Summary
Dimitris Mitropoulos is an Associate Professor and seasoned security professional with 19 years of experience at the intersection of academia, national research infrastructure, and industry. As Security Officer and Head of Reliability Engineering at GRNET, he combines hands-on software engineering with operational security for Greece’s research and education backbone. He holds a PhD in Computer Security and completed postdoctoral work at Columbia University’s Network Security Laboratory, bringing rigorous research to practical system and application security challenges. His work spans applied cryptography, software engineering, and large-scale reliability, and he contributes to the community through memberships in ACM, IEEE, OWASP and as an ACM Computing Reviews writer. Based in Greece, he has a track record of translating EU and US R&D projects into deployed, auditable solutions that balance innovation with real-world operational needs.
19 years of coding experience
Master of Science (MSc), Master of Science (MSc) at Athens University of Economics and Business
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Bachelor of Science (BSc) at Ethnikon kai Kapodistriakon Panepistimion Athinon