Dimitrios Nikolaou

Dr. Dimitrios Nikolaou is a Civil Engineer, PhD and Research Associate at the Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering at the School of Civil Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA). Since 2018, he holds a Civil Engineering Diploma from NTUA majoring in Transportation Engineering. In March 2024, he successfully defended his Doctoral Dissertation at the National Technical University of Athens, titled: “Machine learning-based road crash risk assessment fusing infrastructure, traffic and driver behaviour data”. He has more than 6 years of experience in several aspects of traffic engineering and road safety. He has participated in 15 research projects and has published 39 scientific papers (11 in scientific journals and 28 in scientific conference proceedings after peer review).

Specialisation areas

Traffic Engineering
Road Safety
Crash Analysis
Statistical and Econometric Methods
Machine Learning
Spatial Analyses
Data Science

Education

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), (2019 – 2024), in the Department of Transportation, Planning and Engineering at the National Technical University of Athens. Topic: “Machine learning-based road crash risk assessment fusing infrastructure, traffic and driver behaviour data“.
Diploma of Civil Engineering, 2013-2018, option of Transportation Engineer at the School of Civil Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens.

Teaching Experience

Teaching Assistant in the graduate course “Traffic Flow” of the 7th semester of the School of Civil Engineering of NTUA (2018-2024)
Teaching Assistant in the graduate course “Urban Road Networks” of the 8th semester of School of Civil Engineering of NTUA (2020-2024)
Teaching Assistant in the graduate course “Traffic Management and Road Safety” of the 8th semester of the School of Civil Engineering of NTUA (2018-2024)
Supervising Assistant in 17 Diploma Theses in the School of Civil Engineering of NTUA (2018-2024)

Publications

At the present time (September 2024) thirty nine (39) scientific papers have been published (or have been accepted for publication): 11 papers in scientific journals with peer review and 28 papers in conferences with full paper review.

Publications in scientific journals with peer review

pj11: Nikolaou D., Ziakopoulos A., Kontaxi, A., Theofilatos, A., & Yannis, G. “Spatial analysis of telematics-based surrogate safety measures”, Journal of Safety Research (2024 – accepted).
pj10.Nikolaou D., Ziakopoulos A., Dragomanovits A., Roussou J., Yannis G., “Comparing Machine Learning Techniques for Predictions of Motorway Segment Crash Risk Level”, Safety, Vol.9, Issue 2, 2023.
pj9. Nikolaou D., Ziakopoulos A., Yannis G., “A Review of Surrogate Safety Measures Uses in Historical Crash Investigations”, Sustainability, Vol.15, Issue 9, 2023.
pj8. Nikolaou D., Dragomanovits A., Ziakopoulos A., Deliali A., Handanos I., Karadimas C., Kostoulas G., Frantzola E.K., Yannis G., “Exploiting Surrogate Safety Measures and Road Design Characteristics towards Crash Investigations in Motorway Segments”, Infrastructures, Vol.8, Issue 3, 2023.
pj7. Nikolaou D., Ntontis A., Michelaraki E., Ziakopoulos A., Yannis G., “Pedestrian safety attitudes and self-declared behaviour in Greece”, IATSS Research , Vol.47, Issue 1, 2023, pp. 14-24.
pj6. Nikolaou D., Typa D., Yannis G., “Investigation of traffic and safety behavior of pedestrians while talking on mobile phone”, Advances in Transportation Studies, Special Issue, Vol. 3, 2022, pp. 73-82.
pj5. Nikolaou D., Folla K., Yannis G., “Impact of socioeconomic and transport indicators on road safety during the crisis period in Europe”, International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion, Vol.28, Issue 4, 2021, pp.479-485.
pj4. Ziakopoulos A., Nikolaou D., Yannis G., “Correlations of multiple rider behaviors with self-reported attitudes, perspectives on traffic rule strictness and social desirability”, Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, Vol.80, 2021, pp.313-327.
pj3. Yannis G., Nikolaou D., Laiou A., Achermann Stürmer Y., Buttler I., Jankowska-Karpa D., “Vulnerable road users: Cross-cultural perspectives on performance and attitudes”, IATSS Research, Vol.44, Issue 3, 2020, pp. 220-229.
pj2. Pires C., Torfs K., Areal A., Goldenbeld C., Vanlaar W., Granié M.A., Achermann Stürmer Y., Usami D.S., Kaiser S., Jankowska-Karpa D., Nikolaou D., Holte H., Kakinuma T., Trigoso J., Meesmann U., Van den Berghe, W, “Car drivers’ road safety performance: A benchmark across 32 countries”, IATSS Research, Vol.44, Issue 3, 2020, pp. 166-179.
pj1. Ropaka M., Nikolaou D., Yannis G., “Investigation of traffic and safety behavior of pedestrians while texting or web-surfing”, Traffic Injury Prevention, Vol.21, Issue 6, 2020, pp. 389-394.

