Natalie Temene

Currently working as a Special Scientist at the Networks Research Lab (NetRL) and as a Research Associate at CYENS Centre of Excellence. I hold a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Cyprus and specialise in Mobility, IoT, and Wireless Sensor Networks.

Research Interests

  • Distributed algorithms and complexity analysis
  • Mobility in Wireless Sensor Networks and Internet of Things (IoT)
  • Fault Tolerance

Education

PhD in Computer Science

University of Cyprus, Jan. 2016 – Dec. 2022
Thesis title: Utilizing Mobile Nodes in Wireless Sensor Networks and IoT Networks, December 2022
Supervisors: Professor Chryssis Georgiou and Associate Professor Vasos Vassiliou

MSc in Computer Science

University of Cyprus, Sept. 2013 – June 2015
Thesis title: Implementation and Visual Representation of A Fault-tolerant Algorithm for Gathering Fat Crash-prone robots on the Plane, June 2015
Supervisor: Professor Chryssis Georgiou

BSc in Computer Science

University of Cyprus, Sept. 2009 – June 2013
Thesis title: Implementation and Graphical Animation of a Distributed Algorithm for Gathering Mobile Robots in the Plane, June 2013
Supervisor: Professor Chryssis Georgiou

Teaching

During Spring 2024, I am a teaching collaborator for the following courses:
EPL032 – Introduction to Programming and Problem Solving

EPL236 – Algorithms and Complexity

In previous semesters , I have taught the following undergraduate course,
EPL032 – Introduction to Programming and Problem Solving (Fall 2023)

I was also a teaching assistant in the following undergraduate courses,
EPL001 – Introduction to Computer Science (Springs 2015-2017, Fall 2016)
EPL033 – Introduction to Programming for Engineers (Fall 2019-2021)
EPL032 – Introduction to Programming and Problem Solving (Sprin 2023)
EPL131 – Programming Principles I (Spring 2021)
EPL231 – Data Algorithms and Structures (Fall 2014/2019-2020/2022, Spring 2017/2020)
EPL236 – Algorithms and Complexity (Fall 2018,Springs 2018-2022)
EPL336 – Algorithms and Complexity (Fall 2018,Springs 2016-2018)
EPL431 – Synthesis of Parallel Algorithms (Springs 2016-2017/2019/2022)
EPL432 – Distributed Algorithms (Fall 2016)
EPL433 – Constraint Satisfaction and Programming (Fall 2016)
EPL435 – Computer and Human Interaction (Fall 2014)

Publications

Also on DBLP.
  1. Natalie Temene, Andreas Naoum, Charalampos Sergiou, Chryssis Georgiou and Vasos Vassiliou, A Decentralized Node Placement Algorithm for WSNs and IoT Networks, Proceedings of the 8th IEEE World Forum on Internet of Things, IEEE WFIoT 2022, Yokohama, Japan, 26 October - 11 November, 2022.
  2. Natalie Temene, Andreas Naoum, Charalampos Sergiou, Chryssis Georgiou and Vasos Vassiliou, A Centralized Node Placement Algorithm in WSNs and IoT Networks, Proceedings of the Global Information Infrastructure and Networking Symposium, GIIS 2022, Argostoli, Kefalonia Island, Greece, 26 - 28 September, 2022.
  3. Natalie Temene, Charalampos Sergiou, Chryssis Georgiou and Vasos Vassiliou, Utilizing Carriers for the Energy Node Placement Algorithm in WSN and IoT Networks, Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems, DCOSS 2022, LA, California, USA, May 30 - June 1, 2022.
  4. Natalie Temene, Charalampos Sergiou, Christiana Ionannou, Chryssis Georgiou and Vasos Vassiliou, A Node Placement Algorithm Utilizing Mobile Nodes in WSN and IoT Networks, Telecom, Vol. 3, No. 1, Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2022.
  5. Natalie Temene, Chryssis Georgiou and Vasos Vassiliou A Survey on Mobility in Wireless Sensor Networks, Ad Hoc Networks, vol.125, 2022
  6. Natalie Temene, Charalampos Sergiou, Christiana Ionannou, Chryssis Georgiou and Vasos Vassiliou, Energy Efficient Mechanism for Reusing Mobile Nodes in WSN and IoT Networks, 17th International Conference on Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems, DCOSS, Pafos, Cyprus, July 14-16, 2021, 2021.
  7. Natalie Temene, Charalampos Sergiou, Chryssis Georgiou and Vasos Vassiliou Presentation title: Energy Efficient Reuse of Mobile Nodes for Congestion Control in Wireless Sensor Networks, 13th Cyprus Workshop on Signal Processing and Informatics (CWSPI), Online, September 21, 2020 (the presentation was selected by a peer-review presentation proposal evaluation).
  8. Antonia Nikolaou, Natalie Temene, Charalampos Sergiou, Chryssis Georgiou and Vasos Vassiliou, Utilizing Mobile Nodes for Congestion Control in Wireless Sensor Networks, Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems,DCOSS 2019, Santorini, Greece, May 29-31, 2019.
  9. Antonia Nikolaou, Natalie Temene, Charalampos Sergiou, Chryssis Georgiou and Vasos Vassiliou, Utilizing Mobile Nodes for Congestion Control in Wireless Sensor Networks, Proceedings of the 30th IEEE Annual International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC 2019, Istanbul, Turkey, September 8-11, 2019.
  10. Antonia Nikolaou, Natalie Temene, Charalampos Sergiou, Chryssis Georgiou and Vasos Vassiliou, Utilizing Mobile Nodes for Congestion Control in Wireless Sensor Networks, arXiv preprint, arXiv:1903.08989, 2019.
  11. Charalampos Sergiou, Vasos Vassiliou, Chryssis Georgiou, Christiana Ioannou, Natalie Temene and Aristodemos Paphitis, Competition: Dynamic Alternative Path Selection in Wireless Sensor Networks, Proceedings of the 2017 International Conference on Embedded Wireless Systems and Networks, EWSN 2017, Uppsala, Sweden, February 20-22, 2017.
  12. Natalie Temene Presentation title: Utilizing Mobile Nodes for Congestion Control in Wireless Senor Networks, 10th Cyprus Workshop on Signal Processing and Informatics (CWSPI), University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus, July 17, 2017 (the presentation was selected by a peer-review presentation proposal evaluation).

Projects

SmIDS: Detecting Malicious Interventions in Wireless Sensor Networks and the Internet of Things
Funded by: University of Cyprus
Duration: 24 Months
Website: http://www.netrl.cs.ucy.ac.cy/projects/SmIDS.html
Description:

  • Extend prior work into the Internet of Things field.
  • Implement additional anomaly detection mechanisms to detect attacks.
  • Examine all possible IoT network configurations in order to employ global and gateway agents for network data collection.

SEnDIng
Funded by: Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union
Website: http://sending-project.eu
Description:
Design and Delivery of Innovative VET Programmes to Data Science and Internet of Things professionals.

Contact

Department of Computer Science,
University of Cyprus,
75 Kallipoleos Str., P.O. Box 20537,

Email: temene.natalie (at) ucy (dot) ac (dot) cy