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Evangelia Daskalaki

ICT Manager - Safety & Security Consultant

Heraklion, GR

eva at ics dot forth dot gr


Skills

Computer Languages: Java SE/EE, Javascript, SQL, HTML, XML, XSL, CSS (bootstrap, W3), XPaths, XQueries, RDF, OWL, SKOS, SPARQL, PHP

Modelling Languages: UML, ER, BPML, EPC, BPEL, ISO 25964 - Standard for thesauri

Databases: MySQL, XML DB (Exist), Virtuoso, Jena, Oracle Toad

Web Servers & IDE: Apache Tomcat, Apache HTTP Server, Glassfish, JBoss, Eclipse (IDE), NetBeans (IDE)

Experienced in using the Frameworks and CMS below:
> Wordpress (CMS)
> Drupal (CMS)
> Zendesk
> Git and Github (Version control system)
> TortoiseSVN (Apache Subversion system),
> IBM SPSS Software (Statistical analysis system),
> Ms Project Management (Project Management),
> Ms Commerce Server 2000 (E- Business),
> Microsoft Navision (ERP System),
> xRPM SAP (ERP Systems),
> Visio (Process Modelling),
> ARIS (Process Modelling),
> ADOxx (Process Modelling),
>SAP SOLUTUS (Incident Management System).


Languages

Greek

English

German



Living abroad

5.2005 - 11.2005: Wolfsburg, Germany.
9.1986 - 9.1991: Ludenscheid, Germany.


Work Experience

IT Manager, Cybersecurity Awareness Raising,
Foundation of Research and Technology Hellas (FORTH),
Distributed Computing Systems and Cybersecurity Lab
Jan 2017 - Current

Work for the EU funded project Greek Safer Internet Center (SaferInternet4Kids, SafeLine, Help-Line). Main activities:
> Administration on ICT Systems (Linux servers, Proxmox VMs, WordPress, Zendesk),
> ENISA- European CyberSecurity Month (ECSM) Campaign Manager for Greece (Award winner 2022, 2023 and 2024),
> Authorized representative for Greece of the European Commission Expert Group on Safer Internet for Children for 2018-2019,
> Organizing and managing 'Capture the Flag' Student competitions in co-operation with the National Cybersecurity Authority,
> Cybersecurity capacity building, education and training,
> Conduct of surveys about online behaviours and research on dark web,
> Communication, dissemination and awareness raising on cybersecurity and safety online,
> Participation in international Conferences / Workshops/ Forums / International meetings,
> Certified analyst about illegal activity online from INHOPE and Interpol,
> Working with cross-functional teams across IT, HR, marketing, legal, creative and more.

Project 'Specific Action Support to prevent and combat child sexual abuse-CSA' [Reference ISF/2022/SA/1.4.1]. Main activities:
> Designing National Hash Database (cryptographic, perceptual hashes) that contains known CSAM,
> Research and implementation of the ontology (Knowledge Graph) of known CSA material.

Be Internet Awesome Project (Google.org program). Main activities:
> Product Management,
> Creation of workflows and processes,
> Monitoring, evaluation and program reporting to Google Hellas and Google.org.


R&D Software Engineer,
Foundation of Research and Technology Hellas (FORTH),
Information Systems Lab
Jan 2007 - Dec 2016

Work for EU projects and preparation of deliverables (FP6, FP7):
Projects: SYNTHESIS
ACGT EU FP6
PlugIT EU FP7
eHealthMonitor EU FP7
LDBC EU FP7
Dariah Project DYAS
> Design and implementation of Information Systems (Java, JavaScript, SQL, XML, XSL, RDF, OWL),
> ICT security policy development and implementation,
> Conduct of testing on Information Systems,
> Conduct of research on Semantics,
> Participation in international conferences/ Forums / International meetings.


IT Analyst, Accenture, Athens
Dec 2005 - Dec 2006

Responsibilities:
> Implementation of parts of the new Web Order Management System (WOMS) of OTE,
> Designing the User Acceptance Testing,
> Writing the documentation of the Web Order Management System,
> Education and training on the Web Order Management System.


Intern, Volkswagen AG, Department of IT and Strategy , Wolfsburg-Germany
May 2005 - November 2005

Responsibilities:
> First Level Support for the SAP System,
> Implementation of the System Integration Testing.

