He has also served as a Researcher Grade D at Research Center CERTH/ITI and at Research Center NCSR ‘Demokritos’. Before joining the academia, he worked for six years in the IT industry. Dr. Tambouris holds a Diploma in Electrical Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Greece, and an MSc and PhD from Brunel University, UK. During the last 18 years he has initiated and managed several international research projects. He has also participated in numerous research projects, service contracts and standardisation activities at CEN. He is currently chair of the International Conference on eParticipation (ePart). He has more than 150 publications in eGovernment, eParticipation, eLearning and eHealth.