Research Interests

Her interests are in the broader area of networking and communications. She is passionate about networks and multi-disciplinary research. She has been analyzing complex real-world networks, spanning from the Internet and wireless infrastructures to the brain. Recently, she has been making a bold career transition in computational neuroscience, where she applies techniques from advanced graph-theory, machine-learning, and information theory in analyzing functional networks of the brain in a creative manner.

• Wireless Networks
• Network Measurements and Modeling
• Neuroscience-driven Network Analysis & Modeling
• Internet of Things
• Mobile Computing
• Mobile P2P Computing
• Cognitive Radios
• Positioning Systems
• Network monitoring
• Internet systems and technologies
• Pervasive Computing
• Multimedia Systems

Participation in Recent Research Projects

• General Secretariat for Research and Technology, Program “Αριστεία”, Research Excellence, Investigator-driven, 2012 - 2015 (€386.000, PI, equivalent to the NSF Faculty Career Award).
• Google Faculty Award 2013 that supports excellent research in academia
• Hellenic Foundation for Research & Innovation for the support of postdoctoral researchers 2018-2021, on Dissecting Multi-Neuronal Modules of Computation in the Neocortex. Ranked among the top 5 in the areas of Mathematics and Communication Sciences (€ 237,000, Coordinator)
• Fondation Santé, January 2019-2020 & 2020-2021 on Neuronal networks in epilepsy – Deciphering the role of activity patterns in focal cortical seizures (€55,000, PI)
• FORTH Synergy, November 2019-2021 on Neural Networks in Alzheimer’s disease (€80,000, PI)
• EU Horizon 2020 MCSA Individual Fellowships 2021-2023 on Brain Networks in Learning. (€165,085, MC Supervisor)
• EU Horizon 2020 MCSA RISE, 2021-2025 Network Analysis in Neocortex during Passive and Active Learning. (€901.600, PI, Coordinator)
• Hellenic Foundation for Research & Innovation for the support of faculty members on Changes of Brain Networks under Learning in Normal Aging and Alzheimer's Disease. Ranked within top 5% in the areas of Mathematics and Communication Sciences (€200,000, PI, equivalent with the NSF Faculty Career Award)

Short CV

Maria Papadopouli (Ph.D. Columbia University, October 2002) is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Crete, a Research Associate at the Institute of Computer Science, FORTH, and a Fulbright Scholar. She has been a visiting Professor at the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) as well as at the School of Electrical Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. From July 2002 until June 2006, she was a tenure-track Assistant Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) (on leave from July 2004 until June 2006).

She has co-authored a monograph on Peer-to-Peer Computing for Mobile Networks: Information Discovery and Dissemination (Springer Eds. 2009) and has been the co-chair of several international workshops and conferences in the area of wireless networking and mobile peer-to-peer computing. Her research has been supported by several awards (e.g., IBM Faculty Awards, Google Faculty Award, Comcast Innovation Fund) and competitive national, EU, and international grants (e.g., by the Hellenic Foundation for Research & Innovation, EU Horizon2020 Marie Curie Fellowships, Marie Curie RISE, Fondation Santé). She has been selected in the N2Women Stars in Networking and Communications in 2021.