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Assist. Prof. Thanasis Korakis

University of Thessaly, Electrical & Computer Engineering Dpt

  • Bachelor, Informatics and Telecommunications, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (1994)
  • Master, Informatics and Telecommunications, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (1997)
  • PhD, Computer and Communication Engineering, University of Thessaly (2005)

Thanasis Korakis is an assistant professor in the ECE department of University of Thessaly. He is also an affiliated faculty with ITI/CERTH.
From 2005 to 2010 he was a research assistant professor in NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering in NY.
His research interests are in the field of wired and wireless networks with emphasis on experimental driven research and on research infrastructures. He is leading the experimental activities of the testbed NITOS (Network Implementation Testbed using Open Source software), an heterogeneous research infrastructure that is open for experimentation to researchers all over the world.

Recent Publications

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  • S. Christakis, N. Makris, S. Fdida, T. Korakis, "Dynamic AI-Based UPF Switching: Adapting for Performance/Energy-Efficiency in 5G Networks.", in Proceedings of the 2025 IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Taipei, Taiwan, December 8–12, 2025.
  • D. Kefalas, N. Makris, S. Fdida, T. Korakis, "Traffic Steering for O-RAN Multi-RAT 5G Networks Using ML-Based Demand Forecasting.", in Proceedings of 2025 IEEE Conference on Network Function Virtualization and Software Defined Networks (NFV-SDN), Athens, Greece, November 10–12, 2025.
  • D. Stavropoulos, I. Syrigos, P. Tzimotoudis, K. Kyriakou, T. Korakis, "SEDS: Designing a Smart Energy Data Space for Secure and Trustworthy Real-Time Sharing of Household Energy Data.", in Proceedings of the 2025 IEEE International Smart Cities Conference (ISC2), Patras, Greece, October 6th-9th, 2025.
  • D. Kefalas, N. Makris, S. Fdida, T. Korakis, "On the Feasibility of RAN Scaling for Beyond 5G Networks: Proactive CU-UP Scaling with ML Demand Forecasting.", in Proceedings of the 2025 IEEE 11th International Conference on Network Softwarization (NetSoft), Budapest, Hungary, June 23–27, 2025.
  • D. Kefalas, N. Makris, S. Fdida, T. Korakis, "Enhancing 5G V-RAN Reliability via Reactive CU-UP Scaling.", in Proceedings of the 2025 Joint European Conference on Networks and Communications & 6G Summit (EuCNC/6G Summit), Poznan, Poland, June 03-06, 2025, pp. 292-297.

Contact

Assist.Prof. Thanasis Korakis (Scientific Responsible)

Dr. Athanasios Korakis
Tel.: +30 2421 306070
E-mail: korakis@iti.gr