George N. Korres (SM’05) received the diploma and PhD degrees in electrical and computer engineering from the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Athens, Greece, in 1984 and 1988, respectively. He has been involved in the development and installation of the Hellenic EMS system by ESCA in the early 1990s. Currently, he is a Professor with the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at NTUA. His current fields of interest include power system state estimation, power system protection, substation automation and SCADA systems. Prof. Korres is a member of the Technical Chamber of Greece and a Greek member of the International Council on Large Electric Systems (CIGRE) Study Committees D2 “Information systems and telecommunication" and B5 "Protection and automation".