Dr. Kyriakos GIANNAKOGLOU

KYRIAKOS C. GIANNAKOGLOU, Professor NTUA (June 2011)
Lab. of Thermal Turbomachines, Fluids Section, Parallel CFD & Optimization Unit
School of Mechanical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
Tel. (+30)-21.07.72.16.36, Fax (+30)-21.07.72.16.58, e-mail: kgianna@central.ntua.gr
EDUCATION & DEGREES
1987 Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA).
1982 B.S./M.S. Mechanical Engineering, NTUA.
HONORS AND AWARDS
1986 - 1987: Special Postgraduate Scholarship, NTUA
1982 - 1984: Scholarship for Postgraduate Studies, Bodosakis Foundation
1979 - 1980: Award, Technical Chamber of Greece
1977 - 1982: Award, Greek Federal Fellowship Foundation
PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT
• 1988-present : NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS, SCHOOL OF MECH.
ENG., Athens. (1988-93: Research Engineer, 1993-1998: Lecturer, 1998-2004: Assistant Professor,
2004-2010: Associate Professor, 2010-: Professor)
Developed computational methods for the numerical solution of the Navier-Stokes equations on
structured and unstructured grids, for single- and two-phase flows, on parallel computers, including
GPUs. Developed methods based on evolutionary algorithms, soft computing techniques and adjoint
methods for the design-optimisation of aerodynamic shapes (airfoils, wings, turbomachinery blades),
power plants, etc. Successfully accomplished research work pertaining to CFD and optimization for a
number of projects funded by the European Community, Greek Organisations and European Industries.
• 1987-1988 : HELLENIC AIRFORCE-RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY CENTER (KETA), Athens
(Research Engineer-Military Service).
Developed software related to store separation trajectories for Northrop F-5A Fighter A/C. Worked on
an experimental set-up for in-flight testing.
• 1983-1984 : ELECTRICITE DE FRANCE (EDF), DIRECTION DES ETUDES ET
RECHERCHES, Paris, (Research Engineer-Trainee)
Participated in the development of a finite-difference code for the numerical solution of incompressible,
viscous flows in turbomachinery cascades.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
• Undergraduate Courses given by the School of Mech. Eng. NTUA:
Thermal Turbomachines, Computational Methods for Viscous Flows, Operating System and
Programming Languages, Optimization Methods, Numerical Analysis.
• Postgraduate Courses given by NTUA:
Computational Methods, Grid Generation Techniques, Thermal Turbomachines, Optimization Methods.
RESEARCH INTERESTS & ACTIVITIES
• Analysis and Design of Turbomachinery Components
• Computational Fluid Dynamics in Turbomachines and Low-/High-Speed Aerodynamics
• Parallelization Techniques - Grid Computing - Programming on GPUs
• Optimization Methods (Evolutionary Methods, Artificial Intelligence, Adjoint Methods).
Professor K. Giannakoglou worked for about 30 years in Research Projects; he was/is scientific
responsible (within NTUA) ~45 of them. He is Chairman of the ERCOFTAC SIG on Optimization. He

is head of the Design-Optimization Group of the Lab. of Thermal Turbomachines of NTUA, with
activities related to the development and validation of optimization methods for engineering
applications. His group’s research activities are/were funded by the EU (INGENET Thematic
Network, HISAC/FP6, ACFA2020/FP7, HYDROACTION, AQUAGEN), European industrial outfits
(such as Dassault Aviation, VolksWagen, Vatech/Andritz, the Hellenic Aerospace Industry, the
Public Power Coorporation, etc), SMEs (SOFISTIK, ICON), and the Greek Secretariat for Research
and Technology or NTUA through PhD grants. The developed tools have been brought in the form of
an optimization platform (software EASY: Evolutionary Algorithms SYstem) brought to market by
NTUA.
ORGANIZATION OF INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES
• “EUROGEN2001 - Evolutionary Methods for Design, Optimization and Control with
Applications to Industrial Problems”, Athens, 19-21/9/2001.
• “ERCOFTAC Design Optimization: Methods & Applications”, Athens, 31/3-2/4/2004.
PUBLICATIONS
55 Publications in International Journals
5 Chapters in Books
100 Conference Papers
10 VKI Lecture Series Chapters
PhD THESIS ADVISOR
Integrated Theses: (1) Dr. A. Giotis, «Application of evolutionary algorithms, computational
intelligence and advanced computational fluid dynamics techniques to the optimization - inverse
design of turbomachinery cascades, using parallel processing», 2003. (2) Dr. N. Lambropoulos,
«Multigrid techniques and parallel processing for the numerical prediction of flow fields through
thermal turbomachines, using unstructured grid», 2005. (3) Dr. M. Karakasis, «Hierarchical,
distributed evolutionary algorithms and computational intelligence in aerodynamic shape
optimization, on multiprocessing systems», 2006. (4) Dr. D. Papadimitriou, «Adjoint formulations for
the analysis and design of turbomachinery cascades and optimal grid adaptation using a posteriori
error analysis», 2007. (5) Dr. P. Liakopoulos, «Unstructured grid generation in analysis and
optimization methods for turbomachinery components, using Grid Computing», 2008. (6) Dr. V.
Asouti, «Aerodynamic analysis and design methods at high and low speed flows, on multiprocessor
platforms», 2009. (7) Dr. C. Georgopoulou, «Optimization techniques for committing combined cycle
power plants and designing their components», 2009. (8) Dr. I. Kampolis, «Parallel, multilevel
algorithms for the aerodynamic optimization in turbomachines», 2009. (9) Dr. Α. Zymaris, «Adjoint
methods for the design of shapes with optimal aerodynamic performance in laminar and turbulent
flows», 2010. (10) Dr. T. Zervogiannis, «Optimization methods in aerodynamics and turbomachinery
based on the adjoint technique, hybrid grids and the exact hessian matrix », 2011.
Running Theses: (1) E. Kontoleontos, «Analysis and optimization of complex problems in fluid
mechanics, using CFD, adjoint methods and evolutionary algorithms». (2) S. Kyriacou, «Automated
design-optimization methods in turbomachinery». (3) A. Antonakis, «CAD-based aerodynamic
optimization methods». (4) X. Trompoukis, «Numerical solution of problems in aerodynamicsaeroelasticity
on Graphics Processing Units (GPUs)». (5) E. Papoutsis-Kiachagias, «Low-cost adjoint
methods for turbulent flows, in aerodynamic optimization ». (6) K. Tsiakas, «Development of
optimization methods for use on Graphics Processing Units, with turbomachinery applications». (7)
D. Haniotis, «Development of evolution strategies and methods for the analysis of the Pareto fronts in
multi-objective optimization. Applications in large scale problems».

K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU, Professor NTUA
PUBLICATIONS IN INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS
1. Κ.C. GIANNAKOGLOU, P. CHAVIAROPOULOS and K.D. PAPAILIOU: ‘Computation of
Rotational Transonic Flows using a Decomposition Method’, AIAA Journal, Vol. 26, No 10, pp.
1175-1180, October 1988.
2. P. CHAVIAROPOULOS, K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU and K.D. PAPAILIOU: ‘Novel Scalar-
Vector Potential Formulation for Three-Dimensional, Inviscid Rotational Flow Problems’, AIAA
Journal, Vol. 28, No 10, pp. 1734-1739, October 1990.
