Development of environmental information services

Course Information
TitleΑνάπτυξη Υπηρεσιών Περιβαλλοντική Ενημέρωσης / Development of environmental information services
CodeΦΠΕ205
FacultySciences
SchoolPhysics
Cycle / Level2nd / Postgraduate
Teaching PeriodWinter/Spring
CoordinatorKonstantinos Karatzas
CommonNo
StatusActive
Course ID600022918

Programme of Study: PMS FYSIKĪ ATMOSFAIRIKOU PERIVALLONTOS KAI PAGKOSMIŌN METAVOLŌN

Registered students: 6
OrientationAttendance TypeSemesterYearECTS
KORMOSSpecial Election214
Class Information
Academic Year2025 – 2026
Class PeriodWinter
Faculty Instructors
Weekly Hours2
Total Hours26
Class ID
600291904
Course Type 2021
Specialization / Direction
Course Type 2011-2015
Knowledge Deepening / Consolidation
Mode of Delivery
  • Face to face
Digital Course Content
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
  • Greek (Instruction, Examination)
  • English (Instruction, Examination)
Prerequisites
General Prerequisites
Basic knowledge in atmospheric physics and air pollution will help students participate more activelly in the course
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course, students will (a) understand the full life cycle of environmental - atmospheric data": from "producing them" (measurements, observations, Internet of Things - sensors, models) to their "consumption" (information services, decision making etc.) (b) have knowledge of the basic technologies and limitations of air quality microsensors for gaseous pollutants and particulates (c) have acquired basic knowledge on the configuration and operation of a network of AQ microsensors in the IoT (d) can perform basic data analysis and modeling with a view to extracting basic knowledge and supporting quality of life services (e) are familiar with the basic design and operation features of environmental information services - quality of life with emphasis in the ambient environment (indicative fields of application: air quality, urban climate, aeroallergens)
General Competences
  • Apply knowledge in practice
  • Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
  • Adapt to new situations
  • Make decisions
  • Work autonomously
  • Work in teams
  • Work in an international context
  • Work in an interdisciplinary team
  • Generate new research ideas
  • Design and manage projects
  • Respect natural environment
  • Demonstrate social, professional and ethical commitment and sensitivity to gender issues
  • Be critical and self-critical
  • Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
- Analysis and modelling of environmental data. - Low-cost air quality sensor technologies. - Data modelling. - Visualisation & presentation of air quality data. Unconventional approaches. - Aeroallergens and relevant information services. - Low cost optical particle counters: an example for environmental information services. - Computational improvement of low cost AQ sensors. - Environmental microsensors and mobile devices. - Environmental information services. - Designing a new electronic product, from concept to prototype. - Citizen science.
Educational Material Types
  • Notes
  • Slide presentations
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
  • Use of ICT in Course Teaching
  • Use of ICT in Laboratory Teaching
  • Use of ICT in Communication with Students
  • Use of ICT in Student Assessment
Course Organization
ActivitiesWorkloadECTSIndividualTeamworkErasmus
Lectures261.0
Reading Assigment241.0
Project502
Total1004
Student Assessment
Student Assessment methods
  • Written Assignment (Summative)
  • Performance / Staging (Summative)
  • Report (Summative)
Bibliography
Additional bibliography for study
De Vito S., Karatzas K., Bartonova A., Fattoruso G. (Editors), 2023, Air Quality Networks. Data Analysis, Calibration & Data Fusion. Series title: Environmental Informatics and Modelling. Springer, Cham, Switzerland. ISBN: 978-3-031-08475-1, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-08476-8 Joly A., Vrochidis S., Karatzas K., Karppinen A., and Bonnet P (Editors), 2018, Multimedia Tools and Applications for Environmental & Biodiversity informatics, Springer, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76445-0 Karatzas K., Endregard G., and Fløisand I. (2005) Citizen-oriented environmental information services: usage and impact modelling, in Proceedings of the “Informatics for Environmental Protection- Networking Environmental Information”-19th International EnviroInfo Conference (J. Hrebicek and J. Racek, eds), Brno, Czech Republic, pp. 872-878 Karatzas K. (2011), Participatory Environmental Sensing for Quality-of-Life Information Services, in Information Technologies in Environmental Engineering, Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Information Technologies in Environmental Engineering, Poznan, 6-8 July 2011, (Golinska, Paulina; Fertsch, Marek; Marx-Gómez, Jorge, eds.), ISBN: 978-3-642-19535-8, Springer Series: Environmental Science and Engineering, pp. 123-133, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-19536-5_10 Riga M., Kontopoulos E., Karatzas K., Vrochidis S., Kompatsiaris I. (2018) An Ontology-Based Decision Support Framework for Personalized Quality of Life Recommendations. In: Dargam F., Delias P., Linden I., Mareschal B. (eds) Decision Support Systems VIII: Sustainable Data-Driven and Evidence-Based Decision Support. ICDSST 2018. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol 313, pp 38-51. Springer, Cambridge Voukantsis D., Karatzas K., Jaeger S., and Berger U. (2011), Personalized Information Services for Quality of Life: The Case of Airborne Pollen Induced Symptoms, 12th International Conference, EANN 2011, and 7th IFIP WG 12.5 International Conference, AIAI 2011, Corfu, Greece, September 15-18, 2011, Proceedings, Part I (Iliadis, Lazaros S. and Jayne, Chrisina, eds), p. 509-515, ISBN 978-3-642-23956-4
Last Update
09-12-2023