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Apostolos Ampatzoglou

Associate Professor in the Dept. of Applied Informatics
at the University of Macedonia

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Dr. Apostolos Ampatzoglou is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science of the University of Macedonia, where he carries out research and teaching in the area of software engineering. In the period 2013-2016 he was an Assistant Professor at the Department of Computer Science in the University of Groningen (Netherlands). He holds a BSc on Information Systems (2003), a MSc on Computer Systems (2005) and a PhD in Software Engineering by the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (2012). His current research interests are focused on technical debt, reverse engineering, software maintainability, software quality management, open source software engineering and software design.

He has published more than 120 articles in international journals and conferences. He is/was involved in 15 R&D projects in ICT with funding from national and international organizations. He serves as a reviewer in numerous leading journals of the software engineering domain, as part of the organizing committee of several prestigious conferences, as a memeber of the Steering Committee of the "Workshop on Machine Learning Techniques for Software Quality Evaluation", and as a member of various international conference program committees. Finally, he has been acknowledged as being among the top scholars in the field of design patterns, among the top early stage researchers in the field of software engineering for the period 2010-2017, and among the top consolidated researchers in the field of software engineering for the period 2013-2020.

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Journal Publication

  1. N. Mittas, D. Trygoniaris, A. Ampatzoglou, E. M. Arvanitou, C. Volioti, A. Chatzigeorgiou, and L. Angelis, "Required Knowledge, Skills and Transversal Competences for a Career in Software Engineering", Information and Software Technology, Elsevier, 2026 (.pdf)

  2. I. Kalouptsoglou, M. Siavvas, A. Ampatzoglou, D. Kechagias, and A. Chatzigeorgiou, "LocVul: Line-Level Vulnerability Localization based on a Sequence-to-Sequence Approach", Information and Software Technology, Elsevier, February 2026. (.pdf)

  3. S. Moreschini, E. M. Arvanitou, E. P. Kanidou, N. Nikolaidis, R. Su, A. Ampatzoglou, A. Chatzigeorgiou, and V. Lenarduzzi, "The Evolution of Technical Debt from DevOps to Generative AI: A Multivocal Literature Review", Journal of Systems and Software, Elsevier, January 2026. (.pdf)

  4. I. Zozas, S. Bibi, A. Ampatzoglou, E. M. Arvanitou, P. Angelidis, and M. Tsipouras, “A Mapping Study on JavaScript Quality Attributes and Metrics”, Journal of Software: Evolution and Process, Springer, 2025. (.pdf)

  5. E. Anastasiou, G. Ntakos, E. Kanakari, S. Bitsika, M. Gemtou, M. Katsaragakis, D. Soudris, C. Volioti, E. M. Arvanitou, M. T. Folina, T Maikantis, E. P. Kanidou, M. Fountouli, A. Ampatzoglou, N. Tsiogkas, A. Villa-Henriksen, S. M. Pedersen, T. Wubale Tamirat, A. Milella, S. Simopoulou, G. Mygdakos, and S. Fountas, "Applications of robotics and extended reality in agriculture: A review", Smart Agricultural Technology, Elsevier, December 2025. (.pdf)

  6. T. Maikantis, I. Natsiou, C. Volioti, E. M. Arvanitou, A. Ampatzoglou, N. Mittas, A. Chatzigeorgiou, and S. Xinogalos, "Code Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder: Exploring the Relation between Code Beauty and Quality", Journal of Systems and Software, Elsevier, Octomber 2025. (.pdf)

  7. I. Kalouptsoglou, M. Siavvas, A. Ampatzoglou, D. Kechagias, and A. Chatzigeorgiou, "Transfer Learning for Software Vulnerability Prediction using Transformer Models", Journal of Systems and Software, Elsevier, 2025. (.pdf)

  8. C. Volioti, V. Martsis, A. Ampatzoglou, E. Keramopoulos, and A. Chatzigeorgiou, "Codeless3D: Design and Usability Evaluation of a Low-Code Tool for 3D Game Generation", Transactions on Games, IEEE, 2025. (.pdf)

  9. D. Tsoukalas, N. Mittas, E. M. Arvanitou, A. Ampatzoglou, A. Chatzigeorgiou, and D. Kechagias, "Local and Global Explainability for Technical Debt Identification", Transactions on Software Engineering, IEEE, 2024. (.pdf)

