Network Economics and Services Group

Alexandros Kostopoulos

Contact Info

Athens University of Economics and Business,
Department of Computer Science,
76 Patission St., 4th floor (Antoniadou wing),
Athens 10434, Greece

Office: Computer and Communication Systems Lab
Tel.: +30 210-8203158
E-mail: alexkosto@aueb.gr

CV: english, greek

Studies

• 2007 - 09:
  M.Sc. in "Informatics"
  University of Piraeus, Department of Informatics

• 2005 - 07:
  M.Sc. in "Economics and Administration of Telecommunication Networks"
  National Kapodistrian University of Athens, Department of Informatics & Telecommunications - Department of Economics

• 2001 - 05:
  B.Sc. in "Business Administration"
  University of Piraeus, Department of Business Administration

• 2002 - 05:
  Diploma in "Movies Direction Studies".
  Cinema & Television School of Lyk. Stavrakos, Department of Directing

 

I am currently a Ph.D. candidate at the Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB), Department of Computer Science, under the supervision of Prof. C. Courcoubetis.
I am a member of the Network Economics and Services Group (NES Group) and the Mobile Multimedia Laboratory (MM Lab).

 

Awards

• Scholarship for the PhD thesis, European Social Fund and National Resources (Greek Ministry of Education – HERAKLEITOS II Programme)
• Performance scholarship in M.Sc. Program in "Informatics", University of Piraeus (academic year 2008-2009).
• Performance scholarship in M.Sc. Program "Economics and Administration of Telecommunication Networks", National Kapodistrian University of Athens (academic year 2006-2007).
• Research scholarship in M.Sc. Program "Economics and Administration of Telecommunication Networks", National Kapodistrian University of Athens (academic year 2005-2006).

Research Interests

• Adoption of new Internet Architectures
• Design Principles for Future Internet
• Network Economics and Pricing
• E-Business

Projects involved

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Publications

Journals and Book Chapters

• A. Kostopoulos, I. Papafili, C. Kalogiros, T. Levä, N. Zhang, D. Trossen. “A Tussle Analysis for Information-centric Networking architectures ”. In F. Αlvarez et al. (Eds.): Future Internet – From Technological Promises to Reality, FIA 2012, LNCS 7281, pp. 6--17, May 2012 [pdf].
• D. Trossen, A. Kostopoulos. “Techno-Economic Aspects of Information-Centric Networking”. Journal of Information Policy, Volume 2, pages 26-50, 2012 [pdf].
• H. Warma, T. Levä, H. Tripp, A. Ford, A. Kostopoulos. “Dynamics of Communication Protocol Diffusion: the Case of Multipath TCP”. NETNOMICS: Economic Research and Electronic Networking, Volume 12, issue: 2, pages 133-159, Springer, November 2011 [pdf].
• P. Eardley, M. Kanakakis, A. Kostopoulos, T. Levä, K. Richardson, H. Warma: “Deployment and Adoption of Future Internet Protocols”. In J. Dominigue et al. (Eds.): The Future Internet: Achievements and Technological Promises, ISBN 978-3-642-20897-3, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Volume 6656, pages 133-144, Springer, May 2011. [pdf]
• T. Levä, H. Warma, A. Ford, A. Kostopoulos, B. Heinrich,R. Widera, P. Eardley. “Business Aspects of Multipath TCP Adoption”. In G. Tselentis et al. (Eds.): Towards the Future Internet: Emerging Trends from European Research, ISBN 978-1-60750-538-9 (print) and ISBN 978-60750-539-6 (online), pages 21-30, IOS Press, April 2010. [pdf]

Conferences

• D. Trossen, A. Kostopoulos. “Exploring the Tussle Space for Information-Centric Networking”. 39th Research Conference on Communication, Information and Internet Policy (TPRC), Arlington, VA, September 2011. [pdf]
• A. Kostopoulos, A. Dimakis, C. Courcoubetis. “Games Between Competing ISPs Employing Different Pricing Schemes”. Euro-NF International Workshop on Traffic and Congestion Control for the Future Internet, Volos, March 2011. [pdf]
• A. Kostopoulos, K. Richardson, M. Kanakakis. “Investigating the Deployment and Adoption of re-ECN”. ACM CoNEXT ReArch'10 - Re-Architecting the Internet, Philadelphia, November 2010. [pdf]
• M. Bagnulo, P. Eardley, A. Ford, A. Garcia, A. Kostopoulos, C. Raiciu, F. Valera. “Boosting mobility performance with Multi-Path TCP”. Future Network and Mobile Summit 2010, Florence, June 2010. [pdf]
• A. Kostopoulos, H. Warma, T. Levä, B. Heinrich, A. Ford, L. Eggert. “Towards Multipath TCP Adoption: Challenges and Perspectives”. NGI 2010 - 6th EuroNF Conference on Next Generation Internet, Paris, June 2010. [pdf]
• C. Kalogiros, M. Bagnulo, A. Kostopoulos. “Understanding Incentives for Prefix Aggregation in BGP”. ACM CoNEXT ReArch'09 - Re-Architecting the Internet, Rome, December 2009. [pdf]
• H. Hammainen, A. Ford, A. Kostopoulos, B. Heinrich, T. Levä, R. Widera, C. Courcoubetis, P. Eardley. “Business Models in a Multipath World”. Future Internet Assembly (FIA) Stockholm, November 2009. [pdf] [poster]
• C. Kalogiros, A. Kostopoulos, A. Ford. “On Designing for Tussle: Future Internet in Retrospect”. IFIP EUNICE 2009 - The Internet of the Future, LNCS 5733, pages 98–107, Barcelona, September 2009. [pdf]

Teaching

I am teaching assistant at the following lessons:

Undergraduate course

• Fall 08-12, Introduction to Computer Science, Prof. C. Courcoubetis
• Fall 05-12, Computer Applications I, Ass. Prof. M. Sfakianakis
• Spring 06-12, Computer Applications II, Ass. Prof. M. Sfakianakis
• Fall 08-09, Introduction to Economic Science, Prof. S. Dimeli
• Spring 08, Automata and Complexity, Ass. Prof. E. Papadopoulou

Postgraduate course

• Spring 08-11, Network Economics, Prof. C. Courcoubetis
• Fall 06-07, Microeconomics for Managers, Lect. E. Athanasiou