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School of Engineering
Electronic, Electrical & Computer Engineering
The University of Birmingham
Edgbaston, Birmingham
B15 2TT, United Kingdom
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Personal Information

Birth and Civil/Marital Status

Place of Birth: Athens, Attiki, Greece
Date of Birth: 17th of November 1968
Nationality: British - Greek (dual)
Civil Status: British Citizen
Marital Status: Married – 1 child

Professional Qualifications

  • Medical Radiologic Technologist (RT)
  • Biomedical Engineer
  • Charted Engineer (IEE)

Miscellaneous Information

Languages (other than Greek):

  • Fluent in spoken and written English.
  • Fluent in spoken and written French.
  • Reasonably fluent in reading Dutch (Flemish)

Holder of a clean EU driving licence for 18 years

 

Military Service at the Royal Naval Reserve, UK (2001-2002)

Education - Degrees

Ptychion (B.Sc. equivalent): Studied and qualified as a Medical Radiologic Technologist (1986 - 1990) at the Technological Educational Institution in Athens (T.E.I Athens), School of Health and Welfare Professions, Department of Medical Radiologic Technologists. Graduated in 1990 with Ptychion Grade "Excellent'' (9,05 out of 10).

Ptychion Thesis: "Quality Assurance of the Radiographic Image'' awarded the grade "Excellent'' (10 out of 10).

DPhil (PhD): Studied and Qualified for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) - (1990-1994) at the University of Sussex, School of Engineering, Graduate Division of Biomedical Engineering.

DPhil Thesis: "A Study of Respiratory Motion Artifacts in Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy".

Graduated during the Summer 1997 Sussex University Graduation Ceremony.

Education - Scholarships

IKY Scholarship:

Awarded a scholarship by the National Scholarship Foundation (I.K.Y), covering all the semesters of his undergraduate studies.

EU COMETT Grant:

Awarded a EU Mobility Grant (EEC Project COMETT) for his final practical work during his undergraduate studies. He followed practical training at the University Hospital of Antwerp for six months (from 02/04/90 to 28/9/90). During that period he worked on a Research Project concerning Quality Control (Subject: Reject Analysis - A pilot programme for image quality management.). The results of this project are published at the European Journal of Radiology. This programme is now part of the Quality Control Scheme, routinely applied in the above-mentioned Department.

 Onassis Foundation Research Grant:

Awarded a Research Grant by the "Alexander S. Onassis'' Public Benefit Foundation, for the completion of his DPhil studies between 1991 to 1994.

Continuing Education

Professional Course Certificate (1987):

Awarded by the Central Training Centre of Agfa-Gevaert N.V. Mortsel - Belgium. Course Title: Image Quality and the Diagnostic Imaging Systems.

Professional Course Certificate (1988):

Awarded by the Central Training Centre of Agfa-Gevaert N.V. Mortsel - Belgium. Course Title: Management and Quality Control of the Radiographic Image.

ERASMUS MRI Course Certificate (1990):

Awarded by the University of Brussels (Vrije Universiteit Brussel). This course was taught in the context of the Erasmus Course on Magnetic Resonance Imaging (EMRI) organised as part of the European Community Scheme for Cooperation and Mobility in Higher Education. Course Title: Basic MRI Physics.

Accredited Conference Courses:

Various accredited courses in numerous conferences, since 1988 (available on request).

Other:

Additional voluntary studies and practical clinical training in Greece/Belgium during the period 1987 - 1990 (full details available on request).

 

Employment

April 2003 – today:

Senior Lecturer (Distributed & Complex Adaptive Systems) in the Department of Electronic, Electrical & Computer Engineering at the University of Birmingham. His duties involve teaching, research and related academic administration for the Communications & Interactive Systems Research Centre (50%) and Biomedical Engineering Research Centre (50%). Member of the Distributed Systems and Human Interface Technology Research Groups.

April 1998 – March 2003:

Lecturer in the Department Electronic, Electrical & Computer Engineering at the University of Birmingham. His duties involve teaching, research and related academic administration for the Communications and Interactive Systems Research Centre.

Member of Kodak/Royal Academy of Engineering Education Technology Group (1998-2002)

October 1995 - March 1998:

Lecturer in Software Design at the University of Sussex, School of Cognitive and Computing Sciences. T Arvanitis' duties involved teaching, research and related academic administration for the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Subject Group.

January 1995 - September 1995:

 Research Fellow at the University of Sussex:

·         During this period he had a fixed term, half time appointment as a Fellow and Laboratory Manager in the Trafford Centre for Medical Research from 16th January 1995 to 30th of September 1995. His duties at this post involved:

o        Research work in Medical Imaging and related subjects, funded by the Dunhill Medical Trust (Project Director: Dr. L. G. Ripley, Graduate Division of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering)

o        Management of the Biomedical Engineering Laboratory. This laboratory belongs to the Graduate Division of Biomedical Engineering, which is part of the Trafford Centre.

o        Supervision for several research projects of the Division that run in collaboration with local Hospitals and Health Authorities.

o        Organization of the Biomedical Engineering Seminars and administration of the WWW Page for the Division.

·         During the same period he had a fixed term, half time appointment as a Research Fellow in the School of Cognitive and Computing Sciences from 16th January 1995 to 30th of September 1995. He was working on a research project, entitled "Time series analysis of magnetic resonance data" funded by the Research Development Fund of the University of Sussex (Project Director: Dr. D. Watson, COGS). This research work was done in collaboration with the Robert Steiner MRI Unit, Hammersmith Hospital at London and local MRI Units.

Academic Honorary Posts:

Theodoros N. Arvanitis has/had the following associate/honorary faculty posts:

  • Honorary Research Fellow & Clinical Scientist, Department of Oncology, Birmingham Children’s Hospital NHS Trust (2004 – today).
  • Honorary Clinical Scientist, Department of Nuclear Medicine and Medical Physics, Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton Health Care NHS Trust (1996 - 1998).
  • Associate Faculty Member, The Graduate Division of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Sussex (1995 - 1998).
  • Associate Faculty Member, The Trafford Centre for Graduate Medical Education and Research, University of Sussex (1995 - 1998).

