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IKM - Information & Knowledge Management Cluster


The Information & Knowledge Management research cluster belongs to the ICT Research Track of the South-East European Research Centre of the University of Sheffield.

SEERC is established as a non-profit legal entity in Thessaloniki, Greece, and is based at the University of Sheffield International Faculty, City College.

Our group engages in interdisciplinary research, exploring combinations of approaches, methods and technologies in several applications domains. Since 2006, the group's work has been evolving along two main streams of research:

  • Social and intelligent knowledge management for collaboration, learning, and teaching
  • Semantics-based information processing for managing software services and open cloud ecosystems

We view information and knowledge management as the overarching theme in our work, and aspire to bring contributions to multiple application domains by exploring synergies and working with multidisciplinary lenses.

About Us


The Information & Knowledge Management Research Cluster is one of the three groups in the ICT Research Track at the South East European Research Centre (SEERC). The cluster is coordinated by Dr. Iraklis Paraskakis, and currently comprises several past and three current full-time research members

The research we carry out spans several fields of study within and across Computer Science, Information Science, Management Science, Learning Sciences, and Social Sciences.

At the centre of our work is the creation and application of novel means for representing, processing, and communicating information and knowledge. One area of application is enhancing collaboration, learning, and teaching within networks of individuals and organisations. Another application area is enhancing management of platforms and ecosystems for the delivery of software-based services.

These two themes represent the main streams of research along which our work has been organised since 2006. Each of the two streams has a number of associated sponsored research projects

Our Members

Current Members


Dr. Iraklis Paraskakis, Senior Research Officer, Research Cluster Coordinator
Interests: Educational Informatics (Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Teaching Strategies in ITSs, Network Learning, Virtual Learning Environments), Information Systems, Knowledge Management, Social Computing
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Dr. Symeon Veloudis, Research Associate
Interests: Cloud Computing, Formal Modelling, Semantic Web Techologies, Security, Real-Time Critical Systems, Software Engineering
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Dimitris Bibikas, Research Associate
Interests: Organisational Knowledge Management, Innovation Management, Social Networks and Adaptive Strategies
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Past Members


Kleanthis Mokios, Research Associate
Interests: Software Engineering (Java EE), Semantic Web Technologies, Cloud Computing, Stochastic Modelling


Ioannis Arampatzis, Research Associate
Interests: Cloud Computing, Semantic Web Technologies,Software Engineering


Dimitrios Kourtesis, Research Associate
Interests: Service Oriented Computing, Cloud Computing, Governance and Quality Control, Semantic Web Technologies, Software Engineering


Dr. Fotis Gonidis, Research Associate
Interests: Cloud Computing, Model-Driven Engineering, Ontologies and Semantic Web technologies


Rustem Dautov, Research Associate
Interests: Cloud Computing, Autonomic Computing, Service-Oriented Computing and Software Engineering


Konstantinos Bratanis, Research Associate
Interests: Service Oriented Computing, Web Service technologies, Adaptation and Monitoring, Cloud computing, Software Engineering


Petros Lameras, Research Associate
Interests: Knowledge Management, Blended Learning, Distance Learning, Virtual Learning Environments and Computer Mediated Communications


Ikaros Tsantekidis, Research Associate
Interests: Intelligent Educational Systems, Artificial Intelligence, Automated Planning, Intelligent Agents


Eleni Kargioti, Research Associate
Interests: Knowledge Management, Semantic Web technologies, Social Software


Andreas Konstantinidis, Research Associate
Interests: Collaborative Virtual Environments, Collaborative Learning and Computer Supported Collaborative Work, Learning Management Systems


Chris Petsos, Research Associate
Interests: Object-Oriented Software Engineering Theory, Cloud Computing and Streaming Media Applications

Research Projects

The Information and Knowledge Management Research Cluster has participated in several international collaborative research projects funded under FP6, FP7, EUREKA Eurostars and CIP-ICT. Collaborations

IKM sponsored research projects (past, ongoing and forthcoming):

Social and intelligent knowledge management for collaboration, learning, and teaching:

