Research Interests : Data Analysis, Statistics, Operational Research, Performance Measurement, Information Systems

• BSC in Mathematics, University of Athens
• PostGraduate Diploma in Computer Science, Birkbeck College, University of London
• Phd in Operational Research/Data analysis, Dept of Statistics and Insurance Science,  University of Piraeus. Thesis "Data Envelopment Analysis with Imprecise Data"
• Courses attended in  Information Science, Public Administration, e-Government
• Adult training official certification

Academic Year 2023-2024

Undergraduate Courses

Dept. of Economics : STATISTICS I (1st sem), STATISTICS II (2nd sem), COMPUTER ECONOMIC APPLICATIONS (3rd sem), BUSSINESS ANALYTICS (5th sem)

Dept. of Tourism : NEW TECHNOLOGIES IN TOURISM

Graduate Courses

M.Sc. in "Economic and Business Strategy" Course BUSSINESS ANALYTICS 

M.Sc. in "Health Economics & Management" Course INFORMATION SYSTEMS - HEALTHCARE ANALYTICS

M.Sc. in "Economics of Education and Management of Educational Units" Courses INFORMATION SYSTEMS, IT IN EDUCATION & LEARNING

M.Sc. in "Applied Public Economics & Policy" Course INFORMATION SYSTEMS - eGOVERMEN