Publications in scientific conference proceedings (full papers with review)

pc28: Nikolaou D., Kontaxi A., Ziakopoulos A., Yannis G., Fortsakis P., Frantzola E., Sigalos K., Kouridakis G., “Naturalistic Spatial Road Safety Analysis: The SmartMaps Project”, Proceedings of the Transport Research Arena (TRA) Conference 2024, April 15-18, 2024, Dublin, Ireland.
pc27. Nikolaou D., Kontaxi A., Ziakopoulos A., Yannis G., “Spatial analysis of telematics surrogate safety measures across road environments”, Proceedings of the 11th International Congress on Transportation Research, Heraklion, Greece, 20-22 September 2023.
pc26. Folla K., Kallidoni M., Nikolaou D., Yannis G., “Road Safety Key Performance Indicators in Greece”, Proceedings of the 11th International Congress on Transportation Research, Heraklion, Greece, 20-22 September 2023.
pc25. Merakou M., Nikolaou D., Folla K., Yannis G., “Analysis of distraction characteristics due to mobile phone use in Greece”, Proceedings of the 11th International Congress on Transportation Research, Heraklion, Greece, 20-22 September 2023.
pc24. Krouskos S., Nikolaou D., Folla K., Provatari E., Yannis G., “Analysis of speeding characteristics in Greece”, Proceedings of the 11th International Congress on Transportation Research, Heraklion, Greece, 20-22 September 2023.
pc23. Ziakopoulos A., Michelaraki E., Nikolaou D., Folla K., Yannis G., “Association Rule Mining for Island and Mainland Road Crash Injuries in Greece”, Proceedings of the Transport Research Arena (TRA) Conference 2022, November 14-17, 2022, Lisbon, Portugal.
pc22. Georgakopoulos D., Nikolaou D., Roussou J., Yannis G., “The impact of mobility characteristics on public transport and road safety performance in selected European cities”, Proceedings of the Transport Research Arena (TRA) Conference 2022, November 14-17, 2022, Lisbon, Portugal.
pc21. Kallidoni M., Nikolaou D., Folla K., Yannis G., “EU countries’ ranking in different road crash types”, Proceedings of the Transport Research Arena (TRA) Conference 2022, November 14-17, 2022, Lisbon, Portugal.
pc20. Yannis G., Folla K., Nikolaou D., Chaziris A., Kallidoni M., “Assessing Driver Safety Behaviour in Greece”, Proceedings of the Transport Research Arena (TRA) Conference 2022, November 14-17, 2022, Lisbon, Portugal.
pc19. Yannis G., Laiou A., Dragomanovits A., Nikolaou D., Michelaraki E., Folla K., Kallidoni M., Georgiopoulos S., Parissis M., “Effective road safety measures in Greece”, Proceedings of the Transport Research Arena (TRA) Conference 2022, November 14-17, 2022, Lisbon, Portugal.
pc18. Yannis G., Laiou A., Dragomanovits A., Nikolaou D., Folla K., Michelaraki E., Kallidoni M., Apostoleris K., Mavromatis S., Georgiopoulos S., Parissis M., “Development of the Road Safety Strategic Plan in Greece, 2021-2030”, Proceedings of the Transport Research Arena (TRA) Conference 2022, November 14-17, 2022, Lisbon, Portugal.
pc17. Yannis G., Dragomanovits A., Roussou J., Nikolaou D., “Development and implementation of a methodology for the economic appraisal of road infrastructure safety schemes”, Proceedings of 6th International Symposium on Highway Geometric Design and Urban Street Symposium, Amsterdam, 26-29 June 2022.
pc16. Typa D., Nikolaou D., Yannis G., “Investigation of traffic and safety behavior of pedestrians while talking on mobile phone”, Proceedings of the 8th Road Safety & Simulation International Conference, Athens, Greece, 8-10 June 2022.
pc15. Yannis G., Nikolaou D., Dragomanovits A., “Investigation of accident modelling data in Greece”, Proceedings of the 8th Road Safety & Simulation International Conference, Athens, Greece, 8-10 June 2022.
