ΟΔΗΓΟΣ ΕΙΣΑΚΤΕΩΝ ΠΡΩΤΟΕΤΩΝ 2025
Name:
Vasilakos Christos
Title:
Assistant Professor
Scientific Field:
Phone:
22510 36451
Office:
Geography Building - 1st floor
Email:chvas@aegean.gr
Website:http://rsgis.aegean.gr/
Studies:
  • B.S. University of the Aegean, Department of Environmental studies
  • Ph.D. University of the Aegean, Department of Environmental studies
Research Interests:
  • Remote Sensing
  • Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
  • Geo-Informatics
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Machine learning
  • Decision Support Systems
  • Natural Hazards
  • Photogrammetry
Research Projects:
  • 2020-2023: LIFE 4 POLLINATORS - Involving people to protect wild bees and other pollinators in the Mediterranean’ -
  • 2017-2017: 3D mapping of Vrisa settlement after the 12th of June Lesvos earthquake -
  • 2012-2015: AEGIS - Wildfire prevention and management information system -
  • 2010-2012: VENUS-C: Towards an interoperable Scientific Cloud for Europe -
  • 2009-2010: VirtualFire - WEB GIS platform for wildfire management -
  • 2005-2006: DSMC Defence systems on Mediterranean coast -
  • 2002-2004: AUTO-HAZARD PRO - Automated Fire and Flood Hazard Protection System -
  • 1999-2001: ΤΗΕΜΑ - Thermal and thematic mapping -
  • 2000-2000: SAF (Satellite Application Facilities) on Land Surface Analysis -
  • 1999-2000: ‘ΑΘΩΣ: Γεωγραφική ανάλυση της επίδρασης φωτιάς - ανθρώπου - περιβάλλοντος στη βλάστηση του Αγίου Όρους και της Σιθωνίας.’ Χρηματοδότηση: πρόγραμμα ‘ΔΗΜΗΤΡΑ 95’. Αντικείμενο εργασίας: η χρήση-ανάπτυξη ΣΓΠ και η εφαρμογή του λογιστικού μοντέλου παλινδρόμησης για εκτίμηση κινδύνου πυρκαγιάς και χωρικό συσχετισμό πυρκαγιών και βλάστησης. Επιστημονικοί υπεύθυνοι: Δρ. Π. Κωνσταντινίδης & Αν. Καθ. Κ. Καλαμποκίδης. -
Teaching Experience:
  • Introduction to Remote Sensing (Undergraduate)
  • Remote Sensing Applications (Undergraduate)
  • Introduction to GIS-Labs (Undergraduate)
  • Applied Remote Sensing (Postgraduate)
  • Satellite Remote Sensing for Hazard Management / Co-instructor (Postgraduate)
Publications:

      Chapters in Books (peer reviewed)

      1. Soulakellis, N., Tataris, G., Papadopoulou, E., Chatzistamatis, S., Vasilakos, C., Kavroudakis, D., Roussou. O., Papakonstantinou, A. 2019. Synergistic Exploitation of Geoinformation Methods for Post-earthquake 3D Mapping and Damage Assessment. In Altan O., Chandra M., Sunar F., Tanzi T. (eds) Intelligent Systems for Crisis Management. Gi4DM 2018. Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography. Springer, Cham

      2. Vasilakos, C., Chatzistamatis, S., Roussou, O., Soulakellis, N. 2019. Comparison of Terrestrial Photogrammetry and Terrestrial Laser Scanning for Earthquake Response Management. In Altan O., Chandra M., Sunar F., Tanzi T. (eds) Intelligent Systems for Crisis Management. Gi4DM 2018. Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography. Springer, Cham

      3. Dalezios, N.R., Kalabokidis, K., Koutsias N., Vasilakos, C. 2017. Wildfires and Remote Sensing: An Overview. In Petropoulos, G.P., Islam, T., (eds). Remote Sensing of Hydrometeorological Hazards. CRC Press. 525 p.

                Journal Publications (peer reviewed)

                1. Papadopoulou, E.-E., Kasapakis, V., Vasilakos, C., Papakonstantinou, A., Zouros, N., Chroni, A., Soulakellis, N. 2020. Geovisualization of the Excavation Process in the Lesvos Petrified Forest, Greece Using Augmented Reality. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information. 9: 374.

                2. Peppa, M., Vasilakos, C., Kavroudakis, D. 2020. Eutrophication Monitoring for Lake Pamvotis, Greece, Using Sentinel-2 Data. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information. 9(3):143.

                3. Sakellariou, S.; Cabral, P.; Caetano, M.; Pla, F.; Painho, M.; Christopoulou, O.; Sfougaris, A.; Dalezios, N.; Vasilakos, C. 2020. Remotely sensed data fusion for spatiotemporal geostatistical analysis of forest fire hazard. Sensors. 20(17), 5014.

