Prof. Dimitris Kavroudakis

Dr. Dimitris Kavroudakis is an Associate Professor of Geographical Analysis in the Geography Department at the University of the Aegean. He studied computer info systems at the American College of Greece (DEERE) and geography at the University of the Aegean, earning his MSc in GIS from the University of Leeds, UK. He holds a PhD in Geography from the University of Sheffield, UK, and has worked as a post-doctoral researcher at UCL (CASA), the University of Sheffield, and the University of the Aegean. Over the years, he has been involved in high quality geographical research, which led to a number of scientific publications in the field. Some of his academic interests include location analysis, spatial analysis, network analysis, GIS, open source, and economic geography. He has been involved in research concerning web-GIS, visualization, spatial statistics, EU population inequalities, spatial economics, and open source GIS development. He uses new approaches in geographical analysis, such as artificial intelligence and agent-based modeling, and supports new computational approaches, such as grid computing and large-scale distributed modeling. Dimitris is an experienced programmer and Linux/open-source supporter utilizing open hardware such as Raspbery-PI and Android OS.