Spyridon Eftychios Kokotos · @Greekforce1821

M.Sc. Student in Digital Applications and Innovation · Department of Informatics, Ionian University

B.Sc. in Informatics · Ionian University · Greece

Developing dependable software, exploring secure systems, and contributing to research.

I'm a software developer and B.Sc. graduate in Informatics, currently pursuing an M.Sc. in Digital Applications and Innovation at the Department of Informatics, Ionian University. My interests span full-stack engineering, cybersecurity, identity systems, data platforms, and academic research. I enjoy taking technically demanding ideas from an initial concept to a working, maintainable application.

• Building: IonWings, a flight-data platform covering four airports in the Ionian region.
• Leading: Conference organization and technical infrastructure as Head Organizer & IT Coordinator of IUSCI.
• Researching: 5G network security, cyber-range environments, information privacy, and language technologies.
• Previously: Cybersecurity internship at PDMFC, Lisbon, involving Python automation, identity management, Apereo CAS, and Active Directory.
• Graduate studies: M.Sc. student in Digital Applications and Innovation, Department of Informatics, Ionian University.

Areas of interest: Secure software architecture · Full-stack platforms · Automation and data engineering · Network security · Open-source collaboration

A flight-information and operational data platform designed for Corfu (CFU), Aktion (PVK), Kefalonia (EFL), and Zakynthos (ZTH).

• Flight arrivals and departures, structured data ingestion, synchronization, and normalization.
• Data consistency workflows, airport information, and administration tools.
• Stack: Laravel PHP MySQL Python GitHub Actions

Organization and development of digital infrastructure supporting the 2025 and 2026 editions of the conference.

• Registration and participant services, attendance check-in, and certificate workflows.
• Committee coordination, permissions, reporting, and operational tools.
• Role: Head Organizer & IT Coordinator
• Stack: PHP MySQL JavaScript Bootstrap WordPress

My undergraduate thesis explored cybersecurity training, experimentation, and attack mitigation in simulated 5G network environments.

• Containerized 5G core and radio access network environments.
• Network traffic analysis, replay-based experiments, and security scenarios.
• Stack: Open5GS UERANSIM Docker Wireshark tcpdump 5Greplay

An educational escape-room initiative exploring digital privacy and personal data protection. I contributed to its web presence and associated research activities.

My research interests include information privacy, cybersecurity education, and language technologies. Selected peer-reviewed publications:

2025	Educational escape rooms for raising information privacy competences: An empirical validation International Journal of Information Security
2025	A Comparative Analysis of LLMs for Greek-English Machine Translation: ChatGPT-4 vs. Gemini Artificial Intelligence Applications and Innovations (AIAI)

Explore my research profile on ORCID ↗

• IUSCI - Head Organizer & IT Coordinator.
• Ionian University - M.Sc. student and B.Sc. graduate, Department of Informatics.
• IEEE Ionian University Student Branch - Volunteer and community contributor.
• GreekLUG - Member of the Greek Linux Users Group.

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