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Curriculum Vitae
Dr. George F. Fragulis

Education

• Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
  Department. of Mathematics, Ph.D. in Mathematical Control Theory, (1986-1990)
• Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
  Department of Mathematics, B.Sc. of Mathematics, (1981-1985)

Research Interests

Appoinments

• 2019 - present: Professor (Full), University of Western Macedonia , Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Laboratory of Robotics & Applied Control Systems.
• 2013 - 2019: Professor (Full), Western Macedonia University of Applied Sciences, Department of Electrical Engineering, Laboratory of Robotics & Applied Control Systems.
• 2011 : Visiting Professor, Democtritus University of Thrace, Department of Electrical Engineering.
• 1998-2010 : Professor (Full), Western Macedonia University of Applied Sciences, Dept. of General Studies.
• 1994-1998 : Assistant Professor, Western Macedonia University of Applied Sciences, Dept. of General Studies.
• 1986-1990 : Teaching Assistant, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Department of Mathematics, Classical and Modern Control Systems, supervising Prof. A.I.G. Vardulakis

M.Sc. Supervised Students

Mechatronics

1. Tyrekidis Costas, ”Data Logger for continuous Emmission measurement system”, 2018.
2. Sopidis George, ”A low cost wall following mini-robot analysis and design experiment based on a small Arduino prototype”, 2018.
3. Christos Tolis, ”An experimental mechatronic design and control of a 5 DOF Robotic arm for identification and sorting of different sized objects”, 2017.
4. Dadamogias Stergios, ”Construction and Stabilization of a quadCopter”, 2017
5. Tiakas Ioannis, ”Design and implementation of a robotic vehicle with pattern recognition”, 2016.
6. Dougalis Dimitrios, ”Implementation and design of a robotic vehicle following a predetermined course”, 2015.
7. Tsintotas Kostas, ”Mechatronic Study and Simulation of Flexible Robotic Hand”, 2015.

Web Technology - Informatics

1. Tantanasis Theocharis, ”Design and development of a website that implements the basic functions of an e-shop using php, mysql and apache server”, 2005.
2. Andreopoulos Andreas, ”Immediate access and management of hospital medical data with no geographic restrictions using PHP-JavaScript and MySql”, 2006.
3. Kiriakidis Vasilios, ”Development of a web interface for a University’s interconnection office ”, 2008.
4. Takou Vasiliki, ”Internet management application for Lab attendance”, 2008.
5. Moisiadis Vasilios, ”Online exam application using php, mysql and apache server”, 2008.
6. Konstantinidou Paraskevi, ”Evaluation of educational studies: a web-based application using PHP & MYSQL”, 2008.
7. Gridas Ioannis, ”Worksheet of Numerical Operations using web technologies”, 2009.
8. Tsitsiklis Dimitrios & Gourtzioumi Athanasia, ”Development of an administration site for malfuctions in a network”, 2009.
9. Moisiadou Crysa & Pantazi Eletheria, ” Implementation of a dynamic website for the Vikos-Aoos and Pindos National Forest Management Agency using PHP and MySql”, 2009.
10. Tzimos Nikolaos, ”Design and development of a web site of a student’s library”, 2010.
11. Saltsoglidis Aggelos, ”Implementation of a dynamic website for Lassaneio Municipal center in Kozani, 2010.
12. Gekas Nektarios, ”Web application for the organization of seminars for the Ptolemaida Center for Informatics and New Technologies”, 2011.
13. Lazaridis Lazaros & Papatsimouli Maria, ”A sychronous-asychronus Teleducation platform”, 2011.
14. Manolis Andreas, ”Web site for presentation of photographic material”, 2012.
15. Skordas Ioannis, ”Air-Mac: Development of an Internet Application for monitoring meteorological parameters and air quality in Western Macedonia. Implementation for the Laboratory of Atmospheric Pollution and Environmental Physics of TEI of Western Macedonia”, 2012.
16. Lionta Anastacia, ”Development of a dynamic content marketing site for renewable energy appications and electrical appliances”, 2012.
17. Anagnostopoulos Achilles & Fousteris Nikolaos, ”Implementation of a sports statistics website with HTML, CSS, Javascript, PHP, MySQL”, 2012.
18. Traoudas Antonios, ”Development of an electronic newspaper using PHP and MySQL databases”, 2012.
19. Dimirtiou Kiriakos, ”A dynamic website for the Historical - Folklore and Natural History Museum of Kozani”, 2012.
20. Stoitsis Ioannis, ”Design and development of digital ”Digital Art” web application using programming methods of Internet Html, Javascript, Php and Mysql”, 2012.
21. Georganakis Panagiotis, ”Dynamic academic Wiki of entries and definitions using PHP, JavaScript, HTML-CSS, MySQL”, 2013.
22. Solakis Dimitrios, ”Development of a dynamic website - tourist guide for the city of Florina with the use of internet technologies”, 2013.
23. Papachristos Christos, ”Development of a dynamic web site for the Grevena General Reservation Facility with the help of php-mysql”, 2013.
24. Tsikopoulos Spiros, ”Web supervision and work flow monitoring with PHP, MySQL, Javascript, Apache, HTML technologies”, 2014.
25. Theocharis Panagiotis, ”Development of an e-shop for sale of handmade artwork by amateur artists sellyourart.gr”, 2014.
26. Theodosiadou Panagiota, ”A dynamic website for audience awareness and movie ratings using HTML, PHP, JavaScript and MySQL”, 2015.

