Lefteris Mamatas

Associate Professor

  • About

    Lefteris Mamatas is an Associate Professor with the Department of Applied Informatics at the University of Macedonia and a Scientific Associate at ATHENA Research Center, in Greece. In the past, he has worked as a Researcher at University College London in the United Kingdom, the Democritus University of Thrace in Greece, and DoCoMo Eurolabs in Germany. He has also been involved in numerous international research projects, including CODECO (Horizon Europe), NEPHELE (Horizon Europe), NECOS (H2020), FED4FIRE+ OC4 (H2020), WiSHFUL OC2 (H2020), MONROE OC2 (H2020), and Extending Internet into Space (ESA). He has authored over 80 articles in international journals and conferences, focusing on areas such as Software-Defined Networks, the Internet of Things, Cloud Computing and 5G/6G Networks.

  • Research Area

    Wireless Broadband Networks and Quality of Service

  • Selected Papers

    Journal Articles

    • R. C. Sofia et al., "A Framework for Cognitive, Decentralized Container Orchestration," IEEE Access, vol. 12, pp. 79978-80008, 2024. 
    • S. Skaperas, L. Mamatas, and V. Tsaoussidis, "A Link-Quality Anomaly Detection Framework for Software-Defined Wireless Mesh Networks." IEEE Transactions on Machine Learning in Communications and Networking,  vol. 2, pp. 495-510, 2024.
    • V. Demiroglou, S. Skaperas, L. Mamatas, and V. Tsaoussidis, "Adaptive Multiprotocol Communication in Smart City Networks," IEEE Internet Things Journal, vol. 11, no. 11, pp. 20499-20513, 2024.
    • L. Mamatas, S. Skaperas, and I. Sakellariou, "ClusterSlice: Slicing Resources for Zero-touch Kubernetes-based Experimentation", Future Generation Computer Systems, vol. 161, pp. 1-10, 2024. 
    • L. Mamatas, V. Demiroglou, S. Kalafatidis, S. Skaperas, V. Tsaoussidis, "Protocol-Adaptive Strategies for Wireless Mesh Smart City Networks", IEEE Network, vol. 37, no. 2, pp. 136-143, 2023.
    • P. Valsamas, S. Skaperas, L. Mamatas, L. M. Contreras, "Virtualization Technology Blending for resource-efficient edge clouds", Computer Networks, vol. 225, pp. 109646, 2023.
    • S. Kalafatidis and L. Mamatas, "Microservices-Adaptive Software-Defined Load Balancing for 5G and Beyond Ecosystems", IEEE Network Magazine, vol. 36, no. 6, pp. 46-53, 2022.
    • C. Liaskos, L. Mamatas, A. Pourdamghani, A. Tsioliaridou, S. Ioannidis, A. Pitsillides, S. Schmid, and I.F. Akyildiz, "Software-Defined Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces: From Theory to End-to-End Implementation", Proceedings of the IEEE, vol. 110, no. 9, pp. 1466-1493, 2022.
    • S. Skaperas, N. Ferdosian, A. Chorti and L. Mamatas, "Scheduling of Heterogeneous Services by Resolving Conflicts", in IEEE Access, vol. 10, pp. 36576-36591, 2022.
    • P. Valsamas, L. Mamatas and L.M. Contreras, "A Comparative Evaluation of Edge Cloud Virtualization Technologies", IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 1351-1365, 2021.
    • S. Clayman, A. Neto, F. Verdi, S. Correa, S. Sampaio, I. Sakelariou, L. Mamatas et al., "The NECOS Approach to End-to-End Cloud-Network Slicing as a Service," in IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 59, no. 3, pp. 91-97, 2021.
    • T. Theodorou and L. Mamatas, "SD-MIoT: A Software-Defined Networking Solution for Mobile Internet of Things", IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 8, no. 6, pp. 4604-4617, 2020.

    Conference Proceedings

    • A. Papadakis, L. Mamatas, and S. Petridou, "Investigating the Latency Dynamics in Vehicular Platooning Networks", in Proc. Int. Mediterranean Conf. Commun. Netw. (MeditCom), Madrid, Spain, July 2024.
    • S. Skaperas, G. Koukis, I.A. Kapetanidou, L. Mamatas and V. Tsaoussidis, “A Pragmatical Approach to Anomaly Detection Evaluation in Edge Cloud Systems”, in Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. Comput. Commun. (INFOCOM) Workshop on CNERT, Vancouver, Canada, May 2024.
    • G. Koukis, S. Skaperas, I.A. Kapetanidou, L. Mamatas and V. Tsaoussidis, “An Open-Source Experimentation Framework for the Edge Cloud Continuum”, in Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. Comput. Commun. (INFOCOM) Workshop on CNERT, Vancouver, Canada, May 2024.
    • G. Koukis, S. Skaperas, I. Kapetanidou, L. Mamatas, and V. Tsaoussidis, “Evaluating CNI Plugins Features & Tradeoffs for Edge Cloud Applications”, in Proc. IEEE Symp. Comput. Commun. (ISCC) Workshop on ECO, Paris, France, June 2024.
    • G. Koukis, S. Skaperas, I. Kapetanidou, L. Mamatas, and V. Tsaoussidis, "Performance Evaluation of Kubernetes Networking Approaches across Constraint Edge Environments", in Proc. IEEE Symp. Comput. Commun. (ISCC) Workshop on NGMSE, Paris, France, June, 2024. 
    • L. Mamatas, S. Skaperas and I. Sakellariou, “ClusterSlice: A Zero-touch Deployment Platform for the Edge Cloud Continuum”, 27th Conference on Innovation in Clouds, Internet and Networks (ICIN), Paris, France, March 2024.

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