Research

Areas of Interest

·         Medical Imaging and Informatics

·         Intelligent Agents & Complex Adaptive Systems 

·         Networks and Distributed Systems 

·         Human Factors and Interactive Systems Software Design

Research Grants and Contracts
(as principal investigator or co-investigator)

NERC/EPSRC (2005-2008), CEC/EU&Asia ICT (2005-2006) - The e-Health and Learning: Health Informatics Courses Project,  National Institutes of Health NIH (2005-2008), BBSRC REI (2004-2005), EU Framework VI Programme (2004-2007) – CONNECT STReP Project (www.connect-project.net) t MoD/DSTL (2003-2006) - HFI DTC (www.hfidtc.com), Wellcome Trust (2003-2004), CEC/EU&Asia ICT (2003-2004) - The e-Health and Learning Project (www.ehealth.bham.ac.uk) Leverhulme Trust (2002-2007) - The Cuneiform Digital Library Project (www.cuneiform.net), EU Framework V Programme (2002-2005) - Mobilearn Consortium Project (www.mobilearn.org) EPSRC (ROPA named co-investigator 2002-2004) ,EU Framework IV Programme (2000-2004) – Lab of Tomorrow Consortium Project (www.laboftomorrow.org), BT VURI Initiative - PhD Studentship (2000-2003), Kodak Ltd (2000-2003), BT VURI Initiative (2000-2001), Nortel Networks (2000-2001), Interdisciplinary Research Fund - The University of Birmingham (1999 --2001), Defense Evaluation and Research Agency, Ministry of Defense (1999-- 2000), Scientific and Technological Options Assessment, STOA - European Parliament (1997) - Total funding approximately £4,482,000 (specific details on request)

Research Fellows/Associates:

  • Miss Evangelia Chryssafidou – Research Associate (March 2003 – June 2004 at Birmingham) – e-Health & Learning.
  • Mr Peter Longsdale - Research Fellow (November 2002- December 2004 at Birmingham) – MOBILearn
  • Dr Giasemi Vavoula - Research Fellow (December 2002 – December 2004 at Birmingham) – MOBILearn
  • Dr James Knight - Research Fellow (October 2001 – September 2004 at Birmingham – Lab of Tomorrow and October 2004 – August 2005 at Birmingham – CONNECT)
  • Mr Phil Glew – Research Associate (September 2002 - March 2003 at Birmingham) – MOBILearn
  • Dr Alexander Stepanenko- Research Fellow (September 2000 – January 2002 at Birmingham) – Nortel Networks Plc.
  • Dr Junaid Munghal – Research Fellow (August 2000 – February 2001)
  • Dr Georgios Tsibidis - Research Fellow (September 1999 - March 2000 at Birmingham)
  • Miss Elizabeth Longmate - Research Associate (September 1999 - March 2000 at Birmingham)
  • Mr Hue Gibson - Research Associate (September 1999 - March 2000 at Birmingham)
  • Mr Eiji Orihashi -   Research Associate (September 1998 - April 1999 at Birmingham)
  • Miss Ekaterini Antonopoulou - Honorary Research Fellow (January 1997 - September 1997 at Sussex)
  • Mr Clive Baldock - Honorary Research Fellow (September 1996 - December 1997 at Sussex)

Past PhD Students

  • Dr Joseph Arthur Wood, Improving software designs via the minimum description length principle, Brighton; The University of Sussex, 1998 (Advisor to DPhil supervision with Principal supervisor Dr R. Lutz).
  • Dr Christopher David Staff, Hypercontext: a framework for adaptive and adaptable hypertext, Brighton; The University of Sussex, 2001 (Advisor to DPhil supervision with Principal supervisor Dr R. Lutz).
  • Dr Cheryl Louise Moody, Simulated environments and data collection techniques for the examination of surgical performance, Birmingham: University of Birmingham, 2002 (Co-supervisor with Dr C. Baber).
  • Dr Bin Liu, Adaptive Network Node Architecture through State Sharing, Birmingham: University of Birmingham, 2004 (Co-supervisor with Dr C. C. Constantinou).
  • Dr Liang Ji, A Pricing Framework for Differentiated Services Networks (Principal Supervisor – Dr S. I. Woolley co-supervisor).
  • Dr Hong Meng Lim, On the average capacity of MIMO channels for LOS urban environments (Co-supervisor with Dr C. C. Constantinou).

Current PhD Students

  • Ebrima Bah: Using admission control techniques at network edges to aid end-to-end QoS in IP Networks, (Co-supervisor with Dr S.I. Woolley).
  • Raam Chakrabatri: Bioinformatics Methods in Tumour classification (Principal supervisor – Dr F. Falciani co-supervisor).
  • Eugene Ch’ng: Virtual Heritage Modelling Techniques (Co-supervisor with Prof R.J. Stone).
  • John Easton: Metabolomic Networks (Principal Supervisor – Dr A. Peet  and Dr M. Viant co-supervisors).
  • Alex Gibb: Peer Agent Systems (under examination).
  • Robert Guest: Games Engine-based Rendering of Aberrant Anatomy (Co-supervisor with Prof R.J. Stone).
  • Isuruwani Herath: Fault Management in Automotive Electronic Systems (Co-supervisor with C. Roberts).
  • Khalid Hussain: Swarm Intelligence Based Route Discovery in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks.
  • Derek Ng: Intelligent Portable Camera Network Node (Principal Supervisor – Dr C. C. Constantinou co-supervisor).
  • Gregory Reynolds: Metabolic NMR Spectroscopic Imaging of in-vivo brain tumours in children (Principal Supervisor – Dr A. Peet co-supervisor).
  • Amatey Teye: An Investigation into Knowledge Representation and Sharing by Nodes in Complex, Adaptive Networks (Principal Supervisor – Dr C. C. Constantinou co-supervisor).
  • Debra Topham: Investigation into the Use of Ad Hoc Networks in Intelligent Transportation Systems (Co-supervisor with Dr C. C. Constantinou).
  • Hugh Vanijprabha: Routing Algorithm for Mobile Networks based on the Small World Approach.
  • Daniel Williams: A Usability Evaluation Framework for Mobile AR Systems.

PhD/DPhil and MPhil Examination Duties:  Dr T. N. Arvanitis has been external examiner in 3 PhD/DPhil Theses, internal examiner in 10 PhD/DPhil Theses and internal examiner in 1 MPhil Thesis.

Other:  list of invitations on visits to various academic and commercial institutions and public lectures is available on request.

Publications

 Books

  1. T. N. Arvanitis (ed.), The Internet in Medicine, Excerpta Medica, International Congress Series 1138, The Netherlands, 1997. (CD-ROM based)

Publications in Refereed Journals 

(Including full papers, short papers, abstracts and  editorials)

1.       J.F. Knight, A. Schwirtz, F. Psomadelis, C. Baber, H.W. Bristow, T. N. Arvanitis, The Design of the SensVest, Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, 2005 (in press and on-line first issue).

2.       A. Stepanenko, C.C. Constantinou, T. N. Arvanitis, Large-Scale Behaviour of Packet-Switched Networks: Theoretical Analysis Framework, Proceedings of the Royal Society (A): Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 2005 (in press).

3.       L. Ji, T. N. Arvanitis, C. C. Constantinou, Game Theoretic Approach for Resource Allocation in DiffServ Networks, Annals Of Mathematics, Computing & Teleinformatics, 2(1): 73-79, 2004

4.       E. Chryssafidou, T. N. Arvanitis, K.S. Khan, A. Coomarasamy, South Asian health: what is to be done? Skills of evidence based medicine need to be taught, British Medical Journal 328:839, 2004.

5.       E. Murelli, T.N.Arvanitis, e-Health & Learning: The Bangladesh experience, Technology and Healthcare, 11(5): 341-344, 2003.