Graduate Students

1. Chartomatsidis N., 2014
2. Thanopoulos D. , 2014
3. Athiniotis D., 2014
4. Xatziandreas I., 2014
5. Mpatikas I., 2014
6. Xrysikopoulos P., 2015
7. Moser K., 2015
8. Stefanidou A., 2016
9. Maroulis E., 2016
10. Chasani A., 2016
11. Gaitanidis K., 2016
12. Tziotziou I., 2016
13. Pseftelis G. , 2017
14. Markou E., 2017

Professional Activities and Service

1. Member of IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineering , 1990-
2. Member of the IEEE Control Systems Society, 1990-
3. Member of the American Mathematical Society 1994-
4. Member of the Greek Mathematical Society 1986-
5. Member of New York Academy of Science
6. Reviewer for International Scientific Journals :
   • Mathematical Reviews (1992- ).
   • SIAM Journal of Matrix Applications (1994- ).
   • Automatica (1995- ).
   • IEEE Transactions of Automatic Control (1996- ).
   • Circuits, Systems and Signal Processing (2003 - ).
   • International Journal of Entertainment Technology and Management (2018-).
7. Member/Reviewer of the International Program Committee of :
   • 2nd ACM-ETLTC International Conference on Educational Technology, Language and Technical Communication (ETLTC2021), University of Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima, Japan,January 27-30, 2021.
   • International Conference on Innovation and Intelligence for Informatics, Computing and Technologies (3ICT), Bahrain, University of Bahrain, 20-21 December 2020.
   • International Conference on Decision Aid Sciences and Applications (DASA’20), Bahrain, University of Bahrain, 8th–9th November 2020.
   • International Conference on Data Analytics for Business and Industry, Bahrain, University of Bahrain, 26 -27 October, 2020.
   • ETLTC2020-Virtual ACM Chapter International Conference on Educational Technology and Language Studies, 21-22nd August, 2020.
   • 13th International Quality Conference, May 29th - June 1st, Kragujevac, Serbia, 2019.
   • South-East Europe Design Automation, Computer Engineering, Computer Networks and Social Media Conference 20-22 Sept. , Pireaus, Greece SEEDA-CECNSM, 2019.
   • 13th International Quality Conference, May 29th - June 1st, Kragujevac, Serbia, 2019.
   • South-East Europe Design Automation, Computer Engineering, Computer Networks and Social Media Conference 22-24 Sept. , Kastoria, Greece SEEDA-CECNSM, 2018.
   • South-East Europe Design Automation, Computer Engineering, Computer Networks and Social Media Conference 23-25 Sept. , Kastoria, Greece SEEDA-CECNSM 2017.
   • South-East Europe Design Automation, Computer Engineering, Computer Networks and Social Media Conference 25-27 Sept. , Kastoria, Greece SEEDA-CECNSM 2016.
   • Innovative Manufactoring Engineering & Energy International Conference, IManEE 2016, Kalithea, Greece.
   • 19th International Conference on Systems, Signals and Image Processing (IWSSIP), 11-14 April 2012, Vienna, Austria.
   • 40th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Orlando, Florida, USA, December 4-7, 2001.
   • Inaugural Workshop of the International Institute for General Systems Studies, Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania, USA, July 13-15, 1995.
   • 34th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, December 13-15, 1995.
8. Chairman in International Conferences
   • Chairman in 3rd South-East Europe Design Automation, Computer Engineering, Computer Networks and Social Media Conference 22-24 Sept. , Kastoria, Greece SEEDA-CECNSM 2018.
   • Chairman in 5th Int.Conf. on Mathematics and Computers in Sciences and Industry, CORFU ISLAND, GREECE, August 25-27, 2018.
   • Chairman in Session ‘Control Systems’ , in the Inaugural Workshop of the International Institute for General Systems Studies, Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania, USA, July 13-15, 1995, invited by Conference Chairman Prof. Dr. Yi Lin.
   • Chairman in Session ‘Numerical Methods I ’ , in the 34th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, December 13-15, 1995, invited by Conference Chairman Prof. Dr.E. Kamen.

