C. INFORMATION ON THE DEPARTMENT
C.1 General description of the Department
C.1.1 Name and address
Department of Computer Technology.
The Department of Computer Technology is located on the first floor of the second building of the Institute. A sketch of the Institute is following in the next page, where the two large buildings that are under construction on both sides of the main complex can be seen.
Address: Department of Computer Technology
T.E.I OF PIRAEUS
Thivon 250 & P. Ralli
12244 Egaleo, Athens, Greece
Tel: +30-1-5381000
Fax: +30-1-5450962, 5450964
Web: platon.teipir.gr
The Department has its own site on the Internet, which has been constructed by its students under the supervision of the academic staff of Networks Lab, and everyone can be informed about its profile.
C.1.2 Departmental ECTS Coordinator
The ECTS Departmental Coordinator is:
Associate Professor John Ellinas
Technological Educational Institute of Piraeus
Department of Computer Technology
Thivon 250 & P.Ralli
12244 Egaleo-Greece
Tel: +30-1-5381352
Fax: +30-1-5450962, 5450964
E-mail: jellin@teipir.gr
C.1.3 Structure of the department
The Department of Computer Technology established in 1984 as a need of the highly demand for specialized technologists in the field of computers, which were developing in a rushing way. The fields covered, during the six semester course, the six months of practical training and the thesis, on computing are from a hardware and a software point of view. The students are trained theoretically and practically on programming techniques, microprocessors, microcontrollers, microcomputers, interfacing techniques, operating systems, computer networks, telecommunications, control systems, robotics, CAD-CAM, digital signal processing, electronics, microelectronics. The above are supported by mathematics, physics, materials etc.
The structure of the Department is:
HEAD OF DEPARTMENT
DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT
COMMITTEE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
SECTION 1 SECTION 2 SECTION 3
MICROELECTRONICS ROBOTICS MICROCOMPUTERS
Head of the Department: He is elected every three years by the academic staff and the representatives of students.
Head of section: The courses of the Department are grouped together into three sections and there is a head of every section who is responsible for organizing and managing the educational procedure. The head of every section is elected every year by the academic staff and the representatives of students.
Committee of the Department: The Head of the Department, the Head of every section and the representatives of the students govern this committee.
Department’s general Assembly: This body is the dominant board of the Department.
C.1.4 Department facilities
The Department has the following Laboratory rooms:
The Department has its own network and every Laboratory has been connected to it and has access to the Internet
C.1.5 Grading system
| GRREK | ECTS |
| From 10 to 8.5 = Excellent From 8.4 to 7 = Very Good From 6.9 to 6 = Good From 5.9 to 5 = Almost Good 5 is the lowest passing mark From 4.9 to 0 = Fail |
A = Excellent B = Very Good C = Good D = Almost Good E = lowest passing mark F = Fail |
C.1.6 Course schedule
CODE |
COURSE |
TYPE |
ECTS |
L |
P |
1st SEMESTER |
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| HY GC 11-6 | Mathematics I | GC |
6 |
6 |
- |
| HY GC 12-5 | Physics I | GC |
5 |
4 |
2 |
| HY GC 13-6 | Electrotechnology I | GC |
6 |
3 |
3 |
| HY GC 14-3 | Programming Languages I | GC |
3 |
3 |
- |
| HY GC 15-6 | Electronics I | GC |
6 |
3 |
3 |
| HY GC 16-2 | Electronic Drawing I | GC |
2 |
1 |
1 |
| HY GC 17-2 | Foreign Languages I | GC |
2 |
2 |
1 |
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2 nd SEMESTER |
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| HY GC 21-5 | Mathematics II | GC |
5 |
5 |
- |
| HY GC 22-5 | Physics II | GC |
5 |
3 |
2 |
| HY GC 23-4 | Electrotechnology II | GC |
4 |
2 |
2 |
| HY GC 24-4 | Programming Languages II | GC |
4 |
2 |
2 |
| HY GC 25-7 | Electronics II | GC |
7 |
3 |
4 |
| HY GC 26-3 | Electronic Drawing II | GC |
3 |
1 |
3 |
| HY GC 27-2 | Foreign Languages II | GC |
2 |
2 |
1 |
| 3 rd SEMESTER |
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| HY GC 31-7 | Mathematics III | GC |
7 |
7 |
- |
| HY GC 32-5 | Electrotechnology III | GC |
5 |
3 |
2 |
| HY GC 33-5 | Programming Languages III | GC |
5 |
2 |
3 |
| HY GC 34-8 | Microelectronics I | GC |
8 |
4 |
4 |
| HY GC 35-3 | Business Administration | GC |
3 |
3 |
- |
| HY GC 36-2 | Foreign Languages III | GC |
2 |
2 |
2 |
| 4 th SEMESTER |
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| HY GC 41-4 | Programming Languages IV | GC |
4 |
2 |
2 |
| HY SC 42-6 | Microelectronics II | SC |
6 |
4 |
2 |
| HY GC 43-5 | Digital Systems | GC |
5 |
3 |
2 |
| HY GC 44-7 | Control Systems | GC |
7 |
5 |
2 |
| HY GC 45-3 | Measurements | GC |
3 |
1 |
2 |
| HY GC 46-2 | Foreign Languages IV | GC |
2 |
2 |
1 |
| HY GO 47-3 | Solid State Physics | GO |
3 |
2 |
2 |
| HY GO 48-3 | Program.Language COBOL | GO |
3 |
2 |
2 |
| HY GO 49-3 | Program.Language FORTH | GO |
3 |
2 |
2 |
| 5 th SEMESTER |
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| HY GC 51-5 | Microprocessors | GC |