6.       L. Ji, T. N. Arvanitis, S. I. Wooley, Fair Weighted Round Robin Scheduling Scheme for DiffServ Networks, Electronics Letters, 39(3): 333-335, 2003

7.       C.L. Moody, C. Baber, T. N. Arvanitis, M. Elliott, Objective Metrics for the Evaluation of Simple Surgical Skills in Real and Virtual Domains, Presence, 12(2):207-221, 2003

8.       T. N. Arvanitis, G. Da Bormida, P. Lefrere, G. Bo, MOBIlearn: exploring new ways to use mobile environments and devices to access basic medical knowledge, Technology and Healthcare, 10(6): 446-448, 2002.

9.       T. N. Arvanitis, T. Davis, A. Livingstone, J. Pinilla-Dutoit, S. I. Woolley, The Digital Classification of Ancient near Eastern Cuneiform Data, In Virtual Archaeology, F. Niccolucci (Ed.) BAR International Series, 1075: 65-70, 2002.

10.   S. I. Woolley, T. R. Davis, N. J. Flowers, J. Pinilla-Dutoit, A. Livingstone, T. N. Arvanitis, Communicating Cuneiform: The Evolution of a Multimedia Cuneiform Database, Visible Language, 36(3): 308-324, 2002.

11.   A. Stepanenko, C. C. Constantinou, T. N. Arvanitis and K. Baughan, Statistical Properties of Core Network Internet Traffic, Electronics Letters, 39(7): 350-351, 2002.

12.   J. Oh, S. I. Woolley, T. N. Arvanitis, J. N. Townend, A Multi-stage Perceptual Quality Assessment for Compressed Digital Angiogram Images, IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, 20(12): 1352-1361, 2001.

13.   T. N. Arvanitis and S-L. Cheng, Medical Image Transmission and Manipulation over Wireless Packet-Switched Networks: Session Initiation Protocol Technology Support for DICOM. Technology and Healthcare, 9(6): 538 – 539, 2001.

14.   T. N. Arvanitis and J. Ryan, Critical Incident Monitoring in Emergency Medicine Web-based System (CRIME-base): Current evidence on incident reporting and its impact to quality of care, Journal of Medical Internet Research, 1(Suppl 1): e31, 1999.

15.   N. J. G. Brown and T. N. Arvanitis, A Strategy for Recording and Presentation of Medical Images in Radiological Multimedia Reports, British Journal of Radiology, 71 (Suppl.): 15, 1999.

16.   A. Papadaki, J. De Wilde, T. N. Arvanitis, S. Collins, D. Watson, and R. I. Kitney, Evaluation of Respiratory Motion Correction Techniques in MRI, British Journal of Radiology, 71 (Suppl.): 108, 1998.

17.   J. Ryan, P. Killner, T. N. Arvanitis, Developing an Internet-based interactive emergency medicine textbook, European Journal of Emergency Medicine, 5(1): 164, 1998.   

18.   J. Ryan, G. Bryant, and T. N. Arvanitis, The CRIME Study - Critical incident monitoring in emergency medicine on the Internet, The Journal of Emergency Medicine, 16(6): 956, 1998.

19.   T. N. Arvanitis, The Internet in Medicine, International Journal of Medical Informatics, 47: 1-3, 1997

20.   Farias and T. N. Arvanitis, Building software agents for training systems: a case study on radiotherapy treatment planning, Knowledge-Based Systems, 10: 161-168, 1997.

21.   S. Samothrakis, T. N. Arvanitis, A. Plataniotis, M. D. J. McNeil and P. F. Lister, WWW creates new interactive and collaborative 3D graphical environments for medical research and education, International Journal of Medical Informatics, 47: 69-73, 1997.

22.   R. A. Smith, T. N. Arvanitis, M. English, and R. Vincent, An intranet database for pacemaker patients, International Journal of Medical Informatics, 47: 79-82, 1997.

23.   T. N. Arvanitis and D. Watson, Can the Lomb-Scargle periodogram identify systemic errors in MR data? British Journal of Radiology, 70 (Suppl.): 102, 1997.

24.   S. M. Easterbrook and T. N. Arvanitis, Preparing students for software engineering, Softwaretechnik-Trends, 16(1): 28-31, 1996.

25.   R. Tate, D. Watson, S. Eglen, T. N. Arvanitis, E. L. Thomas and J. D. Bell, Automated feature extraction for the classification of human in vivo 13C NMR spectra using statistical pattern recognition and Wavelets, Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 35: 834-840, 1996.

26.   T. N. Arvanitis and P. Harrison, Visualizing the topography of radiological information systems (RIS), British Journal of Radiology, 69 (Suppl.): 302, 1996.

27.   T. N. Arvanitis, C. Baldock and D. Watson, An interactive World Wide Web teaching facility for medical informatics and medical imaging. British Journal of Radiology, 69 (Suppl.): 267, 1996. 

28.   T. N. Arvanitis, P. M. Parizel, H. Degryze and A. M. A De Schepper. Reject analysis: a pilot programme for image quality management. European Journal of Radiology, 12(3): 171-176, 1991.

Publications at Refereed Conference Proceedings

(Including full papers, short papers and abstracts)

1.       E. Ch’ng, R. J. Stone, T. N. Arvanitis, A Virtual Reality Archaeological Framework for the Investigation and Interpretation of Ancient Landscapes, In Proceedings of IASTED Conference on Internet and Multimedia Systems and Applications, EuroIMSA 2005 (in press).

2.      E. Ch’ng, R. J. Stone, T. N. Arvanitis, The Shotton River And Mesolithic Dwellings: Recreating the Past from Geo-Seismic Data Sources, In Y. Chrysanthou, K. Cain, N. Silberman, F. Niccolucci (Eds.), The 5th International Symposium on Virtual Reality, Archaeology and Cultural Heritage, VAST (2004), in cooperation with ACM SIGRAPH and The Eurographics Association, pp. 125-133, 2004.

3.       E. Chryssafidou, T. N. Arvanitis, E-Health and Learning: Developing E-Learning Seminars with an Evidence Based Medicine (EBM) Approach for Medical Practitioners In Bangladesh, In J. Nall, R. Robson, Proceedings of E-Learn 2004, World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, & Higher Education, Washington, DC, USA, pp. 1139-1145, 2004

4.       J. Knight, C. Baber, T. N. Arvanitis, F. Psomadelis, Usability Evaluation of the SensVest and SensBelt Systems, In S. Sotiriou (Ed.), Proceedings of the International Symposium in Advanced Technologies in Education, Kefalonia, Greece, pp. 145-150, 2004.

5.       W. Byrne, P. Lonsdale, M. Sharples, C. Baber, T. N. Arvanitis, P. Brundell, R. Beale, Determining Location in Context-Aware Mobile Learning, In Proceedings of MLEARN 2004, Rome: Italy, 2004.

6.       P. Lonsdale, C. Baber, M. Sharples, and T. N. Arvanitis, context awareness architecture for facilitating mobile learning, In Proceedings of MLEARN 2003, London: LSDA, pp. 79-85, 2004.

