Savvas Chatzichristofis is the Vice-Rector of Research and Innovation and Professor of Artificial Intelligence. His research focuses on the intersection of AI, computer vision, and robotics, and he has been involved in multiple R&D projects funded by European and National organizations. He holds a Diploma (M.Eng.) and a Ph.D. in Computer Vision from Democritus University and has served as a special scientist, visiting lecturer, and researcher at various institutions. He has received numerous distinctions, grants, scholarships, and awards for his contributions and has published extensively in prestigious academic journals.
Dr. Demetra Demetriou is a lecturer in the Department of Accounting and Finance and teaches various courses in accounting and finance such as business finance, financial accounting, management accounting, corporate governance, corporate law, financial analysis and business valuation. She is a graduate of the Department of Banking and Financial Management of the University of Piraeus. She obtained a Master’s degree in Banking and Financial Studies from Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh and a PhD from the same university. She has made numerous presentations at academic and professional conferences.
Dr. Demetriou is a Chartered Certified Accountant (ACCA) and a member of the Association of Certified Public Accountants (CPAC) of Cyprus. She also holds a professional qualification in Investment Management (Level 3) in the UK.
Before joining the academic community, she worked as a quantitative risk analyst for Lloyds Banking Group in Edinburgh. During her time at Neapolis University, she has become a member of several committees such as the Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion Committee, the Quality and Assurance Committee, the ERASMUS+ Committee, and the Special Interinstitutional Committee.
Her research interests are in the fields of corporate sustainability, governance, banking and finance, internal audit, environmental accounting and reporting, etc. She has been a research team member of EEA and Norway Grants Fund for Youth Unemployment Program and contributed with the following educational material: General Knowledge of Cyprus Taxation – Physical and Legal Persons, The Financial System and Basic Banking Activities in Cyprus, Key Concepts in Cost Accounting for Small Manufacturing Businesses and Internal Controls and Risk Management. She also attended several seminars such as Anti-Money Laundering: Basic Concepts & the State of AML Enforcement, the Accounting Profession in a Digital Landscape, Student-Centered Teaching Learning and Assessment, Adding Value as a Finance Professional, Pedagogical Training regarding Active Learning, and Equality and Diversity in the Working Environment. Furthermore, she has contributed to the research, writing, and editing of the following books: Financial Analysis and Applications, by Professor Panayiotis Theodossiou and Structure and Regulation of Capital Markets by Dr. B. Ibrahim. Additionally, she has published articles in local newspapers relating to current issues (e.g., green policies, tax regulations) and she served as a reviewer for scientific articles in the area of accounting and finance.
Patroklos Patsoulis graduated from the Department of Maritime Studies (BSc) and holds a Master’s Degree in Economic and Business Strategy (MSc) and a PhD in Economics (PhD) from the University of Piraeus. His doctoral thesis was funded by the State Scholarship Foundation (IKY) for a period of three years, and he has presented his research in international academic symposia. His research has been published in international scientific journals such as Scientometrics, Social Responsibility Journal, Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance and Applied Economics Letters. During his studies, he worked in private education institutions in Greece as a lecturer and in IT companies as a business consultant.
His research interests fall into the wider field of empirical banking and finance. More specifically he applies spatial financial models, with the aim of studying spillover effects between countries from certain policies (e.g., ECB Quantitative Easing). His broader research interests include monetary policy implementation and issues of European integration.
