Anastasios is a Lecturer at the new Data Science Institute at
Lancaster University, where he leads projects related to
location-based technologies, mobile computing and complex social and
technological systems.

Anastasios completed his PhD in 2013 in the Network and Operating
Systems group at the Computer Laboratory in the University of
Cambridge. His main research interests include human mobility
modelling, social network analysis, location-based services and the
sharing economy. During his PhD he has published at top-tier
conferences and journals in the fields of data mining, online social
systems and user behaviour modelling, combining machine learning and
complex systems techniques. Prior to joining Lancaster University,
Anastasios was also a Data Scientist at Foursquare Labs in New York
and Telefonica Research, Madrid. Over the past years he has
collaborated with a number of Start-Ups including retail analytics
provider PiinPoint, whereas in 2015 he has teamed up with researchers
in Cambridge and Belgium to launch the OpenStreetCab project.