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Dr. Despoina Chatzakou

Postdoctoral Research Associate

  • Degree in Computer Science, School of Informatics, AUTH (2010)
  • Postgraduate Program, Informatics and Management, Joint Postgraduate Course (Schools of Informatics and Economic Sciences), AUTH (2012)
  • Ph.D. Program, Computer Science, AUTH (2017)
Despoina Chatzakou holds a diploma in Informatics and an MSc in Informatics and Management from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. On November 2017, she successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis on the topic of “User Behavior Analysis on Social Web with Knowledge Discovery Techniques” at the Informatics department of Aristotle University. Her research activity mainly lies on: (i) web data mining, with particular interest in data streams and social network analysis, (ii) natural language processing and text mining, (iii) modeling methods for graph and network data, and (iv) behavior analysis (e.g., sentiment analysis, affective computing, discovery of abusive behaviors). Despoina Chatzakou joined the Information Technologies Institute (ITI) of the Center for Research and Technology, Hellas (CERTH) in September 2018 as a postdoctoral research fellow.

Recent Publications

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  • A. Spyros, I. Koritsas, A. Papoutsis, P. Panagiotou, D. Chatzakou, D. Kavallieros, T. Tsikrika, S. Vrochidis, I. Kompatsiaris, "AI-Based Holistic Framework for Cyber Threat Intelligence Management.", IEEE Access, vol. 13, pp. 20820-20846, 2025, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2025.3533084
  • N. Mylonas, N. Stylianou, D. Chatzakou, T. Spathi, S. Alevizos, A. Drandaki, A. Koufakis, G. Kalpakis, T. Tsikrika, S. Vrochidis, "Online Child Grooming Detection: Challenges and Future Directions.", in Paradigms on Technology Development for Security Practitioners, I. Gkotsis, D. Kavallieros, N. Stoianov, S. Vrochidis, D. Diagourtas, B. Akhgar, (eds), Security Informatics and Law Enforcement, Springer, Cham, pp 237–247. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-62083-6_19
  • N. Avgerinos, P. Mertis, M. Tsagaris, N. Desipris, G. Lyberopoulos, E. Theodoropoulou, K. Filis, J. Sarajlić, M. Pastor, D. Chatzakou, G. Kalpakis, C. Chatzikonstantinou, D. Tsatsou, S. Demertzis, P. Leskovsky, C. Mendes, S. Linehan, J. Mulcahy, I. Karvelas, M. Álvarez Fernández, A. Alegria, "Innovative Digital Forensic and Investigation Tools for Law Enforcement: The EMPOWER & TRACY Approach.", in Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications and Innovations (AIAI 2024), Corfu, Greece, 27-30 June 2024. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-63227-3_6
  • A. Bozas, S. Andreadis, D. Chatzakou, S. Symeonidis, O. Theodosiadou, P. Kyriakidis, A. Kokkalas, E. A. Stathopoulos, S. Diplaris, T. Tsikrika, I. Gialampoukidis, S. Vrochidis, I. Kompatsiaris, "From Research to Applications: What Can We Extract with Social Media Sensing?.", SN Computer Science, vol. 5, no. 5, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42979-024-02712-9
  • A. Kasampalis, D. Chatzakou, T. Tsikrika, S. Vrochidis, I. Kompatsiaris, "Bias Detection and Mitigation in Textual Data: a Study on Fake News and Hate Speech Detection.", in Proceedings of the 46th European Conference on Information Retrieval (ECIR 2024), Part III, Glasgow, UK, March 24-28, 2024, pp. 374-383. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-56063-7_29
Contact
Dr. Despoina Chatzakou
Building A - Office 2.4

Information Technologies Institute
Centre of Research & Technology - Hellas
6th km Harilaou - Thermis, 57001, Thermi - Thessaloniki
Tel.: +30 2311 257701-3
Fax: +30 2310 474128
Email: dchatzakou@iti.gr
Url: www.linkedin.com/in/despoinachatzakou