Samaras George
PROFESSOR
Department of Computer Science
Cyprus University of Technology
Cyprus
Biography
Undergraduate studies at the University of Athens, Greece (B.Sc. in Mathematics, 1982). Graduate studies at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA (M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Computer Science, 1982 and 1989, respectively). He has worked in the Applied Research Program of IBM’s Communications and Networks Centre at Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA (1990-1993), and has taught as Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA (1990-1993). He has also been a member of IBM’s International Standards Committees for issues related to Distributed Transaction Processing (OSI/TP, XOPEN, OMG).
Research Interest
Mobile Computing, Relational and Object-Oriented Databases, Object-Oriented Programming, and Commit Protocols for Distributed Transaction Processing
Publications
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Belk M., Fidas C., Germanakos P., Samaras G. (2014) "A Personalised User Authentication Approach based on Individual Differences in Information Processing", Interacting with Computers, Oxford University Press, doi: 10.1093/iwc/iwu033
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Andreou, P, Zeinalipour-Yazti, D., Samaras, G., Chrysanthis, P. (2014) "A Network-aware Framework for Energy-efficient Data Acquisition in Wireless Sensor Networks", Journal of Network and Computer Applications, Elsevier, 46, 227-240
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Belk M., Fidas C., Germanakos P., & Samaras G. (2015) "Do Human Cognitive Differences in Information Processing Affect Preference and Performance of CAPTCHA?", International Journal of Human - Computer Studies (IJHCS), 84, 1-18, Elsevier
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Christophorou, C., Kleanthous, S., Georgiadis, D., Cereghetti, D.M., Andreou, P., Wings, C., Christodoulou, E. Samaras, G. (2016) "ICT services for active ageing and independent living: identification and assessment", Healthcare Technology Letters, IET: pp. 1–6
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Belk M., Fidas C., Germanakos P., & Samaras G. (2017) "The interplay between humans, technology and user authentication: a cognitive processing perspective", Computers in Human Behavior (CHB), Elsevier (to appear)