List of Publications
Dr. George F. Fragulis

Thesis

• ”Analysis of generalized singular systems”, Ph.D. Thesis, Dept. of Mathematics, School of Applied Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 1990.

Publications per year

Under Review



1. Christos Tolis and George F. Fragulis, ”An experimental mechatronic design and control of a 5 DOF Robotic arm for identification and sorting of different sized objects”, under review 2020.
2. George F. Fragulis and Maria Papatsimouli, ”Mechatronics Analysis of a 4 DOF robotic arm using the Matlab Environment”, under review 2020.
3. Papatsimouli Maria and George F. Fragulis, ”Kinematics and control of a 3 DOF Robotic arm using the Matlab-Simulink environment”, under review 2020.
4. Papatsimouli Maria and George F. Fragulis, ”Forward and Inverse Kinematics analysis of a SCARA type Robotic Arm”, under review 2020.
5. Antigoni Stefanidou and George F. Fragulis, ” Development of a Braitenberg mobile robot with photophobic/photophilic behavior, under review, 2020.
6. B.G. Mertzios and George F. Fragulis, ”The fundamental matrix in ARMA systems” , under review, 2020.
7. B.G. Mertzios and George F. Fragulis, ”The fundamental matrix in second-order ARMA systems”, under review, 2020.
8. B.G. Mertzios and George F. Fragulis, ”Tschirnhausen Polynomials of Linear Multivariable Systems Based on the Fundamental Matrix Approach”, under review, 2018.
9. George F. Fragulis , P.K. Sotiropoulos and B.G. Mertzios, ”Partial Realization of a Generalized Transfer Function”, under review, 2020.
10. George F. Fragulis and B.G. Mertzios, ”Division of two Polynomial Matrices Using the Fundamental Matrix Approach”, under review, 2020.
11. C. Tsinotas and George F. Fragulis, ”Flexible Robotic Hand: Mechatronics Analysis and Simulation in Matlab/Simulink environment, under review, 2020.



2021



12. E. Michailidi, I.Skordas, M. Papatsimouli, L. Lazaridis, H. Michailidis, S. Tavoultzidou and George F. Fragulis ”GrfKids: Development of a Greek language teaching platform via a Learning Management System for primary school pupils with Russian as a mother tongue”, International Journal of Computer-Assisted Language Learning and Teaching (IJCALLT), 2021 (to appear).



