Membership to the prestigious Academy follows a rigorous peer review selection process.

Professor Yannis Manolopoulos, a member of the Greek ACM-W Chapter, has been elected as a member of the prestigious Academy of Europe.

The aim of the Academia Europaea is to promote European research, advise governments and international organisations in scientific matters, and further interdisciplinary and international research. Membership of the Academy is by invitation only and follows a rigorous peer review selection process by each relevant section.

Yannis Manolopoulos holds a 5-years Diploma degree in Electrical Engineering (1981) and a Ph.D. degree in Computer Engineering (1986), both from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He is Professor of the Open University of Cyprus, Professor Emeritus of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, as well as Member of Academia Europaea, London. He has been with the University of Toronto, the University of Maryland at College Park, the University of Cyprus and the Hellenic Open University. He has served as Vice-Rector of the Open University of Cyprus, President of the Board of the University of Western Macedonia in Greece and Vice-President of the Greek Computer Society. Currently, he serves as Dean of the Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences of the Open University of Cyprus and Member of the Board of the Research and Innovation Foundation of Cyprus.

Congratulations to our member for his accomplishment!