7.       L. Ji, T.N. Arvanitis, and S.I.Woolley, A New Charging Scheme for Multi-Domain DiffServ Networks, In Global Telecommunications Conference, Globecom ’03, IEEE, 2003; 7: 4074 – 4078.

8.       C. Baber, A. Schwirtz, J. Knight, H. Bristow, T. N. Arvanitis and F. Psomadelis, Sensvest – on-body physiological monitoring system, IEE Eurowearable ’03, pp. 93-98, 2003.

9.       D. Topham, D. Ward, T.N.Arvanitis and C.C.Constantinou, Inter-Vehicle Communications based on Mobile Ad Hoc Networks, First International Conference for Sensors, Navigation and Communications for Vehicles Telematics (VehCom 2003), pp.135-141, 2003.

10.   L. Ji, T. N. Arvanitis and N.J. Flowers, A Simple Pricing Scheme for DiffServ Networks, In C. McDonald (Ed.), Converged Networking: Data and Real-Time Communications over IP (IFIP TC6/WG6.2 6th International Symposium on Communications, Interworking 2002), Kluwer Academic Publishers: Boston, pp.161-172, 2003.

11.   A. Stepanenko, C. C. Constantinou, T. N. Arvanitis and K. Baughan, Towards a Theory of Interacting Queues, In Networking 2002: Second International IFIP-TC6 Networking Conference, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2345: 769-777, 2002.

12.   C. L. Moody, C. Baber, T. N. Arvanitis, Objective Surgical Performance Evaluation Based on Haptic Feedback, In J. D. Westwood, H. M. Hoffman, R. A. Robb and D. Stredney (Eds.), Medicine Meets Virtual Reality 02/10, Digital Upgrades: Applying Moore’s Law, Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, Volume 85, IOS Press: Amsterdam, pp.304-310, 2002.

13.   S. I. Woolley, N. J. Flowers, T. N. Arvanitis, A. Livingstone, T. R. Davies and J. Ellison, 3D Capture, Representation and Manipulation of Cuneiform Tablets, In SPIE Proceedings IST/SPIE Electronic Imaging 2001, 4298: 103 – 110, 2001.

14.   T. N. Arvanitis, M. J. Todd, A. J. Gibb and E. Orihashi, Understanding Students; Problem-Solving Performance in the Context of Programming-in-the-Small: An Ethnographic Field Study, In 31st ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, F1D: 20-23, 2001.

15.   L. Moody, C. Baber, T.N. Arvanitis, The Role of Haptic Feedback in the Training and Assessment of Surgeons using a Virtual Environment, In Proceedings of EuroHaptics 2001, 170-173, 2001.

16.   T. N. Arvanitis, and D. Roth, Modeling Network Infrastructure and Performance Evaluation for PACS: DICOM over Ethernet-based TCP/IP, In SPIE Proceedings Medical Imaging 2001, 4323: 292-299, 2001.

17.   T. N. Arvanitis, T. Davis, N. Hayward, A. Livingstone, J. Pinilla-Dutoit, S. I. Woolley, The Work of the Cuneiform Digital Forensic Project, In VAST Abstract Book, 19, 2000.

18.   T. N. Arvanitis, T. Davis, N. Hayward, A. Livingstone, J. Pinilla-Dutoit, S. I. Woolley, The Development of An Interactive Ancient Near Eastern Archaeological Web Resource, In VAST Abstract Book, 24, 2000.

19.   N. J. Brown, D. L. Plummer, W. D. Bidgood, T. N. Arvanitis and A. Hinckley, A Platform-Independent Means for Specifying Presentation of Electronic Patient Record Content Including Images, In SPIE Proceedings Medical Imaging 2000, 3980: 211-222, 2000.

20.   T. N. Arvanitis and J. Ryan, Critical Incident Monitoring in Emergency Medicine Web-based System (CRIME-base): Current evidence on incident reporting and its impact to quality of care, In T. N. Arvanitis, G. Eysenbach, J. Woodall (eds), Towards the Millennium of Cybermedicine, MEDNET99 The 4th World Congress on the Internet in Medicine, Heidelberg, p. 23, 1999.

21.   C. Baber, T. N. Arvanitis, D. J. Hanniff and R. Buckley, A Wearable Computer for Paramedics: Studies in Model-based, User-centred and Industrial Design, In M.A. Sasse and C. Johnson (eds), Human-Computer Interaction - INTERACT-99, IOS Press: Amsterdam, pp. 126-132, 1999.

22.   N. J. G. Brown, B. Gibaud, T. N. Arvanitis, A. Hintchley, K.E. Britton, A. Varri and A. Todd-Pokropek. Navigation and Performance of Multimedia Diagnostic Imaging Reports, In H.U. Lemke, M.W. Vannier, K. Inamura and A.G. Farman (eds), Proceedings of Computers Assisted Radiology and Surgery (CARS'99), 479-483, 1999.

23.   A. Varri, N. J. G. Brown, B. Gibaud, T. N. Arvanitis, A. Hintchley, K.E. Britton, A. Todd-Pokropek. Aspects of Multimedia Diagnostic Service Reports, In J. L. Kulikowski (ed), Proceedings of 54th International Centre of Biocybernetics (ICB) Seminar, Multimedia - Data Integration - Medical Databases, WHO Press: Warsaw, pp. 61-62, 1999.

24.   J. Oh, S. I. Woolley, T. N. Arvanitis, J. N. Townend, Investigation of Quality Assessment Methods for Wavelet-Compressed Digital Angiogram Images, In SPIE Proceedings Medical Imaging 1999, 3658: 436-447, 1999.

25.   N. J. Brown, T. N. Arvanitis, D. L. Plummer, K. E. Britton, Windowed Multimedia Report Communication: A platform independent means for specifying the presentation of Procedure Products in PACS, In SPIE Proceedings Medical Imaging 1999, 3662: 16-28, 1999.

26.   T. N. Arvanitis, Mobile Software Agents and Their Applications in Medicine, In T. N. Arvanitis, S. F. Keevil and J. Woodall, (Eds.), Proceedings and Programme Book, MEDNET 98, The Third Annual World Congress on the Internet in Medicine, page 60, London, UK, 1998.

27.   T. N. Arvanitis, and C. Cranfield, Design Considerations for Clinical Intranet Database Systems: A Case Study, In T. N. Arvanitis, S. F. Keevil and J. Woodall, (Eds.), Proceedings and Programme Book, MEDNET 98, The Third Annual World Congress on the Internet in Medicine, page 59, London, UK, 1998.

28.   N. J. G. Brown, T. N. Arvanitis, and A. Hinchley, Medical Multimedia Reports for Telemedicine, In T. N. Arvanitis, S. F. Keevil and J. Woodall, (Eds.), Proceedings and Programme Book, MEDNET 98, The Third Annual World Congress on the Internet in Medicine, page 43, London, UK, 1998.