• Tsioumas V., Smirlis Y., Papadimitriou S. (2021). Capturing the impact of economic forces on the dry bulk freight market,Maritime Transport Research, Vol. 2, 2021, 100018.  doi.org/10.1016/j.martra.2021.100018  PDF
• Y. Smirlis (2020). A trichotomic segmentation approach for estimating composite indicators. Social Indicators Research. doi.org/10.1007/s11205-020-02310-1 PDF
• Y.Smirlis, M.Ioakimidis,  (2019).Evaluating the performance of  alternative blended learning designs using DEA, Review of Economic and Business studies, Vol. 12, Issue 2/2019, pp. 79-92.  doi.org/10.1515/rebs-2019-0093. PDF
• G.Koronakos, Y.Smirlis, D.Sotiros, D. Despotis, (2019), Assessment of OECD Better Life Index by incorporating public opinion, Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, to apper, doi.org/10.1016/j.seps.2019.03.005PDF
• Y. Smirlis, (2018) Classifying and Predicting Efficiencies Using  Interval DEA grid setting, International Journal of Mathematical and Computational Sciences, Vol. 12, No. 6. Doi 10.1999/1307-6892/10009165 PDF
• Shaher Z. Zahran, Jobair Bin Alam, Abdulrahem H. Al-Zahrani,Yiannis Smirlis, Stratos Papadimitriou, Vangelis Tsioumas. Tsioumas (2017).  Analysis of port efficiency using imprecise and incomplete data, Operational Research An International Journal, doi:10.1007/s12351-017-0322-9
• V. Tsioumas, S. Papadimitriou, Y. Smirlis, SZ. Zahrana, (2017),  A Novel Approach to Forecasting the Bulk Freight Market,   The Asian Journal of Shipping and Logistics,  DOI 10.1016/j.ajsl.2017.03.005,  to appear
• V. Tsioumas, S. Papadimitriou, Y. Smirlis, Forecasting the Baltic Dry Index: An enhanced multivariate approach,Annual conference of the International Association of Maritime Economists-IAME, Hamburg  August 23-26 2016.
• Shaher Z Zahran, Jobair Bin Alam, Abdulrahem H Al-Zahrani, Yiannis Smirlis, Stratos Papadimitriou and Vangelis Tsioumas (2015), Analysis of port authority efficiency using data envelopment analysis, Maritime Economics & Logistics advance online publication 5 November 2015; doi: 10.1057/mel.2015.33
• E. Thanassoulis, D. Despotis, D-G. Sotiros, Y. Smirlis, G. Karagiannis (2014), Assessing university research output from different perspectives, 20th  IFORS 2014 conference, Barchelona, 13-18 July 2014.
• E. Thanassoulis, D. Sotiros, D.K. Despotis, Y. Smirlis (2014),  Assessing research productivity in terms of endogeneity or exogeneity of academic salaries. Efficiency in Education Conference, London September 19-20
• D. Sotiros, Y. Smirlis, D. Despotis, Incorporating intra- and inter-input/output weight restrictions in piecewise linear DEA: an application to the assessment of the research activity in Higher Education, Book chapter in Managing Service Productivity, series: International Series in Operations Research & Management Science,  Vol. 215 Emrouznejad, Ali, Cabanda, Emilyn (Eds.), 2014 - Springer
• Y. Smirlis, D. Despotis  (2013), Piecewise Linear Virtual Inputs/Outputs in Interval DEA, Int. J. of Operations Research and Information Systems, Vol. 4, Issue 1
• D. Sotiros, D.K. Despotis, G. Koronakos, Y. Smirlis, (2013), Incorporating user preferences in DEA with Ordinal Regression, XI Balcan Conference on Operational Research (BALCOR 2013), Belgrade, Sept. 2013
• Y. Smirlis, D.K. Despotis (2013), Comparative analysis of the public funding for Greek Universities: An ordinal DEA/MCDM approach,  International Conference on Data Analysis and Decision Making (ICDADM 2013), Venice Italy, Aug 15-16, 2013
• Y. Smirlis , D. Sotiros, D. Despotis, G. Koronakos (2013), Evaluation of research activity in higher education: A Data Envelopment Analysis approach, 24th National Conference on Operational Research, Athens, Greece, Sept. 26-28, 2013
• Smirlis Y, Despotis D (2012), Relaxing the impact of extreme units in Data Envelopment Analysis , International Journal of Information Technology & Decision Making Vol. 11, No 5 DOI: 10.1142/S0219622012500253.
• M. Panta, Y. Smirlis, M. Sfakianakis (2011), Assessing bids of Greek public organizations service providers using data envelopment analysis, Operational Research: The International Journal, DOI 10.1007/s12351-01100108-4
