Konstantinos P. Ferentinos

Dinos Ferentinos

Dept. of Agricultural Engineering
Institute of Soil & Water Resources
Hellenic Agricultural Organization “Dimitra” (ELGO-DIMITRA)
61 Dimokratias Av., Athens 13561, Greece

email: k.ferentinos at elgo dot gr

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Education

PhD (major: Biological & Environmental Engineering / minor: Computer Science) Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA (2002)
MS (Agricultural & Biological Engineering) Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA (1999)
BSc/MSc (Agricultural Engineering) Agricultural University of Athens, Greece (1997)

Research interests

Computational intelligence in biosystems engineering
Heuristic algorithms, artificial intelligence / machine learning, optimization
Controlled environment agriculture

Positions

2025 – present	Research Director, Dept. of Agricultural Engineering, Institute of Soil & Water Resources, Hellenic Agricultural Organization “Dimitra”
2020 – 2024	Senior Researcher (Grade B), Dept. of Agricultural Engineering, Hellenic Agricultural Organization “Dimitra”
2016 – 2020	Researcher (Grade C), Dept. of Agricultural Engineering, Hellenic Agricultural Organization “Dimitra”
2014 – 2015	Research Associate, Dept. of Mathematics, University of Athens
2013 – 2015	Research Associate, Lab. of Agricultural Constructions & Environmental Control, University of Thessaly
2011 – 2013	Research Associate, Informatics Lab., Agricultural University of Athens
2005 – 2008	Postdoctoral Researcher, Informatics Lab., Agricultural University of Athens
2003 – 2004	Postdoctoral Researcher, Dept. of Bio & Env Engineering, Cornell University

Visiting positions:

Spring 2020	Visiting Assoc. Professor, Dept. of Agricultural Economics & Rural Development (Informatics Lab), Agricultural University of Athens
Spring 2017	Visiting Lecturer, Dept. of Mathematics, University of Athens
2012 – 2013	Visiting Asst. Professor, Dept. of Informatics and Telecommunication Technology, Technological Institute of the Ionian Islands
2010 – 2013	Visiting Asst. Professor, Dept. of Informatics in Administration & Economics, Technological Institute of the Ionian Islands
2008 – 2010	Visiting Lecturer, Informatics Lab., Agricultural University of Athens
2005 – 2011	Visiting Lecturer, Dept. of Mathematics, University of Athens

Teaching

Programming Languages (Java) - Univ. of Athens, Dept. of Mathematics (2005-2006)
Computer Science I (MATLAB / Java / Python) - Univ. of Athens, Dept. of Mathematics (2005-2009 & 2014-2015)
Algorithm Design and Analysis - Univ. of Athens, Dept. of Mathematics (2011)
Computational Complexity - Univ. of Athens, Dept. of Mathematics (2011)
Computational Science and Technology - Univ. of Athens, Dept. of Mathematics (2012)
Computer Science II (Java) - Univ. of Athens, Dept. of Mathematics (2007-2011 & 2015-2017)
Advanced Programming (Java) - Technological Institute of the Ionian Islands, Dept. of Informatics (2010-2013)
Object-oriented Programming (C++) - Technological Institute of the Ionian Islands, Dept. of Informatics (2011-2013)
Introduction to Programming (C) - Technological Institute of the Ionian Islands, Dept. of Informatics (2010-2012)
Introduction to Algorithms - Technological Institute of the Ionian Islands, Dept. of Informatics (2013)
Programming Languages (Python) – Agr. Univ. of Athens (2020)
Introduction to Computer Science - Agr. Univ. of Athens & Technological Institute of Ionian Islands (2008-2009 & 2010)
Biologically Inspired Optimization - Cornell, Dept. of Bio & Env Engineering [graduate course] (2004)
Introduction to Computing (Java) - Cornell, Dept. of Bio & Env Engineering (2003)

Book translations:

Ξεκινώντας με την Python

Το MATLAB στην Υπολογιστική Επιστήμη και Τεχνολογία - Μια Εισαγωγή

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Last update: March 2025