Education

MSc in Information Systems and E-commerce,
University of Crete, Computer Science Department
2009 - 2011

Master Degree


1st High School of Heraklion - Crete
1997 - 2000

Graduation with score 18,3/20


Publications

Journals

Age recommendations for children's films: associations between advisories on a US site and parents' ratings
Evangelia Daskalaki, Costas Panagiotakis, Harris Papadakis, Paraskevi Fragopoulou
April, 2022

Journal of Children and Media


Understanding the online behavior and risks of children: results of a large-scale national survey on 10-18 year olds
Evangelia Daskalaki, Katerina Psaroudaki, Marieva Karkanaki, Paraskevi Fragopoulou
August, 2020

arXive Repository


Investigating the dynamics of illegal online activity: The power of reporting, dark web, and related legislation
Emmanouela Kokolaki, Evangelia Daskalaki, Katerina Psaroudaki, Meltini Christodoulaki, Paraskevi Fragopoulou
July, 2020

Computer Law & Security Review


EL-SIC: Focus on Better and Safer Online Experience for Kids
Evangelia Daskalaki, Katerina Psaroudaki, Paraskevi Fragopoulou
October, 2018

ERCIM News


Ontology Understanding without Tears: The summarization approach
Georgia Troullinou, Haridimos Kondylakis, Evangelia Daskalaki, Dimitris Plexousakis
September, 2016

The Semantic Web journal


Instance matching benchmarks in the era of Linked Data
Evangelia Daskalaki, Giorgos Flouris, Irini Fundulaki, Tzanina Saveta
June, 2016

Web Semantics: Science, Services and Agents on the World Wide Web


The ACGT Master Ontology and its applications � Towards an ontology-driven cancer research and management system
Mathias Brochhausen, Andrew D. Spear, Cristian Cocos, Gabriele Weilerd, Luis Martin, Alberto Anguita, Holger Stenzhorn, Evangelia Daskalaki, et al.
February, 2011

Journal of Biomedical Informatics


Conferences

Navigating the Future of Education: Educators' Insights on AI Integration and Challenges in Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Ireland and Armenia
March, 2025

International Conferences IADIS Information Systems 2025 and e-Society 2025

E. Daskalaki, K. Psaroudaki and P. Fragopoulou


Personalized Itinerary Recommendation via Expectation-Maximization
November,2022

IEEE 17th International Conference on Computer Science and Information Technologies

C. Panagiotakis, E. Daskalaki, H. Papadakis and P. Fragopoulou


The Tourist Trip Design Problem with POI Categories via an Expectation-Maximization Based Method
September, 2022

RecSys Workshop on Recommenders in Tourism (RecTour 2022)

C. Panagiotakis, E. Daskalaki, H. Papadakis and P. Fragopoulou


SURVEYING PARENTAL MEDIATION AND DIGITAL LITERACY. WERE PARENTS READY DURING COVID-19?
March, 2022

International Conferences e-Society 2022 and Mobile Learning 2022

E. Daskalaki,C. Panagiotakis, H. Papadakis and P. Fragopoulou


Mind the Gender Gap OR Mend the Gender Gap.
November, 2021

Internet Governance Forum 2021


Instance Matching Benchmarks in the Era of Linked Data
Evangelia Daskalaki, Giorgos Flouris, Irini Fundulaki, Tzanina Saveta
October, 2017

ISWC 2017


How well does your instance matching system perform? Experimental evaluation with LANCE
Tzanina Saveta, Evangelia Daskalaki, Irini Fundulaki, Giorgos Flouris, Axel-Cyrille Ngonga Ngomo
October, 2016

BLINK 2016


Tutorial: A Tutorial on Instance Matching Benchmarks
Evangelia Daskalaki, Irini Fundulaki, Janina Saveta, Melanie Herschel.
May, 2016

European Semantic Web Conference (ESWC) 2016


LANCE: Piercing to the Heart of Instance Matching Tools
Tzanina Saveta, Evangelia Daskalaki, Giorgos Flouris, Irini Fundulaki, Melanie Herschel and Axel-Cyrille Ngonga Ngomo.
October, 2015

International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC) 2015


RDF Digest: Efficient Summarization of RDF/S KBs
Georgia Troullinou, Haridimos Kondylakis, Evangelia Daskalaki, Dimitris Plexousakis.
June, 2015

Extended Semantic Web Conference (ESWC) 2015


Pushing the Limits of Instance Matching Systems: A Semantics-Aware Benchmark for Linked Data
Tzanina Saveta, Evangelia Daskalaki, Giorgos Flouris, Irini Fundulaki, Melanie Herschel.
May, 2015

International World Wide Web Conference (WWW) 2015


Instance Matching Benchmarks for Linked Data (Tutorial)
Evangelia Daskalaki, Irini Fundulaki, Janina Saveta, Melanie Herschel.
July, 2014

International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC) 2014


OtO Matching system: A multi-strategy approach to Instance Matching
Evangelia Daskalaki, Dimitris Plexousakis.
July, 2012

International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering (CAiSE) 2012