29.   J. Ryan, and T. N. Arvanitis, CRIME-base - Critical incident monitoring in emergency medicine on the Internet: results from the database, In Programme and Abstracts Book, 1stAsian Conference on Emergency Medicine: Issues and Challenges, Singapore, 1998.

30.   N. J. Brown, T. N. Arvanitis, D. L. Plummer, Windowed Images Communication: A platform independent means for specifying display of sets of images, In SPIE Proceedings Medical Imaging 1998, 3339: 148-152, 1998.

31.   T. N. Arvanitis, Towards the age of "calm technology": software agents that enable research and collaboration in distributed networks. In T. N. Arvanitis and D. Watson, (Eds.), Abstracts Book, MEDNET 97, The World Congress on the Internet in Medicine, page 65, Brighton, UK, 1997.

32.   T. N. Arvanitis and S. Mehmood, Using the WWW as a prototyping tool for the design and evaluation of a hand-held digital recording system for radiographic quality control. In T. N. Arvanitis and D. Watson, (Eds.), Abstracts Book, MEDNET 97, The World Congress on the Internet in Medicine, pages 47-48. Brighton, UK, 1997.

33.   T. N. Arvanitis and T. Mallet de Chauny, PASBEJ: Publisher agent system for biomedical electronic journals. In T. N. Arvanitis and D. Watson, (Eds.), Abstracts Book, MEDNET 97, The World Congress on the Internet in Medicine, pages 63-64. Brighton, UK, 1997.

34.   A. Farias and T. N. Arvanitis, Design principles for a training software agent: issues concerning agent-user interaction. In M. J. Smith, G. Salvendy and R. J. Koubek, Design of Computing Systems: Social and Ergonomic Considerations, pages 181-184. Elsevier, The Netherlands, 1997.

35.   E. Chryssafidou, J. Halloran and T. N. Arvanitis, Interface Agent-Based Writing Environment for Beginning Journalists, In Proceedings of Writing and Computers 10: Writing the Future, pages 16-18. Brighton, UK.

36.   R. Vincent, T. N. Arvanitis, J. Lewis, S. N. Baker and M. J. English, Pacemaker patient database with smart card access, In Healthcare Computing 1997, Part 1: 227- 232, 1997.

37.   T. N. Arvanitis, Time-series analysis of MR data: can the Lomb-Scargle periodogram be used in the future as a diagnostic tool for the identification of systematic errors in clinical MRI? In On-line Proceedings, JMRM Internet Conference, The Future of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Kyoto, Japan, 1997.

38.   T. N. Arvanitis, N. Papadopoulos, C. Baldock and D. Watson, Interactive intranet tutoring for medical image processing, In T. N. Arvanitis, C. Baldock, J. Lutking, R. Vincent and D. Watson, (Eds.), Program and Abstracts Book, MEDNET 96, The European Congress of the Internet in Medicine, page 28. Brighton, UK, 1996.

39.   A. Farias and T. N. Arvanitis, Building software agents for training systems: a case study on radiotherapy treatment planning, In K. S. R. Anjaneyulu, M. Sasikumar and S. Ramani, (Eds.), Knowledge Based Computer Systems, Research and Applications, pages 127-138. Narosa Publishing House, New Dehli, 1996.

40.   J. Halloran and T. N. Arvanitis, Toward adaptive dual expert and intelligent tutoring systems for medical diagnosis: a case study, In J. R. Issac, S. Gupta, M. S. Datta, (Eds.), ICCS'96, Cognitive Systems, From Intelligent Systems to More Human Environments?, McGraw Hill, New Dehli, India, 1997.

41.   J. Jeffrey and T. N. Arvanitis, Distributed digital image processing, In T. N. Arvanitis, C. Baldock, J. Lutking, R. Vincent and D. Watson, (Eds.), Program and Abstracts Book, MEDNET 96, The European Congress of the Internet in Medicine, page 75. Brighton, UK, 1996.

42.   S. Naujoks, L. Griffiths and T. N. Arvanitis, An Internet information service for the domain of Personnel and Development, In WebNet 96, CD-ROM Proceedings, Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education, Virginia, USA, 1996.

43.   S. R. Parsowith and T. N. Arvanitis, A computerised intranet whiteboard: enabling distributed training for medical imaging reporting, In T. N. Arvanitis, C. Baldock, J. Lutking, R. Vincent and D. Watson, (Eds.), Program and Abstracts Book, MEDNET 96, European Congress of the Internet in Medicine, pages 86-87. Brighton, UK, 1996.

44.   S. Samothrakis, A. Plataniotis, T. N. Arvanitis, M. D. J. McNeil and P. F. Lister, WWW creates new interactive and collaborative 3D graphical environments for medical research and education, In T. N. Arvanitis, C. Baldock, J. Lutking, R. Vincent and D. Watson, (Eds.), Program and Abstracts Book, MEDNET 96, European Congress of the Internet in Medicine, page 84. Brighton, UK, 1996.

45.   R. A. Smith, T. N. Arvanitis, M. English, and R. Vincent, An intranet database for pacemaker patients, In T. N. Arvanitis, C. Baldock, J. Lutking, R. Vincent and D. Watson, (Eds.), Program and Abstracts Book, MEDNET 96, European Congress of the Internet in Medicine, pages 42-43. Brighton, UK, 1996.

46.   T. N. Arvanitis, D. J. Bryant, A. G. Collins, G. A. Coutts and A. S. Hall, An investigation of motion artefact in spectroscopic CSI. In SMRM Twelfth Annual Scientific Meeting, Book of abstracts, volume 2, page 209. The Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Berkeley, California, USA, 1993.

47.   T. N. Arvanitis and D. Watson, Overcoming respiratory motion artifacts in MRI. In Book of Abstracts. IEE Colloquium: Medical Imaging: Image Processing and Analysis, pages 1-3, London, 1992.

48.   T. N. Arvanitis, Quality control of film processing systems. In Book of Abstracts, 2nd Panhellenic Congress of Radiotechnology, page 24. Athens, Greece, 1990.

49.   T. N. Arvanitis, Three-dimensional imaging in computed tomography. In Book of Abstracts, 2nd Panhellenic Congress of Radiotechnology, page 32. Athens, Greece, 1990.

50.   F. Chaniotis, E. Kanellos, P. Petridis, D. I. Chaniotis, M. Maximiadis, N. Thomakos, T. N. Arvanitis and C. Venetopoulos. Research concerning adults' cardiothoracic index. In Book of Abstracts, The 5th Panhellenic Medical Congress of Chest Diseases, page 67. Thesalloniki, Greece, 1989.

 

Journal and Proceedings Editorial Work

1.       J. W. van der Slikke, T. N. Arvanitis and V. Della Mea,  Bridging the Information Gap. Special Issue: Technology and Healthcare, 12(5), 2004 (MEDNET2004, 9th World Congress on the Internet in Medicine, Buenos Aires, Argentina).

