Ο Βασίλης Βλάχος είναι Επίκουρος Καθηγητής στο Γενικό Τμήμα του Πανεπιστημίου Θεσσαλίας. Συνεργάζεται ως έμπειρος ερευνητής σε θέματα κυβερνοασφάλειας με το Ινστιτούτο Τεχνολογίας Υπολογιστών & Εκδόσεων Διόφαντος (ΙΤΥΕ Διόφαντος). Ήταν ειδικός σύμβουλος και εμπειρογνώμονας της Ομάδας Δράσης για την Ψηφιακή Ασφάλεια (DART) της Γραμματείας Ψηφιακού Σχεδιασμού του Υπουργείου Οικονομίας και Οικονομικών.
Ο Βασίλης Βλάχος είναι διπλωματούχος Ηλεκτρονικός Μηχανικός και Μηχανικός Υπολογιστών του Πολυτεχνείου Κρήτης, κάτοχος μεταπτυχιακού διπλώματος (MSc) στα Ολοκληρωμένα Συστήματα Υλικού και Λογισμικού από το τμήμα Μηχανικών Η/Υ και Πληροφορικής του Πανεπιστήμιου Πατρών και διδάκτορας του τμήματος Διοικητικής Επιστήμης και Τεχνολογίας του Οικονομικού Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών. Έχει δημοσιεύσει περισσότερα από 40 άρθρα σε επιστημονικά περιοδικά με κριτές και διεθνή ακαδημαϊκά συνεδρία. Ο Βασίλης Βλάχος είναι τακτικός ομιλητής στα σημαντικότερα συνέδρια Τεχνολογιών Πληροφορικής και Επικοινωνιών στην Ελλάδα έχοντας προσκληθεί και πραγματοποιήσει περισσότερες από 40 ομιλίες και εισηγήσεις.
Είναι μέλος του Διοικητικού Συμβουλίου του Οργανισμού Ανοικτών Τεχνολογιών (ΕΕΛ/ΛΑΚ), του Διοικητικού Συμβουλίου της Ένωσης Μηχανικών Πληροφορικής και Επικοινωνιών Ελλάδας (ΕΜηΠΕΕ), του Διοικητικού Συμβουλίου της Ελληνικής Εταιρείας Επιστημόνων και Επαγγελματιών Πληροφορικής και Επικοινωνιών (ΕΠΥ) και πρώην Πρόεδρος και Γενικός Γραμματέας του Διοικητικού Συμβουλίου του Συλλόγου Εκπαιδευτικού Προσωπικού του ΤΕΙ Θεσσαλίας.
Ασφάλεια & Διαχείριση Δικτύων
Το μάθημα περιλαμβάνει τρεις ενότητες: (Α) Εννοιολογική Θεμελίωση και Θεωρητικά Θέματα της Ασφάλειας των Πληροφοριακών Συστημάτων, (Β) Βασικές Αρχές Κρυπτολογίας και Κρυπτογραφικών Συστημάτων (Γ) Πρακτικά Θέματα Ασφάλειας Δικτύων και Υπολογιστικών Συστημάτων
Measuring the Internet’s threat level: A global–local approach.
Spyridon Kollias, Vasileios Vlachos, Alexandros Papanikolaou, Periklis Chatzimisios Christos Ilioudis, and Kostas Metaxiotis. Measuring the Internet’s threat level: A global–local approach. In 5th IEEE International Workshop on Performance Evaluation of Communications in Distributed Systems and Web based Service Architectures (PEDISWESA 2014), Madeire, Portugal, 23–26 June 2014.
Taxonomy of Cyber-Warfare Operations.
Vasileios Vlachos, Charalabos Bountolos and Alexandros Papanikolaou, Taxonomy of Cyber-Warfare Operations. In 2nd International Conference on Cryptography, Network Security and Applications in the Armed Forces (CryptAAF), pages 63-66, Hellenic Military Academy, Athens, Greece, 2014. Extended abstract.
Large-Scale Early Warning System.
Spyridon Kollias, Alexandros Papanikolaou and Vasileios Vlachos. Large-Scale Early Warning System. In 2nd International Conference on Cryptography, Network Security and Applications in the Armed Forces (CryptAAF), pages 87-90, Hellenic Military Academy, Athens, Greece, 2014. Extended abstract.
A global–local approach for estimating the Internet’s threat level.
Spyridon Kollias, Vasileios Vlachos, Alexandros Papanikolaou, Periklis Chatzimisios Christos Ilioudis, and Kostas Metaxiotis. A global–local approach for estimating the Internet’s threat level. Journal of Communications and Networks, 16(4), 2014.
Cyber Warfare and Incident Response.