• Y. G. Smirlis, V. Zeimpekis and G. Kaimakamis (2010), Data envelopment analysis models to support the selection of vehicle routing software for city logistics operations, Operational Research: The International Journal, DOI 10.1007/s12351-010-0100-4
• Despotis DK, Smirlis Y (2010). Reducing the effect of outliers on DEA efficiency assessments. 4th Symposium on Data Envelopment Analysis, Jiaosi, Taiwan.
• Despotis DK, Smirlis Y (2010). Handling Extreme Observations in Data Envelopment Analysis. The International Symposium on Stochastic Models in Reliability Engineering, Life Sciences and Operations Management. Beer  Sheva, Israel.
• Smirlis Y, Despotis DK), 2010) Piecewise linear virtual inputs/outputs in Interval DEA, 24^th European Conference on Operational Research, Lisbon 11-14 July 2010
• Smirlis Y, Stamati LV, Despotis DK (2009). Reducing the size of large scale Data Envelopment Analysis problems using Interval DEA . 23rd European Conference on Operational Research -EURO 2009, Bonn, Germany
• Stamati LV, Despotis DK, Smirlis Y (2009). Data envelopment analysis with nonlinear virtual inputs and outputs. 23rd European Conference on Operational Research -EURO 2009, Bonn, Germany.
•  Despotis DK, Stamati LV, Smirlis Y (2009). Data envelopment analysis with nonlinear virtual inputs and outputs. European Journal of Operational Research 202 PP. 604-613
• Y Smirlis,  Marilou Ioakimidis, Evaluating alternative instructional designs for blended learning programs, 2nd International Conference on Educational Economics-2ICEE, Athens 27-30 August
• Y Smirlis, Dimitris Tsimaras, Modeling the cost of blended distance Learning Training programs for the public sector, 2nd International Conference on Educational Economics-2ICEE, Athens 27-30 August
• Ioakimides M., Smirlis Y. Hassid J, (2007), Analysing costs of educational services for universities and e-universities: A further analysis on the student point of view Advances in the Economics of Education: On Markets and Post-Transformation Issues.Όrgen Backhaus, Raul Eamets, JΓΌri Sepp (eds.)  Lit Verlag Όnster
•  Y.Smirlis, M.Panta, G.Kaimakamis, M. Sfakianakis (2007), Assessment of bids for logistist services, Spoudai - University of Piraeus,  57 (3), 78-89. (in Greek)
• Y. Smirlis, E. Maragos, D.Despotis, Imprecise DEA with missing values: An Interval DEA approach,  Applied Mathematics and Computation 177 (2006) pp. 1-10
•  Dimitris K. Despotis, Yannis G. Smirlis, Josef Jablonsky und Petr Fiala, Bewertung von Prepaid-Paketen nach dem Preis-Leistungs-Verhltnis: Ein DEA-Ansatz  klassierte Daten, MARKETING-EFFIZIENZ Messung und Steuerung mit de DEA  Konzept und Einsatz in der Praxis, Hans H. Bauer / Matithias Staat Maik Hammerschmidt (Hrsg.), 2006 Verlang Franz Vahlen GmbH, ISBN-13 978-3-8006-3285-5 p. 247-259
• Y. Smirlis, (2006), Reducing the size of DEA problems, University of Piraeus, Hononary scientific Journal  for Prof. A. Panagiotopoulos, Vol. B, p. 977-986,  2006
• D. Kokotos, Y. Smirlis (2005), A classification tree application to predict total ship loss,  Journal of Transportation and Statistics, Vol 8, No 2 Oct. 2005
•  J.Hassid, Y.Smirlis, M.Ioakimidis, Analysing costs of educational services for universities and e-universities: The student point of view,  International Conference EDUCATIONAL ECONOMICS, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, University of Tartu, 26-28 Tartu, Estonia
• D Kallindromitou, M Bonazountas, Y Smirlis (2005), A model for the assessment of environmental sustainability at regional level,   HELECO 05,  Athens 3-6/2/2005
• J.Jablonsky,  P. Fiala, , Y.Smirlis, D.K.Despotis (2004) DEA with Interval Data:An illustration using the evaluation of branches of a Czech Bank, Central European Journal of Operational Research, Vol.12(4) 323-337 
• M.Bonazountas, Y.Smirlis, D.Kallidromitou, Assessing Sustainability of EU Regions : The case of the ˜EPSILON™ tool, ENVIROINFO 2004-18o International Conference informatics for Environmental Protection, 21-23 October 2004
•  D.Kallidromitou, Y.Smirlis, M.Bonazountas, Assessing Regional Sustainability in Greece, International Conference of the PROTECTION AND RESTORATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT VII, Mykonos, Greece 2004
•  Smirlis Y, Despotis DK, Jablonsky J and Fiala P. Identifying “best-buys” in the market of prepaid mobile telephony: An application of imprecise DEA, International  Journal of Information Technology and Decision Making, Vol.3  No 1