                4. Soulakellis, N.; Vasilakos, C.; Chatzistamatis, S.; Kavroudakis, D.; Tataris, G.; Papadopoulou, E.-E.; Papakonstantinou, A.; Roussou, O.; Kontos, T. 2020. Post-Earthquake Recovery Phase Monitoring and Mapping Based on UAS Data. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information. 9: 447.

                5. Vasilakos, C., Kavroudakis, D., Georganta, A. 2020. Machine learning classification ensemble of multitemporal Sentinel-2 images: The case of a mixed Mediterranean ecosystem. Remote Sensing. 12: 2005.

                6. Vasilakos, C., Tsekouras, G.E., Palaiologou, P., Kalabokidis, K. 2018. Neural-Network Time-Series Analysis of MODIS EVI for Post-Fire Vegetation Regrowth. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information. 7(11):420.

                7. Uniyal, B., Dietrich, J., Vasilakos, C., Tzoraki, O. 2017. Evaluation of SWAT simulated soil moisture at catchment scale by field measurements and Landsat derived indices. Agricultural Water Management. 193:55-70.

                8. Zormpas, K., Vasilakos, C., Athanasis, N., Soulakellis, N., Kalabokidis, K. 2017. Dead fuel moisture content estimation using remote sensing. European Journal of Geography. 8(5):17-32.

                9. Kalabokidis, K., Ager, A., Finney, M., Athanasis, N., Palaiologou, P., Vasilakos, C. 2016. AEGIS: a wildfire prevention and management information system. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences. 16:643-661.

                10. Athanasis N., Karagiannis F., Palaiologou P., Vasilakos C., Kalabokidis K. 2015. AEGIS App: Wildfire Information Management for Windows Phone Devices. Procedia Computer Science 56:544-549.

                11. Tsekouras, G., Manousakis, A., Vasilakos, C., Kalabokidis, K. 2015. Improving the effect of fuzzy clustering on RBF network’s performance in terms of particle swarm optimization. Advances in Engineering Software. 82:25-37.

                12. Kalabokidis, K., Athanasis, N., Vasilakos, C., Palaiologou, P. 2014. Porting of a wildfire risk and fire spread application into a cloud computing environment. International Journal of Geographical Information Science. 28(3):541–552.

                13. Kalabokidis, K., Athanasis, N., Gagliardi, F., Karayiannis, F., Palaiologou, P., Parastatidis, S., Vasilakos, C. 2013. Virtual Fire: A web-based GIS platform for forest fire control. Ecological Informatics. 16: 62-69.

                14. Kalabokidis K., Xanthopoulos G., Moore P., Caballero D., Kallos G., Llorens J., Roussou O., Vasilakos C. 2012. Decision support system for forest fire protection in the Euro-Mediterranean, European Journal of Forest Research, 131(3): 597-608.

                15. Vasilakos C., Kalabokidis K., Hatzopoulos J., Matsinos I., 2009. Identifying wildland fire ignition factors through sensitivity analysis of a neural network, Natural Hazards, 50(1): 125-143.

                16. Kalabokidis K., Koutsias N., Konstantinidis P., Vasilakos C., 2007. Multivariate Analysis of Landscape Wildfire Dynamics in a Mediterranean Ecosystem of Greece, Area. 39(3):392-402

                17. Vasilakos C., Kalabokidis K., Hatzopoulos J., Kallos G., Matsinos I., 2007. Integrating New Methods and Tools in Fire Danger Rating, International Journal of Wildland Fire, 16(3): 306-316.

                18. Kalabokidis, K.D., Konstantinidis, P., Vasilakos, C., 2004. Spatial analysis of wildfire–human–environmental impact on vegetation of Mount Athos and Sithonia, Greece. Geographies 8:89-106. (In Greek)

                Conference Publications

                1. Chroni, A., Vasilakos, C. 2019. Semantic segmentation of Worldview-2 multispectral image with depp learning Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN) In Proceedings of the 12th International Conference of the Hellenic Geographical Society, “Innovative Geographies II: Mapping and modeling our world”. 1-4 November 2019, Athens, Greece.

                2. Papachrysou, P., Vasilakos, C. 2019. Quality of life index estimation at urban environment based on remote sensing and multicriteria analysis. In Proceedings of the 12th International Conference of the Hellenic Geographical Society, “Innovative Geographies II: Mapping and modeling our world”. 1-4 November 2019, Athens, Greece.

                3. Papadopoulou, E.E., Chatzitheodorou, C., Vasilakos, C., Soulakellis, N., 2019. UAV flight plan analysis to create 3D point clouds of damaged buildings by an earthquake. In Proceedings of the 12th International Conference of the Hellenic Geographical Society, “Innovative Geographies II: Mapping and modeling our world”. 1-4 November 2019, Athens, Greece.