2020



13. B. Bekhiti, A. Dahimene , Kamel Hariche and George F. Fragulis, ”On The Block Decomposition and Spectral Factors of lambda-Matrices”, Control and Cybernetics, 1(1), 2020.
14. Maria Papatsimouli, Stavroula Tavoultzidou, Vaggelis Saprikis, Lazaros Lazaridis, Eleni Michailidi, Ioannis Skordas, and George F. Fragulis, ”Cyberbullying and Traditional Bullying in Greece: An Empirical Study”, ETLTC2020-Virtual ACM Chapter Workshop on Professional and Social Media Communication, Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima, Japan, 20-22nd August 2020.
15. Kokkonis, G., Gounopoulos, E., Tsiamitros, D., Stimoniaris, D., and George F. Fragulis “Designing interconnected haptic interfaces and actuators for teleoperations in mobile ad hoc networks”, International Journal of Entertainment Technology and Management, 1(1), 43-63, 2020.
16. E. Michailidi, I.Skordas, M. Papatsimouli, L. Lazaridis, H. Michailidis, S. Tavoultzidou and George F. Fragulis ”GrfKids: Development of a Greek language teaching platform via a Learning Management System for primary school pupils with Russian as a mother tongue”, The ACM Chapter International Conference on Educational Technology, Language and Technical Communication (ETLTC), Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima, Japan, 27-31st January, 2020.



2019



17. L. Lazaridis, M. Papatsimouli and George F. Fragulis, ”A Synchronous - Asynchronous Tele-education Platform”, Int. J. of Smart Technology and Learning, Vol. 1, issue (2), 122-139, 2019.
18. Skordas, I. A., Triantafyllou, A. G., and George F. Fragulis, ”Air quality meteorological and environmental information system in Western Macedonia, Hellas”, International Journal of Web Engineering and Technology, 14(4), 341-366, 2019.



2018



19. George F. Fragulis, Lazaros Lazaridis, Maria Papatsimouli and Ioannis Skordas ’O.D.E.S. : An Online Dynamic Examination System based on a CMS Wordpress plugin’, Proceedings of the 3rd South-East Europe Design Automation, Computer Engineering, Computer Networks and Social Media Conference 22-24 Sept. , Kastoria, Greece SEEDA-CECNSM 2018.
20. Christos Tolis and George F. Fragulis, An experimental mechatronic design and control of a 5 DOF Robotic arm for identification and sorting of different sized objects, 5th Int.Conf. on Mathematics and Computers in Sciences and Industry, CORFU ISLAND, GREECE, August 25-27, 2018.



2017



21. Ioannis Skordas, Nikolaos Tsirekas, Nestoras Kolovos, George F. Fragulis, Athanassios G. Triantafyllou and Maria G. Bouliou , ”e-Sem: Dynamic Seminar Management System forPrimary, Secondary and Tertiary Education”, Proceedings of the South-East Europe Design Automation, Computer Engineering, Computer Networks and Social Media Conference SEEDA-CECNSM 2017, Sep 2017 At Kastoria, Hellas, 2017.
22. George F. Fragulis, ”Reduction of Linear Multivariable System Described by Internally Proper Polynomial Matrix Descriptions (PMDs) into An Equivalent State Space Model.”, Proceedings of the Conference: SIAM Conference on Control and Its Applications (CT17), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, At Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, July 10-12, 2017.
23. B. Bekhiti, A. Dahimene and George F. Fragulis, ”On block zeros in a second order system of partial differential equations”, Proceedings The 30th International Conference of The Jangjeon Mathematical Society (ICJMS-2017) at Houari Boumedienne University, Algiers, Algeria, July 12-15, 2017., At Houari Boumedienne University, Algiers, Algeria, 2017.



