Staff profile

After studying Maths in Patra, Greece, and then Computer Science in Liverpool, UK, Eleni joined Durham University as an Assistant Professor (Education) in the Department of Computer Science.

Since 2020, she is the Director of Undergraduate Studies in the department.

Curriculum Vitae

Eleni's CV can be found here.

Research Interests

• Computer Science education
• Probabilistic methods in algorithms
• Algorithms and complexity of graph theoretic problems
• Optimization problems in dynamic networks

Research Groups

• Pedagogical Innovations in Computer Science
• Algorithms and Complexity

Awarded Grants

• A Theoretical Computer Science Commons in the hybrid era - CPHC Special Project 2022/23

Chapter in book

• Akrida, Eleni C., Deligkas, Argyrios, Melissourgos, Themistoklis & Spirakis, Paul G. (2019). Connected Subgraph Defense Games. In Algorithmic Game Theory. Springer. 11801: 216-236.

Conference Paper

• Bradley, Steven & Akrida, Eleni (2022), Narrowing and Stretching: Addressing the Challenge of Multi-track Programming, English, Rosanne *Stewart, Craig Computing Education Practice 2022. Durham, England, ACM, 1-4.
• Akrida, E.C., Mertzios, G.B. & Spirakis, P.G. (2019), The temporal explorer who returns to the base, in Heggernes P. eds, Lecture notes in computer science 11485: 11th International Conference on Algorithms and Complexity (CIAC 2019). Rome, Italy, Springer, Cham, 13-24.
• Akrida, Eleni C. Mertzios, George B., Nikoletseas, Sotiris, Christoforos, Raptopoulos,, Spirakis, Paul G. & Zamaraev, Viktor (2019), How fast can we reach a target vertex in stochastic temporal graphs?, in Baier, Christel Chatzigiannakis, Ioannis Flocchini, Paola & Leonardi, Stefano eds, Leibniz International Proceedings inInformatics (LIPIcs) 132: 46th International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming (ICALP 2019). Patras, Greece, Dagstuhl Publishing, Dagstuhl, Germany, 131:1--131:14.
• Akrida, Eleni C., Mertzios, George B., Spirakis, Paul G. & Zamaraev, Viktor (2018), Temporal Vertex Cover with a Sliding Time Window, 45th International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming (ICALP 2018).
• Akrida, Eleni C., Czyzowicz, Jurek, Gąsieniec, Leszek, Kuszner, Łukasz & Spirakis, Paul G. (2017), Temporal Flows in Temporal Networks, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 10236: 10th International Conference in Algorithms and Complexity, CIAC 2017. Athens, Greece, Springer, 43-54.
• Akrida, E.C., Gasieniec, L., Mertzios, G.B. & Spirakis, P.G. (2016), On temporally connected graphs of small cost, 13th Workshop on Approximation and Online Algorithms (WAOA). Patras, Greece, Springer, Cham, 84-96.
• Akrida, Eleni C. & Spirakis, Paul G. (2015), On Verifying and Maintaining Connectivity of Interval Temporal Networks, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 9536: Algorithmic Aspects of Wireless Sensor Networks (ALGOSENSORS). Patras, Greece, Springer, 142-154.
• Akrida, E.C., Gasieniec, L., Mertzios, G.B. & Spirakis, P.G. (2014), Ephemeral networks with random availability of links: diameter and connectivity, Proceedings of the 26th ACM symposium on Parallelism in algorithms and architectures (SPAA). Prague, Czech Republic, Association for Computing Machinery, Prague, 267-276

Conference Proceeding

• Akrida, Eleni & Zarb, Mark (2023). Computing Education Practice,. CEP 2023, Durham, United Kingdom.

Journal Article

• Akrida, Eleni C., Deligkas, Argyrios, Melissourgos, Themistoklis & Spirakis, Paul G. (2021). Connected Subgraph Defense Games. Algorithmica 83(11): 3403-3431.
• Akrida, E.C., Mertzios, G.B., Spirakis, P.G. & Raptopoulos, C. (2021). The temporal explorer who returns to the base. Journal of Computer and System Sciences 120: 179-193.
• Akrida, Eleni C., Mertzios, George B., Nikoletseas, Sotiris, Raptopoulos, Christoforos, Spirakis, Paul G. & Zmaraev, Viktor (2020). How fast can we reach a target vertex in stochastic temporal graphs? Journal of Computer and System Sciences 114: 65-83.
• Akrida, E.C., Mertzios, G.B., Spirakis, P.G. & Zamaraev, V. (2020). Temporal vertex cover with a sliding time window. Journal of Computer and System Sciences 107: 108-123.
• Akrida, Eleni C. & Spirakis, Paul G. (2019). On Verifying and Maintaining Connectivity of Interval Temporal Networks. Parallel Processing Letters 29(02): 1950009.
• Akrida, Eleni C., Czyzowicz, Jurek, Gąsieniec, Leszek, Kuszner, Łukasz & Spirakis, Paul G. (2019). Temporal flows in temporal networks. Journal of Computer and System Sciences 103: 46-60.
• Akrida, E.C., Gasieniec, L., Mertzios, G.B. & Spirakis, P.G. (2017). The complexity of optimal design of temporally connected graphs. Theory of Computing Systems 61(3): 907–944.
• Akrida, E.C., Gąsieniec, L., Mertzios, G.B. & Spirakis, P.G. (2016). Ephemeral networks with random availability of links: The case of fast networks. Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing 87: 109-120.