3. C. MALAMATENIOS, K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU and K.D. PAPAILIOU: ‘An Integral Shear
Layer Method for the Numerical Prediction of Steam-Droplet Flows’, International Journal of
Multiphase Flow, Vol. 18, No 1, pp. 89-101, 1992.
4. K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU, N. LYMBEROPOULOS, A. TOURLIDAKIS, I. NIKOLAOU, R.L.
ELDER and K.D. PAPAILIOU: ‘Adaptation of a 3-D Pressure Correction Navier-Stokes Solver
for the Accurate Modelling of Tip Clearance Flows’, Revue Francaise de Mecanique, No 1992-3,
1992.
5. C. MALAMATENIOS, K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU and K.D. PAPAILIOU: ‘A Coupled Two-
Phase Shear Layer/Liquid Film Calculation Method. Formulation of the Physical Problem and
Solution Algorithm’, 1993, International Journal of Multiphase Flow, Vol. 20, No 3, pp. 593-612,
1994.
6. K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU and E.S. POLITIS: ‘A Segregated Implicit Solution Algorithm for 2-D
and 3-D Laminar Incompressible Flows’, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids,
Vol. 21, No. 11, pp. 1067-1086, December 1995.
7. B. BOURAS, F. KARAGIANNIS, G. LEOUTSAKOS, K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU and K.D.
PAPAILIOU: ‘Arbitrary Blade Section Design Based on Viscous Considerations. Background
Information’, ASME Journal of Fluid Engineering, Vol. 118, pp. 358-363, June 1996.
8. P. CHAVIAROPOULOS and K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU: ‘A Vorticity-Steam Function
Formulation for Steady Incompressible Two-Dimensional Flows’, International Journal for
Numerical Methods in Fluids, Vol. 23, No 5, pp. 431-444, Sept. 1996.
9. Κ.C. GIANNAKOGLOU, P. CHAVIAROPOULOS and K.D. PAPAILIOU: ‘Boundary Fitted
Parameterization of Unstructured Grids on Arbitrary Surfaces’, Advances in Engineering
Software, Vol. 27, No. 1-2, pp. 41-49, Oct.-Nov. 1996.
10. D.G. KOUBOGIANNIS and K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU: ‘A Calculation Method for Compressible
Flows on a Distributed Memory Parallel System’, Technika Chronika, Vol. 16, No 1-2, pp. 51-64,
Jan.-Dec. 1996.
11. E.S. POLITIS and Κ.C. GIANNAKOGLOU: ‘A Pressure Based Algorithm for High-Speed
Turbomachinery Flows’, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, Vol. 25, No. 1,
pp. 63-80, Sept. 1997.
12. E.S. POLITIS, K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU and K.D. PAPAILIOU: ‘Implicit Method for
Incompressible Flow Calculations in Three-Dimensional Ducts and Cascades’, AIAA Journal,
Vol. 35, No 10, pp. 1581-1588, October 1997.
13. K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU and E.S. POLITIS: ‘A Pressure Correction Scheme Using Coupled
Momentum Equations’, Numerical Heat Transfer, Part B: Fundamentals, 32, pp. 419-435, 1997.
14. D.G. KOUBOGIANNIS, L.C. POUSSOULIDIS, D.V. ROVAS and K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU:
‘Solution of Flow Problems Using Unstructured Grids on Distributed Memory Platforms’,
Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 160, pp. 89-100, 1998.
15. A.P. GIOTIS and K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU: ‘An Unstructured Grid Partitioning Method Based
on Genetic Algorithms’, Advances in Engineering Software, Vol. 29, No. 2, pp. 129-138, 1998.
16. J. THEODORIDIS, K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU and A. STAFYLOPATIS: ‘Partitioning of
Unstructured Meshes using Boltzmann Machine Neural Networks’, Advances in Engineering
Software, Vol. 31, pp. 445-451, 2000.

17. N. LAMBROPOULOS, E.S. POLITIS, K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU and K.D. PAPAILIOU: ‘Colocated
pressure-correction formulations on Unstructured 2-D grids’, Computational Mechanics,
Vol. 27, No. 3, pp. 258-264, March 2001.
18. K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU, A.P. GIOTIS and M.K. KARAKASIS: ‘Low-Cost Genetic
Optimization based on Inexact Pre-evaluations and the Sensitivity Analysis of Design
Parameters’, Inverse Problems in Engineering, Vol. 9, pp. 389-412, 2001.
19. G.I. TSOURAKIS, D.G. KOUBOGIANNIS and K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU: ‘Transition and Heat
Transfer Predictions in a Turbine Cascade at Various Free-stream Turbulence Intensities through
a One-Equation Turbulence Model’, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, Vol.
38, No. 11, pp. 1091-1110, 2002.
20. K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU: ‘Design of Optimal Aerodynamic Shapes using Stochastic
Optimization Methods and Computational Intelligence’, International Review Journal Progress in
Aerospace Sciences, Vol. 38, pp. 43-76, 2002.
21. D.G. KOUBOGIANNIS, A.N. ATHANASSIADIS and K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU: ‘One- and
Two-Equation Turbulence Models for the Prediction of Complex Cascade Flows Using
Unstructured Grids’, Computers & Fluids, 32, pp. 403-430, 2003.
22. G.E. FAINEKOS and K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU: ‘Inverse Design of Airfoils Based on a Novel
Formulation of the Ant Colony Optimization Method’, Inverse Problems in Engineering, Vol. 11,
No. 1, pp. 21-38, 2003.
23. M.K. KARAKASIS, A.P. GIOTIS and K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU: ‘Inexact Information Aided,
Low-cost, Distributed Genetic Algorithms for Aerodynamic Shape Optimization’, International
Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, Vol. 43, No. 10-11, pp. 1149-1166, 2003.
24. I.C. KAMPOLIS, E.I. KARANGELOS and K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU: ‘Gradient-assisted Radial
Basis Function Networks: Theory and Applications’, Applied Mathematical Modelling, Vol. 28,
pp. 197-209, 2004.
25. N.K. LAMBROPOULOS, D.G. KOUBOGIANNIS and K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU: ‘Acceleration
of a Navier-Stokes Equation Solver for Unstructured Grids using Agglomeration Multigrid and
Parallel Processing’, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Vol. 193, pp.
781-803, 2004.
26. I.C. KAMPOLIS, D.I. PAPADIMITRIOU, K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU: ‘Evolutionary
Optimization Using a New Radial Basis Function Network and the Adjoint Formulation’, Journal
of Inverse Problems in Science & Engineering, Vol. 14, No. 4, pp. 397-410, 2006.
27. M. EMMERICH, K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU, B. NAUJOKS: ‘Single- and Multi-objective
Evolutionary Optimization Assisted by Gaussian Random Field Metamodels’, IEEE Transactions
on Evolutionary Computation, Vol. 10, No. 4, pp. 421-439, 2006.
28. K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU, D.I. PAPADIMITRIOU, I.C. KAMPOLIS, ‘Aerodynamic Shape
Design Using Evolutionary Algorithms and New Gradient-Assisted Metamodels’, Computer
Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Vol. 195, pp. 6312-6329, 2006.
29. M. KARAKASIS, K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU: ’On the Use of Metamodel-Assisted Multi-
Objective Evolutionary Algorithms’, Engineering Optimization, Vol. 38, No. 8, pp. 941-957,
2006.
30. D.I. PAPADIMITRIOU, K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU: ‘A Continuous Adjoint Method with
Objective Function Derivatives Based on Boundary Integrals for Inviscid and Viscous Flows’,
Computers & Fluids, Vol. 36, pp. 325-341, 2007.
