Filia Vonta Department of Mathematics
School of Applied Mathematical and Physical Sciences
National Technical University of Athens
EDUCATION
Graduate: University of Maryland, USA (1986 - 92).
M.A. degree in Mathematical
Statistics.
Ph.D. degree in Mathematical Statistics.
Undergraduate: University of Patras, Greece (1980
- 84).
B.Sc. degree in Mathematics.
POSITIONS HELD
Professor, Department of Mathematics, National Technical University of Athens, Greece (12/2020)
Adjunct Professor , MBA program, Hellenic Open University, Greece (10/2014- )
Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, National Technical University of Athens, Greece (3/2015 -11/2020)
Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, National Technical University of Athens, Greece (6/2008 -2/2015)
Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Cyprus, Cyprus (7/2008 - 7/2009).
Assistant
Professor, Department
of Mathematics and Statistics,
University of Cyprus,
Cyprus (7/1999 - 6/2008).
Professeur, UFR Biomedicale, Laboratoire de Statistique Medicale, University of Paris V, France (3/08 - 4/08, 4/11-5/11).
Maitre de Conference, UFR Biomedicale, Laboratoire de Statistique Medicale, University of Paris V, France (4/02 - 5/02), (4/04 - 5/04), (3/06 - 4/06).
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics, Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece (2/06)
Visiting Researcher, Department of Mathematics, University of Maryland, USA (4/03 - 5/03).
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Athens, Greece (10/00 - 11/00).
Lecturer, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Cyprus, Cyprus (9/93 - 6/99).
Teaching Assistant, Department of Mathematics, University of Maryland, USA
(8/86 - 8/92).
Research Assistant, Department of Mathematics, University of Maryland, USA
(1/91 - 8/91 & 1/90 - 8/90).
Teaching Assistant, General Department, School of Engineering, University of
Patras, Greece (5/85 - 5/86).
THESES SUPERVISION
I. PhD THESES
K. Makris, National Technical University of Athens, Title: Dimensionless MKN indices with applications, (PhD thesis, in progress)
E. Androulakis, National Technical University of Athens, Title: Factorial designs, generalized linear models and model selection through the penalized likelihood methodology, (PhD Thesis, co-advisor with C. Koukouvinos, June 2015).
II. MASTER and B.Sc. THESES
I. Markou, National Technical University of Athens, Title: , (Master thesis, in progress)
G. Papasotiriou, National Technical University of Athens, Title: A nonparametric test
for the exponential distribution, (Master thesis, in progress)
E. Panagiotou, National Technical University of Athens, Title: Multivariate Analysis
and applications in R, (Master thesis, in progress)
E. Lazarou, National Technical University of Athens, Title: Application
of the maximum entropy hypothesis test to distributions with heavy tails, (Master thesis, March 2021)
N. Vasilopoulos, National Technical University of Athens, Title: Epidemiological Analysis
via R, (Master thesis, October 2020)
P. Dionysopoulou, National Technical University of Athens, Title: Statistical quality control
with applications in R, (B.Sc. thesis, June 2020)
E. Loizou, National Technical University of Athens, Title: Analysis of time series with application
to biomedical data, (B.Sc. thesis, February 2020)
E. Tsironi, National Technical University of Athens , Title: Residual analysis for models
sith censored or non-censored data, (Master thesis, June 2019)
I. Aggelidou, National Technical University of Athens, Title:
Cluster analysis and application to biomedical data, (B.Sc. thesis, July 2018 )
A. Karavasili, National Technical University of Athens, Title: Introduction to Demography, The greek case, (B.Sc. thesis, July 2018)
K. Makris, National Technical University of Athens, Title: Statistical analysis of epidemiological time series, (Master thesis, March 2018)
N. Eleutheriou, National Technical University of Athens, Title:
Nonparametric hypothesis tests for frailty models, (Master thesis, March 2018)
D. Perdikos, National Technical University of Athens, Title:
Advanced statistical tools for the analysis of basketball data,examples and applications to A1 Womens League 2016-17, (B.Sc. thesis, February 2018)
D. Selemekos, Hellenic Open University, Title:
A statistical exploratory analysis of the determinants of the quality of services provided by a supermarket chain store. The Greek case, (Master thesis, September 2017)
S. Pantzaveli, National Technical University of Athens, Title: Model selection criteria, Theory and Applications through the statistical package R, (B.Sc. thesis, March 2017)