2.       A. Geissbűhler, C. Boyer, J. W. van der Slikke and T. N. Arvanitis, Internet in Health for All. Special Issue: Technology and Healthcare, 11(5), 2003 (MEDNET2003, 8th World Congress on the Internet in Medicine, Geneva, Switcherland).

3.       J. W. van der Slikke and T. N. Arvanitis, Quality-e-Health. Special Issue: Technology and Healthcare, 10(6), 2002 (MEDNET2002, 7th World Congress on the Internet in Medicine, Amsterdam. The Netherlands).

4.       V. Della Mea, T. N. Arvanitis and J. Woodall, Medicine Beyond the Boundaries, Special Issue: Technology and Healthcare, 9(6), 2001 (MEDNET2001, 6th World Congress on the Internet in Medicine, Udine, Italy).

5.       M. Nyssen, G. Thienpont, J. Woodall and T. N. Arvanitis, Real World Medical Αpplications, Special Issue: Technology and Healthcare, 8(6), 2000 (MEDNET2000, 5th World Congress on the Internet in Medicine, Brussels, Belgium)

6.       T. N. Arvanitis, G. Eysenbach, J. Woodall, "Towards the Millennium of Cybermedicine", MEDNET99 Abstract Book, The 4th World Congress on the Internet in Medicine, Heidelberg, Germany, 1999

7.       T. N. Arvanitis, S. F. Keevil and J. Woodall (eds), Proceedings and Programme Book, MEDNET 98, The Third Annual World Congress on the Internet in Medicine, London, UK, 1998.

8.       T. N. Arvanitis and D. Watson (eds), Abstracts Book, MEDNET 97, The World Congress on the Internet in Medicine, Brighton, UK, 1997.

9.       T. N. Arvanitis, C. Baldock, J. Lutking, R. Vincent and D. Watson (eds), Program and Abstracts Book, MEDNET 96, The European Congress of the Internet in Medicine, Brighton, UK, 1996.

Patents

 

1.       Patent 0306855.8

Filing at: The Patent Office, Concept House, Cardiff Road, Newport, South Wales, NP10 8QQ, UK

Filing date: 25th March 2003

Applicant: Ideas Network Ltd.

Inventors: K. Baughan, C. Constantinou, T. N. Arvanitis, and A. Stepanenko

Title: Data Communication Network

 

2.       Patent PCT/EP2004/050195

Filing at: The Patent Office, Concept House, Cardiff Road, Newport, South Wales, NP10 8QQ, UK

      Priority: GB 0306855.8 filed 25 March 2003

Countries Designated: All possible

Filing date: 24th February 2004

Applicant: Ideas Network Ltd.

Inventors: K. Baughan, C. Constantinou, T. N. Arvanitis, and A. Stepanenko

Title: Data Communication Network

 

Published Research Reports

1.       G. Tsibidis, T. N. Arvanitis, and C. Baber, CHI 2000 Proposal for Workshop 11: The What, Who, Where, When, Why and How of Context-Awareness (00-18x), GIT-GVU-00-18, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2000. 

2.       J. Oh, S. I. Woolley, T. N. Arvanitis, and J. N. Townend, Investigation of Quality Assessment Methods for Wavelet-Compressed Digital Angiogram Images, ETRP 2, Electrical, Electronic & Computer Engineering, School of Engineering, The University of Birmingham, 1999.

3.       J. Halloran and T. N. Arvanitis, Toward Adaptive Dual Expert and Intelligent Tutoring Systems in Medicine: A Case Study for Spinal Injuries Diagnosis, CSRP 466, School of Cognitive and Computing Sciences, University of Sussex, 1997.

4.       S. M. Easterbrook and T. N. Arvanitis, Preparing students for software engineering, CSRP 413, School of Cognitive and Computing Sciences, University of Sussex, 1996.

5.       T. N. Arvanitis and D. Watson, The Use of Time Series Analysis for the Study of Respiratory Motion Artifacts in MRI/MRS: Review and Initial Results from the Use of the Lomb-Scargle Periodogram, CSRP 337, School of Cognitive and Computing Sciences, University of Sussex, 1997.

6.       T. N. Arvanitis, Diagnostic X-Rays, Imaging Techniques and Other Related Technologies. Working Document to STOA Panel, European Parliament, Directorate General for Research (Directorate B), PE Number 166.375, Luxembourg, 1996.

7.       T. N. Arvanitis, The two-dimensional Fourier transform (2D-FT) imaging method in MRI: a computational approach. In J. K. Brook and T. N. Arvanitis, (Eds.), The Sixth White House Papers, Graduate Research in Cognitive Sciences at Sussex, CSRP 300, pages 14-18. School of Cognitive and Computing Sciences, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK, 1993.

8.       J. K. Brook and T. N. Arvanitis, (Eds.), The Sixth White House Papers, Graduate Research in Cognitive Sciences at Sussex, CSRP 300, School of Cognitive and Computing Sciences, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK, 1993.

9.       T. N. Arvanitis, A model for magnetic resonance image formation. In C. Wood, and R. Davidge and P. Costa, (Eds.), The Fifth White House Papers, Graduate Research in Cognitive Sciences at Sussex, CSRP 251, pages 1-3. School of Cognitive and Computing Sciences, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK, 1992.

10.   T. N. Arvanitis, Respiratory motion artifacts in magnetic resonance imaging. In R. Dallaway and T. Del Soldato and L. Moser, (Eds.), The Fourth White House Papers, Graduate Research in Cognitive Sciences at Sussex, CSRP 200, pages 9-13. School of Cognitive and Computing Sciences, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK, 1991.

Publications at un-refereed Conferences and invited keynote speeches/lectures

1.       T. N. Arvanitis, e-HL Methodologies: The EBM Approach, e-HDC 2004: International Conference on e-Health in Developing Countries, Rome, Italy, 2004.

2.       T. N. Arvanitis, An Overview of Telemedicine in Europe: technologies revolution and social economic prospective, e-HDC 2004: International Conference on e-Health in Developing Countries, Rome, Italy, 2004.

3.       T. N. Arvanitis, The Use of Telemedicine in Oncology, Ahsania Mission Cancer Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2004.

4.       T. N. Arvanitis, Telemedicine in Europe, Workshop on Telemedicine, Council Building, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, BUET, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2004.

5.       T. N. Arvanitis, Network Traffic Theory: Modelling Core Network Queue Interactions, COMDEX 2002, Invest UK Seminars@COMDEX, Las Vegas, USA, 2002.

6.       T. N. Arvanitis, Recent Advances in Active and Convergent Communication Networks, British Midlands Overseas Investment Seminar Series, Japan Institute of Overseas Investment and British Embassy in Tokyo, Tokyo, 2001.

7.       T. N. Arvanitis, Future Convergent Telecommunication Networks, British Midlands Overseas Investment Seminar Series, Japan Institute of Overseas Investment and Osaka Chamber of Commerce, Osaka, Japan, 2001.

8.       A. Livingstone, T. Davis, T. N. Arvanitis and S. I. Woolley, A Prototype Electronic Sign List for Cuneiform, Initiative for Cuneiform Encoding Conference, Johns Hopkins University, USA, 2000.