                4. Papadopoulou, E.E., Zouros, N., Vasilakos, C., Soulakellis, N. 2019. Comparison of aerial and terrestrial photogrammetry for 3D mapping of petrified trees, Lesvos geopark. In Regional Conference on Geomorphology, 19-21 September 2019, Athens, Greece.

                5. Kavroudakis, D., Soulakellis, N., Topouzelis, K., Chatzistamatis, S., Vasilakos, C., Papakostantinou, A., Tataris, G., Kalloniatis, C., Roussou, O., Batsaris, M., Chaidas, K., and Kalaitzis, P. 2018. Efficiency and effectiveness approaches in spatial data collection of Vrisa after Lesvos earthquake. Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., XLII-3/W4, 277-281, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLII-3-W4-277-2018.

                6. Makri, D., Stamatis, P., Doukari, M., Papakonstantinou, A., Vasilakos, C., Topouzelis, K. 2018. Multi-scale seagrass mapping in satellite data and the use of UAS in accuracy assessment, Proc. SPIE 10773, Sixth International Conference on Remote Sensing and Geoinformation of the Environment (RSCy2018), 107731T (6 August 2018) doi: 10.1117/12.2326012.

                7. Soulakellis, N., Chatzistamatis, S., Vasilakos, C., Tataris, G., Papakonstantinou, A., Kavroudakis, D., Topouzelis, K., Roussou, O., Kalloniatis, C., Papadopoulou, E. E., Chaidas, K., and Kalaitzis, P. 2018. Synergistic Exploitation of geoinformation methods for post-earthquake 3D mapping of Vrisa traditional settlement, Lesvos Island, Greece. Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., XLII-3/W4, 491-498, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLII-3-W4-491-2018.

                8. Vasilakos, C., Chatzistamatis, S., Roussou, O., and Soulakellis, N. 2018. Terrestrial Photogrammetry vs Laser Scanning for rapid earthquake damage assessment. Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., XLII-3/W4, 527-533, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLII-3-W4-527-2018.

                9. Katsara, N. Vasilakos, C., Topouzelis, K. 2016. Temporal variation of eutrophication at the coastal zone of Lesvos Island by using Remote Sensing and GIS. In Proceedings 9th HellasGIs Conference, 8-9 December 2016, Athens, Greece, 10 p.

                10. Mitsi, T., Vasilakos, C., Tzoraki, O., Dietrich, J. 2016. Soil moisture estimation by using Remote Sensing applied at a catchment in Germany. In Proceedings 9th HellasGIs Conference, 8-9 December 2016, Athens, Greece, 15 p.

                11. Athanasis N., Kalloniatis C., Vaitis M., Vasilakos C., Kalabokidis K. 2015. Building an Innovative Solution for Wildfire Prevention and Management: The “AEGIS” Platform. In On-Line Proceedings of EMCIS 2015: 12th European Mediterranean & Middle Eastern Conference on Information Systems, June 1-2 2015, Athens, Greece. 16 p.

                12. Athanasis N., Karagiannis F., Palaiologou P., Vasilakos C., Kalabokidis K. 2015. AEGIS App: Wildfire Information Management for Windows Phone Devices. Procedia Computer Science 56:544-549.

                13. Kalabokidis K., Athanasis N., Palaiologou P., Vasilakos C., Karagiannis F. 2015. AEGIS App: Forest Fire Information Management for Windows Smartphones. In Proceedings of 2nd International Conference SafeChania 2015: The Knowledge Triangle in the Civil Protection Service, 10-12 June 2015, Chania, Greece. 6 p.

                14. Kalabokidis K., Vasilakos C., Athanasis N., Palaiologou P., Vaitis M., Tsekouras G., Ager A., Finney M. 2015. AEGIS: Wildfire Web Geographic Information System. In Proceedings of 2nd International Conference SafeChania 2015: The Knowledge Triangle in the Civil Protection Service, 10-12 June 2015, Chania, Greece. 6 p

                15. Kalabokidis, K., Vasilakos, C., Athanasis, N., Palaiologou, P. 2015. AEGIS – Wildfire Prevention and Management Information System. In Book of Abstracts of International Conference on Fire Behaviour and Risk, 26-29 May 2015, Alghero, Sardinia, Italy. Pp. 93

                16. Meliadou V., Vasilakos C., Tzoraki O., Kalabokidis K. 2015. Using Remote Sensing technology with SWAT hydrological modeling to estimate soil moisture of an insular basin. IWA Balkan Young Water Professionals 2015, 10-12 May 2015 – Thessaloniki, Greece.

