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Electronics and Electrical Engineering
Greece
2026

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Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
96
Citations
39438
World Ranking
223
National Ranking
1

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in Greece Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in Greece Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in Greece Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in Greece Leader Award
  • 2014 - IEEE Fellow for contributions to the performance analysis of wireless communication systems

Overview

George K. Karagiannidis is affiliated with Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece. Their research activity primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Computer Science, with a focus on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Computer Networks and Communications, Artificial Intelligence, and Biomedical Engineering.

The scientist's work is particularly concentrated in the areas of Advanced Wireless Communication Technologies, Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization, Satellite Communication Systems, Optical Wireless Communication Technologies, Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks, IoT Networks and Protocols, and UAV Applications and Optimization.

Frequent publication venues for their research include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • IEEE Communications Letters
  • IEEE Transactions on Communications
  • IEEE Wireless Communications Letters
  • IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Co-authorship collaborations are notable with:

  • Panagiotis D. Diamantoulakis (122 co-authored works)
  • Sotiris A. Tegos (81 co-authored works)
  • Dimitrios Tyrovolas (38 co-authored works)
  • Panagiotis Sarigiannidis (29 co-authored works)
  • Nikos A. Mitsiou (27 co-authored works)

Recent publications demonstrate involvement across a variety of wireless communication and networking topics, including:

  • "Internet of Things (IoT) and Agricultural Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in smart farming: A comprehensive review," 2020, published in Internet of Things
  • "Optimal Resource Allocation for Delay Minimization in NOMA-MEC Networks," 2020, published in IEEE Transactions on Communications
  • "Analyzing Grant-Free Access for URLLC Service," 2020, published in IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications
  • "A State-of-the-Art Survey on Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface-Assisted Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access Networks," 2022, published in Proceedings of the IEEE
  • "Distributed Machine Learning for Multiuser Mobile Edge Computing Systems," 2022, published in IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing

Karagiannidis has also contributed to academic literature through book publications. Notably, a book titled Advances in Communication Systems and Networks was published in 2020 by Springer Science+Business Media, which has received citations.

Recognition by professional societies includes being named an IEEE Fellow in 2014 for contributions to the performance analysis of wireless communication systems.

Best Publications

  • A Survey on Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access for 5G Networks: Research Challenges and Future Trends

    Zhiguo Ding;Xianfu Lei;George K. Karagiannidis;Robert Schober

  • 6G Wireless Networks: Vision, Requirements, Architecture, and Key Technologies

    Zhengquan Zhang;Yue Xiao;Zheng Ma;Ming Xiao

  • Millimeter Wave Communications for Future Mobile Networks

    Ming Xiao;Shahid Mumtaz;Yongming Huang;Linglong Dai

  • Internet of Things (IoT) and Agricultural Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in smart farming: A comprehensive review

    Achilles D. Boursianis;Maria S. Papadopoulou;Panagiotis Diamantoulakis;Aglaia Liopa-Tsakalidi

  • Advanced Optical Wireless Communication Systems

    Shlomi Arnon;John Barry;George Karagiannidis;Robert Schober

  • Optical wireless links with spatial diversity over strong atmospheric turbulence channels

    T.A. Tsiftsis;H.G. Sandalidis;G.K. Karagiannidis;M. Uysal

  • Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access for Visible Light Communications

    Hanaa Marshoud;Vasileios M. Kapinas;George K. Karagiannidis;Sami Muhaidat

  • A Survey on Mobile Anchor Node Assisted Localization in Wireless Sensor Networks

    Guangjie Han;Jinfang Jiang;Chenyu Zhang;Trung Q. Duong

  • Optical Wireless Communications With Heterodyne Detection Over Turbulence Channels With Pointing Errors

    H.G. Sandalidis;T.A. Tsiftsis;G.K. Karagiannidis

  • Bounds for multihop relayed communications in nakagami-m fading

    G.K. Karagiannidis;T.A. Tsiftsis;R.K. Mallik

  • BER Performance of FSO Links over Strong Atmospheric Turbulence Channels with Pointing Errors

    H.G. Sandalidis;T.A. Tsiftsis;G.K. Karagiannidis;M. Uysal

  • On the performance analysis of digital communications over generalized-K fading channels

    P.S. Bithas;N.C. Sagias;P.T. Mathiopoulos;G.K. Karagiannidis

  • A Minorization-Maximization Method for Optimizing Sum Rate in the Downlink of Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access Systems

    Muhammad Fainan Hanif;Zhiguo Ding;Tharmalingam Ratnarajah;George K. Karagiannidis

  • On the Performance of Non-orthogonal Multiple Access Systems With Partial Channel Information

    Zheng Yang;Zhiguo Ding;Pingzhi Fan;George K. Karagiannidis

  • $N{st}$ Nakagami: A Novel Stochastic Model for Cascaded Fading Channels

    G.K. Karagiannidis;N.C. Sagias;P.T. Mathiopoulos

  • Performance analysis of single relay selection in rayleigh fading

    D. Michalopoulos;G. Karagiannidis

  • An Improved Approximation for the Gaussian Q-Function

    G.K. Karagiannidis;A.S. Lioumpas

  • Gaussian class multivariate Weibull distributions: theory and applications in fading channels

    N.C. Sagias;G.K. Karagiannidis

  • Wireless-Powered Communications With Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access

    Panagiotis D. Diamantoulakis;Koralia N. Pappi;Zhiguo Ding;George K. Karagiannidis

  • Performance bounds of multihop wireless communications with blind relays over generalized fading channels

    G.K. Karagiannidis

  • Amplify-and-Forward Relay Selection with Outdated Channel Estimates

    D. S. Michalopoulos;H. A. Suraweera;G. K. Karagiannidis;R. Schober

  • Millimeter Wave Communications for Future Mobile Networks

    Ming Xiao;Shahid Mumtaz;Yongming Huang;Linglong Dai

Frequent Co-Authors

Paschalis C. Sofotasios
Paschalis C. Sofotasios Khalifa University
Sami Muhaidat
Sami Muhaidat Khalifa University
Theodoros A. Tsiftsis
Theodoros A. Tsiftsis University Of Thessaly
Robert Schober
Robert Schober University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Michail Matthaiou
Michail Matthaiou Queen's University Belfast
Zhiguo Ding
Zhiguo Ding Nanyang Technological University
Alexandros-Apostolos A. Boulogeorgos
Alexandros-Apostolos A. Boulogeorgos University of Western Macedonia
Mikko Valkama
Mikko Valkama Tampere University
Arumugam Nallanathan
Arumugam Nallanathan Queen Mary University of London
Trung Q. Duong
Trung Q. Duong Memorial University of Newfoundland

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