Marinos Georgiades

Research Interests

His research interests and activities are situated in the area of software engineering, with a focus in formalization and automation of software/requirements engineering. In most of his works, he utilizes syntactic and semantic elements of natural language (NL), as well as natural language understanding/generation rules and methods in order to formalize the specification of the constituent elements of an information system (IS) and large parts of the requirements engineering (RE) process. Good formalization of RE helps in developing correct, complete, consistent, and unambiguous requirements, and consequently in developing better software. Besides, NL-based formalization makes requirements easier to read and understand. In sum, his basic idea and also prospect is that with formalization and automation of large parts of the SDLC, it will be possible to substantially improve the quality, and ease the human burden of the development process. Finally, his research interests extend to the utilization of ICT and educational research to improve teaching and learning.

Publications

Refereed Conference Papers

1. Georgiades, M. (2024). A Use Case Grammar for Requirements Specification. In B. Marcinkowski, A. Przybylek, A. Jarzębowicz, N. Iivari, E. Insfran, M. Lang, H. Linger, & C. Schneider (Eds.), Harnessing Opportunities: Reshaping ISD in the post-COVID-19 and Generative AI Era (ISD2024 Proceedings). Gdańsk, Poland: University of Gdańsk. ISBN: 978-83-972632-0-8. https://doi.org/10.62036/ISD.2024.7
2. Georgiades, M. and Andreou, A. 2013. Patterns for Use Case Context and Content. In Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Software Reuse (ICSR), (Pisa, Italy) (Rank A in 2013, Keynote speaker: Ivar Jacobson). Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Volume 7925, 267-282. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg.
3. Georgiades, M. and Andreou, A. 2010. Automatic generation of a Software Requirements Specification (SRS) document. In Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Intelligent Systems Design and Applications (Cairo, Egypt, November). IEEE Xplore, 1095-1100 doi: 10.1109/ISDA.2010.5687039. (Best Student Paper Award)
4. Georgiades, M., Andreou, A., and Pattichis, C. 2005. A Requirements Engineering Methodology Based On Natural Language Syntax and Semantics. In Proceedings of the 13th IEEE International Conference on Requirements Engineering (RE'05) (Paris, France, August). IEEE Computer Society, Washington, 73-74. (Rank A)
5. Georgiades, M. and Andreou, A. 2012. A Semantic Formalization for Use Case Modeling. In Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems (ICEIS), (Wroclaw, Poland, June), 172-175.
6. Georgiades, M. and Andreou, A. 2010. A Novel Software Tool for Supporting and Automating the Requirements Engineering Process With the Use of Natural Language. In Proceedings of the ICSCT International Conference on Software and Computing Technology (Kunming, China, October). IEEE Press, 256-263.
7. Georgiades, M. and Andreou, A. 2010. A Novel Methodology to Formalize the Requirements Engineering Process with the Use of Natural Language. In Proceedings of the IADIS Conference on Applied Computing (Timisoara, Romania, October). IADIS Digital Library, 11-18.

Refereed Journal Papers

1. Georgiades, M. and Andreou, A. 2013. A Novel Software Tool for Supporting and Automating the Requirements Engineering Process with the Use of Natural Language (updated version), International Journal of Computer Theory and Engineering, Vol 5(3), 443-449.
2. Georgiades, M. and Andreou, A. 2012. Formalizing and Automating Use Case Model Development, The Open Software Engineering Journal, Vol (6), 21-40.
3. Georgiades, M. and Andreou, A. 2011. A Novel Software Tool for Supporting and Automating the Requirements Engineering Process with the Use of Natural Language, International Journal of Computer Science and Technology, Vol 2(3)-3.

Grants

Some of the granted projects are listed below:

1. 01/03/2021 - 31/12/2027
   Erasmus Accreditation for School Education
   Project Reference: 2020-1-CY01-KA120-SCH-082755
   EU Grant: €780,000.00 (approximately)
   Program: Erasmus+
   Key Action: Learning Mobility of Individuals
   Field: School Education
2. 01/03/2021 - 31/12/2027
   Erasmus Accreditation for Vocational Education and Training
   Project Reference: 2020-1-CY01-KA120-VET-082753
   EU Grant: €480,000.00 (approximately)
   Program: Erasmus+
   Key Action: Learning Mobility of Individuals
   Field: Vocational Education and Training
3. 01/08/2020 - 28/02/2022
   Towards inclusive and ICT-enabled education (TalenTed)
   Project Reference: 2020-1-CY01-KA101-065888
   EU Grant: €16,350.00
   Programme: Erasmus+
   Key Action: Learning Mobility of Individuals
   Action Type: School education staff mobility
4. 01/06/2020 - 02/2022
   EUtilization of best anti-addiction practices
   Project Reference: 2020-1-CY01-KA104-065935
   EU Grant: €6,495.00
   Programme: Erasmus+
   Key Action: Learning Mobility of Individuals
   Action Type: Adult education staff mobility
5. 01/06/2019 - 31/12/2021
   Development of knowledge, culture and skills in Europe
   Project Reference: 2019-1-CY01-KA102-058227
   EU Grant: €57,307.00
   Programme: Erasmus+
   Key Action: Learning Mobility of Individuals
   Action Type: VET learner and staff mobility

Teaching

1. Software Project
   Course Web page

Awards

1. Best Student Paper Award - 10th International Conference on Intelligent Systems Design and Applications
Recipient of the Best Student Paper Award, among 265 (approx.) selected papers, for the following paper: Georgiades, M. and Andreou, A. 2010. Automatic generation of a Software Requirements Specification (SRS) document. In Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Intelligent Systems Design and Applications (Cairo, Egypt, November). IEEE Xplore, 1095-1100 doi: 10.1109/ISDA.2010.5687039.