pc14. Nikolaou D., Dragomanovits A., Efstathiadis S., Diaconu S., Yannis G., “Best practice for safe roads around schools” Proceedings of the 10th International Congress on Transportation Research, Rhodes, Greece, 2-3 September 2021.
pc13. Michelaraki E., Nikolaou D., Yannis G., “Assessment of the evolution of road safety in Greece” Proceedings of the 10th International Congress on Transportation Research, Rhodes, Greece, 2-3 September 2021.
pc12. Yannis G., Laiou A., Dragomanovits A., Nikolaou D., Folla K., Apostoleris K., Mavromatis S., Georgiopoulos S., Parisis M., “Development of the Road Safety Strategic Plan in Greece, 2021-2030” Proceedings of the 10th International Congress on Transportation Research, Rhodes, Greece, 2-3 September 2021.
pc11. Papantoniou G., Nikolaou D., Papantoniou P., “Investigation of road accidents’ characteristics in the Dodecanese” Proceedings of the 10th International Congress on Transportation Research, Rhodes, Greece, 2-3 September 2021.
pc10. Papantoniou P., Gonidi C., Papatzikou E., Chaziris A., Papadakos P., Nikolaou D., Folla K., Vlahogianni E., Yannis G., “Analysis of traffic and parking characteristics in the Municipality of Athens”, Proceedings of the 10th International Congress on Transportation Research, Rhodes, Greece, 2-3 September 2021.
pc9. Yannis G., Folla K., Nikolaou D., Dragomanovits A., Wang X., “Development of a Platform for Global Road Safety Data Analysis” Proceedings of the 8th Transport Research Arena TRA 2020, April 27-30, 2020, Helsinki, Finland.
pc8. Nikolaou D., Goldenbeld C., Ziakopoulos A., Laiou A., Yannis G., “Road user safety attitudes towards driver fatigue”, Proceedings of the 8th Transport Research Arena TRA 2020, April 27-30, 2020, Helsinki, Finland.
pc7. Yannis G., Mavromatis S., Folla K., Laiou A., Nikolaou D., Zammataro S., Funk J., Theofilatos A., Welsh R., Talbot R., Fernandez E., Sogodel V., Wismans J., Kluppels L., Carnis L., Mignot D., “Identification of Road Safety Risk Factors in Africa”, Proceedings of the 8th Transport Research Arena TRA 2020, April 27-30, 2020, Helsinki, Finland.
pc6. Ropaka M., Nikolaou D., Yannis G., “Investigation of Traffic and Safety Behavior of Pedestrians Texting or Web-Surfing”, Proceedings of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) 99th Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., 12-16 January 2020.
pc5. Yannis G., Dragomanovits A., Roussou J., Nikolaou D., “Economic Assessment of Road Infrastructure Safety Schemes in Greece Using Crash Prediction Methodology”, Proceedings of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) 99th Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., 12-16 January 2020.
pc4. Nikolaou D., Folla K., Bellos E., Yannis G., “Tourism and Road Accidents in Greece”, Proceedings of the 9th International Congress on Transportation Research, Athens, Greece, 24-25 October 2019.
pc3. Yannis G., Mavromatis S., Laiou A., Folla K., Nikolaou D., “Thematic Fact Sheets on Road Safety Risk Factors in Africa – A Knowledge and Management Tool”, Proceedings of the 9th International Congress on Transportation Research, Athens, Greece, 24-25 October 2019.
pc2. Yannis G., Dragomanovits A., Roussou J., Nikolaou D., “Methodology for the economic assessment of road safety interventions”, Proceedings of the 9th International Congress on Transportation Research, Athens, Greece, 24-25 October 2019.
pc1. Nikolaou D., Folla K., Yannis G., “The effect of socioeconomics and transportation conditions on road safety in the European Union”, Proceedings of the 7th Panhellenic Road Safety Conference, Larissa, Greece, 11-12 October 2018.

