I am a Doctoral Candidate at the Centre for Intelligent Systems and their Applications of the School of Informatics at the University of Edinburgh. Being currently on the fourth year of my PhD, I am exploring how Artificial Intelligence techniques can help us understand the dynamics of Supply Chain Management. Jessica Chen-Burger and Michael Rovatsos are my supervisors.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Generally speaking, I am interested in the applications of Artificial Intelligence on Supply Chain Management and Virtual Organizations. Knowledge Representation and Reasoning, Multiagent Systems and Semantics-Based Business Process Modelling fall into this category. The title of my PhD research is "Improving Supply Chain Management Understanding through Logic-Based Conceptual Modelling and Simulation".

PUBLICATIONS

• A. Manataki and Y-H Chen-Burger. A Meta-Model of Business Interaction for Assisting Intelligent Workflow Systems. In Proceedings of the 5th International KES Conference on Agents and Multi-agent Systems – Technologies and Applications, Manchester, UK, June 2011 [pdf] [Springer version]
• A. Manataki, Y.-H. Chen-Burger, and M. Rovatsos. Improving the understanding of supply chain dynamics: Towards an intelligent simulation tool. In Proceedings of the 17th Conference of the European Operations Management Association (EurOMA 2010), Porto, Portugal, June, 2010 [pdf]
• A. Manataki, Y.-H. Chen-Burger, and M. Rovatsos. Towards Improving Supply Chain Coordination through Agent-Based Simulation. In Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Practical Applications of Agents and Multiagent Systems (PAAMS 2010), Salamanca, Spain, April 2010 [pdf] [Springer version]
• A. Manataki and Y-H Chen-Burger. Analysing Supply Chain Strategies Using Knowledge-Based Techniques. In Proceedings of the 3rd KES Symposium on Agents and Multi-Agent Systems – Technologies and Applications, Invited Session on Digital Economy, Uppsala, Sweden, June 2009 [pdf] [Springer version]
• G. Nadarajan, A. Manataki and Y-H Chen-Burger. Semantics-Based Process Support for Grid Applications, In N. Bessis editor, Grid Technology for Maximizing Collaborative Decision Management and Support: Advancing Effective Virtual Organizations, IGI Global, 2009 [pdf]

OTHER DOCUMENTS & PRESENTATIONS

• PhD Research Proposal: Improving Supply Chain Management Understanding through Logic-Based Conceptual Modelling and Automation. May 2009 [pdf]
• Informatics Jamboree Poster, December 2008 [pdf]
• MSc Thesis: A Knowledge-Based Analysis and Modelling of Dell’s Supply Chain Strategies. August 2007 [pdf]

TEACHING

I am currently a teaching assistant for Informatics 1 - Data & Analysis. Since October 2008, I have been tutoring for the undergraduate courses Informatics 1 - Computation & Logic, Informatics 1 - Data & Analysis and for the postgraduate course Fundamentals of Artificial Intelligence. I am also a teaching assistant for the Informatics Research Review, helping Masters' students conduct a literature review on a topic of interest. From time to time I take part in Science Communication activities as a Schools Liaison Assistant, showing to schoolchildren how exciting informatics is.

PERSONAL

I was born in Athens, and grew up in the carnival capital of Greece, Patras. I studied Management Science and Technology at the Athens University of Economics and Business, and then decided to do an MSc in Artificial Intelligence at the University of Edinburgh. Having done a gap year in Cologne, Germany, I strongly believe in the advantages of youth mobility. Therefore I am running the project GapYear, promoting European mobility to young Greeks, funded by the European Commission. I also help organise the Firbush trip for Informatics PhD students. Wanna make my day? A coffee, a newspaper and a cookie in your kitchen will do - in this order.

Last updated: July 2011