Dr. Evangelos Vlachos

Dr. Evangelos Vlachos

Tenure-track Researcher

Industrial Systems Institute (ISI)

ATHENA RC

Biography

Evangelos Vlachos is a Tenured Researcher at ISI, ATHENA RC, where he is building the Joint Communication, Control & Sensing research group. His research spans ISAC, UAV swarms, and deep unfolding for 6G systems; his award-winning work — including a 2017 Best Paper Award — covers 47+ publications, 1,100+ citations, and €850k+ in secured funding.

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Interests
  • Joint Communication, Control, and Sensing
  • Integrated Sensing and Communications (ISAC) & 6G
  • UAV Swarms & U-Space Resilience
  • Scientific Machine Learning (Deep Unfolding)
Education
  • Ph.D. in Wireless Communications and Signal Processing, 2015

    University of Patras

  • M.Sc. in Information Processing and Machine Learning, 2009

    University of Patras

  • Diploma in Computer Engineering and Informatics, 2005

    University of Patras

News

News Apr 2026
Paper Accepted at ICUAS 2026 publication research
Our paper on hardware-aware SE(3) Control Barrier Functions for counter-UAS interception with directed energy payloads has been accepted at ICUAS …
News Apr 2026
We submitted AERIAL-EDGE, a Horizon Europe Twinning proposal coordinated by ATHENA RC, targeting permanent aerial radio measurement and edge data …
News Apr 2026
We submitted a paper on geometry-aware deep-unfolded MIMO-OTFS detection to IEEE WCL.

Academic Contributions

PhD Supervision

Primary Supervisor N. Ntavanelos · ML-driven resource management for 6G networks

Advisory Committee P. Theodoropoulos · wireless signal processing

Teaching

University of Patras · 2023–present MSc · Digital Telecommunications (EIP207) · Mobile Communication Systems

University of Sussex · 2022–present Visiting Researcher · Signal processing & communications

Past Positions

Lecturer · University of Edinburgh · 2019 Advanced Coding Techniques (LDPC, turbo codes)

Postdoctoral Researcher · 2015–2022 University of Edinburgh · University of Patras

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