Presentations in scientific conferences and seminars

At the present time (September 2024) forty-four (44) presentations have been made in scientific conferences and seminars.

cp44. Nikolaou D., Yannis G., Roka S., “Injury Mitigation to Promote Vision-Zero Achievement”, Research Village Associations Stand, Transport Research Arena (TRA) Conference 2024, April 15-18, 2024, Dublin, Ireland.
cp43. Petraki V., Nikolaou D., Kazakis G., Damikoukas S., Kallioras N., Lagaros N., Yannis G., “Optimising driver behaviour for safe, green and energy efficient mobility”, Research Village Associations Stand, Transport Research Arena (TRA) Conference 2024, April 15-18, 2024, Dublin, Ireland.
cp42. Nikolaou D., Kaselouris K., Yannis G., Meesmann U., “E-Survey of Road Users’ Attitudes”, Research Village Associations Stand, Transport Research Arena (TRA) Conference 2024, April 15-18, 2024, Dublin, Ireland.
cp41. Dragomanovits A., Nikolaou D., Yannis G., “National Road Safety Strategic Plan 2021-2030”, Conference Vision Zero Road Accidents – Is it possible and how, organised by the Private Passenger Car Owners Association, Athens, Greece, 21 February 2024.
cp40. Nikolaou D., Ziakopoulos A., Kontaxi A., Yannis G., “Development of algorithms for multiparametric analysis of driving behaviour and road segment crash risk”, Telematics Boosting Mobility Behaviour Workshop, organised by NTUA, Athens, Greece, 22 November 2023.
cp39. Kontaxi A., Ziakopoulos A., Nikolaou D., Yannis G., “Development of infrastructure, driving behaviour and fuel consumption maps”, Telematics Boosting Mobility Behaviour Workshop, organised by NTUA, Athens, Greece, 22 November 2023.
cp38. Oikonomou M., Ziakopoulos A., Roussou S., Nikolaou D., Yannis G., “Safety assessment of Athens Great Walk segments with telematics data”, Telematics Boosting Mobility Behaviour Workshop, organised by NTUA, Athens, Greece, 22 November 2023.
cp37. Yannis G., Ziakopoulos A., Nikolaou D., Kontaxi A., “Telematics and mobility behaviour”, Telematics Boosting Mobility Behaviour Workshop, organised by NTUA, Athens, Greece, 22 November 2023.
cp36. Kontaxi A., Ziakopoulos A., Nikolaou D., Yannis G., “Smart city mapping for safer and eco driver behaviour”, Road Safety Research Challenges Workshop, organised by NTUA within the framework of the 7th UN Global Road Safety Week, Athens, Greece 19 May 2023.
cp35. Nikolaou D., Dragomanovits A., Ziakopoulos A., Deliali A., Handanos I., Karadimas C., Yannis G., “Modelling road infrastructure safety”, Road Safety Research Challenges Workshop, organised by NTUA within the framework of the 7th UN Global Road Safety Week, Athens, Greece 19 May 2023.
cp34. Dragomanovits A., Yannis G., Laiou A., Nikolaou D., Folla K., Michelaraki E., Kallidoni M., Apostoleris K., Mavromatis S., Georgiopoulos S., Parissis M., “National Road Safety Strategy – Greece 2030”, Road Safety Research Challenges Workshop, organised by NTUA within the framework of the 7th UN Global Road Safety Week, Athens, Greece 19 May 2023.
cp33. Kaselouris K., Nikolaou D., Laiou A., Yannis G., “E-Survey of Road users’ Attitudes – ESRA3”, Road Safety Research Challenges Workshop, organised by NTUA within the framework of the 7th UN Global Road Safety Week, Athens, Greece 19 May 2023.
cp32. Nikolaou D., Dragomanovits A., Ziakopoulos A., Deliali A., Handanos I., Karadimas C., Yannis G., “Exploiting Surrogate Safety Measures and Road Design Characteristics towards Crash Investigations in Motorway Segments”, Telematics and Driver Behaviour Workshop, organised by NTUA, Athens, Greece, 4 April 2023.