  • Ambient Learning: Ambient, Multimodal and Context-Sensitive Lifelong Learning
  • ELEVATE: Integrating pedagogically-documented, value-added e-training add-ons in commercial software products of European Software SMEs
  • OrganiK: An Organic Knowledge Management System for Small European Knowledge-Intensive Companies
  • MORMED: Multilingual Organic Information Management in the Medical Domain
  • HOMER: Home-made Explosives (HMEs) and Recipes Characterisation Capability

Semantics-based information processing for managing software services and open cloud ecosystems:

  • FUSION: Business Process FUSION based on Semantically-enabled Service-Oriented Business Applications
  • S-Cube:  Software Services and Systems Network (Associate Partner)
  • CAST: Enabling Customisation of SaaS Applications by Third Parties
  • RELATE: Trans-European Research Training Network on Engineering and Provisioning of Service Based Cloud Applications
  • Broker@Cloud: Enabling Continuous Quality Assurance and Optimization in Future Enterprise Cloud Service Brokers

Collaborations


Our cluster seeks collaborations with researchers and research groups from within SEERC and SEERC''s parent institutions (University of Sheffield and CITY College), as well as other research institutes and organisations. The framework of collaboration may be formal, i.e. through joint participation in sponsored research projects, or informal, i.e. through joint initiatives and publications.

Research partners within funded research projects


Below is a list of organisations that the Information & Knowledge Management Research Cluster has collaborated with in the context of sponsored research projects:

  • Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary
  • Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Bulgaria
  • CAS Software AG, Germany
  • Computer Publication Group, Ireland
  • Dogus University, Turkey
  • ENOCTA, Turkey
  • Expert Software Systems, Belgium
  • German Research Centre for Artificial intelligence (DFKI), Germany
  • Germanos Group, Greece
  • InfomatiX, Hungary
  • Infoworld, Italy
  • National Technical University of Athens, Greece
  • Interjob, Hungary
  • ITLink, Italy
  • Kolmel Computer, Germany
  • Language Technology Center, United Kingdom
  • LeserAuskunft, Germany
  • New Emphasis, Greece
  • Northern Venture, Cyprus
  • QMS Maritime Training Center, Greece
  • SAP, Germany
  • Sigma 2000 - Pharos, Bulgaria
  • SingularLogic, Greece
  • Steinbeis Transferzentrum MIT, Germany
  • Stratigakis Group, Greece
  • Syria Informatica, Italy
  • Technical University of Koszalin, Poland
  • Training Center Scarl, Italy
  • University of Sheffield, United Kingdom

Research partners beyond funded research projects


Collaborations with researchers from CITY College, The University of Sheffield and other organisations beyond sponsored research projects are as follows:

  • Educational Informatics Research Group, Department of Computer Science, CITY College
  • Software Engineering & Service-Oriented Technologies (SoE) Research Group, Department of Computer Science, CITY College
  • Management & Human Resources Research Group, Department of Business Administration & Economics, CITY College
  • Knowledge and Information Management Research Group, Department of Information Studies, University of Sheffield
  • Educational Informatics Research Group, Department of Information Studies, University of Sheffield
  • Verification and Testing Research Group, Department of Computer Science, University of Sheffield
  • Speech and Hearing Research Group, Department of Computer Science, University of Sheffield
  • Lab of Medical Informatics, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
  • Robotics and Computer Integrated Manufacturing Group, Department of Electrical Engineering, New University of Lisbon
  • Collaborative Networks Group, Computer Science Department, University of Amsterdam

Publications


To access our publications, including downloadable PDF files, there are two options:

  • All publications of past and current IKM members in a single, comprehensive list starting from 2001: GO
  • IKM Publications and all of SEERC publications, with optional filters and advanced search features:  GO

Contact Us


Address: South East European Research Centre, 24 Pr. Koromila St., 54622,Thessaloniki, Greece
Telephone: 0030 2310 253477
Fax: 0030 2310 234205
Email: iparaskakis@seerc.org (cluster coordinator)