Pericles A. Mitkas (born 1962 in Florina, Greece) is a Greek university lecturer in electronic and computer engineering. He holds American as well as Greek nationality and is Rector of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH). He was elected as President of both the Black Sea Universities Network and the Balkan Universities Network from 2018 to 2020. [1] [2]
Mitkas studied at the AUTH and obtained a Diploma as Elektroingenieur (Electrical Engineer) in 1985. In 1987 he obtained a master's degree in Computer Engineering at Syracuse University in the US state of New York, and a Ph.D. in 1990 at the same university with a dissertation titled ː On Relational Database Operations Implemented in Optics.
Mitkas became Assistant Professor in 1990 and an Associate professor in 1996 at Syracuse University and was at the same time was Visiting Professor at the AUTH. In 1999 he returned to the AUTH and took over the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering as Professor. [3] He also took over a number administrative posts at this university and from 2010 until 2014 was a member of its Senate. He was elected its Rector in 2014.
Mitkas is married to Sophia Mardiri and has two children.
The Aristotle University of Thessaloniki is the sixth oldest, and among the most highly ranked, tertiary education institution within Greece. Named after the philosopher Aristotle, who was born in Stageira, about 55 km east of Thessaloniki, it is the largest university in Greece and its campus covers 230,000 square metres in the centre of Thessaloniki, with additional educational and administrative facilities elsewhere.
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