Ioannis Makripoulias, Anastasios Papathanasiou, Alexandros Papanikolaou, and Vasileios Vlachos. Cyber Warfare and Incident Response. In 2nd International Conference on Cryptography,Network Security and Applications in the Armed Forces (CryptAAF), pages 79-82, Hellenic Military Academy, Athens, Greece, 2014. Extended abstract
Cyber crime in Greece: How bad is it?
Alexandros Papanikolaou, Vasileios Vlachos, Anastasios Papathanasiou, Konstantinos Chaikalis, Maria Dimou, and Magdalini Karadimou. Cyber crime in Greece: How bad is it? In 21st Telecommunications Forum (TELFOR 2013), pages 1-4, Sava Center, Belgrade, Serbia, 26-28 Nov. 2013.
FIMESS: FIltering Mobile External SMS Spam.
Iosif Androulidakis, Vasileios Vlachos, and Alexandros Papanikolaou. FIMESS: FIltering Mobile External SMS Spam. In 6th Balcan Conference in Informatics (BCI 2013), pages 221-227, Thessaloniki, Greece, 19-21 Sep. 2013.
Social Network Engineering for Secure Web Data and Services
Alexandros Papanikolaou, Christos Ilioudis, Vasileios Vlachos, and Periklis Chatzimisios. Privacy issues in social networks. In Luca Caviglione, Mauro Coccoli, and Alessio Merlo, editors, Social Network Engineering for Secure Web Data and Services, chapter 8, pages 162-183. IGI Global, Apr. 2013. DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-3926-3.ch008.
A framework for teaching network security in academic environments.
Alexandros Papanikolaou, Vasileios Vlachos, Andreas Venieris, Christos Ilioudis, Konstantinos Papapanagiotou and Anastasios Stasinopoulos. A framework for teaching network security in academic environments. Information Management & Computer Security, 21(4):315-338, 2013.
Iosif Androulidakis, Vasileios Vlachos, and Alexandros Papanikolaou. Spam goes mobile: Filtering unsolicited SMS traffic. In 20th Telecommunications Forum (TELFOR 2012), pages 1452-1455, Sava Center, Belgrade, Serbia, 20-22 Nov. 2012.
On the evolution of malware species.
Vasileios Vlachos, Christos Ilioudis, and Alexandros Papanikolaou. On the evolution of malware species. In Christos K. Georgiadis, Hamid Jahankhani, Elias Pimenidis, Rabih Bashroush, Ameer Al-Nemrat, editors, Global Security, Safety and Sustainability & e-Democracy, volume 99 of Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, pages 54-61. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2012.
On a Malware Targeting Private Telephony During Cyber Conflict.
Androulidakis Iosif, Yori Kamphuis and Vasileios Vlachos. On a Malware Targeting Private Telephony During Cyber Conflict. In Proceedings of the 20th Telecommunications Forum TELFOR, Belgrad, Serbia 2012
A hacker's perspective on educating future security experts.
Alexandros Papanikolaou, Vassilios Karakoidas, Vasileios Vlachos, Andreas Venieris, Christos Ilioudis, and Georgios Zouganelis. A hacker's perspective on educating future security experts. In: 15th Panhellenic Conference on Informatics with international participation (PCI 2011), pages 68-72, Kastoria, Greece, 30 Sep. - 2 Oct. 2011.
Adapting econometric models, technical analysis and correlation data to computer security data
Spyros K. Kollias, Vasileios Vlachos, Alexandros Papanikolaou, and Vassilis Assimakopoulos. Adapting econometric models, technical analysis and correlation data to computer security data. In SysSec 2011: 1st SysSec Workshop, pages 57-60, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 6 Jul. 2011.
The Landscape of Cybercrime in Greece.
Vasileios Vlachos, Marilena Minou, Vasillis Assimakopouos and Androniki Toska. The Landscape of Cybercrime in Greece. Information Management & Computer Security (Emerald), 19(2):113-123, 2011
Blueprints for a Large--Scale Early Warning System.
Paul G. Spirakis, Vasileios Vlachos, Vassilios Karakoidas, Dimitrios Liappis, Dimitrios Kalaitzis, Eftychios Valeontis, Spyros Kollias and George Argyros. Blueprints for a Large--Scale Early Warning System. In Current Trends in Informatics: 14th Panhellenic Conference on Informatics, PCI 2010, Tripoli, Greece 2010
Chaperone: a content filtering web proxy based on public health policies.
