Iraklis Varlamis

Iraklis Varlamis is a lecturer at the Department of Informatics and Telematics of Harokopio University of Athens. He received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece. From 1999-2004, he was member of the DB-NET (http://www.db-net.aueb.gr/) research group (Head: Associate Prof. Vazirgiannis) and since 2005 he is collaborating with the WIM (http://wim.aueb.gr) research group (Head: Associate Prof. Vassalos). His research interests vary from data-mining and the use of semantics in web mining to virtual communities and their applications in education and healthcare. He has published several articles in international journals and conferences, concerning web document clustering, the use of semantics in web link analysis and web usage mining, word sense disambiguation using thesauruses, virtual communities in healthcare etc. He has lectured databases and data mining, information systems and software technology as a lecturer and visiting lecturer at Harokopio University of Athens, Athens University of Economics and Business, the University of Peloponnese, the University of Central Greece, and the University of Aegean. More information is available at http://www.dit.hua.gr/~varlamis.

Publications

Mining Frequent Generalized Patterns for Web Personalization in the Presence of Taxonomies
Mining Frequent Generalized Patterns for Web Personalization in the Presence of Taxonomies
Panagiotis Giannikopoulos, Iraklis Varlamis, Magdalini Eirinaki. © 2012. 17 pages.
The Web is a continuously evolving environment, since its content is updated on a regular basis. As a result, the traditional usage-based approach to generate recommendations...
Hospital Information Systems Replacement and Healthcare Quality
Hospital Information Systems Replacement and Healthcare Quality
Anargyros Chryssanthou, Iraklis Varlamis, John Constantine Sarivougioukas, Ioannis Apostolakis. © 2012. 12 pages.
The aim of this paper is to develop a methodology for deciding when a Hospital Information System (HIS) must be replaced and in addition to discuss how the decision for system...
Certification and Security in Health-Related Web Applications: Concepts and Solutions
Certification and Security in Health-Related Web Applications: Concepts and Solutions
Anargyros Chryssanthou, Ioannis Apostolakis, Iraklis Varlamis. © 2011. 352 pages.
Health-related Web applications have provided advanced services, such as telemedicine, to patients and doctors. However, with the creation of these applications has come the need...
Quality Assurance in Evidence-Based Medicine
Quality Assurance in Evidence-Based Medicine
Ioannis Apostolakis, Periklis Valsamos, Iraklis Varlamis. © 2011. 14 pages.
Evidence-based medicine (EBM) refers to the careful examination of all the available evidence when making decisions about the care of the individual patient. It assumes that well...
Mining Frequent Generalized Patterns for Web Personalization in the Presence of Taxonomies
Mining Frequent Generalized Patterns for Web Personalization in the Presence of Taxonomies
Panagiotis Giannikopoulos, Iraklis Varlamis, Magdalini Eirinaki. © 2010. 19 pages.
The Web is a continuously evolving environment, since its content is updated on a regular basis. As a result, the traditional usage-based approach to generate recommendations...