                17. Kalabokidis Κ., Athanasis Ν., Vasilakos C. and Palaiologou P. 2014. Cloud Computing in Geospatial Analysis of Wildfire Danger and Fire Growth. In Wade DD & Fox RL (Eds), Robinson ML (Comp): Proceedings of 4th Fire Behavior and Fuels Conference, 18-22 February 2013, Raleigh, NC, USA and 1-4 July 2013, St. Petersburg, Russia. Published by the International Association of Wildland Fire: Missoula, MT, USA. pp. 457-467

                18. Kalabokidis, K., Athanasis, N., Palaiologou, P., Vasilakos, C., Finney, M. and Ager, A., 2014. Minimum travel time algorithm for fire behavior and burn probability in a parallel computing environment. In Viegas, D. X. (ed.): Proceedings of 7th International Conference on Forest Fire Research, Advances in Forest Fire Research, 17-20 November 2014 Coimbra, Portugal. pp. 882-891. ISBN 978-989-26-0884-6

                19. Kalabokidis, Κ., Vasilakos, C., Athanasis, Ν., Palaiologou, P., and Tsekouras, G. 2014. Wildfire Prevention and Management System (AEGIS). Proceedings of Greek Conference “New Technologies in Prevention and Management of Natural Disasters- The Role of Civil Protection”, 24-26 October 2014, Rhodes, Greece.

                20. Kalabokidis, Κ., Vasilakos, C., Athanasis, Ν., Palaiologou, P. 2012. Development of widldfire risk assessment system and behavior in cloud computing environment. In CD-ROM Proceedings of 7th HellasGIS conference, 17-18 May 2012, Athens. 15 p. (In Greek)

                21. Kalabokidis, Κ., Vasilakos, C., Athanasis, Ν., Palaiologou, P. 2010. Web-GIS platform for wildfire management. 20th Greek meeting of ArcGIS users (ArcInfo–ArcView–ArcGIS Server). 1-3 November, Athens. Marathon Data Systems

                22. Hatzopoulos, J., Vasilakos, C., Christofidis, S., Htouris, S., Loupou, A.C. 2006 Photogrammetric mapping of Mediterranean defense structures using an amateur digital camera, GPS and theodolite. In Proceedings of the ASPRS 2006 Annual Conference “Prospecting for Geospatial Information Integration”. 1-5 May 2006.

                23. Kalabokidis, K., Kallos, G., Karavitis, C., Caballero, D., Tettelaar, P., Llorens, J. and Vasilakos C. 2005 Automated fire and flood hazard protection system. In Proceedings of the 5th International Workshop on Remote Sensing and GIS Applications to Forest Fire Management: Fire Effects Assessment. 16-18th June, Zaragoza. Spain. Pp 167-172.

                24. Kalabokidis, K., C. Karavitis, and C. Vasilakos. 2004. Automated fire and flood danger assessment system. In Proceedings International workshop on forest fires in the wildland-urban interface and rural areas in Europe: an integral planning and management challenge, Xanthopoulos (ed.), 15-16 May 2003, Athens. Published by MAICh, Crete, Greece. Pp. 143-153.

                25. Kalabokidis, Κ., Roussou, O., Vasilakos, C., Markopoulou, D. 2004. Spatial modelling of forest fuel and fire behavior. In 7th Greek Geographic Conference. 14-17 October, Hellenic Geographical Society and Department of Geography, Mytilene. 9 p.

                26. Vasilakos, C., J. Hatzopoulos, K. Kalabokidis, K. Koutsovilis, and A. Thomaidou. 2004. Classification of agricultural fields by using Landsat TM and QuiciBird sensors. The case study of olive trees in Lesvos Island. In Proceedings International Conf. on Information Systems, & Innovative Technologies in Agriculture, Food and Environment, Vlachopoulou et al. (ed.), 18-20 March 2004, Hellenic Association of Information and Communication Technology in Agriculture, Food and Environment (HAICTA), Thessaloniki, Greece. Vol. 2, pp. 324-332.

                27. Vasilakos, C., Kalabokidis, C., Hatzopoulos, J., Kallos, G., Matsinos Y. 2004. Remote Sensing, Artificial Intelligence and Geographic Information Systems in wildfire risk assessment. In 7th Greek Geographic Conference. 14-17 October, Hellenic Geographical Society and Department of Geography, Mytilene. 10 p.

                28. Kalabokidis, K.D., P. Konstantinidis, and C. Vasilakos. 2002. GIS analysis of physical and human impact on wildfire patterns. In Proceedings 4th International Conference on Forest Fire Research and 2002 Wildland Fire Safety Summit, Viegas (ed.), 18-23 November 2002, Luso-Coimbra, Portugal. Published by Millpress Rotterdam Netherlands. ISBN 90-77017-72-0. 13 p.

                29. Vasilakos, C., Hatzopoulos, J., Kalabokidis, C., Papanagiotou E., 1999. Forest fire detection network design using Geographic Information Systems. In CD-ROM Proceedings of 1st HellasGIS conference 9-10 December 1999, Athens. 15 p.

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