Vasileios Vlachos, and Vassilios Karakoidas. Chaperone: a content filtering web proxy based on public health policies. In Current Trends in Informatics: 13th Panhellenic Conference on Informatics, PCI 2009, Corfu, Greece 2009. New Technologies Publications
Biological Aspects of Computer Virology
Vasileios Vlachos, Diomidis Spinellis, and Stefanos Androutsellis-Theotokis. Biological Aspects of Computer Virology, In 3rd International Conference on e-Democracy, 23 - 25 September 2009, Athens, Greece. Δημοσιεύθηκε επίσης στο Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, 2010, 26, 209-219
Power laws in software.
Panagiotis Louridas, Diomidis Spinellis, and Vasileios Vlachos. Power laws in software. ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology, 18(1):1–26, September 2008. Article 2. (doi:10.1145/1391984.1391986)
Power Laws in Software
Panagiotis Louridas, Diomidis Spinellis and Vasileios Vlachos. Power Laws in Software. ACM Transactions on Software Engineering (TOSEM), Volume 18, Issue 1, pages 1-26, 2008
A PRoactive Malware Identification System based on the Computer Hygiene Principles
Vasileios Vlachos, and Diomidis Spinellis. A PRoactive Malware Identification System based on the Computer Hygiene Principles. Information Management & Computer Security (Emerald), 15(4):295–312, 2007
Simulating bandwidth-limited worms: One graph to rule them all?
Vasileios Vlachos, Eirini Kalliamvakou, and Diomidis Spinellis. Simulating bandwidth-limited worms: One graph to rule them all? In Theodore S. Papatheodorou, Dimitris N. Christodoulakis, and Nikitas N. Karanikolas, editors, Current Trends in Informatics: 11th Panhellenic Conference on Informatics, PCI 2007, Athens, May 2007. New Technologies Publications
The Software quality assessment of open source software.
Georgios Gousios, Vassilios Karakoidas, Konstantinos Stroggylos, Panagiotis Louridas, Vasileios Vlachos, and Diomidis Spinellis. The Software quality assessment of open source software. In Theodore S. Papatheodorou, Dimitris N. Christodoulakis, and Nikitas N. Karanikolas, editors, Current Trends in Informatics: 11th Panhellenic Conference on Informatics, PCI 2007, volume A, pages 303-315, Athens, May 2007. New Technologies Publications
A PRoactive Malware Identification System based on the Computer Hygiene Principles, Information Management & Computer Security
Vasileios Vlachos, and Diomidis Spinellis, A PRoactive Malware Identification System based on the Computer Hygiene Principles, Information Management & Computer Security, 15(4):295–312, 2007. (doi:10.1108/09685220710817815)
The MoR-Trust distributed trust management system: Design and simulation results
Stephanos Androutsellis-Theotokis, Diomidis Spinellis, and Vasileios Vlachos. The MoR-Trust distributed trust management system: Design and simulation results. In proceedings of the 2nd International workshop on security and trust management (STM'06), September 2006, Hamburg, Germany
Also in Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science 179: 3-15 (2007)
PROMISing Steps Towards Computer Hygiene
Vasileios Vlachos, Andreas Raptis and Diomidis Spinellis. PROMISing Steps Towards Computer Hygiene. In International Network Conference 2006, pages 229-236, Plymouth, UK
NGCE - Network Graphs for Computer Epidemiologists
Vasileios Vlachos, Vassiliki Vouzi, Damianos Chatziantoniou and Diomidis Spinellis. NGCE - Network Graphs for Computer Epidemiologists, In 10th Panhellenic Conference in Informatics PCI2005, pages 672-683, Volos, Greece, November 2005,
Also in Springer-Verlag, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 3746
Security Applications of Peer-to-peer Networks
Vasileios Vlachos, Stefanos Androutsellis-Theotokis and Diomidis Spinellis, Security Applications of Peer-to-peer Networks. Computer Networks (Elsevier Science), Volume 45, Issue 2, pages 195-205, June 2004
Security Applications of Peer-to-peer Networks, Computer Networks
Vasileios Vlachos, Stefanos Androutsellis-Theotokis and Diomidis Spinellis, Security Applications of Peer-to-peer Networks, Computer Networks (Elsevier Science), Volume 45, Issue 2, pp 195-205, June 2004. (doi:10.1016/j.comnet.2004.01.002)
Development of a data acquisition system for remote monitoring of renewable energy systems
Kostas Kalaitzakis, Eftichios Koutroulis and Vassilios Vlachos. Development of a data acquisition system for remote monitoring of renewable energy systems. Measurement (Elsevier Science), Volume 34, Issue 2, pages 75-83, September 2003
Development of a Data Acquisition System for Remote Monitoring of Renewable Energy Systems
Kostas Kalaitzakis, Eftichios Koutroulis and Vassilios Vlachos, Development of a Data Acquisition System for Remote Monitoring of Renewable Energy Systems, Measurement (Elsevier Science), Volume 34, Issue 2, pp 75-83, September 2003.