2016



24. Lazaros Lazaridis, Maria Papatsimouli and George F. Fragulis, ”S.A.T.E.P : Synchronous-Asynchronous Tele-education Platform”, Proceedings of the South-East Europe Design Automation, Computer Engineering, Computer Networks and Social Media Conference SEEDA-CECNSM 2016, December 23-25 At Kastoria, Hellas, 2016.



2014



25. Skordas Ioannis , George F. Fragulis and Athanassios G. Triantafyllou, ”A.Q.M.E.I.S.: Air Quality Meteorological and Enviromental Information System in Western Macedonia, Hellas”, Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Buildings Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Sources, At Kozani, Greece, Volume: 1, 2014.



2011



26. Stavros Lazarou, George F. Fragulis and Nikolas Kiratzis, ”AC Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy as a Tool For Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Operational Time Delays Calculation”, Proceedings of the 6-th International Workshop on Deregulated Electricity Market Issues In South - Eastern Europe - Demsee 2011, At Bled , Slovenia, Volume: 1 , 2011.
27. Skordas Ioannis , George F. Fragulis and Athanassios G. Triantafyllou ”e-AirQuality: A Dynamic Web Based Application for Evaluating the Air Quality Index for the City of Kozani, Hellas”, Proceedings of the 15th Panhellenic Conference on Informatics, PCI 2011, Kastoria, Greece, September 30 - Oct. 2, 2011



2009



28. G.F. Fragulis and B.G. Mertzios, ”Division of two Polynomial Matrices Using the Fundamental Matrix Approach”, Proceedings of the International Conference on Automation, Robotics and Control Systems ARCS 2009, At Orlando, FL, United States, Volume: 1, pp.70-74, 2009.



2007



29. G.F. Fragulis , P.K. Sotiropoulos and B.G. Mertzios, ”Partial Realization of a Generalized Transfer Function”, Proceedings of the 14th International Workshop on Systems, Signals and Image Processing, 2007 and 6th EURASIP Conference focused on Speech and Image Processing, Multimedia Communications and Services, Maribor, Slovenia , 27 – 30. June 2007.



2006



30. B.G. Mertzios and G.F. Fragulis, ”Tschirnhausen Polynomials of Linear Multivariable Systems Based on the Fundamental Matrix Approach”, Proceedings of the International Conference on Systems, Signals and Image processing (IWSSIP’06),, Volume: 1, pp.365-368, Budapest, Hungary , 21-23 September 2006.



2005



31. B.G. Mertzios and G.F. Fragulis , ”The fundamental matrix in second-order ARMA systems”, Proceedings of 12th international workshop on systems, signals & image processing, IWSSIP 2005, IWSSIP 2005, ISBN 0-907776-20-5, Chalkida, Greece, 22-24 September 2005.



2004



32. B.G. Mertzios and G.F. Fragulis, ”The fundamental matrix in ARMA systems”, Proceedings of the 2004 IEEE International conference on industrial technology , 1706 p. , ISBN 0-7803-8662-0, Hammamet, Tunisia, December 8-10, 2004.



2000



33. G.F. Fragulis and B.G. Mertzios, ” Computation of the impulsive behaviour of multivariable linear systems using a division algorithm”, Systems & Control Letters, 39, pp.211-217, 2000.



1996



34. G.F. Fragulis, ” Transformation of a PMD into an implicit system using minimal realizations of its transfer function matrix in terms of finite and infinite spectral data ”, Journal of the Franklin Institute, Vol. 333(B), No.1, pp.41-56, 1996.



