Professor Timos Sellis
PhD in Computer Science, University of California, Berkeley, United States; MSc in Computer Science, Harvard University, United States; Diploma in Electrical Enginerring, National Technical Univ. of Athens, Greece
- Faculty of Science, Engineering & Technology
- School of Software and Electrical Engineering
- Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering
- SPS149b Hawthorn campus
- ORCID profile
Biography
Professor Timos Sellis is Director of Swinburne’s Data Science Research Institute. His research interests include big data, data streams, personalisation, data integration, and spatio- temporal database systems.
Professor Sellis was elected IEEE Fellow in 2009 for his contributions to database query optimisation and spatial data management, and ACM Fellow in 2013 for his contributions to database query optimisation, spatial data management and data warehousing. In 2018 he was awarded the IEEE TCDE Impact Award, in recognition of his impact in the field and for contributions to database systems research and broadening the reach of data engineering research.
Up until 2012 Professor Sellis was Director of the Institute for the Management of Information Systems and a Professor at the National Technical University of Athens. He holds an MSc degree from Harvard University, a PhD from the University of California at Berkeley, and has served as president of the National Council for Research and Technology of Greece.
Research interests
Database Systems; Data Science; Big Data
PhD candidate and honours supervision
Higher degrees by research
Accredited to supervise Masters & Doctoral students as Principal Supervisor.
Fields of Research
- Database Management - 080604
- Global Information Systems - 080606
Teaching areas
Database Systems
Awards
- 2018, International, Impact Award, IEEE TCDE
- 2013, International, ACM Fellow, ACM
- 2009, International, IEEE Fellow, IEEE
Publications
Also published as: Sellis, Timos; Sellis, T.; Sellis, Timoleon
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Recent research grants awarded
- 2019: Resource deployment and optimisation in disaster management *; DATA61
- 2018: Developing a new machine learning algorithm for automated quality assurance of linked data in spatiotemporal databases (AMSI Internship for RMIT studentMingzhao Li) *; Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute Intern Program
- 2018: Developing and using VR, AR or Mixed reality for the management of chronic pain *; Medibank Private Limited Fund Scheme
- 2018: Identifying technological trajectories using machine learning algorithms *; ARC Linkage Projects Scheme
- 2018: Linked semantic platforms for social & physical infrastructure & wellbeing *; ARC Linkage Infrastructure and Equipment Scheme
- 2018: Responsible use of data - giving back power to the consumer *; Tel Aviv University - Swinburne Research Collaboration Awards
- 2018: Smart Contracts for AML/CTF Reporting Obligations *; AUSTRAC_PT
- 2017: Trajectory Data Processing - Spatial Computing meets Information Retrieval *; ARC Discovery Projects Scheme
- 2016: Effective and Efficient Query Processing over Dynamic Social Networks *; ARC Discovery Projects Scheme
- 2016: Sonepar Data and Predictive Analytics *; Sonepar Asia Pacific Ltd
- 2014: Efficient and effective ad-hoc search using structured and unstructured geospatial information *; Aarhus University, Denmark
* Chief Investigator
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