cp31. Ziakopoulos A., Nikolaou D., Kontaxi A., Yannis G., “Spatial analysis of telematics surrogate safety measures across road environments – SmartMaps”, Telematics and Driver Behaviour Workshop, organised by NTUA, Athens, Greece, 4 April 2023.
cp30. Kontaxi A., Ziakopoulos A., Nikolaou D., Yannis G., “State of the art on spatial analysis and visualization tools for potential telematics applications – SmartMaps”, Telematics and Driver Behaviour Workshop, organised by NTUA, Athens, Greece, 4 April 2023.
cp29. Yannis G., Nikolaou D., “How EU Member States developed and adopted their national road safety strategy/action plan for the decade 2021-2030”, 3rd EU-ASEAN Road Safety Workshop & Capacity Building, Bangkok, 7-9 February 2023.
cp28. Yannis G., Nikolaou D., Kallidoni M., Folla K., “Setting Priority Measures to meet Targets and KPIs: The Greek National Road Safety Plan 2021-2030”, 7th IRTAD Conference, Lyon, 27-28 September 2022.
cp27. Yannis G., Ziakopoulos A., Nikolaou D., “Correlations of multiple rider behaviors with self-reported attitudes, perspectives on traffic rule strictness and social desirability”, International ESRA Conference: Traffic Safety Culture and Performance Indicators, Online, 21 April 2022.
cp26. Nikolaou D., Zoupos A., Ziakopoulos A., Yannis G., “Modelling self-reported driver perspectives and fatigued driving via deep learning”, International ESRA Conference: Traffic Safety Culture and Performance Indicators, Online, 21 April 2022.
cp25. Yannis G., Folla K., Nikolaou D., “The Greek National Road Safety Plan 2021-2030: Linking and Monitoring Road Safety Targets, KPIs and Measures”, for the IRTAD Webinar organized by ITF, 9 March 2022.
cp24. Yannis G., Nikolaou D., Folla K., Chaziris A., Kallidoni M., Ziakopoulos A., Kontaxi A., “Data visualization for Road Safety Decision Support”, 7th ITS Hellas Conference, 8-9 December 2021.
cp23. Yannis G., Folla K., Nikolaou D., Kallidoni M., “The value of disaggregate data in road crash analysis”, 33rd Virtual Meeting of the International Safety Data and Analysis Group (IRTAD), 16 November 2021.
cp22. Yannis G., Nikolaou D., Kallidoni M., “The value of disaggregate data in road crash analysis”, CARE expert meeting, 28 October 2021.
cp21. Laiou A., Nikolaou D., Michelaraki E., Folla K., Dragomanovits A., Yannis G., “Development of the Road Safety Strategic Plan in Greece 2021-2030”, Innovation in Road Safety Research Workshop, organised by NTUA within the framework of the Sixth UN Global Road Safety Week, online, 20 May 2021.
cp20. Ziakopoulos A., Kontaxi A., Nikolaou D., Yannis G., “Smart city mapping for safer and eco driver behaviour”, Innovation in Road Safety Research Workshop, organised by NTUA within the framework of the Sixth UN Global Road Safety Week, online, 20 May 2021.
cp19. Deliali K., Yannis G., Dragomanovits A., Laiou A., Folla K., Nikolaou D., Basta O., “Modelling crash modification factors globally”, Innovation in Road Safety Research Workshop, organised by NTUA within the framework of the Sixth UN Global Road Safety Week, online, 20 May 2021.
cp18. Nikolaou D., Laiou A., Yannis G., “Monitoring road safety attitudes globally”, Innovation in Road Safety Research Workshop, organised by NTUA within the framework of the Sixth UN Global Road Safety Week, online, 20 May 2021.
cp17. Yannis G., Nikolaou D., “Review of Road Safety Strategic Plans Worldwide”, 32nd Virtual Meeting of the International Safety Data and Analysis Group (IRTAD), 13 April 2021.
cp16. Yannis G., Laiou A., Nikolaou D., Usami D.S., Sgarra V., Azarko A., “Thematic Report: Moped drivers and Motorcyclists”, 4th Webinar at the ESRA2 Webinar Series, 16 December 2020.