31. M. KARAKASIS, D.G. KOUBOGIANNIS, K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU: ’Hierarchical Distributed
Evolutionary Algorithms in Shape Optimization’, International Journal for Numerical Methods in
Fluids, Vol. 53, No. 3, pp. 455-469, 2007.
32. D.I. PAPADIMITRIOU, K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU: ‘Total Pressure Losses Minimization in
Turbomachinery Cascades, Using a New Continuous Adjoint Formulation’, Proc. IMechE, Part
A: Journal of Power and Energy (Special Issue on Turbomachinery), Vol. 221, pp. 865-872, 2007.
33. D.I. PAPADIMITRIOU, K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU: ‘Direct, Adjoint and Mixed Approaches for
the Computation of Hessian in Airfoil Design Problems’, International Journal for Numerical
Methods in Fluids, Vol. 56, No. 10, pp. 1929-1943, 2008.

34. V.G. ASOUTI, A.S. ZYMARIS, D.I. PAPADIMITRIOU, K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU: ‘Continuous
and Discrete Adjoint Approaches for Aerodynamic Shape Optimization with Low Mach Number
Preconditioning’, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, Vol. 57, No. 10, pp.
1485-1504, 2008.
35. D.I. PAPADIMITRIOU, K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU: ‘Computation of the Hessian Matrix in
Aerodynamic Inverse Design using Continuous Adjoint Formulations’, Computers & Fluids, 37,
pp. 1029-1039, 2008.
36. I.C. KAMPOLIS, K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU: ‘A Multilevel Approach to Single- and
Multiobjective Aerodynamic Optimization’, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and
Engineering, Vol. 197, pp. 2963-2975, 2008.
37. P.I.K. LIAKOPOULOS, I.C. KAMPOLIS, K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU: ‘Grid-Enabled,
Hierarchical Distributed Metamodel-Assisted Evolutionary Algorithms for Aerodynamic Shape
Optimization’, Future Generation Computer Systems, Vol. 24, pp. 701-708, 2008.
38. D.I. PAPADIMITRIOU, K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU: ‘Aerodynamic Shape Optimization using
Adjoint and Direct Approaches’, Archives of Computational Methods in Engineering (State of the
Art Reviews), Vol. 15, No. 4, pp. 447-488, Dec. 2008.
39. C.A. GEORGOPOULOU, K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU: ‘Two-Level, Two-Objective Evolutionary
Algorithms for Solving Unit Commitment Problems’, Applied Energy, Vol. 86, pp. 1229-1239,
2009.
40. V.G. ASOUTI, K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU: ‘Aerodynamic Optimization Using a Parallel
Asynchronous Evolutionary Algorithm Controlled by Strongly Interacting Demes’, Engineering
Optimization, Vol. 41, No. 3, pp. 241-257, 2009.
41. A.S. ZYMARIS, D.I. PAPADIMITRIOU, K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU, C. OTHMER: ‘Continuous
Adjoint Approach to the Spalart-Allmaras Turbulence Model for Incompressible Flows’,
Computers & Fluids, 38, pp. 1528-1538, 2009.
42. D.I. PAPADIMITRIOU, K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU: ‘The Continuous Direct-Adjoint Approach
for Second Order Sensitivities in Viscous Aerodynamic Inverse Design Problems’, Computers &
Fluids, 38, pp. 1539-1548, 2009.
43. C.A. GEORGOPOULOU, K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU: ‘A Multi-Objective Metamodel-Assisted
Memetic Algorithm with Strength-based Local Refinement’, Engineering Optimization, Vol. 41,
No. 10, pp. 909-923, 2009.
44. I.C. KAMPOLIS, K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU: ‘Distributed Evolutionary Algorithms with
Hierarchical Evaluation’, Engineering Optimization, Vol. 41, No. 11, pp. 1037-1049, 2009.
45. V.G. ASOUTI, I.C. KAMPOLIS, K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU: ‘A Grid-Enabled Asynchronous
Metamodel-Assisted Evolutionary Algorithm for Aerodynamic Optimization’, Genetic
Programming and Evolvable Machines, Vol. 10, No. 4, pp. 373, 2009.
46. C.A. GEORGOPOULOU, K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU: ‘Metamodel-Assisted Evolutionary
Algorithms for the Unit Commitment Problem with Probabilistic Outages’, Applied Energy, Vol.
87, pp. 1782-1792, 2010.
47. I.C. KAMPOLIS, X.S. TROMPOUKIS, V.G. ASOUTI, Κ.C. GIANNAKOGLOU: ‘CFD-based
Analysis and Two-level Aerodynamic Optimization on Graphics Processing Units’, Computer
Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Vol. 199, No. 9-12, pp. 712-722, 2010.
48. I.C. KAMPOLIS, Κ.C. GIANNAKOGLOU: ‘Synergetic Use of Different Evaluation,
Parameterization and Search Tools within a Multilevel Optimization Platform’, Applied Soft
Computing, Vol. 11, No. 1, pp.645-651. 2011.
49. A.S. ZYMARIS, D.I. PAPADIMITRIOU, K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU, C. OTHMER: ‘Adjoint
Wall Functions: A New Concept for Use in Aerodynamic Shape Optimization’, Journal of
Computational Physics, Vol. 229, pp. 5228-5245, 2010.
50. V.G. ASOUTI, X.S. TROMPOUKIS, I.C. KAMPOLIS, Κ.C. GIANNAKOGLOU: ‘Unsteady
CFD Computations Using Vertex-Centered Finite Volumes for Unstructured Grids on Graphics
Processing Units’, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, to appear 2010.

51. T. ZERVOGIANNIS, D.I. PAPADIMITRIOU, K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU: ‘Total Pressure Losses
Minimization in Turbomachinery Cascades using the Exact Hessian’, Computer Methods in
Applied Mechanics and Engineering, to appear 2010.
52. D.I. PAPADIMITRIOU, K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU: ‘Aerodynamic design using the truncated
Newton algorithm and the continuous adjoint approach’, International Journal for Numerical
Methods in Fluids, to appear 2011.
53. E.A. KONTOLEONTOS, V.G. ASOUTI, Κ.C. GIANNAKOGLOU: ‘An Asynchronous
Metamodel-Assisted Memetic Algorithm for CFD-based shape optimization’, Engineering
Optimization, to appear 2011.
54. S.A. KYRIACOU, S. WEISSENBERGER, Κ.C. GIANNAKOGLOU: ‘Design of a Matrix
Hydraulic Turbine using a Metamodel-Assisted Evolutionary Algorithm with PCA-Driven
Evolution Operators”, International Journal of Mathematical Modelling and Numerical
Optimization, Special Issue on Simulation-Based Optimization Techniques for Computationally
Expensive Engineering Design Problems, to appear, 2011.
55. E.M. PAPOUTSIS-KIACHAGIAS, D.I. PAPADIMITRIOU, K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU: ‘Robust
Design in Aerodynamics using 3rd-Order Sensitivity Analysis based on Discrete Adjoint.
Application to Quasi-1D Flows’, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, to appear
2011.
CHAPTERS IN BOOKS
1. I.G. NIKOLAOU and K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU: ‘Chapter 3: Calculation of Complex
Turbomachinery Flows Using the k-ε Turbulence Model’, Calculation of Complex Turbulent
Flows, Ed. G. Tzabiras, Advances in Fluid Mechanics, WIT Press, 2000 (ISBN 1-85312-645-4).
