. Efthymiopoulos, E. Varvarigos, Electricity market equilibria analysis on the value of demand-side flexibility portfolios’ mix and the strategic demand aggregators’ market power, Sustainable Energy, Grids and Networks (SEGAN), Vol. 38, 2024 A. Mitropoulou, P. Kokkinos, P. Soumplis, E. Varvarigos, Anomaly Detection in the Edge-Cloud Continuum using Knowledge Graph Embedding and Machine Learning Mechanisms, Journal of Grid Computing, Vol. 22(1), pp. 1-22, March 2024. P. Soumplis, G. Kontos, P. Kokkinos, A. Kretsis, S. Barrachina-Muñoz, R. Nikbakht, J. Baranda, M. Payaró, J. Mangues-Bafalluy, E. Varvarigos , “Performance Optimization Across the Edge-Cloud Continuum: A Multi-agent Rollout Approach for Cloud-Native Application Workload Placement,” SN Computer Science/SN computer science, vol. 5, no. 3, Mar. 2024, doi K. Mitropoulou, P. Kokkinos, P. Soumplis, et al. “Anomaly Detection in Cloud Computing using Knowledge Graph Embedding and Machine Learning Mechanisms” Springer, J Grid Computing 22, 6, 2024. doi: 10.1007/s10723-023-09727-1. Conference Proceedings P. Soumplis, K. Christodoulopoulos, A. Napoli, K. Yiannopoulos, E. Varvarigos, "Dynamic Risk-Aware Reconfiguration in Coherent P2MP Extended Access Networks Under Time-Varying Demands," European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC) 2025 (Proceedings forthcoming). P. Kokkinakis, P. Soumplis, E. Varvarigos, "Risk-Aware Resource Allocation in Edge Computing Using Stochastic Forecasting," 2025 IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Montreal, Canada, Sun, Jun 8, 2025 – Thu, Jun 12, 2025 P. Soumplis, K. Christodoulopoulos, K. Yiannopoulos, E. Varvarigos, "Model Predictive Control Scheduling for Extended Access Metro P2MP Optical Networks," 25th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON) 2025, Barcelona, Spain, 6–10 July 2025 K. Seklos, P. Kokkinos and E. Varvarigos, "Joint Route Planning for Submarine Optical and Power Cables", 2025 25th Anniversary International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), Barcelona, Spain, 2025. P. Kokkinos, A. Kretsis, P. Soumplis, D. Konidaris, T. Kazolias, E. Varvarigos, "Performance Evaluation of Robots Utilizing Approximation Computing Capabilities," in 2025 IEEE 25th International Symposium on Cluster, Cloud and Internet Computing Workshops (CCGridW), Tromsø, Norway, 19–22 May 2025, pp. 133–139. doi: 10.1109/CCGridW65158.2025.00027. G. Kontos, P. Soumplis, E. Varvarigos, "Optimization of Cloud-Native Application Execution over the Edge-Cloud Continuum Enabled by DVFS," in Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science (CLOSER 2025), SciTePress, ISBN 978-989-758-747-4; ISSN 2184-5042, Porto, Portugal, 1–3 April 2025, pp. 37-48. doi: 10.5220/0013291600003950. P. Soumplis, K. Christodoulopoulos, K. Yiannopoulos, E. Varvarigos, "QoS-aware Resource Allocation in Point to Multipoint (P2MP) Metro Aggregation Networks," Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC) 2025, Technical Digest Series (Optica Publishing Group, 2025), paper Th3D.2. doi: 10.1364/OFC.2025.Th3D.2. K. Christodoulopoulos, P. Soumplis, P. Kokkinos, A. Napoli, M. Hosseini, K. Yiannopoulos, E. Varvarigos, "Resource Allocation with Service Level Constraints in Point-to-Multipoint Metro-Core Networks," Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC) 2025, Technical Digest Series (Optica Publishing Group, 2025), paper Th3D.4. doi: 10.1364/OFC.2025.Th3D.4. P. Soumplis, K. Christodoulopoulos, P. Kokkinos, M. Quagliotti, A. Di Giglio, A. Napoli, M. Hosseini, K. Yiannopoulos, E. Varvarigos, "Optimization of Router Cost and Consumption in a Point-to-Multipoint Metro-Core Architecture," Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC) 2025, Technical Digest Series (Optica Publishing Group, 2025), paper W2A.45. doi: 10.1364/OFC.2025.W2A.45. G. Kontos, P. Soumplis, E. Varvarigos, "Optimization of Resource Deployment and Configuration in Hierarchical Edge Topologies," GLOBECOM 2024 - 2024 IEEE Global Communications Conference, Cape Town, South Africa, 2024, pp. 3431-3436, doi: 10.1109/GLOBECOM52923.2024.10901332. M. Filippou, P. Makris, A. Kretsis. P. Kokkinos, E. Varvarigos, “QoE-driven spot pricing schemes for edge user allocation across the distributed cloud-edge continuum”, 8th International Conference on Mobile Internet Security (Mobisec 2024), Sapporo, Japan, 17-19 December 2024, https://zenodo.org/records/14771224 P. Soumplis, K. Christodoulopoulos, P. Kokkinos, A. Napoli, M. Hosseini, M. Quagliotti, E. Riccardi, A. Pagano, K. Yiannopoulos, E. Varvarigos, "Techno-Economic and Feasibility Study of Point-To-Multipoint Communications in the Metro-Core," 14th International Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing (CSNDSP), Rome, Italy, July 15-18, 2024. (Best Paper Award). doi: 10.1109/CSNDSP60683.2024.10636373 K. Yiannopoulos, P. Soumplis, K. Christodoulopoulos, P. Kokkinos, A. Napoli, M. Hosseini, E. Varvarigos, "Enabling Extended Access with Light-Trees and Point-to-Multipoint Coherent Transceivers," 2024 International Conference on Optical Network Design and Modeling (ONDM), Madrid, Spain, pp. 1-3, 2024. doi: 10.23919/ONDM61578.2024.10582725 P. Soumplis, K. Yiannopoulos, K. Christodoulopoulos, E. Varvarigos, "Optimizing Light-Tree and Edge Resource Placement for Diverse Latency Needs," invited paper at the 24th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), Bari, Italy, 2024.doi: 10.1109/ICTON62926.2024.10647872 I. Sartzetakis, P. Pantazopoulos, K. V. Katsaros, V. Sourlas, E. Varvarigos, Dynamic Edge/Cloud Resource Allocation for Distributed Computation under Semi-Static Demands,"IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2024),9–13 June 2024, Denver, CO, USA. A. Kretsis, P. Kokkinos, E. Varvarigos,D. Syrivelis, P. Bakopoulos, M. Sipos, M. Fehér, D.E. Lucani, J. M. Bernabe, A. Skarmeta, I. Paez, L. Cominardi, M. Mercier, P. Velho, Y. Georgiou, C. Mainas, A. Nanos, J. Martin, A. F. Gomez, R. Gonzalez, P. Ilias , T. Chalazas, K. Chintamani,"EMPYREAN: Trustworthy, Cognitive and AI-driven Collaborative Associations of IoT Devices and Edge Resources for Data Processing", 33rd International Symposium on High-Performance Parallel and Distributed Computing (HPDC 24), 3-7 June 2024, Pisa, Italy