A.SPIRE Community Day

10 Apr 2025 | Brussels, Belgium

Kostas Chatziioannou

Division Head - Circular Economy & Tracing

Institute of Communication and Computer Systems (ICCS)

Zografou, Athens, Greece

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Over 10 years in the automotive and energy industries. Interested in discussing collaboration opportunities, H4C, pilots, Digital tools and Circularity aspects.

My organisation

Promoting Basic and Applied Research I-SENSE Group is one of the Research Units of the Institute of Communication and Computer Systems (ICCS) of the National University of Athens in Greece (NTUA). Founded in 2002, I-SENSE Research Group is committed to the highest standards of academic excellence and research innovation in the field of electrical, electronic and computer engineering & technologies. Research Across Disciplines Research at I-SENSE focuses on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Virtual Environments, Assistive Technologies, Smart Integrated Systems – Sensors, Communication, Platforms, Mobile Networks and it spans across many disciplines such as Mobility, Environmental Studies, Logistics and Supply Chain, Citizen Science, Cybersecurity, Culture and Resilience to address questions of global significance and local relevance. In the above areas, I-SENSE responds to present-day needs, opens up new networks for action, builds synergies and works together with industry to offer a world-class research environment for critical inquiry and scholarly exchange. Supporting Innovation and Knowledge Transfer With more than 100 highly qualified researchers  and having a long history of involvement in EU funded and National research projects – more than 150 completed projects-, our research team produces outstanding research results that contribute to the targets of the European Research Area (ERA). A strong network comprising of more than 300 international partners, valuable players in the research, policy and industry arena offers our team a nourishing environment for continuous growth and support. Technical expertise and knowledge accumulated over the years  has often been translated into innovative results. Today, I-SENSE Group has gave birth to two successful spin offs.
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About me

Kostas Chatziioannou is a Senior Researcher and Division Leader for the Circular Economy & Tracing Division at the I-SENSE Group of Institute of Communication and Computer Systems (ICCS) since December 2023. He has received his Diploma degree from the Electrical & Computer Engineering Department of Democritus University of Thrace (DUTH) in 2011 and holds a MSc in Sustainable Energy Systems from Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden since 2014, where he focused on smart electricity grids and integration of RES in the European power grid and first touched upon circularity concepts and societal aspects of sustainability.

He has extensive experience as a project manager and system leader in the automotive industry since 2014 having brought to production several systems spanning from active safety to the entire vehicle access system of millions of cars. Kostas moved to the electrification domain in 2019 being part of the management team as an engineering manager for different groups in the Charging and Energy Management departments at Volvo Cars from 2022. Since 2019, Kostas is member of the SAE task force that released the J2954 global standard for the standardization of wireless charging. He holds 4 patents as sole author and has co-authored over 60 patents mainly within the field of electrification and communication networks.

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Interests

  • circular economy
  • Energy
  • H4C
  • is
  • DPP
  • MFA
  • circular flows