2. K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU, ‘Cost-Effective Metamodel-Assisted Evolutionary Algorithms’, in
Evolutionary Algorithms and Intelligent Tools in Engineering Optimization, Editors: W.
Annicchiarico, J. Periaux, M. Cerrolaza, G. Winter, CIMNE Series of Handbooks, 2005 (ISBN 1-
84564-038-1).
3. K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU and D.I. PAPADIMITRIOU, ‘Chapter 4: Adjoint Methods for Shape
Optimization’, in Optimization and Computational Fluid Dynamics, Editors: D. Thevenin, G.
Janiga, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2008 (ISBN 978-3-540-72152-9).
4. C.A. GEORGOPOULOU and K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU, ‘Multiobjective Metamodel-Assisted
Memetic Algorithms’, in Studies in Computational Intelligence, Editors: C.-K. Goh, K. Chen,
Y.S. Young, Springer Series, 2009 (ISBN: 978-3-540-88050-9).
5. K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU and I.C. KAMPOLIS, ‘Multilevel Optimization Algorithms based on
Metamodel- and Fitness Inheritance-Assisted Evolutionary Algorithms’, in Computational
Intelligence in Expensive Optimization Problems, Editors: Y. Tenne, C.-K. Goh, Springer-Verlag
Series in Evolutionary Learning and Optimization, 2009 (to be published).
PRESENTATIONS IN CONFERENCES
1. K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU, P. CHAVIAROPOULOS and K.D. PAPAILIOU: ‘Development of a
Calculation method for the case of Two-Dimensional Rotational Inviscid Flow using a
Transformation which separates the Flow Field in a Potential and a Rotational Part’, 38
Congresso Nationale ATI, Bari, Italy, Sept. 28-30, 1983.
2. P.CHAVIAROPOULOS, Κ.C. GIANNAKOGLOU and K.D. PAPAILIOU: ‘Numerical
Computation of Two-Dimensional Rotational Inviscid Compressible Subsonic Flows, using the
Decomposistion of the Flow Field into a Potential and a Rotational Part’, 39 Congresso Nazionale
ATI, L’Aquila, Italy, Sept. 12-14, pp. 257-265, 1984.
3. K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU, P. CHAVIAROPOULOS and K.D. PAPAILIOU: ‘Numerical
Computation of Two-Dimensional Rotational Inviscid Transonic Flows using the Decomposition
of the Flow Field into a Potential and a Rotational Part’, 7 th International Symposium on Air
Breathing Engines (ISOABE), Beijing, People’s Republic of China, pp. 441-447, September 2-6,
1985.

4. K.D.PAPAILIOU, P. CHAVIAROPOULOS and Κ.C. GIANNAKOGLOU: ‘Solving Euler’s
Equations by means of the Decomposition of the Velocity Vector Field into a Potential and a
Rotational Part’, 4 th International Symposium on Numerical Methods in Engineering, Georgia,
Atlanta, USA, March 24-28, 1986.
5. P.CHAVIAROPOULOS, K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU and K.D.PAPAILIOU: ‘Numerical
Computation of Three-Dimensional Rotational Inviscid Subsonic Flows, using the Decomposition
of the Flow Field into a Potential and a Rotational Part’, ASME Paper 86-GT-169, International
Gas Turbine ASME Conference & Exhibit, Dusseldorf, Germany, June 8-12, 1986.
6. F.SOTIROPOULOS, K. ALKALAI, K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU and K.D. PAPAILIOU:
‘Application of a Fractional Step Algorithm to the Solution of Inviscid Turbomachinery Flow
Problems’, 69 th Winter Annual Meeting of the ASME, Chicago, USA, 1988, FED-Vol. 69, pp.
13-18, Nov. 27- Dec. 2.
7. K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU, P. CHAVIAROPOULOS and K.D. PAPAILIOU: ‘Acceleration of
Standard Full-Potential and Elliptic Euler Solvers, Using Preconditioned Generalized Minimal
Residual Techniques’, 69 th Winter Annual Meeting of the ASME, Chicago, USA, FED-Vol. 69,
pp. 45-52, Nov. 27- Dec. 2, 1988.
8. G. SIMANDIRAKIS, K. ALKALAI, K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU and K.D. PAPAILIOU:
‘Transonic Inviscid Computations Using an Explicit Fractional Step Method’, 2 nd National
Congress on Mechanics, Athens, Greece, Vol. II, pp. 722-733, June 29 - July 1, 1989.
9. G. SIMANDIRAKIS, K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU, K. ALKALAI and K.D. PAPAILIOU:
‘Development and Application of a Fractional Step Method for the Solution of Transonic and
Supersonic Flow Problems’, 5 th International Symposium on Numerical Methods in Engineering,
Lausanne, Switzerland, pp. 456-463, Sept. 11-15, 1989.
10. N. LYMBEROPOULOS, K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU, P. CHAVIAROPOULOS and K.D.
PAPAILIOU: ‘A Potential Prediction of Three-Dimentional Incompressible Flows through
Turbomachinery Blade Rows’, Notes on Numerical Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 39, Edited by G.
Sottas and I.L. Ryhming, Vieweg Verlag, 1993.
11. G. SIMANDIRAKIS, K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU, K. ALKALAI and K.D. PAPAILIOU:
‘Calculation of Axisymmetric flows in Turbomachines through an Explicit Time-Splitting
Method’, 9 th International Symposium on Air Breathing Engines (ISOABE) Athens, Greece, pp.
1153-1158, Sept. 3-8, 1989.
12. C. MALAMATENIOS, , K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU and K.D.PAPAILIOU: ‘A Calculation
Method for Gas-Droplet Flows in Turbomachinery Components, Including Viscous Effects’,
International Symposium on Engineering Turbulence Modeling and Measurements, Dubrovnik,
Yugoslavia, pp. 917-926, Sept. 24-28, 1990
13. B. BOURAS, K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU, P. CHAVIAROPOULOS and K.D. PAPAILIOU:
‘Numerical Simulation of HAWT Blade Section Characteristics using. Advanced Computational
Tools’, European Community Wind Energy Conference & Exhibition, Madrid, Spain, Sept. 10-
14, 1990.
14. K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU, G. SIMANDIRAKIS and K.D. PAPAILIOU: ‘Turbine Cascade
Calculations Through a Fractional-Step Navier-Stokes Algorithm’, ASME Paper 91-GT-55,
International Gas Turbine and Aeroengine Congress & Exposition Orlando, Florida, USA, June 3-
6-, 1991.
15. B. BOURAS, F. KARAGIANNIS, G. LEOUTSAKOS, K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU and K.D.
PAPAILIOU: ‘Arbitrary Blade Section Design Based on Viscous Considerations. Background
Information’, First ASME-JSME Fluids Engineering Conference, Portland, Oregon, USA, Ed.
A.A. Hamed, FED-Vol. 120 «Numerical Simulations in Turbomachinery», pp. 1-14, June 23-27,
1991.
16. K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU, N. LYMBEROPOULOS, P. CHAVIAROPOULOS and K.D.
PAPAILIOU: ‘A Navier-Stokes Vorticity-Steamfunction Formulation for Two-Dimensional
Flows’, 4th International Conference of Fluid Mechanics, Alexandria, Egypt, Vol. II pp. 133-144,
April 28-30, 1992.

17. C. VASSILOPOULOS, G. SIMANDIRAKIS, K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU and K.D. PAPAILIOU:
‘A Rotor-Stator Interaction Study through an Implicit Euler Code on a Parallel Machine’, 4th
International Conference of Fluid Mechanics, Alexandria, Egypt, Vol. II pp. 33-44, April 28-30,
1992.
