Vasileios Vlachos
Associate Professor
Greece
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Top SchoolVasileios Vlachos is an associate professor and cybersecurity specialist with 22 years of experience bridging academic research and applied engineering, currently leading work on the security of distributed transactions at the University of Thessaly. He combines deep technical expertise in blockchain, fintech, and secure systems with programmatic experience as a technical project manager for EU and national research initiatives. A long-time contributor to Greece’s tech ecosystem, he has served on boards of GFOSS, HACE, and GCS and co-led the OWASP Greek Chapter, reflecting a commitment to collaboration and community-driven security. His background spans industry and government roles—from senior R&D engineering to digital threat response—bringing practical insights into code quality, crypto-system hardening, and algorithmic trading platform security. Unusually for an academic, he maintains sustained involvement in engineering governance (TEE, EEE) which informs his pragmatic approach to translating theory into operational safeguards.
22 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, Information Systems Security, PhD, Information Systems Security at Athens University of Economics and BusinessMSc, Integrated Hardware and Software Systems, MSc, Integrated Hardware and Software Systems at University of PatrasDipl. Eng, Electronic and Computer Engineering, Dipl. Eng, Electronic and Computer Engineering at Technical University of Crete
English, GermanProgramming languages (1)
Github contributions (1)
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