Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

Email: zaharis@auth.gr

Qualifications

2011 Diploma Degree, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Electrical and Computer Engineering

2000 Ph.D., Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Antennas and Propagation Modeling for Mobile Communication Systems

1994 M.Sc., Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Electronics

1987 B.Sc., Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Physics

Publications (selected)

1. Z. Zaharis, E. Vafiadis, and J. N. Sahalos, “On the design of a hybrid-Chebyshev collinear folded dipole antenna array”, Electromagnetics, Vol. 18, No. 5, pp. 495-506, September-October 1998.
2. Z. Zaharis, E. Vafiadis, and J. N. Sahalos, “On the design of a dual-band base station wire antenna”, ΙΕΕΕ Antennas & Propagation Magazine, Vol. 42, No. 6, pp. 144-151, December 2000.
3. Z. D. Zaharis and J. N. Sahalos, “On the electromagnetic scattering of a chaff cloud”, Electrical Engineering, Vol. 85, No. 3, pp. 129-135, July 2003.
4. G. Miaris, T. Kaifas, Z. Zaharis, D. Babas, E. Vafiadis, T. Samaras, and J. N. Sahalos, “Design of radiation emission measurements of an air-traffic surveillance radar”, IEEE Antennas & Propagation Magazine, Vol. 45, No. 4, pp. 35-46, August 2003.
5. Z. D. Zaharis, T. Samaras, E. Vafiadis, and J. N. Sahalos, “Antenna array design by the orthogonal method in conjunction with element patterns”, Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, Vol. 48, No. 8, pp. 1578-1583, August 2006.
6. Z. Zaharis, “On the design of mobile base station antenna arrays by combining an iterative perturbation process and the orthogonal method”, WSEAS Trans. on Communications, Vol. 6, Issue 1, pp. 1-8, January 2007.
7. D. G. Kampitaki, A. T. Hatzigaidas, A. I. Papastergiou, and Z. D. Zaharis, “On the design of a dual-band unequal power divider useful for mobile communications”, Electrical Engineering, Vol. 89, No. 6, pp. 443-450, June 2007.
8. Z. D. Zaharis, D. G. Kampitaki, P. I. Lazaridis, A. I. Papastergiou, A. T. Hatzigaidas, and P. B. Gallion, “Improving the radiation characteristics of a base station antenna array using a particle swarm optimizer”, Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, Vol. 49, No. 7, pp. 1690-1698, July 2007.
9. Z. D. Zaharis, D. G. Kampitaki, P. I. Lazaridis, A. I. Papastergiou, and P. B. Gallion, “On the design of multifrequency dividers suitable for GSM/DCS/PCS/UMTS applications by using a particle swarm optimization-based technique”, Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, Vol. 49, No. 9, pp. 2138-2144, September 2007.
10. S. K. Goudos, Z. D. Zaharis, M. Salazar-Lechuga, P. I. Lazaridis, and P. B. Gallion, “Dielectric filter optimal design suitable for microwave communications by using multiobjective evolutionary algorithms”, Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, Vol. 49, No. 10, pp. 2324-2329, October 2007.
11. S. K. Goudos, Z. D. Zaharis, P. I. Lazaridis, and P. B. Gallion, “Optimization of integrated circuits placement for electric field reduction inside telecommunications equipment usingMonte Carlosimulation and parallel recombinative simulated annealing”, Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, Vol. 49, No. 12, pp. 3049-3055, December 2007.
12. Z. D. Zaharis, “Boolean particle swarm optimization of 3-branch GSM/DCS/UMTS current dividers by using artificial immune system”, IEICE Electronics Express, Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 41-47, January 2008.
13. Z. D. Zaharis, “Radiation pattern shaping of a mobile base station antenna array using a particle swarm optimization based technique”, Electrical Engineering, Vol. 90, No. 4, pp. 301-311, April 2008.
14. A. Papastergiou, P. Tzekis, A. Hatzigaidas, G. Tryfon, D. Ioannidis, Z. Zaharis, D. Kampitaki, and P. Lazaridis, “A web-based melanoma image diagnosis support system using topic map and AJAX technologies”, Informatics for Health and Social Care, Vol. 33, No. 2, pp. 99-112, June 2008.
15. K. V. Deligkaris, Z. D. Zaharis, D. G. Kampitaki, S. K. Goudos, I. T. Rekanos, and M. N. Spasos, “Thinned planar array design using Boolean PSO with velocity mutation”, IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, Vol. 45, No. 3, pp. 1490-1493, 2009.
16. S. K. Goudos, Z. D. Zaharis, D. G. Kampitaki, I. T. Rekanos, and C. S. Hilas, “Pareto optimal design of dual band base station antenna arrays using multi-objective particle swarm optimization with fitness sharing”, IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, Vol. 45, No. 3, pp. 1522-1525, 2009.
17. S. K. Goudos, Z. D. Zaharis, and T. V. Yioultsis, “Application of a differential evolution algorithm with strategy adaptation to the design of multi-band microwave filters for wireless communications”, Progress In Electromagnetics Research, Vol. 109, pp. 123-137, 2010.
18. A. Z. Agorogianni, Z. D. Zaharis, S. D. Anastasiadou, and S. K. Goudos, “Distance learning technology and service support in Greece: The case study of the Aristotle University over the last decade”, Education and Information Technologies, Springer, Vol. 16, Nο. 1, pp. 25-39, 2011.
19. Z. D. Zaharis and T. V. Yioultsis, “A novel adaptive beamforming technique applied on linear antenna arrays using adaptive mutated Boolean PSO”, Progress In Electromagnetics Research, Vol. 117, pp. 165-179, 2011.
20. Z. D. Zaharis, S. K. Goudos, and T. V. Yioultsis, “Application of Boolean PSO with adaptive velocity mutation to the design of optimal linear antenna arrays excited by uniform amplitude current distribution”, Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications, Vol. 25, No. 10, pp. 1422-1436, 2011.
21. Z. D. Zaharis, C. Skeberis, and T. D. Xenos, “Improved antenna array adaptive beamforming with low side lobe level using a novel adaptive invasive weed optimization method”, Progress In Electromagnetics Research, Vol. 124, pp. 137-150, 2012.
22. Z. D. Zaharis, K. A. Gotsis, and J. N. Sahalos, “Comparative study of neural network training applied to adaptive beamforming of antenna arrays”, Progress In Electromagnetics Research, Vol. 126, pp. 269-283, 2012.
23. Z. D. Zaharis, K. A. Gotsis, and J. N. Sahalos, “Adaptive beamforming with low side lobe level using neural networks trained by mutated boolean PSO”, Progress In Electromagnetics Research, Vol. 127, pp. 139-154, 2012.
24. Z. D. Zaharis, “A modified Taguchi’s optimization algorithm for beamforming applications”, Progress In Electromagnetics Research, Vol. 127, pp. 553-569, 2012.
25. Z. D. Zaharis, C. Skeberis, T. D. Xenos, P. I. Lazaridis, and J. Cosmas, “Design of a novel antenna array beamformer using neural networks trained by modified adaptive dispersion invasive weed optimization based data”, IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting, Vol. 59, No. 2, 2013.