1995



35. G.F. Fragulis and A.I.G. Vardulakis, ”Reachability of Polynomial Matrix Descriptions (PMD’s)” , Circuits , Systems and Signal Processing, Vol.14, No.6, 1995
36. G.F. Fragulis, ” The Generalized Cayley-Hamilton theorem for polynomial matrices of arbitrary degree ” International Journal of Control , Vol. 62, No.6, pp. 1341-1349, 1995.
37. George F. Fragulis, ”A division algorithm for arbitrary polynomial matrices”, Proceedings of the 34th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC-95), New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, December 13-15, 1995.
38. George F. Fragulis , ” Reachability/Controllability properties of internally proper Polynomial Matrix Descriptions ”, Proceedings of the INRIA/IEEE Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation- ETFA-95 , October 10-13, Paris, France, 1995.
39. George F. Fragulis, ” Extension of Cayley-Hamilton theorem for arbitrary polynomial matrices ” , Proceedings of the INRIA/IEEE Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation- ETFA-95 , October 10-13, Paris, France, 1995.
40. George F. Fragulis and B.G. Mertzios , ” Computation of the Impulsive Behavior of a Multivariable System described by a PMD using a division algorithm ”, Proceedings of the 3rd Mediterranean Symposium on New directions in control and Automation, Limassol Cyprus,pp. 143-148, 11-13 July 1995.
41. George F. Fragulis, ”Direct matrix tests for a general form PMD to be internally proper” , Proceedings of the Inaugural Workshop of the International Institute for General Systems Studies, Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania, USA, July 13-15, 1995.



1994



42. G.F. Fragulis and A.I.G. Vardulakis, ” Evaluation of the Reachability subspace of general form PMDs” , KYBERNETIKA, Vol. 30, No.6, pp. 617-628, 1994.
43. G.F. Fragulis, ” Evaluation of the impulsive solution space of Linear Multivariable homogeneous implicit systems ”, KYBERNETIKA , Vol. 30, No.6, pp. 629-638, 1994.
44. G.F. Fragulis, ” Minimal Realizations of the inverse of a polynomial matrix using finite and infinite Jordan pairs ” , KYBERNETIKA, Vol. 30, No.6, pp. 607-616, 1994.



1993



45. G.F.Fragulis , ” A closed formula for the determination of the impulsive solutions of Linear Homogeneous Matrix Differential Equations” , IEEE Transactions of Automatic Control ,Vol. AC-38 , No. 11 , pp. 1688-1695 , 1993.
46. George F. Fragulis and A.I.G. Vardulakis, ” Evaluation of the Reachability subspace of general form PMDs” , Proceedings of the IEEE Mediterranean Conference on ” New Directions of Control Theory and Applications ” pp. 307-310 , 21-23 June , Crete , Greece , 1993. 47.
47. George F. Fragulis, ” Evaluation of the impulsive solution space of Linear Multivariable homogeneous implicit systems ” , Proceedings of the IEEE Mediterranean Conference on ” New Directions of Control Theory and Applications ” pp. 297-300 , 21-23 June , Crete , Greece , 1993.
48. George F. Fragulis, ” Minimal Realizations of the inverse of a polynomial matrix using finite and infinite Jordan pairs ” , Proceedings of the IEEE Mediterranean Conference on ” New Directions of Control Theory and Applications ” pp. 304-306 , 21-23 June , Crete , Greece , 1993.



1991



49. G.F. Fragulis, B.G. Mertzios and A.I.G. Vardulakis, ” Computation of the inverse of a polynomial matrix and evaluation of its Laurent expansion ” , International Journal of Control , Vol. 53 , No. 2 , 431-443 , 1991.
50. A.I.G. Vardulakis and George F. Fragulis , ”Impulsive behavior of autonomous generalized singular systems” , Proceedings of the European Control Conference- ECC’91 , Grenoble, France, 2-5 July 1991.



1989



51. A.I.G. Vardulakis and G.F. Fragulis, ”Infinite elementary divisors of polynomial matrices and impulsive solutions of Linear Homogeneous Matrix Differential Equations”, Circuits, Systems and Signal Processing, Vol. 8, No. 3, 357-373, 1989.
52. A.I.G. Vardulakis and George F. Fragulis , ”Infinite elementary divisors of polynomial matrices and impulsive solutions of Linear Homogeneous Matrix Differential Equations” , Proceedings of the IFAC Workshop on System Structure and Control : State-space and Polynomial methods , Prague , Czechoslovakia , 25-27 September 1989.

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