cp15. Yannis G., Nikolaou D., “Global Diversity in Traffic Safety Culture”, 6th Global Interactive Forum on Traffic & Safety, organised by IATSS, 26 November 2020.
cp14. Parisis M., Georgiopoulos S., Dimostheniadou D., Yannis G., Folla K., Nikolaou D., “Powered Two Wheelers Safety Greece – State of play”, EU Road Safety Exchange National Workshop, organised by ETSC, 24 November 2020.
cp13. Yannis G., Nikolaou D., Folla K., “Tourism and Road Accidents in Greece”, Road Safety Culture: Yesterday-Today-Tomorrow organised by LaHeRS, 20-21 November 2020.
cp12. Nikolaou D., Laiou A., Yannis G., Goldenbeld C., “Road user safety attitudes towards driver fatigue”, 1st International Interdisciplinary Online Conference: “The Traffic Society”, organised by the Hellenic Driving Instructors Association, 29-31 May 2020.
cp11. Yannis G., Folla K., Nikolaou D., “Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol and Road Safety”, Roundtable Meeting: Responsible Alcohol Consumption and Road Safety, organised by Athenian Brewery, Athens, Greece, 12 February 2020.
cp10. Mavromatis S., Yannis G., Folla K., Laiou A., Nikolaou D., “Road Safety Knowledge and Data”, SaferAfrica Final Conference “Results and future perspectives for road safety in Africa”, organised by European Commission, Tunis, Tunisia, 18 September 2019.
cp9. Yannis G., Folla K., Nikolaou D., “Telematics, Big Data and Road Safety”, Connected Cars Conference 2019, organised by Boussias Communications, Athens, Greece, 18 September 2019.
cp8. Yannis G., Folla K., Nikolaou D., MacLennan E., Bellos E., “Tourism and Road Accidents in Greece”, Transport and Tourism Workshop, organised by the Hellenic Institute of Transportation Engineers and the Centre for Research and Technology-Hellas (CERTH), Rhodes, Greece, 4 September 2019.
cp7. Nikolaou D., Laiou A., Yannis G., Pires C., Meesmann U., “Country Fact Sheets”, 2nd ESRA Symposium on Global Road Safety Performance Indicators, organised by the VIAS Institute, Brussels, Belgium, 18 June 2019.
cp6. Yannis G., Laiou A., Nikolaou D., Goldenbeld C., “Thematic Report: Driver Fatigue”, 2nd ESRA Symposium on Global Road Safety Performance Indicators, organised by the VIAS Institute, Brussels, Belgium, 18 June 2019.
cp5. Nikolaou D., Laiou A., Yannis G., “Monitoring road safety attitudes globally”, NTUA – Digitalisation and Road Safety Research Workshop, organised by NTUA within the framework of the Fifth UN Global Road Safety Week, Athens, Greece, 17 May 2019.
cp4. Dragomanovits A., Roussou J., Nikolaou D., Yannis G., “Economic Analysis of road infrastructure safety projects”, NTUA – Digitalisation and Road Safety Research Workshop, organised by NTUA within the framework of the Fifth UN Global Road Safety Week, Athens, Greece, 17 May 2019.
cp3. Teressonok J., Folla K., Ziakopoulos A., Nikolaou D., Yannis G., “Big Data for Road Safety”, NTUA – Digitalisation and Road Safety Research Workshop, organised by NTUA within the framework of the Fifth UN Global Road Safety Week, Athens, Greece, 17 May 2019.
cp2. Yannis G., Mavromatis S., Folla K., Nikolaou D., “The SaferAfrica: African Road Safety Observatory”, 4th SaferAfrica Dialogue Platform Workshop, organised by the European Commission, Brussels, Belgium, 4 April 2019.
cp1. Folla K., Yannis G., Nikolaou D., “The European Union Road Safety Action Plan”, National Road Safety Policy Development – Trends and Challenges Conference, organised by the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development and UNECE, Tbilisi, Georgia, 14 November 2018.

