Vagelis Plevris Curriculum Vitae

General information, academic background,
research interests, publications and others

Scholarships, distinctions and awards

  1. Won the award for the Most cited article for the year 2011 in the journal Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering for the article “A hybrid Particle Swarm – Gradient algorithm for global structural optimization” (Top journal, ISI Journal Ranking 2018 in Civil Engineering: 1/132), with 108 citations in Scopus and 137 in Google Scholar (as of May 2020). See publication J09, DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8667.2010.00664.x
  2. Won the “Emerald Literati Network 2011 Highly Commended Award” for an article he coauthored entitled “Neurocomputing Strategies for Solving Reliability-Robust Design Optimization Problems”. The article was published in Engineering Computations, 27(7), pp. 819-840, 2010.
  3. Fellowship of “EU Marie Curie Programme Actions” for the participation as a young researcher in the “9th Short Course on Computational Techniques for Plasticity”, International Centre for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE), Barcelona, Spain, 3-7 September 2007.
  4. 3 Scholarships from the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) for excellent academic performance during his postgraduate studies (MSc).
  5. First prize of the Greek Mathematical Society for the “Euclid” contest (second stage) at the third grade of Lyceum for the Heraklion district (1994).
  6. Second prize of the Greek Mathematical Society for the “Thalis” contest at the third grade of Lyceum for the Heraklion district (1994).
  7. First prize of the Greek Mathematical Society for the “Thalis” contest at the first grade of Lyceum for the Heraklion district (1992).