Dr. Nikos Dimokas obtained his B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Computer Science from the University of Crete, Greece, in 2001 and 2004, respectively. He obtained his Ph.D. from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in 2010. During August 2001 - December 2005 he worked as a research assistant in the Information Systems Laboratory of the Institute of Computer Science of the Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas (FORTH). During September 2010 – September 2012 he worked as a visiting lecturer at the Department of Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering of the University of Western Macedonia.  Currently, he is a postdoctoral researcher at the Hellenic Institute of Transport of the Centre for Research and Technology Hellas. His research interests lie in the area of Distributed Systems and Data Management. In particular, his research focuses on distributed systems over wireless networks (wireless sensor networks, mobile ad hoc networks, vehicular ad hoc networks), mobile and pervasive computing with emphasis on data management and data dissemination,  mobile networks and applications, web information retrieval (social network analysis) and ambient intelligence framework services and their personalization, with emphasis on elderly and disabled users. He has participated in 6 European and national research projects. He holds 6 publications in international conferences, 2 in national conferences, 5 in scientific journals and 2 in book chapters.  He has also been a reviewer for many scientific journals and conferences like IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, IEEE Transaction on Multimedia Computing Communications and Applications, the Computer Journal, Wireless Networks etc. Finally, he has received over 210 citations from other scientific publication.