Academic CV

Eleftherios Zacharioudakis, PhD

Cybersecurity, cryptography and dependable computing

Visiting Lecturer, Computer Science
American University of Beirut – Mediterraneo · Pafos, Cyprus

ze00@aubmed.ac.cy · ORCID · Google Scholar · LinkedIn

Research

Secure user authentication; cryptographic methods based on Boolean and Galois-field transformations; graph-logical models of fault-tolerant multiprocessor systems; shared security operations; AI applications in cyber defense; edge-cloud resource management.

Academic appointments

September 2025 – present
Visiting Lecturer, Computer ScienceAmerican University of Beirut – Mediterraneo
February 2023 – June 2025
Assistant Professor of CybersecurityNeapolis University Pafos
December 2019 – February 2023
Visiting Lecturer, Computer ScienceNeapolis University Pafos

Earlier visiting academic work at Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute is recorded in the institutional CV from October 2015; the end date is not specified.

Education

2018
PhD, Computer EngineeringNational Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”

Research on efficient user identification in distributed systems, using Boolean and Galois-field transformations.

2014
Master’s in Public AdministrationNeapolis University Pafos

Thesis on security in digital education, legal frameworks and risk mitigation.

1999
MSc, Computer EngineeringNational Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”

Thesis on security in corporate networks.

1997
BSc, Computer EngineeringNational Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”

Selected teaching

Digital Systems Design Lab · CSEN 203L

AUB Mediterraneo · Undergraduate
Instructor · Fall 2025

Digital systems laboratory.

Institutional record

Information Security · DIS504

Neapolis University Pafos · Postgraduate · 7.5 ECTS
Named instructor · Published syllabus, 2025

Access control, authentication, network security, cryptography, risk management and incident response.

Institutional record

AI-Enhanced Cybersecurity · BSc Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence

Neapolis University Pafos · Undergraduate · 6 ECTS
Listed instructor · Published curriculum

Cybersecurity foundations, intrusion detection, secure communication and incident response. Listed curriculum assignment; teaching term is not specified.

Institutional record

Selected master’s thesis supervision

MSc in Information Systems and Digital Innovation, Neapolis University Pafos. Thesis titles below are English translations.

  1. Emmanouil Roumeliotis2025
    Technological Support for Smart Embedded Systems
  2. Eirini Markou2025
    The Need for a Smart Hospital in Greece: Integrating Modern Technologies and Enhancing Healthcare
  3. Giannakis Charalambous2022
    Network Reliability Problems and Information Protection
  4. Athanasios Tsironis2021
    Intrusion Detection Algorithms in Information Networks Based on Artificial Immune Systems

Academic service

  • Conference Co-ChairEMCIS 2025

    European Mediterranean & Middle Eastern Conference on Information Systems

    Paphos, Cyprus · September 11–12, 2025
  • Technical Program CommitteeISIoT 2025

    7th International Workshop on Intelligent Systems for the Internet of Things · co-located with DCOSS-IoT

    Lucca, Italy · June 9–11, 2025
  • Program Committeeedu4AI 2025

    2nd International Workshop on Education for Artificial Intelligence · co-located with ECAI

    Bologna, Italy · October 26, 2025

Publications

Original titles and author order are retained. English descriptions are supplied for non-English titles. Proceedings dates follow publisher records.

Journal articles

2017

Використання алгебри полів Галуа для реалізації концепції нульових знань при ідентифікації та автентифікації віддалених користувачів

English: Using Galois-field algebra for zero-knowledge identification and authentication of remote users

ОП Марковський, Л Захаріудакіс, ВР Максимук

Electronic Modeling, 39(6), pp. 33–46

Journal articleDOIFull text
2016

Метод строгої ідентифікації віддалених абонентів на основі стандартизованих шифроблоків та хеш-перетворень

English: Strong remote-user identification using standardized cipher blocks and hash transformations

ОП Марковський, Л Захаріудакіс, МФ Федотов

Bulletin of NTUU KPI: Informatics, Control and Computer Engineering, Issue 64, pp. 161–165

Journal articleSource record

Conference papers

Workshop papers

Theses

Technical community

Amateur radio: Neapolis University Pafos reported a third-place finish in the Low Power / Non-assisted / 12h category of the 2023 RSGB IOTA contest.

University announcement

Updated October 11, 2026. Sources and bibliographic notes.