I am Alexandros Roniotis, teaching in the Hellenic Mediterranean University at the Department of Social Work. I teach Information Technology Applications and Academic Writing. Since 2023 I have been a school principal in Public Education in Heraklion, Crete. I also teach Computer Science modules in Post-secondary Higher Vocational Education. 

I am an ambassador for Scientix, the EU community for science education in Europe.

Personal Information

I was born in Heraklion, Crete, Greece, on September 7, 1983, and am the father of two children: Konstantina and Eleftherios. I now live in Heraklion, Crete, I have lived in Athens, Samos, and London. I speak Greek, English and German.

I love nature exploration and landscape photography and have been an active basketball, padel tennis and Crossfit athlete. 

Education

2014: PhD in Electronic & Computer Engineering, Technical University of Crete. Thesis Glioma growth modeling

2007: MSc in Signal Processing and Communications, from the Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Imperial College London, United Kingdom. Thesis Application of the shape context model in symbol detection in paleography.

2006: BSc (Distinction) at the Department of Informatics and Telecommunications (DIT), University of Athens, Greece, Thesis Greek Handwritten Character Optical Recognition.

Professional Appointments

2023- Present Teaching at the Hellenic Mediterranean University, Heraklion, Greece
2022-Present Teaching Computer Science modules in Post-secondary Higher Vocational Education, Heraklion, Greece
2023-Present School principal in Public Education, Ministry of Education, Heraklion, Greece

2010- 2023 Teaching Computer Science in Primary Education, Ministry of Education, Heraklion, Greece
2015-2017 Teaching at the Informatics Engineering Dept, Technological Educational Institute, Heraklion, Greece
2017-2019 Postdoctoral research associate at the LATiCe lab, Hellenic Mediterranean University, Heraklion, Greece
2016-2024 Research associate at the Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research. Heraklion, Crete, Greece
2014-2017 Scientific associate at the University of Crete, Multimedia lab, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
2008-2015 Research associate at the Computational Medicine Laboratory (CML), Institute of Computer Science (ICS), Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas (FORTH), Heraklion, Crete, Greece
2008-2009 Teaching at the Vocational Education Institute, Vocational Education and Training Organization, Heraklion, Greece
2008-2009 Teaching at the Vocational Education Institute, Manpower Employment Agency, Heraklion, Greece