M. Panagiotopoulou, National Technical University of Athens, Title: Frailty models and application
to data related to cancer, (Master thesis, March 2017)
C. Saliveros, National Technical University of Athens, Title: Goodness of fit tests for exponentiality,
(B.Sc. thesis, October 2016)
S. Pitarokilis, Hellenic Open University, Title: Formulating a prediction energy model for an existing photovoltaic park. A case study,
(Master thesis, September 2016)
E. Chalaris, Hellenic Open University, Title: Usage and Discriminant Analysis of customer profiles for alternative payment means,
(Master thesis, September 2016)
T. Nikos, National Technical University of Athens, Title: Introduction to epidemiology, (B.Sc. thesis, June 2015)
N. Eleutheriou, National Technical University of Athens, Title: Model selection based on bootstrap and jackknife methods, (B.Sc. thesis, January 2015)
A. Lymperatos, National Technical University of Athens, Title: Generalized likelihood function for transformation models and model selection, (Master thesis, December 2013)
G. Siantikos, National Technical University of Athens, Title: Speech signal processing with application to speaker recognition, (B.Sc. thesis, December 2013)
E. Zarogianni, National Technical University of Athens, Title: The Cox model and applications in R, (B.Sc thesis, February 2013)
D. Stavropoulos, National Technical University of Athens, Title: Hypothesis testing based on φ-measures of divergence, (Master thesis, July 2012)
G. Ksynos, National Technical University of Athens, Title: Model selection criteria for the class of frailty models,
(Master thesis, March 2012)
I. Chouchoumis, National Technical University of Athens, Title: φ-Measures of divergence and their applications in survival analysis and reliability, (Master thesis, November 2010)
I. Mamais, National Technical University of Athens, Title: Introduction to Meta-analysis and applications, (B.Sc. thesis, October 2010).
A. Tsanousa, National Technical University of Athens, Title: Statistical inference based on φ-measures of divergence, (Master thesis, October 2010).
F. Konstantinou, National Technical University of Athens, Title: Introduction to epidemiology and ROC curves, (B.Sc. thesis, July 2010).
E. Roufis, National Technical University of Athens, Title: Nonparametric estimation of the survival function for censored and truncateddata, (B.Sc thesis, July 2009).
Ζ. Theocharidou, National Technical University of Athens, Title: Statistical Analysis and characteristics of the financial situation of the elderly in Cyprus, 1999-2005, (B.Sc Thesis, March 2009)
M. Charalambous, University of Cyprus, Title: On changes in the distribution of financial characteristics in Cyprus: Evidence from the Cyprus Survey of Consumer Finances 1999 and 2002, (Master Thesis, May 2006).
A. Artemiou, University of Cyprus, Title: Biostatistical analysis of interval censored and truncated data in frailty models, (B.Sc Thesis, May 2005).
RESEARCH PROJECTS
Creation of a kidney specific BIOBANK and Infrastructure for genomics/proteomics research. Participants: University of Cyprus, Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics Budget: 3800000 Euros. Funding: National Research Foundation of Cyprus. Duration: 2009 - 2012.
Cypriot Household Portfolios (Survey of Consumer Finances). Participants: Department of Mathematics and Statistics and Department of Economics, University of Cyprus and Central Bank of Cyprus. Budget: 50000 Euros per year Funding: Central Bank of Cyprus Duration: 1997 – 2007
Male Urogenital Cancer and its Relation to the Human Pappiloma Virus (HPV). Participants: Mendel Center for Biomedical Sciences, Department of Mathematics and Statistics University of Cyprus. Budget: 100000 Euros. Funding: National Research Foundation of Cyprus. Duration: 2004 - 2007.
Cognitive Development Test I: 11 to 17. Participants: Department of Education, University of Cyprus, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Cyprus, Institute of Child Study, University of Toronto, School of Education, University of California at Berkeley. Budget: 200000 Euros. Funding: University of Cyprus. Duration: 1998 - 2001.
Molecular Genetics of APOE, ACE, and AGT and Their Effects on Cardiovascular Diseases and Carotid Stenosis. Participants: Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics, Nicosia, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Cyprus, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Athens, St Mary’s Hospital Medical School, London, and Cardiology Department, Tel Aviv University. Budget: 200000 Euros. Funding: European Union. Duration: 1996 - 2000.
