Dimitrios Serpanos is Professor of ECE, University of Patras and Director of the Industrial Systems Institute/ATHENA, Greece. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from Princeton University (1990) and an Engineering Diploma in Computer Engineering and Informatics, University of Patras (1985). His research focuses on embedded and industrial control systems architecture and security.

He has served as President of the University of Western Greece (2010-2013) and as Director of the Industrial Systems Institute (2008-2013). He has been Research Staff Member at IBM (T.J. Watson, 1990-1996), and faculty at the Universities of Crete (1996-2000) and Patras (2000-today). He was Principal Scientist at the Qatar Computing Research Institute (2013-2016).

He is Chair of the ARTEMIS Scientific Council and Secretary of the IEEE Computer Society, where he serves on the Board of Governors since 2017. He has received several awards and honors including the IEEE CS Golden Core Award (2017) and the first IBM Faculty Award in Greece (2005).