George
Tsinarakis
Laboratory Teaching Staff
School of Production Engineering and Management,
Technical University of Crete, 73100 Chania, Crete, Greece
Dr George Tsinarakis received his Diploma in Production Engineering and Management in 2000, the M. Sc. Degree in 2002 and the Ph.D. Degree in 2007 from Technical University of Crete. Since 2009 he is serving as Laboratory Teaching Staff at Production Engineering and Management School of Technical University of Crete. In Technical University of Crete, he is teaching Theoretical and Laboratorial undergraduate courses (Simulation, Production Systems etc.), co-supervises undergraduate Thesis and has participated in European and Greek research projects. In the period 2002 – 2009 he has worked in Technological Educational Institute of Crete as adjunct teaching staff. From 2009 – now he also works as Master Thesis Supervisor at the Hellenic Open University, School of Science and Technology, Postgraduate Program: Engineering Project Management. Also from March 2017 he is teaching Operations and Production Management in the Postgraduate Program of Department of Financial and Management Engineering of University of the Aegean in Chios Island. He has published papers in peer-reviewed international journals, as well as International Conference proceedings. He has served as reviewer in international conferences as well as journals and as evaluator of EYDE – ETAK of Greek Ministry of Education, Research and Religious Affairs.
Education
2007: PhD in Production Engineering and Management, Technical University of Crete.
Thesis: “ Modeling and study of random topology production systems with Petri nets: a hierarchical control approach ”
2002: MSc, Technical University of Crete, School of Production Engineering and Management
Thesis: ” Modelling synthesis and analysis of production systems using Petri nets “
- 2000: Diploma of Production Engineering and Management, Technical University of Crete.
Thesis: ” Evaluation of Decision trees in training on the acquisition of fault finding in chemical plants “
Teaching Experience
- Current
- ” Simulation, Production Systems “
Academic years 2009 – Present
Theoretical and Laboratorial Undergraduate courses
School of Production Engineering and Management, Technical University of Crete - ” Operations and Production Management “
Academic years 2016 – Present
Postgraduate Program
Department of Financial and Management Engineering (Chios), University of the Aegean - ” Management of Technical Projects “
Academic years 2009 – Present
Master Thesis Supervisor on the Postgraduate Program
School of Science and Technology, Hellenic Open University
- ” Simulation, Production Systems “
Research Projects - Grants
- Active
- 2023 – Present
Product Passport Through Twinning of Circular Value Chains (PLOOTO) Horizon 2020 Role: Principal Investigator of TUC
- 2023 – Present
- Past
- 2019 – 2022
Energy-aware Factory Analytics for Process industries (FACTLOG)
EC, DT-SPIRE-06-2019, Horizon 2020
Role: Principal Investigator of TUC - 2008
Crete Regional Innovation Framework: Integrated surveillance system for
the protection of the local ecosystem and visitors in Samaria Gorge
Prefecture of Crete
General Secretariat of Research and Technology - 2003
Modelling, Analysis, Synthesis and Performance Evaluation of Random Topology Production Systems using PetriNets
Joint Greece-Slovenia Research and Technology Programme, General Secretariat of Research and Technology
Ministry of Development
- 2019 – 2022
More information about Past Projects can be found here
Research Interests
- Production Systems Circular Economy
- Petri nets and Extensions Fuzzy logic
- Hybrid systems
- Supervisory Control
- Mathematical Modelling
- Digital Twins
- Discrete Event Systems
- Renewable Energy Sources
Publications
Recent
- Tsinarakis G., Kouloumpis V., Pavlidou A., and Arampatzis G. “Data for the project management, life cycle inventory, costings and energy production of a ground-mounted photovoltaic farm in Greece”, Data in Brief, vol. 48, June 2023.
- Sifakis Ν., Sarantinoudis N., Tsinarakis G., Politis C. and Arampatzis G., “Soft sensing of LPG processes using deep learning”, Sensors, 2023, 23.
- Sarantinoudis N., Tsinarakis G., Dedousis P. and Arampatzis G., “Model-Based Simulation Framework for Digital Twins in the Process Industry”, IEEE Access, Accepted for Publication.
- “A Semantic Model-based Systems Engineering Approach for Assessing the Operational Performance of Metal Forming Process”, Computers & Industrial Engineering, Accepted for Publication.