18. N. LYMBEROPOULOS, K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU, I. NIKOLAOU and K.D. PAPAILIOU:
‘Modeling of Tip Clearance Flows Through an Improved 3-D Pressure Correction Navier-Stokes
Solver’, ASME Paper 93-GT-374, International Gas Turbine and Aeroengine Congress and
Exposition, Cincinnati, Ohio, May 24-27, 1993.
19. C. MALAMATENIOS, K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU and K.D.PAPAILIOU: ‘Calculation of Internal
Two-Phase Flows Through an Integral Shear Layer Method’, 2 nd ISAIF International Symposium
on Experimental & Computational Aerothermodynamics on Internal Flows, Prague, Vol. 2, pp.
367-374, July 1993.
20. F. DEJEAN, C. VASSILOPOULOS, G. SIMANDIRAKIS, K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU and
K.D.PAPAILIOU: ‘Analysis of Transonic Turbomachinery Flows using an Explicit Low-
Reynolds k-ε Navier-Stokes Solver’, ASME Paper 94-GT-83, International Gas Turbine &
Aeroengine Congress & Exposition, the Hague, June 13-16, 1994.
21. K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU and K.D.PAPAILIOU: ‘A Preconditioned GMRES Pressure Correction
Algorithm for Incompressible, Laminar and Turbulent Flows’, Proceedings of the 2 nd European
Computational Fluid Dynamics Conference, ECCOMAS, Stuttgart, pp. 16-23, Sept. 5-8, 1994.
22. G. SIMANDIRAKIS, F. DEJEAN, C. VASSILOPOULOS, K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU and
K.D.PAPAILIOU: ‘Steady and Unsteady Two-Dimensional Flow Calculations Using an Explicit
Fractional-Step Algorithm’, Proceedings of the 2 nd European Computational Fluid Dynamics
Conference, ECCOMAS, Stuttgart, pp. 701-710, Sept. 5-8, 1994.
23. P. CHAVIAROPOULOS, K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU and K.D. PAPAILIOU: ‘A Numerical
Method for Generating Structured Grids of Desired Properties, on Complex 3-D Surfaces’,
Proceedings of the 2 nd European Computational Fluid Dynamics Conference, ECCOMAS,
Stuttgart, pp.225-233, Sept. 5-8, 1994.
24. K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU, P. CHAVIAROPOULOS and K.D.PAPAILIOU: ‘Boundary Fitted
Parametrization of Unstructured Topologies in Arbitrary Surfaces’, Proceedings of the 2 nd
International Conference on Computational Structures Technology, Athens, CIVIL-COMP. Ltd,
M. Papadrakakis and B.H.V. Topping (Eds), Vol. Advances in Simulation and Interaction
Techniques, pp. 149-155, August 30 - Sept. 1, 1994.
25. C. VASSILOPOULOS, G. SIMANDIRAKIS, K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU and K.D. PAPAILIOU:
‘Losses Prediction in Axial Flow Compressor Cascades Using an Explicit k-ε Navier-Stokes
Solver’, AGARD-CP-571, 85 th PEP/AGARD Symposium on Losses Mechanisms and Unsteady
Flows in Turbomachines, Derby, U.K, May 8-12, 1995.
26. C.A. VOGIATZIS, K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU, D. KOUBOGIANNIS and K.D. PAPAILIOU:
‘Assessment of Three Implicit Solution Methods for the Time-Dependent Navier-Stokes at Low
Mach Number’, 4 th National Congress on Mechanics, Xanthi, Greece, June 24-28, 1995.
27. K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU: ‘Efficient Control Mechanisms for Grid Generation in Complex
Geometries’, 4 th National Congress on Mechanics, Xanthi, Greece, June 24-28, 1995.
28. E.S. POLITIS, K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU and K.D. PAPAILIOU: ‘A Successive Implicit Method
for Incompressible Flow Calculations in Three-Dimensional Ducts and Cascades’, ISOABE 95-
7056, XII ISOABE 1995 Conference, Melbourne, Australia, Sept. 10-15, 1995.
29. I.G. NIKOLAOU, K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU and K.D.PAPAILIOU: ‘Study of Radial Tip
Clearance Effects in a Low-Speed Axial Compressor Rotor’, ASME Paper 96-GT-37, 41 st ASME
Gas Turbine & Aeroengine Congress, Exposition & Users Symposium, Birmingham, U.K., June
10-13, 1996.
30. D.G. KOUBOGIANNIS and K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU: ‘Acceleration of a Navier-Stokes Solver
for Unstructured Grids, on a Distributed Memory Computer’, 2nd National Congress on
Computational Mechanics, Chania, Greece, June 26-28, 1996.

31. E.S. POLITIS and K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU: ‘Efficient Adaptation of a Pressure Correction
Navier-Stokes Solver to a Multi-Domain Configuration’, 2nd National Congress on
Computational Mechanics, Chania, Greece, June 26-28, 1996.
32. G.O. FRESKOS, K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU and K.D. PAPAILIOU: ‘3-D Analysis of a Backswept
Impeller’, 2 nd European Conference on Turbomachinery - Fluid Dynamics & Thermodynamics,
Antwerpen, Belgium, March 5-7, 1997.
33. E.S. POLITIS, K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU and K.D.PAPAILIOU: ‘Axial Compressor Stage
Analysis Through a Multi-Block 3-D Navier-Stokes Solution Method’, ASME Paper 97-GT-93,
42 nd ASME Gas Turbine & Aeroengine Congress, Exposition & Users Symposium, Orlando,
USA, June 2-5, 1997.
34. I.G. NIKOLAOU, K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU and K.D. PAPAILIOU: ‘Numerical Prediction of the
Secondary Flow in a turbine Cascade’, XIII ISABE, 13 th International Symposium on Air
Breathing Engines, Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA, September 8-12, 1997.
35. D.G. KOUBOGIANNIS, K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU and K.D. PAPAILIOU, ‘Prediction of Heat
Transfer Effects in Turbine Cascades using Unstructured Grids and Parallel Computers’,
EUROTHERM Seminar No.55, Heat Transfer in Single Phase Flows 5 , Santorini, Greece.
September 18-19, 1997.
36. E.S. POLITIS, K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU and K.D. PAPAILIOU, ‘High-Speed Flow in an
Annular Cascade with Tip-Clearance: Numerical Investigation’, ASME Paper 98-GT-247, 43 st
ASME Gas Turbine & Aeroengine Congress and Exhibition, Stockholm, June 2-5, 1998.
37. E.S. POLITIS, K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU and K.D. PAPAILIOU, ‘Leakage Effects in the Rotor
Tip-Clearance Region of a Multistage Axial Compressor. Part 2 : Numerical Modelling’, ASME
Paper 98-GT-592, 43 st ASME Gas Turbine & Aeroengine Congress and Exhibition, Stockholm,
June 2-5, 1998.
38. D.G. KOUBOGIANNIS, V.P. ILIADIS and K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU: ‘A Parallel CFD Tool to
Produce Faulty Blade Signatures for Diagnostic Purposes’, ASME Paper 98-GT-169, 43 st ASME
Gas Turbine & Aeroengine Congress and Exhibition, Stockholm, June 2-5, 1998.