Theses

Nikolaou D., “Machine learning-based road crash risk assessment fusing infrastructure, traffic and driver behaviour data”. Doctoral Dissertation (PhD Thesis), Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering, School of Civil Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, March 2024.
Nikolaou D., “Impact of economic, social and transport indicators on road safety during the crisis period in Europe”, Diploma Thesis, Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering, School of Civil Engineering, NTUA, Supervisor: G. Yannis, July 2018.

Research projects

Participation in fifteen (15) research projects in the field of Transportation Planning and Engineering

“IMPROVA: Injury Mitigation to Promote Vision-Zero Achievement”, of the Horizon Europe framework programme on transport research of the European Commission (2024-ongoing)
“OptiMo: Optimising driver behaviour for safe, green and energy efficient mobility”, carried out for the Hellenic Foundation for Research & Innovation (HFRI) (2024-ongoing)
“ERSOnext: Support to the European Road Safety Observatory”, carried out for the Directorate General for Transport and Mobility of the European Commission (2023-ongoing)
“Trendline: Support of technical activities for the development and collection of Road Safety Key Performance Indicators” carried out for the Directorate General for Transport and Mobility of the European Commission. (2022-ongoing)
“Unsafe Traffic Events: Exploring the relationship between unsafe traffic events and crash occurrence” funded by NTUA resources. (2022-ongoing)
“ESRA3: E-Survey of Road users’ Attitudes” within the ESRA cooperation of road safety institutes. (2022-2024)
“SmartMaps: Smart city mapping for safer and eco driver behaviour through smartphone sensor big data” of the National Strategic Reference Framework, co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the “Competitiveness, Entrepreneurship and Innovation” framework. (2021-2023)
“Baseline Greece: Collection of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for road safety in the EU” of the European Commission’s Road Safety Policy Framework 2021-2030 and Strategic Action Plan on Road Safety (2021-2022)
“Development of the Road Safety Strategic Plan in Greece 2021-2030”, carried out for the Hellenic Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport (2021-2022)
a-traffic: Innovative traffic and parking policies in the center of Athens” a cooperation between the Municipality of Athens and National Technical University of Athens (2019-2020)
i-safemodels: International Comparative Analyses of Road Traffic Safety Statistics and Safety Modeling” of the National Strategic Reference Framework: Greece – China Joint R&D Projects, funded by the “Competitiveness, Entrepreneurship and Innovation” framework (2019-ongoing)
“BeSmart: Multi-modal driver behaviour and safety support system on the basis of smartphone applications” of the framework of the research programme “Explore-Create-Innovate” of the General Secretariat for Research and Technology (2018-2022).
“ESRA2: E-Survey of Road users’ Attitudes” within the ESRA cooperation of road safety institutes (2018-2020).
Velivr’: Cyclisme sous l’emprise d’alcool et de stupéfiants: état actuel et risques” carried out for the Délégation à la Sécurité Routière du Ministère de l’ Intérieur de la République Française (2018-2019).
“SaferAfrica: Innovating dialogue and problems appraisal for a safer Africa” of the Horizons 2020 framework programme on Research & Innovation of the European Commission (2016-2019).

Professional engineering activities

Participation in one (1) project in the field of Transportation Planning and Engineering

Preliminary Economic Analysis for the Greek Road Rehabilitation and Safety Project, carried out for the European Investment Bank (2018-2019).

Computer Skills and Software Knowledge

Knowledge of Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint
Statistical analysis software and coding: SPSS, R, R-studio
Business Intelligence Tools: Tableau
Drawing and designing: AutoCAD
Traffic simulation software: SUMO

Languages

Greek (native language)
English
German

Affiliations

Member of the Technical Chamber of Greece
Member of the Hellenic Institute of Transportation Engineers

Distinctions and Awards

09/2024 Thomaideio Award (NTUA) for the paper “A Review of Surrogate Safety Measures Uses in Historical Crash Investigations”, published in Sustainability, Vol. 15.
09/2023 Road Safety Award – Young Researcher Best Paper for the paper “Spatial analysis of telematics surrogate safety measures across road environments” at the 11th ICTR Congress in Heraklion, Greece.
07/2023 Thomaideio Award (NTUA) for the paper “Investigation of traffic and safety behavior of pedestrians while talking on mobile phone”, published in Advances in Transportation Studies, Vol. 3 (Special Issue).
11/2022 Thomaideio Award (NTUA) for the paper “Correlations of multiple rider behaviors with self-reported attitudes, perspectives on traffic rule strictness and social desirability”, published in 2021 in Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, Vol.80.
06/2022 Best paper award for the paper titled “Development and implementation of a methodology for the economic appraisal of road infrastructure safety schemes” during the 6th International Symposium on Highway Geometric Design and Urban Street Symposium.
05/2022 Thomaideio Award (NTUA) for the paper “Vulnerable road users: Cross-cultural perspectives on performance and attitudes”, published in 2020 in IATSS Research, Vol.44, Issue 3.
11/2021 Thomaideio Award (NTUA) for the paper “Tourism and Road Accidents in Greece.” published in 2019 in the proceedings of the 9th International Congress on Transportation Research “Transport 4.0: The Smart Evolution”.
2008-2013: Six honors for excellence during secondary education.

Invited reviewer of papers to be published in scientific journals and conferences