9.       T. N. Arvanitis, Recent Advances in UML, Software Engineering Seminar Series, Nortel Networks R&D Laboratories, Maidenhead, UK, 1999.

10.   A.Livingstone, S. I. Woolley, T. Davis, and T. N. Arvanitis, XML and Digital Imaging Considerations for an Interactive Cuneiform Sign Database, Meeting on the Electronic Publication of Ancient Near Eastern Texts, The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, Chicago, USA, 1999.

11.   T. N. Arvanitis, Periodogram Analysis of MR Signals, Biomedical Engineering Seminars, MAGNET/Medical Devices Agency and Imperial College, London, UK, 1999.

12.   T. N. Arvanitis, Motion Artifacts in Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Invited Lecture, Department of Medical Radiologic Technologists, School of Health and Welfare Professions, Technological Educational Institution of Athens (T.E.I Athens), Athens, Greece, 1999.

13.   T. N. Arvanitis and D. Watson, Computer modelling of the two-dimensional Fourier transform imaging method in MRI. In Programme and Abstracts Book, the Spring Meeting of the Forum on Computers in Medicine, Royal Society of Medicine, page 6. Chester, UK, 1993.

14.   T. N. Arvanitis and D. Watson, Towards the study of ordered phase encoding techniques for suppressing motion artifacts in MRI. In Programme and Abstracts Book, The Rank Prize Funds Mini-Symposium on Medical Imaging, page 10. Broadway, UK, 1993.

15.   T. N. Arvanitis, The Medical Radiologic Technologist in Europe, Research Monograph, presented at the 1st Pre-Congressional Day of the Second Panhellenic Congress of Radiotechnology, Piraeus, Greece, 1988.

Publications in Newsletters and Magazines

1.       T. N. Arvanitis, Advanced HTML authoring and effective World-Wide Web page design, Tutorial, SIM Quarterly, Issue 2, 1997.

Acedemic Teaching Experience

Past Teaching Experience:

1.       During the academic year 1991 - 1992: Laboratory demonstrator at the School of Engineering, University of Sussex. Course Title: Electromagnetic Fields and Waves.

2.       During the academic year 1994-1995: Seminar tutor at the School of Cognitive and Computing Sciences, University of Sussex. Course Title: Software Design.

3.       During the academic years 1995-1998, at the University of Sussex, T N Arvanitis has taught both at an undergraduate and a postgraduate level:.

a.       Undergraduate courses: Introduction to Cognition, Computing for Beginners
(AI programming with POP-11), Software Design (Structured and OO programming with SML, POP-11, Java), Object-Oriented Software Development (Programming in Java), Introduction to Computer Graphics (Programming in C/C++), Computer Vision (Programming in Pop-11) and Advanced Computer Vision (Using the AVS system), Final Year Projects.

b.       Postgraduate Courses: Software Design and Evaluation (Multimedia authoring tools - Micromind Director, HyperCard, SuperCard -, TCl/Tk, Java) and Object-Oriented Programming for AI (Programming in Java).

c.       Postgraduate supervision of 26 MSc dissertation students.

d.       DPhil Supervision: Participation in 2 DPhil Thesis Committees. 

  1. During academic years 1998 - 2004, at the Electrical, Electronic & Computer Engineering, School of Engineering, The University of Birmingham, T N Arvanitis has taught both at an undergraduate and a postgraduate level:
    1. Undergraduate courses: EE1K2 Structured Software Design, EEM1E1 Introduction to Computing and Programming, EEM2E1 Computer Programming and Software Design, EE2G1&2 Systems Engineering, EE2H1 User Centred Design, EE3J2 Data Mining, EEM3G Group Design Study, EEM4S Human Centred Technology, MEng/BEng Final Year projects. Note: During academic year 2001-2002 Dr Arvanitis been the academic in charge for the following courses delivered by a Teaching Associate: EE2E1 & EE2E2 Object-Oriented Programming & Design, EE2K1 Algorithms and Data Structures, EE2J2 Computer Systems, Biomedical Engineering Seminar (Biomedical Magnetic Resonance Imaging), Introduction to Biomedical Engineering (Medical Imaging). Duties involved the checking/correction of lecture notes, assisting on the preparation of laboratory exercises, moderation and final approval of exam questions, mentoring on teaching style & methods.
    2. Undergraduate External Examining: In June 2001, T. Arvanitis was appointed as an External Examiner/Moderator to the EEE Diploma and UK Advanced Standing Programmes of INTI College, Malaysia and remains in post until 2003.
    3. Postgraduate Courses: Overview Module of the MSc in Communications
      Computing & Human Centred Systems, 0407203 MSc Module on Interactive Systems Design, 0407184 MSc Module on Medical Information Systems, Group Design Study, MSc Dissertation Projects.
  2. Theodoros Arvanitis has also experience with adult education. He has organised three successful external courses:
    1. Introduction to Java Programming: A course run by the Centre for Advanced Software Applications (CASA), School of Cognitive and Computing Sciences and Lighthouse Ltd., The Brighton Media Centre for computer-oriented artists. This course has been supported by the local Arts Council (Autumn 1996).
    2. First Steps on the Internet: A summer school organised under the Sussex Science Experience scheme and supported by the University of Sussex Teaching Development Fund (Summer 1997).
    3. Lights, Camera, Action! - Multimedia: A summer school organised under the Sussex Science Experience scheme and supported by the University of Sussex Teaching Development Fund (Summer 1997).

Current Teaching Experience: 

1.       For the period between 2005 to 2008, Dr Arvanitis is on a Research Sabbatical and will be teaching only a few invited lectures on medical informatics and medical imaging for the MEng degree in Biomedical Engineering.

2.       During the current academic year (2004-2005) at the Department of Electronic, Electrical & Computer Engineering, School of Engineering, The University of Birmingham, T N Arvanitis teaches both at an undergraduate and a postgraduate level:

a.       Undergraduate courses: EE1K2 Structured Software Design, EE2G1Systems Engineering, EE4J Medical Information Systems, Biomedical Engineering Seminar (Biomedical Magnetic Resonance Imaging), Introduction to Biomedical Engineering (Medical Imaging), MEng/BEng Final Year Projects

b.       Postgraduate Courses: 0407184 MSc Module on Medical Information Systems, MSc Dissertation Projects.

c.        Undergraduate External Examining: In June 2003, T. Arvanitis was appointed as an External Examiner/Moderator to the UK Transfer Programme of INTI College, Malaysia and remains in post until today.

Academic Administration Experience

1.       Teaching & Learning Committee, School of Engineering, The University of Birmingham (2004 - today).

2.       Chairman of Library Committee, School of Engineering, The University of Birmingham (2002 - today).

3.       External Examiner/Moderator, INTI College, Malaysia, UK Transfer Programme (2003 - today).

4.       Sir William Siemens National Medal Programme, University of Birmingham’s participation co-ordinator (1998 - today).