39. D. KOUBOGIANNIS, K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU and K.D. PAPAILIOU: ‘Viscous Flow
Computations Using Structured and Unstructured Grids, on the Intel-Paragon’, Optimum
Aerodynamic Design & Parallel Navier-Stokes Computations, ECARP- European Computational
Aerodynamics Research Project, VIEWEG, Notes on Numerical Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 61, pp.
404-411, 1998.
40. K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU and A.P.GIOTIS: ‘Unstructured 3-D Grid Partitioning Methods Based
on Genetic Algorithms’, Proceedings of the 4 th European Computational Fluid Dynamics
Conference, ECCOMAS, (Mini-Symposium: "Impact of Evolutionary Computing in Flow
Engineering"), Athens, Vol. 2, pp.186-191, Sept. 7-11, 1998.
41. K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU: ‘A Design Method for Turbine Blades using Genetic Algorithms on
Parallel Computers’, Proceedings of the 4 th European Computational Fluid Dynamics Conference,
ECCOMAS, Athens, Vol. 1, pp. 354-359, Sept. 7-11, 1998.
42. D.G. KOUBOGIANNIS, K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU and K.D. PAPAILIOU: ‘Unstructured Grid
Adaptivity with Dynamic Load Balancing on Distributed Memory Computers’, Proceedings of
the 4 th European Computational Fluid Dynamics Conference, ECCOMAS, (Mini-Symposium:
"Dynamic Load Balancing"), Athens, Vol. 2, pp.171-176, Sept. 7-11, 1998.
43. G SIMANDIRAKIS, C. VASSILOPOULOS, K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU and K.D. PAPAILIOU:
‘2-D Transonic Bump Flow Calculations Using an Explicit Fractional-Step Method’,
Computation and Comparison of Efficient Turbulence Models for Aeronautics- European Project
ETMA, VIEWEG, Notes on Numerical Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 65, pp. 432-438, 1998.
44. C. VASSILOPOULOS, K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU and K.D. PAPAILIOU: ‘Study of the
Supersonic Compression Ramp Flow Using an Explicit Fractional-Step Technique and the k-ε
Turbulence Model’, Computation and Comparison of Efficient Turbulence Models for
Aeronautics- European Project ETMA, VIEWEG, Notes on Numerical Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 65,
pp. 311-322, 1998.

45. C. VASSILOPOULOS, K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU and K.D.PAPAILIOU: ‘Supersonic Rearward-
Facing Step Calculations Using an Explicit Fractional-Step Method and a Two-Equation
Turbulence Model’, Computation and Comparison of Efficient Turbulence Models for
Aeronautics- European Project ETMA, VIEWEG, Notes on Numerical Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 65,
pp. 76-85, 1998.
46. K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU, D.G. KOUBOGIANNIS, A.P. GIOTIS and D.V. ROVAS: ‘A 3-D
Solver Using Unstructured Grids with Tetrahedral Elements’, Proc. of the 5 th National Congress
on Mechanics, Ioannina, pp. 973-980, August 1998.
47. K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU and G.O. FRESKOS: ‘A Design Method for Turbomachinery Cascades
Using Genetic Algorithms’, Proc. of the 5 th National Congress on Mechanics, Ioannina, pp. 314-
321, August 1998.
48. K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU: ‘Designing Turbomachinery Blades Using Evolutionary Methods’,
ASME Paper 99-GT-181, 44 th ASME Gas Turbine & Aeroengine Congress, Indianapolis, IN,
USA, June 7-10, 1999.
49. A.P. GIOTIS, K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU, B. MANTEL and J. PERIAUX: ‘Efficient Partitioning
Methods for 3-D Unstructured Grids Using Genetic Algorithms’, EUROGEN 99, Evolutionary
Algorithms in Engineering and Computer Science, Jyvaskyla, May 1999.
50. A.P. GIOTIS and K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU: ‘Single- and Multi-Objective Airfoil Design Using
Genetic Algorithms and Artificial Intelligence’, EUROGEN 99, Evolutionary Algorithms in
Engineering and Computer Science, Jyvaskyla, May 1999.
51. N. LAMBROPOULOS, E.S. POLITIS, K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU and K.D. PAPAILIOU: ‘Colocated
pressure-correction formulations on Unstructured 2-D grids’, 3 rd National Congress on
Computational Mechanics, Volos, Greece, June 1999.
52. K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU: ‘Optimization and Inverse Design in Aeronautics: How to Couple
Genetic Algorithms with Radial Basis Function Networks’, EURODAYS 2000, Innovative Tools
for Scientific Computation in Aeronautical Engineering, Paris, March 2001.
53. A.P. GIOTIS, D.G. KOUBOGIANNIS and K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU: ‘A Parallel CFD Method
for Adaptive Unstructured Grids with Optimum Grid Repartitioning’, Parallel CFD 2000,
Trondheim, Norway, May 2000.
54. A.P. GIOTIS, K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU and J. PERIAUX: ‘A Reduced-Cost Multi-Objective
Optimization Method Based on the Pareto Front Technique, Neural Networks and PVM’,
ECCOMAS 2000, European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and
Engineering, Barcelona, Sept. 2000.
55. K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU, T.I. PAPPOU, A.P. GIOTIS and D.G. KOUBOGIANNIS: ‘A Parallel
Inverse-Design Algorithm in Aeronautics Based on Genetic Algorithms and the Adjoint Method”,
ECCOMAS 2000, European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and
Engineering, Barcelona, Sept. 2000.
56. D.G. KOUBOGIANNIS and K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU: ‘Implementation and Assessment of
Low-Reynolds Turbulence Models for Airfoil Flows on Unstructured Grids’, ECCOMAS 2000,
European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering, Barcelona,
Sept. 2000.
57. T. ZERVOGIANNIS, V. ASSOUTI, K. GAGAS, A. KAOUNIS and K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU:
‘Inverse Design of Aerodynamic Shapes Using Ant Colony Optimization’, 6 th National Congress
of Mechanics, Thessaloniki, July 2001.
58. M.K. KARAKASIS, A.P. GIOTIS and K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU: ‘Efficient Genetic Optimization
Using Inexact Information and Sensitivity Analysis. Application in Shape Optimization
Problems’, ECCOMAS Computational Fluid Dynamics Conference 2001, Swansea, Sept. 2001.
59. A.I. GEORGIADIS, D.G. KOUBOGIANNIS, K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU and K.D. PAPAILIOU:
‘Numerical Flow Simulation of a Counter-Rotating Fan Stage, Using a RANS Solver for
Unstructured Grids’, ISABE 2001-1194, Bangalore, India, Sept. 2-7, 2001.
60. A. GIOTIS, M. EMMERICH, B. NAUJOCS, K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU, T.BACK, ‘Low-Cost
Stochastic Optimization for Engineering Applications’, Int. Conference EUROGEN 2001 –

Evolutionary Methods for Design, Optimization and Control with Applications to Industrial
Problems, Athens, Greece, Sept. 19-21, 2001.
61. A. GIOTIS, P. LIAKOPOULOS, D. KOUBOGIANNIS, K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU: ‘A Fast GA-
Based Data Partitioner for Use in Parallel CFD’, Int. Conference EUROGEN 2001 – Evolutionary
Methods for Design, Optimization and Control with Applications to Industrial Problems, Athens,
Greece, Sept. 19-21, 2001.
62. E.T. BONATAKI, K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU: ‘An Automated Tool for Single- and Multiobjective
Optimization for Designing Combined Cycle Gas Turbine Power Plants”, 4 th GRACM
Conference on Computational Mechanics, Patras, June 27-29, 2002.
