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Prof. Nikitas NIKITAKOS
Phd, Professor, University of the Aegean,
Hellenic Institute for Strategic Studies - (HEL.I.S.S.)
Prof. N. Nikitakos is a graduate of Hellenic Naval Academy (1980) and holds a B.Sc. in Economics
(University of Piraeus 1986) and 2 M.Sc. from Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, USA (M.Sc.
Electrical .Engineering. and M.Sc. in Appl. Mathematics ). He spent 25 years as Naval Officer (Captain
H.N. ret.) when he participated in several NATO and EU committees He received a Ph.D. in Electrical and
Computer Engineering from National Technical University of Athens (1996). He is Professor of Shipping
Informatics and Communications and was Head of the Dept. of Shipping Trade and Transport in the
University of the Aegean (2005-2009). He is Technical Advisor of Hellenic Chamber of Shipping
representing the organization in IMO’s COMSAR and NAV Subcommittees. He is member of IMO’s
groups on e-navigation and GMDSS modernization He has participated mainly as coordinator/principal
researcher in several European and defense related research projects. He was AMMITEC’s (Association
of Maritime Managers Information Technology Electronics and Communication) president from 2006-
2010 and currently President of Aegean Institute of the Law of the Sea and Maritime law in Rhodes. He
holds 3 international patents on environment and renewable energies at sea and he was awarded from
Lloyd’s List on Maritime Technological Innovation in 2006 and from EU-DGRegion for his work on
isolated islands. He has published 5 books and many articles in international referred journals and
conferences. He is Adjunct Professor at Shanghai Maritime University, Hangzhou Dianzi University -
China and ΑΜΕΤ - India. He holds a ISPS, PMP and PMI-RPM certifications.
"UAV’s development at the dawn of 21st century"
UAV systems are now being operated by several military forces and currently, to a more limited extent,
by civilian organizations. The systematic nature of UAV systems, which is achieved through the
combination of many elements and their supporting disciplines. In the presentation after a small
introduction to the 4th Industrial Revolution and the way that several of tis characteristics (i.e. Internet
of Things, Big Data, un,anned platforms)is expected to influence modern military/civilian operations the
classification followed by the main characteristics of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (range, workload,
operational objectives etc) and finally several UAV’s recent developments will be presented such as
launch systems, recovery techniques, telepresence, voice directed UAV etc. The concept of cubesat will
be discussed and the project of first Hellenic picosat for maritime applications coordinated by the
University of the Aegean will be also presented........................