- N. Sarantinoudis, G. Tsinarakis, L. Doitsidis, N. Tsourveloudis and G. Arampatzis, “Bibliometric Analysis on Applications of Digital Twins in Autonomous Vehicles”, Proceedings of 31th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation – MED 2023, Limassol, Cyprus, pp. 95-100, June 2023.
- N. Sarantinoudis, G. Tsinarakis, L. Doitsidis, S. Chatzichristofis and G. Arampatzis, “A ROS-Based Autonomous Vehicle Testbed for the Internet of Vehicles,” Proceedings of 19th International Conference on Distributed Computing in Smart Systems and the Internet of Things (DCOSS-IoT), Pafos, Cyprus, pp. 726-733, June 2023.
Ιn peer-reviewed scientific journals
- Kouloumpis V., Kalogerakis A., Pavlidou A., Tsinarakis G. and Arampatzis G., “ Should Photovoltaics Stay at Home? Comparative Life Cycle Environmental Assessment on Roof-Mounted and Ground-Mounted Photovoltaics ”, Sustainability, Special Issue “Applications, Integration and Trends of Renewable Energy Technologies”, November 2020
- Katsigiannis J., Georgilakis P. and Tsinarakis G., “ A Novel Colored Fluid Stochastic Petri Net Simulation Model for Reliability Evaluation of Wind /PV / Diesel Small Isolated Power Systems ”, IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics, Part A, vol. 6, issue 6, pp. 1296 – 1309, November 2010
- Katsigiannis J., Georgilakis P. and Tsinarakis G., “ Introducing a coloured fluid stochastic Petri net based methodology for reliability and performance evaluation of small isolated power systems including wind turbines ”, IET Renewable Power Generation, vol. 2, Issue 2, pp. 75 – 88, June 2008
- Tsinarakis G. J., Tsourveloudis N. C. and Valavanis K. P., “ Modeling, Analysis, Synthesis and Performance Evaluation of Multi-Operational Production Systems with Hybrid Timed Petri Nets ”, IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, vol. 3, Issue 1, pp. 29 – 46, Jan. 2006
- Tsinarakis G. J., Tsourveloudis N. C. and Valavanis K. P., “ Modular Petri Net Based Modeling, Analysis, Synthesis and Performance Evaluation of Random Topology Dedicated Production Systems ”, Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, vol. 16, pp. 67–92, 2005
Ιn peer-reviewed conference proceedings
- Tsinarakis G. J., Spanoudakis P. S., Arampatzis G., Tsourveloudis N. C. and Doitsidis L., “ Implementation of a Petri-net based Digital Twin for the development procedure of an Electric Vehicle ”, Proceedings of 28th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation – MED 2020, Saint-Raphaël, France, pp. 862-867, September 2020
- Tsinarakis G. J., Tsourveloudis N. C. and Valavanis K. P., “ Studying Multi-assembly Machine Production Systems with Hybrid Timed Petri Nets ”, in Proceedings of IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering – CASE 2005, Edmonton, Canada, August 1-2, 2005, pp. 327 – 332
- Tsinarakis G. J. and Valavanis K. P., “ Modular Hybrid Petri Nets for Studying Multi-operational Production Systems Where Parts Follow Multiple Alternative Processes ”, International Conference on Robotics and Automation – ICRA 2004, New Orleans Riverside Hilton & Towers, New Orleans, LA 70140, USA April 26 – May 1, 2004, pp. 547 – 553
- Tsinarakis G. J., Valavanis K. P. and Tsourveloudis N. C., “ Studying Multi-operational Production Systems with Modular Hybrid Petri Nets ”, IEEE / RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems – IROS 2003, Bally’s Las Vegas Hotel, Las Vegas, USA, October 27 – 31, 2003, pp. 3028 -3034
- Tsinarakis G. J., Valavanis K. P. and Tsourveloudis N. C., “ Modular Petri Net Based Modeling, Analysis and Synthesis of Dedicated Production Systems “, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation – ICRA 2003, Grand Hotel, Taipei, Taiwan, September 14 – 19, 2003, pp. 3559 -3564
Additional published work can be found here
Work Experience
- 2017 – Present
Adjunct Faculty Member
University of the Aegean - 2015 – Present
Adjunct Professor
Hellenic Open University - 2010 – Present
Laboratory Teaching Staff
School of Production Engineering and Management, Technical University of Crete - 2002 – 2009
Instructor / Lab Assistant
Hellenic Mediterranean University