5 |
2 |
3 |
| HY GC 52-4 | Family of microprocessors | GC |
4 |
2 |
2 |
| HY GC 53-5 | Peripheral Devices I | GC |
5 |
3 |
2 |
| HY SC 54-4 | Digital Signal Processing | SC |
4 |
2 |
2 |
| HY GC 55-2 | Telecommunications | GC |
2 |
3 |
1 |
| HY GC 56-6 | Operating Systems | GC |
6 |
4 |
2 |
| HY GC 57-2 | Foreign Languages V | GC |
2 |
2 |
- |
| HY GC 58-2 | Computer Maintenance | GC |
2 |
2 |
- |
| 6 th SEMESTER |
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| HY GC 61-4 | Digital Control Systems | GC |
4 |
2 |
2 |
| HY GC 62-4 | Robotics | GC |
3 |
2 |
2 |
| HY GC 63-4 | CAD-CAM Systems and Digital Simulation | GC |
4 |
2 |
3 |
| HY GC 64-4 | Microcomputer Development Systems | GC |
4 |
2 |
2 |
| HY SC 65-5 | Computer Communications | SC |
5 |
3 |
2 |
| HY SC 66-4 | Family of microcomputers | SC |
4 |
2 |
2 |
| HY GC 67-4 | Peripheral Devices II | GC |
4 |
2 |
2 |
| HY SC 68-2 | Computer Networks | SC |
2 |
2 |
- |
| 7 th SEMESTER |
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| HY GC 7-15 | Thesis | GC |
15 |
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| HY GC 7-30 | Practical Training | GC |
30 |
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Each semester has a total of 30 credits.
Nomenclature: GC = General Compulsory
GO = General Optional
SC = Specific Compulsory
L = Lecturing Hours per week
P = Practical or Laboratory hours per week
C.2 Degree structure
C.2.1 Qualifications
All the first year students are registered in September but half of them attend classes of the winter semester which starts at the last week of September and the rest of them attend classes of the spring semester which starts at the last week of February.
Each academic year consists of two semesters and each semester lasts 15 weeks.
Each student has to choose the courses for each semester of the study program, according to the previous mentioned course schedule, which can cover at the most 45 teaching hours per week. Some courses have prerequisites, which have to be passed in order the following course to be undertaken.
After the completion of the 15 weeks teaching period all students are sitting in final examinations for each course (both in the theoretical and practical part).
There are two final examination periods for each semester and every student has to get at least five (5) in the grading scale 0 to 10 in order to successfully complete a course.
The practical part of the course is examined in the Laboratory and the student must pass the 80% of the taught practical exercises.
The 7 th semester includes the industrial or practical training and the thesis. The students can do the practical training after the 6 th semester, if they have passed the 2/3 of the total courses and the specific compulsory courses, in the private or public sector and in a field which must be relative to the department’s objectives. The training is supervised by a three academic member committee, which examines the nature of the practical and the consistent way the student is engaged with it.
All students during the last semester have to carry out a thesis on a specialized project relative to the department’s objectives, for at least six months and it is supervised by a member of the academic staff. This project, when finished, is presented to a council of three members of the academic staff and it is considered as successfully done if the grade is over five (5).
C.2.2 Course structure diagram
The prerequisite courses are the following:
No |
COURSE |
PREREQUISITE COURSE |
1 |
Mathematics II | Mathematics I |
2 |
Electrotechnology II | Electrotechnology I |
3 |
Electronics II | Electronics I |
4 |
Digital Signal Processing | Mathematics III |
5 |
Microelectronics II | Microelectronics I |
6 |
Digital Control Systems | Control Systems |
7 |
Robotics | Microprocessors |
8 |
Computer Develop. Systems | Family of Microprocessors |
The specific courses which must be successfully passed for someone to undertake the practical training are the following:
No |
COURSE |
SEMESTER |
1 |
Microelectronics II | 4 th |
2 |
Digital Signal Processing | 5 th |
3 |
Computer Communications | 6 th |
4 |
Computer Networks | 6 th |
5 |
Family of microcomputers | 6 th |
C.2.3 Teaching staff
The Department has 14 full time teaching staff members, 2 technicians, 2 administrative staff members and a number of part-time teaching staff members.
The number of students registered in the first year are 70 and the total number of students in the Department is about 1.000.
TEACHING STAFF |
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A/A |
NAME |
TITLE |
| 1 | Alatsathianos Stamatis | Professor |
| 2 | Antoniou Antonios | Professor |
| 3 | Aslanoglou Leonidas | Applications Professor |
| 4 | Drossinopoulos Panagiotis | Applications Professor |
| 5 | Ellinas Ioannis | Assistant Professor |
| 6 | Kossidas Apostolos | Professor |
| 7 | Kouros Pavlos | Assistant Professor |
| 8 | Levedis Sotirios | Professor |
| 9 | Pissas Vartholomeos | Assistant Professor |
| 10 | Polatos Alexandros | Professor |
| 11 | Provatas Spyridon | Applications Professor |
| 12 | Vatavalis Konstantinos | Applications Professor |
| 13 | Veloni Anastasia | Applications Professor |
| 14 | Voukalis Dimitrios | Professor |