• Despotis DK and Smirlis Y (2002). Data Envelopment Analysis with imprecise data. European Journal of Operational Research 140: 24-37
• Despotis DK and Smirlis Y (2002). Global efficiency scores in interval data envelopment analysis. IFORS 2002 Conference- OR in a globalized world economy, Edinburgh, UK
• Jablonsky J, Fiala P, Despotis DK and Smirlis J (2001). Simulation Experiments with Interval DEA models : Multicriteria Evaluation of Bank Branches. MCDM Conference, Cairo, Egypt
• Despotis DK, Smirlis Y, Jablonsky J and Fiala P (2001). Imprecise DEA: Detecting best-buys in the market of prepaid mobile telephony in Greece. MCDM Conference, Cairo, Egypt
•  Despotis DK., Smirlis Y, (2001), Data Envelopment Analysis with Imprecise Data, 53rd Meeting of the European Working Group Multicriteria Aid for Decisions, Athens, March 29-30
•  Despotis DK and Smirlis Y (2001). Interval data envelopment analysis: Models and new application areas. ORBEL-15 Conference, Antwerp, Belgium
• Y. Smirlis, Product selection on the Web : a DSS system for recording and analysing consumer preferences, Honorary volume is dedicated to M. Raphael Vol. I, University of Piraeus, 2000 (in Greek)
•  D. Ginis, D. Kokotos, Y. Smirlis, A study of relating students' grades in high school and in University, Proceedings of the 130th National Conference of Statistics, Florina 2000, Greece,  pp. 153-161
•  Despotis DK and Smirlis Y. Data Envelopment analysis with spreadsheets. EURO XVII Conference on Operational Research, Budapest, Hungary
• Fiala P, Jablonsky J, Smirlis Y and Despotis DK (2000). DEA with interval data: An application to the evaluation of branches of a Czech bank. IFORS Special Conference: New trends in Banking Management  10, Athens, Greece
• Smirlis Y, Georgiakodis F and Despotis DK (1999). Supporting product selection on the Web: A basis for consumer preference analysis. Proceedings of the 5th International Conference of the Decision Sciences Institute, Athens, Greece, p.p. 373-375
•  Y. Smirlis, F. Georgiakodis, D. Despotis (1999), Ranking products on qualitative attributes using binary, Proceedings of the 120th National Conference of Statistics, Hellenic Statistical Institute, Spetses,  15-18 June 1999, pp.  507-515
•  Y. Smirlis, F. Georgiakodis, D. Despotis (1999), Analysing the differences in qualitative product characteristics : An application to the car market, Proceedings of the 11th National Conference of Greek Operational Research Society -EEEE, Athens, May 1997, pp.  630-640
•  Alexandris N, Smirlis Y and Despotis DK (1999). Virtual opinion leader: A web based application to support product selection and analyze consumer preferences. IFORS-15 Conference, Beijing, China
• Lygeri P.Soubassi, Constantina Aggeli, Ioannis Smirlis, Eirene Grapsa, Ghristos Pitsavos, Christodoulos Stefanadis, Pavios Soubassis, Pavlos Toutouzas, Nicholaos Zerefos, Renal Unit, œAlexandra Hospital, Dept of  Cardiology, Univ. of Athens, Greece.  Alterations of aortic   distensibility in young patients vs. older with chronic renal failure after hemodialysis, American Journal of  Kidney Diseases, Book of Abstracts, Vol. 33, No. 4, April  1999
•  Y. Smirlis, F. Georgiakodis, D. Despotis (1997, Market analysis for the design new products, Proceedings of the 100th National Conference of Statistics, Hellenic Statistical Institute, Athens 1997, pp.   609-623
•  Triantafilidis, Y. Smirlis, et al. Risk of upper g.i. bleeding among ex-smokers, II United European Gastroenterology Week, Barchelona 19-24 Jully 1993
• A.Emmanouilidis, Y. Triantafilidis, Y. Smirlis, B.Dimou,  Polypus of the large entestine: analysis of clinical data for 334 patients, 13o Greek Gastroenterology Conference, Rhodes,  13-17 October 1993
•  A.Emmanouilidis, Y. Triantafilidis, Y. Smirlis, B.Dimou,  Alterated Polypus of the large entestine: analysis of clinical data for 24 patients, 13o Greek Gastroenterology Conference, Rhodes,  13-17 October 1993

• Methods and Applications in Operational Research, Y. Smirlis, G. Kaimakamis, M. Panda, 2010,ISBN 978-960-93-1921-8 (in Greek)
• Desktop Publishing Applications,Y. Smirlis, 1991 ISBN 960-7140-17-6

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