Decision Support Systems Laboratory (DSSLab)
The Decision Support Systems Laboratory (DSSLab) is a multidisciplinary scientific unit that operates within the Institute of Communication and Computer Systems (ICCS). The DSSLab provides academic training, carries out R&D projects, and provides management and decision support services across a wide range of complex business, socio-technical, energy and climate policy/planning problems. More than 100 highly qualified researchers and experts are members and close collaborators, ready to offer high quality scientific services.
About the partnership
In the context of Theseus H4C, the DSSLab will be leading “Task 10.1 Climate Change in relation to the future of H4C (M7-M60)”. Through T10.1, the DSSLab will be building on the insights gained into Attica (T8.6) and additional Theseus H4C sites (T9.3) and will attempt to upscale similar solutions and advancements in the EU, using GCAM-Europe and CLEWs-EU—i.e., the European variants of two widely established, open-source, global integrated assessment modelling frameworks.
Moreover, the DSSLab will implement the Theseus H4C platform Security Enabler that will drive identity access management strategy. This tool will empower Service Owners to define role-based access policies, determining user access rights to specific datasets and functionalities based on roles.
Meet the Team
Alexandros Nikas
PhD, Senior Researcher
Dr. Alexandros Nikas holds a M.Eng. in electrical & computer engineering, an MSc in techno-economic systems, and a PhD in climate policy support through integrative approaches, based on co-creation, operational research, and climate-economy modelling, all from the School of Electrical & Computer Engineering, NTUA. Alexandros has longstanding experience in developing and utilising systems for supporting decision making, with a focus on climate and energy policy and in the light of deep uncertainty and risks, including energy-system and integrated assessment models.
Panagiotis Kokkinakos
PhD, Senior Researcher
Dr. Panagiotis Kokkinakos holds an MSc. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens, an MBA in Techno-Economic Systems and a PhD in social web exploitation for the policy cycle. He has more than 15 years of experience in the areas of data management, future internet and enterprise systems, eGovernment, eParticipation, as well as management and monitoring of projects. He has worked on many EC and national co-funded projects.
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Funded by the European Union through the Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Actions programme under grant agreement No 101095303, under topic HORIZON-CL4-2024-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-38 – Hubs for circularity for industrialised urban peripheral areas (Processes4Planet partnership) (IA). Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or HADEA. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.