63. N. LAMBROPOULOS, D.G. KOUBOGIANNIS, K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU: ‘Agglomeration
Multigrid and Parallel Processing for the Numerical Solution of the Euler Equations on 2D and
3D Unstructured Grids’, 4 th GRACM Conference on Computational Mechanics, Patras, June 27-
29, 2002.
64. M. EMMERICH, A. GIOTIS, M. OZDEMIR, T. BACK, K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU: ‘Metamodel-
Assisted Evolution Strategies’, 7th Intern. Conf. on Parallel Problem Solving from Nature (PPSN
2002), Granada, Spain, Sept. 7-11, 2002.
65. K. CHIBA, S. OBAYASHI, K. NAKAHASHI, A. GIOTIS, K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU: ‘Design
Optimization of the Wing Shape of the RLV Booster Stage using Evolutionary Algorithms and
Navier-Stokes Computations on Unstructured Grids’, EUROGEN 2003, Barcelona, Spain, Sep.
15-17, 2003.
66. E.T. BONATAKI, A. GIOTIS, K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU: ‘Multi-Objective Design of Optimal
Combined Cycle Power Plants with Supplementary Firing’, EUROGEN 2003, Barcelona, Spain,
Sep. 15-17, 2003.
67. I.C. KAMPOLIS, D.I. PAPADIMITRIOU, K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU: ‘Evolutionary
Optimization Using a New Radial Basis Function Network and the Adjoint Formulation’, Inverse
Problems, Design and Optimization (IPDO) Symposium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, March 17-19,
2004.
68. D.I. PAPADIMITRIOU, I.C. KAMPOLIS, K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU: ‘Stochastic and
Deterministic Optimization in Turbomachinery Applications based on the Adjoint Formulation’,
ERCOFTAC Design Optimization: Methods & Applications, Athens, Greece, March 31-April 2,
2004.
69. E.T. BONATAKI, L.S. GEORGOULIS, C. GEORGOPOULOU, K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU:
‘Optimal Design of Combined Cycle Power Plants based on Gas Turbine Performance Data’,
ERCOFTAC Design Optimization: Methods & Applications, Athens, Greece, March 31-April 2,
2004.
70. M.K. KARAKASIS, K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU: ‘On the Use of Surrogate Evaluation Models in
Multi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithms’, ECCOMAS 2004, 4 th European Congress on
Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering, Jyvaskyla, Finland, July 24-28,
2004.
71. D.I. PAPADIMITRIOU, K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU, E. CARELAS, I. TRIANTAFYLLOS, G.
FRESKOS: ‘Automated Parallel CFD Analysis of Internally Cooled Turbine Blades’, 1rst
International Conference “From Scientific Computing to Computational Engineering”, Athens,
Greece, September 8-10, 2004.
72. V.G. ASOUTI, D.I. PAPADIMITRIOU, D.G. KOUBOGIANNIS, K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU:
‘Low Mach Number Preconditioning for 2D and 3D Upwind Flow Solution Schemes on
Unstructured Grids’, 5 th GRACM International Congress on Computational Mechanics, Limassol,
June 29- July 1, 2005.
73. K.N. GKAGKAS, D.I. PAPADIMITRIOU, K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU: ‘Optimal Grid Adaptation
through A Posteriori Error Analysis’, 5 th GRACM International Congress on Computational
Mechanics, Limassol, June 29- July 1, 2005.
74. E.A. KONTOLEONTOS, K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU, D.G. KOUBOGIANNIS: ‘Robust Design of
Compressor Cascade Airfoils Using Evolutionary Algorithms and Surrogate Models”, 1rst

International Conference on Experiments/Process/System Modelling/Simulation/Optimization,
Athens, July 6-9, 2005.
75. M.K. KARAKASIS, K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU: ‘Metamodel-Assisted Multi-Objective
Evolutionary Optimization’, EUROGEN 2005, Munich, September 12-14, 2005.
76. D.I. PAPADIMITRIOU, A.S. ZYMARIS, K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU: ‘Discrete and Continuous
Adjoint Formulations for Turbomachinery Applications’, EUROGEN 2005, Munich, September
12-14, 2005.
77. E.T. BONATAKI, K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU: ‘Preliminary Design of Optimal Combined Cycle
Power Plants through Evolutionary Algorithms’, EUROGEN 2005, Munich, September 12-14,
2005.
78. A.A. KRIMPENIS, P.I.K. LIAKOPOULOS, G.C. VOSNIAKOS, K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU:
‘Multi-Objective Design of Optimal Sculptured Surface Rough Machining through Pareto and
Nash Techniques’, EUROGEN 2005, Munich, September 12-14, 2005.
79. D.I. PAPADIMITRIOU, K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU: ‘A Continuous Adjoint Method for the
Minimization of Losses in Cascade Viscous Flows’, 44th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting,
AIAA-2006-0116, Reno, NV, USA, Jan 9-11, 2006.
80. K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU, M.K. KARAKASIS, I.C. KAMPOLIS: ‘Evolutionary Algorithms with
Surrogate Modeling for Computationally Expensive Optimization Problem’, ERCOFTAC 2006
Design Optimization International Conference, Gran Canaria, Spain, April 5-7, 2006.
81. D.I. PAPADIMITRIOU, K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU: ‘Compressor Blade Optimization using a
Continuous Adjoint Formulation’, ASME Paper GT-2006/90466, ASME Gas Turbine &
Aeroengine Technical Congress and Exposition, Barcelona, Spain, May 8-11, 2006.
82. D.I. PAPADIMITRIOU, K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU: ‘A Continuous Adjoint Formulation with
Emphasis to Aerodynamic-Turbomachinery Optimization’, ECCOMAS CFD 2006 Conference,
Egmond Aan Zee, The Netherlands, Sept. 5-8, 2006.
83. P.I.K. LIAKOPOULOS, K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU; ‘Unstructured Remeshing Using an Efficient
Smoothing Scheme’, ECCOMAS CFD 2006 Conference, Egmond Aan Zee, The Netherlands,
Sept. 5-8, 2006.
84. M.K. KARAKASIS, K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU, D.G. KOUBOGIANNIS: ‘Aerodynamic Design
of Compressor Airfoils using Hierarchical, Distributed, Metamodel-Assisted Evolutionary
Algorithms’, 7 th European Conference on Turbomachinery, Fluid Dynamics and
Thermodynamics, Athens, March 5-8, 2007.
85. D.I. PAPADIMITRIOU, K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU: ‘Total Pressure Losses Minimization in
Turbomachinery Cascades, Using a New Continuous Adjoint Formulation’, 7 th European
Conference on Turbomachinery, Fluid Dynamics and Thermodynamics, Athens, March 5-8,
2007.
86. T. ZERVOGIANNIS, P.I.K.D. LIAKOPOULOS, D.I. PAPADIMITRIOU, K.C.
GIANNAKOGLOU: ‘A Grid Enrichment and Movement Strategy for A Posteriori Error Analysis
in Viscous Flows’, 7 th European Conference on Turbomachinery, Fluid Dynamics and
Thermodynamics, Athens, March 5-8, 2007.
87. K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU, I.C. KAMPOLIS, P.I.K. LIAKOPOULOS, M.K. KARAKASIS, D.I.
PAPADIMITRIOU, V.G. ASOUTI, T. ZERVOGIANNIS: ‘Aerodynamic Shape Optimization
Methods on Multiprocessor Platforms’, ParCFD 2007, Antalya, Turkey, May 21-24, 2007.
