Panagiotis Markopoulos

M.Sc. Student and Teaching Assistant

Telecommunications Division
Dept. of Electronic and Computer Engineering tel.: +30-28210-37424, +30-6972-863715
Technical University of Crete e-mail: pmarkopoulos@telecom.tuc.gr
Kounoupidiana, Chania, 73100, Greece url: www.telecom.tuc.gr/∼pmarkopoulos

Personal Information
• Date of Birth: August 29th, 1986.
• Place of Birth: Athens, Greece.
• Citizenship: Greek.

Education
Master of Science
Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering
Technical University of Crete, Chania, Greece, expected July 2011.
Supervisor: Assist. Prof. George N. Karystinos.

Diploma (5-year program)

Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering
Technical University of Crete, Chania, Greece, Oct. 2010.
Thesis: “Maximum-likelihood noncoherent MPSK OSTBC detection with polynomial complexity.”
Supervisor: Assist. Prof. George N. Karystinos.
GPA: 7.56/10.0.

Research Interests
Communication theory, information theory, signal processing for communications, detection and esti-
mation, wireless communication systems, multiple-input multiple-output systems, diversity techniques,
space-time coding, radio hardware/software implementations for software defined radios and low-cost
wireless sensor networks.

Academic Positions & Work Experience

Research Assistant
Telecommunications Laboratory, Dept. of Electronic and Computer Engineering, Technical University
of Crete, Chania, Greece, Oct. 2010-present.

Teaching Assistant
Dept. of Electronic and Computer Engineering, Technical University of Crete, Chania, Greece, Oct.
2010-present.
• Spring 2011 - Communication Systems II (TEL 311), instructed by A. Bletsas.
• Fall 2010 - Signals and Systems (TEL 201), instructed by G. N. Karystinos.

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Awards and Distinctions

2010 Graduate Studies Fellowship Award.

Special Graduate Studies Scholarship (EMY), Technical University of Crete.
2004 Great Moment for Education Award.
Award for the grades achieved at the Greek university admission exams, Eurobank EFG .

Journal Publications

1. A. Bletsas, A. Vlachaki, E. Kampianakis, G. Sklivanitis, J. Kimionis, K. Tountas, M. Asteris, and

P. Markopoulos, “Building the low-cost digital garden as a telecom lab exercise,” IEEE Pervasive
Computing, submitted Sept. 2010.
(Principal Author, supervised by Prof. A. Bletsas)

Conference Publications

1. A. Bletsas, A. Vlachaki, E. Kampianakis, G. Sklivanitis, J. Kimionis, K. Tountas, M. Asteris,

and P. Markopoulos,“Towards precision agriculture: Building a soil wetness multi-hop WSN from
first principles,” invited to appear in Second International Workshop in Sensing Technologies in
Architecture, Forestry and Environment (ECOSENSE) 2011, Belgrade, Serbia, Apr. 2011.
(Principal Author, supervised by Prof. A. Bletsas)

Technical Skills
- Scientific programming tools: Matlab, GNU Octave, Maple.
- Embedded Systems: Software and hardware development with MCU 8051 and CC2500 transceivers.
- Programming Languages/Tools: C/C++, Java, UNIX shell scripts, GNU make, SQL, flex, bison,
MIPS Assembly.
- Web Development: HTML, PHP, mySQL.
- Typesetting Tools: LATEX, Microsoft Office, OpenOffice.
- Computer-Aided Design: Eagle, SPICE, SMASH.
- Operating Systems: Linux, Microsoft Windows family, Apple OS X.
- Hardware Tools: Xilinx ISE/IDE, Silabs IDE.

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Selected Coursework
Graduate

• Detection and Estimation.

Textbook: Principles of Signal Detection and Parameter Estimation, by B. C. Levy.
Instructor: A. Bletsas, Grade: 8.5/10.0 (taken as an undergraduate student).

• Analysis and Design of Telecom Modules.

Textbook: RF Microelectronics, by B. Razavi.
Instructor: A. Bletsas, Grade: 10.0/10.0 (taken as an undergraduate student).

• Probability and Random Processes.

Textbook: Probability and Random Processes for Electrical Engineering, by A. Leon-Garcia.
Instructor: G. N. Karystinos, Grade: - (not available yet, currently registered).

• Computational Methods for Engineers.

Textbook: Numerical Linear Algebra, by Lloyd N. Trefethen and David Bau III.
Instructor: Dimitrios V. Rovas, Grade: - (not available yet, currently registered).

• Convex Optimization.
Instructor: Nikos D. Sidiropoulos, Grade: - (not available yet, currently registered).

• Communication network protocols.

Instructor: Michael Paterakis, Grade: - (not available yet, currently registered).

Undergraduate

• Wireless Communication Systems.

Textbook: Fundamentals of Wireless Communication, by D. Tse and P. Viswanath.
Instructor: A. P. Liavas, Grade: 9.5/10.0.

• Communication Systems II.

Textbook: Fundamentals of Communication Systems, by J. Proakis and M. Salehi.
Instructor: A. P. Liavas, Grade: 9.0/10.0.

Seminars Attended
@ Technical University of Crete
• Array signal processing: Overview and some recent results in localization and direction finding.
Prof. Mos Kaveh, President of the IEEE Signal Processing Society, Nov. 4, 2010.
• Signal processing everywhere: A historical perspective.
Prof. Mos Kaveh, President of the IEEE Signal Processing Society, Nov. 2, 2010.
• Satellite altimetry, oceanography and climate changes (3 lectures).
Dr. Lee-Lueng Fu, OSTM Project Scientist, JPL, NASA, Sept. 14-16, 2010.
• Summer School on Information Theory, Dept. of Electronic and Computer Engineering, July
2010.
• Telecommunications Division Seminar Series, Dept. of Electronic and Computer Engineering,
2009-2010.
• International Conference on Environment and Renewable Sources of Energy, Center of Mediter-
ranean Architecture, Sept. 2009.

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Languages
• English: Fluent.
Proficiency in English Certificates from Cambridge and Michigan Universities.
TOEFL iBT score: 111/120.
• German: Very Good.
Mittelstufe Sprachdiplom from Goethe Institute of Athens.
• French: Basic.
• Greek: Native language.

Test Scores
GRE - General Test (examination taken in November 2010)
• Verbal: 530/800, percentile: 70%.
• Quantitative: 790/800, percentile: 91%.
• Analytical Writing: 3.5/6, percentile: 26%.

TOEFL - iBT (examination taken in December 2010)

• Reading: 29/30.
• Listening: 30/30.
• Speaking: 24/30.
• Writing: 28/30.
• Total Score: 111/120.

Extracurricular Activities
Basketball, tennis, table tennis, cycling, travelling, guitar, fine art and computational photography.

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References
George N. Karystinos
Assistant Professor, Telecommunications Division
Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering
Technical University of Crete
Kounoupidiana, Chania, 73100, Greece
tel.: +30-28210-37343
fax: +30-28210-37542
e-mail: karystinos@telecom.tuc.gr

Athanasios P. Liavas
Professor, Telecommunications Division
Chair, Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering
Technical University of Crete
Kounoupidiana, Chania, 73100, Greece
tel: +30-28210-37224
fax: +30-28210-37542
e-mail: liavas@telecom.tuc.gr

Aggelos Bletsas
Assistant Professor, Telecommunications Division
Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering
Technical University of Crete
Kounoupidiana, Chania, 73100, Greece
tel: +30-28210-37377
fax: +30-28210-37542
e-mail: aggelos@telecom.tuc.gr

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