5.       OPNET University Programme, Sponsoring Academic for Birmingham’s Participation (1999 - today).

6.       External Examiner/Moderator, INTI College, Malaysia, EEE Diploma and UK advanced Standing Programme (2001- 2003).

7.       International Admissions Faculty Representative (South-East Asia), School of Engineering, The University of Birmingham (1999 - 2003); in addition Dr Arvanitis has worked in European, and Central American international admissions missions (1998 -2003).        

8.       Centre for Educational Technology & Distance Learning, The University of Birmingham (1999 - today).

9.       Nortel Student Laboratory Manager, Electrical, Electronic & Computer Engineering, School of Engineering, The University of Birmingham (1999 - 2003).

10.   Senior Second Year Tutor, EECE Taught Programmes, Electrical, Electronic & Computer Engineering, School of Engineering, The University of Birmingham (2000 - 2002).

11.   Taught Programmes Management Committee, Electrical, Electronic & Computer Engineering, School of Engineering, The University of Birmingham (2000 - 2002).

12.   Staff-Student Consultative Committee, Electrical, Electronic & Computer Engineering, School of Engineering, The University of Birmingham (2000 - 2002).

13.   Undergraduate Steering Committee (curriculum development), Electrical, Electronic & Computer Engineering, School of Engineering, The University of Birmingham (1998 - 2003).

14.   EECE Library Representative, Electrical, Electronic & Computer Engineering, School of Engineering, The University of Birmingham (1998 - 2002).

15.   School Computer Committee, Electrical, Electronic & Computer Engineering, School of Engineering, The University of Birmingham (1998 - 2001).

16.   Curriculum Development Committee of the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Subject Group, School of Cognitive and Computing Sciences, University of Sussex (1997 - 1998).

17.   Steering Committee of the Graduate Division of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Sussex (1995 - 1998).

18.   Steering Committee of the Centre for Advanced Software Applications (CASA), School of Cognitive and Computing Sciences, University of Sussex (1997 - 1998).

19. The University of Sussex Library Consultative Group (1995 - 1998).

Professional Activities

Honours and Awards

1.       “Cum Laude”: Best Paper Presentation, SPIE Medical Imaging 2001 (The International Society of Optical Engineering, 2001)

2.       Fellowship, The Society for the Internet in Medicine (2002)

 Editorial and Reviewer Boards for Academic Journals

1.       AACE Journal (Editorial Board & reviewer, 2004 – today)

2.       International Journal on E-Learning (Editorial Board & reviewer, 2004 – today)

3.       Annals of Mathematics, Computing & Teleinformatics (Editorial Board & reviewer, 2003 - today).

4.       Educational Technology Review (Editorial Board & Reviewer, 2001 - 2002)   

5.       WebNet Journal: Internet Technologies Applications and issues (Editorial Board & reviewer, 1999 - 2001).   

6.       Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching (Reviewer, 2004 – today).

7.       Journal of Medical Internet Research (Reviewer, 1999 - today).  

8.       International Journal on E-Learning (Reviewer, 2004 – today).

9.       Knowledge and Information Systems:  An International Journal (Reviewer, 1999 - 2002).     

10.   Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (Reviewer, 1999 -2000).     

11.   Journal of Medical Informatics and the Internet in Medicine (Reviewer, 1998 - 2000).  

External Committee Memberships

 

He had/has the following memberships in external committees:

1.       Chairman and Member of the Conference and the Scientific and Technical Committee of MEDNET 2004, The 9th Annual World Congress on the Internet in Medicine (2004).

2.       Chairman & Member of Conference Committee of e-HDC 2004: International Conference on e-Health in Developing Countries (2004).

3.       Member of Conference Committee of Mlearn 2004: International Conference – Learning Anytime, Anywhere (2004).

4.       Member of the EPSRC College (2002 - today)

5.       Member of Conference Committee of Mlearn 2003: International Conference – Learning with Mobile Devices (2003).

6.       Chairman and Member of the Scientific and Technical Committee of MEDNET 2003, The Seventh World Congress for the Internet in Medicine, (2003)

7.       Chairman and Member of the Scientific and Technical Committee of MEDNET 2002, The Seventh World Congress for the Internet in Medicine, (2002)

8.       Member of the Workshop Committee of Mlearn 2002: European Workshop on Mobile and Contextual Learning (2002)

9.       Chairman and Member of the Scientific and Technical Committee of MEDNET 2001, The Sixth World Congress for the Internet in Medicine, (2001)

10.   Regular Member of the Executive Committee of the Society for the Internet in Medicine (1997-1998, 2001 - 2002)

11.   Member of the Scientific and Technical Committee of MEDNET 2000, The Fifth World Congress for the Internet in Medicine, (2000)

12.   Regular Member of the BSI/IST/37 Committee (Audio & Video Coding), British Standards Institution (2000 - 2002).

13.   Chairman of the Society for the Internet in Medicine (1999 - 2001)

14.   Member of the Scientific and Technical Committee of MEDNET 99, The Fourth World Congress for the Internet in Medicine, (1999)

15.   Honorary Secretary of the Society for the Internet in Medicine (1998 -1999)

16.   Regular Member of the BSI/IST/35 Committee (Medical Informatics) Mirror Panel I, British Standards Institution (1998 - today)

17.   Member of the Scientific and Technical Committee & Local Organising Committee of MEDNET 98, The Third World Congress for the Internet in Medicine, (1998)

18.   Secretary of the British Healthcare Internet Association - BHIA (1998 - 1999).

19.   Chairman of the Scientific and Technical Committee of MEDNET 97, The World Congress of the Internet in Medicine (1997).

20.   Member of the Local Organising Committee of MEDNET 97, The World Congress of the Internet in Medicine (1997).

21.   Member of the Research Committee of the British Healthcare Internet Association - BHIA (1997 - 1999).

22.   Member of the Working Group IV of the CEN/TC251 - Medical Informatics (European Committee for Standardization) (1997 - 1998).

23.   Regular Member of the BSI/IST/35 Committee (Medical Informatics) Mirror Panel IV, British Standards Institution (1996 - today).

24.   Congress Co-ordinator and member of the Local Organising Committee of MEDNET 96, The European Congress of the Internet in Medicine (1996).

Scientific Societies/Associations/Professional Bodies Memberships

 

Theodoros N. Arvanitis had/has the following memberships in scientific societies/associations: 

1.       The Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and Simulation of Behaviour (AISB) (1996-2004)

2.       The British Healthcare Internet Association (BHIA) (1997-1999)

3.       The British Chapter of ISMRM (BCISMRM) (1995 -1997)

4.       The European Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and Biology (ESMRMB) (1995 - 2003)

5.       The Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE) – Chartered Engineer

6.       The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

7.       The International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM)

8.       The Society for the Internet in Medicine (SIM) - Founder Member and Fellow of the Society.

9.       The Society for Preventive Cardiology and Medical Research - Founder Member (1987  -1990)

10.   The Software Engineering Association (SEA).