88. V.G. ASOUTI, D.I. PAPADIMITRIOU, K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU: ‘Continuous Adjoint Method
with Low-Mach Number Preconditioning’, EUROGEN 2007, Jyvaskyla, Finland, June 11-13,
2007.
89. C.A. GEORGOPOULOU, K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU: ‘Solutions to the Unit Commitment
Problem using Two-level Evolutionary Algorithms’, EUROGEN 2007, Jyvaskyla, Finland, June
11-13, 2007.
90. K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU, D.I. PAPADIMITRIOU: ‘Adjoint Methods for gradient- and Hessianbased
Aerodynamic Shape Optimization’, EUROGEN 2007, Jyvaskyla, Finland, June 11-13,
2007.

91. C.A. GEORGOPOULOU, K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU: ‘A Two-level Method for Solving Power
Generating Unit Commitment Problems’, Power Tech 2007, Lausanne, Switzerland, July 1-5,
2007.
92. I.C. KAMPOLIS, A.S. ZYMARIS, V.G. ASOUTI, K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU: ‘Multilevel
Optimization Strategies based on Metamodel-Assisted Evolutionary Algorithms, for
Computationally Expensive Problems’, 2007 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation
(CEC), Singapore, September 25-28, 2007.
93. X. TROMPOUKIS, V.G. ASOUTI, T. ZERVOGIANNIS, K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU: ‘CFD
Analysis and Parametric Study-Optimization of Suction-Blowing Flow Control Techniques’, 6 th
GRACM International Congress on Computational Mechanics, Thessaloniki, June 19-21, 2008.
94. H.A. GEORGOPOULOU, S.A. KYRIACOU, K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU, P. GRAFENBERGER,
E. PARKINSON: 'Constrained Multi-Objective Design Optimization of Hydraulic Components
Using a Hierarchical Metamodel Assisted Evolutionary Algorithm. Part 1: Theory', 24 th IAHR
Symposium on Hydraulic Machinery and Systems, Foz do Iguassu, Brazil, October 27-31, 2008.
95. P. GRAFENBERGER, E. PARKINSON, H.A. GEORGOPOULOU, S.A. KYRIACOU and K.C.
GIANNAKOGLOU: 'Constrained Multi-Objective Design Optimization of Hydraulic
Components Using a Hierarchical Metamodel Assisted Evolutionary Algorithm. Part 2:
Applications', 24 th IAHR Symposium on Hydraulic Machinery and Systems, Foz do Iguassu,
Brazil, October 27-31, 2008.
96. H.A. GEORGOPOULOU and K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU: ‘Solution of Stochastic Unit
Commitment Problems using Metamodel-Assisted Evolutionary Algorithms’, EUROGEN 2009,
Cracow, Poland, June 15-17, 2009.
97. T. ZERVOGIANNIS, D.I. PAPADIMITRIOU and K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU: 'Computation of
Second-Order Sensitivities of the Total Pressure Losses Functional in Cascade Flows', ISABE
2009, 19th ISABE Conference, Montreal, Canada, September 7-11, 2009.
98. D.I. PAPADIMITRIOU, K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU: ‘One-Shot Shape Optimization Using the
Exact Hessian’, ECCOMAS CFD 2010, 5 th European Conference on CFD, Lisbon, Portugal, June
14-17, 2010.
99. A.S. ZYMARIS, D.I. PAPADIMITRIOU, K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU, C. OTHMER: ‘Optimal
Location of Suction or Blowing Jets Using the Continuous Adjoint Approach’, ECCOMAS CFD
2010, 5 th European Conference on CFD, Lisbon, Portugal, June 14-17, 2010.
100. S.A. KYRIACOU, S. WEISSENBERGER,P. GRAFENBERGER, K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU:
Optimization of Hydraulic Machinery by Exploiting Previous Successful Designs’, 25 th IAHR
Symposium on Hydraulic Machinery and Systems, Timisoara, Romania, September 20-24, 2010.
LECTURE SERIES
1. K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU: ‘Acceleration of Genetic Algorithms Using Artificial Neural Networks
– Theoretical Background’, von Karman Institute Lectures Series on ‘Genetic Algorithms for
Optimization in Aeronautics and Turbomachinery’, May 15-19, 2000.
2. K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU, A.P. GIOTIS: ‘Acceleration of Genetic Algorithms Using Artificial
Neural Networks – Application of the Method’, von Karman Institute Lectures Series on ‘Genetic
Algorithms for Optimization in Aeronautics and Turbomachinery’, May 15-19, 2000.
3. K.C.GIANNAKOGLOU: ‘Neural Network Assisted Evolutionary Algorithms for Aeronautics
and Turbomachinery’, von Karman Institute Lectures Series on ‘Numerical Optimization Methods
& Tools for Multi-criteria /Multi-Disciplinary Design with applications to Aeronautics and
Turbomachinery’, November 15 - 19, 2004.
4. K.C.GIANNAKOGLOU, D.I. PAPADIMITRIOU, I.C. KAMPOLIS,: ‘Coupling Evolutionary
Algorithms, Surrogate Models and Adjoint Methods in Inverse Design and Optimization
Problems’, von Karman Institute Lectures Series on ‘Numerical Optimization Methods & Tools
for Multi-criteria /Multi-Disciplinary Design with applications to Aeronautics and
Turbomachinery’, November 15 - 19, 2004.

5. K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU, M.K. KARAKASIS: ‘Hierarchical and Distributed Metamodel-
Assisted Evolutionary Algorithms’, von Karman Institute Lectures Series on ‘Introduction to
Optimization and Multidisciplinary Design- Applications to Aeronautics and Turbomachinery’,
March 6-10, 2006.
6. K.C. GIANNAKOGLOU, D.I. PAPADIMITRIOU: ‘Formulation and Application of the
Continuous Adjoint Method in Aerodynamics and Turbomachinery’, von Karman Institute
Lectures Series on ‘Introduction to Optimization and Multidisciplinary Design- Applications to
Aeronautics and Turbomachinery’, March 6-10, 2006.
7. K.C.GIANNAKOGLOU, I.C. KAMPOLIS, C.A. GEORGOPOULOU: ‘Metamodel-Assisted
Evolutionary Algorithms (MAEAs)’, von Karman Institute Lectures Series on ‘Introduction to
Optimization and Multidisciplinary Design in Aeronautics and Turbomachinery’, June 2-6, 2008.
8. K.C.GIANNAKOGLOU, D.I. PAPADIMITRIOU, I.C. KAMPOLIS: ‘Hybridized Adjoint
Methods/ Evolutionary Algorithms & Applications to Turbomachinery’, von Karman Institute
Lectures Series on ‘Introduction to Optimization and Multidisciplinary Design in Aeronautics and
Turbomachinery’, June 2-6, 2008.
9. K.C.GIANNAKOGLOU, D.I. PAPADIMITRIOU, A.S. ZYMARIS: ‘The continuous adjoint
method for first- and second-order sensitivities in aerodynamic shape optimization’, von Karman
Institute Lectures Series on ‘Introduction to Optimization and Multidisciplinary Design in
Aeronautics and Turbomachinery’, May 31- June 4, 2010.
10. K.C.GIANNAKOGLOU, I.C. KAMPOLIS, C.A. GEORGOPOULOU: ‘Hierarchical Metamodel-
Assisted Evolutionary Algorithms’, von Karman Institute Lectures Series on ‘Introduction to
Optimization and Multidisciplinary Design in Aeronautics and Turbomachinery’, May 31- June 4,
2010.