  10. M. Siavvas, D. Tsoukalas, C. Marantos, L. Papadopoulos, C. Lamprakos, O. Matei, C. Strydis, M. A. Siddiqi, P. Chrobocinski, K. Filus, J. Domańska, P. Avgeriou, A. Ampatzoglou, D. Soudris, A. Chatzigeorgiou, E. Gelenbe, D. Kehagias, and D. Tzovaras, "SDK4ED: A Platform for building Energy Efficient, Dependable, and Maintainable Embedded Software", Automated Software Engineering Journal, Springer, November 2024. (.pdf)

  11. E. M. Arvanitou, D. Gagoutis, A. Ampatzoglou, N. Mittas, I. Deligiannis, and A. Chatzigeorgiou, "What Does Matter in the Success of a Decentralized Application? From Idea to Development", Information and Software Technology, Elsevier, May 2024. (.pdf)

  12. N. Nikolaidis, N. Mittas, A. Ampatzoglou, D. Feitosa, and A. Chatzigeorgiou, "A Metrics-based Approach for Selecting among Various Refactoring Candidates", Empirical Software Enginering, Springer, 2024. (.pdf)

  13. N. Nikolaidis, E. M. Arvanitou, C. Volioti, T. Maikantis, A. Ampatzoglou, D. Feitosa, A. Chatzigeorgiou, and P. Krief, "Eclipse Open SmartCLIDE: An End-to-End Framework for Facilitating Service Reuse in Cloud Development", Journal of Systems and Software, Elsevier, 2024. (.pdf)

  14. A. Tsichouridis, S. Xinogalos, and A. Ampatzoglou, "Educational Programming Environments for Enhancing Conceptual Design in the Object-Oriented Paradigm: A Systematic Mapping Study", Journal of Educational Computing Research, SAGE Publications, 2024. (.pdf)

  15. D. Tsoukalas, M. Siavvas, D. Kechagias, A. Ampatzoglou, and A. Chatzigeorgiou, "A Practical Approach for Technical Debt Prioritization based on Class-Level Forecasting", Journal of Software: Evolution and Process, Wiley and Sons, 2024. (.pdf)

  16. K. Georgiou, N. Mittas, A. Ampatzoglou, A. Chatzigeorgiou, and L. Angelis, "What is being Patented in Software Engineering? Empirical Evidence from USPTO", IEEE Software, 2024. (.pdf)

  17. I. Kalouptsoglou, M. Siavvas, A. Ampatzoglou, D. Kechagias, and A. Chatzigeorgiou, "Software Vulnerability Prediction: A Systematic Mapping Study", Information and Software Technology, Elsevier, 2023. (.pdf)

  18. F. Fagerholm, A. De los Rios, C. Cardenas Castro, J. Gil, A. Chatzigeorgiou, A. Ampatzoglou, and C. Becker, "It's About Time: How To Study Intertemporal Choice in Systems Design", Information and Software Technology, Elsevier, 2023. (.pdf)

  19. E. Polyzoidou, E. Papagiannaki, N. Nikolaidis, A. Ampatzoglou, N. Mittas, E. M. Arvanitou, A. Chatzigeorgiou, G. Manolis, and E. Manganopoulou, “SmartCLIDE Design Pattern Assistant: A Decision-Tree based Approach”, Software Practice and Experience, Wiley and Sons, 2023. (.pdf)

  20. N. Nikolaidis, N. Mittas, A. Ampatzoglou, E. M. Arvanitou, and A. Chatzigeorgiou, “Assessing TD Macro-Management: A Nested Modelling Statistical Approach”, Transactions on Software Engineering, IEEE Computer Society, 2023. Highest Ranked Journal in SE. (.pdf)

  21. I. Zozas, S. Bibi, and A. Ampatzoglou, “Forecasting the Principal of Code Technical Debt in JavaScript Applications”, Transactions on Software Engineering, IEEE Computer Society, 2023. Highest Ranked Journal in SE. (.pdf)

  22. K. Georgiou, N. Mittas, A. Ampatzoglou, A. Chatzigeorgiou, and L. Angelis, “Data-Oriented Software Development: The Industrial Landscape through Patent Analysis”, Information Journal, MDPI, January 2023. (.pdf)

  23. D. Tsoukalas, N. Mittas, A. Chatzigeorgiou, D. Kehagias, A. Ampatzoglou, T. Amanatidis, and L. Angelis, “Machine Learning for Technical Debt Identification”, Transactions on Software Engineering, IEEE Computer Society, 2022. Highest Ranked Journal in SE. (.pdf)

  24. E. M. Arvanitou, A. Ampatzoglou, A. Chatzigeorgiou, P. Avgeriou, and N. Tsiridis, “A Metric for Quantifying the Ripple Effects among Requirements”, Software Quality Journal, Springer, September 2022. (.pdf)

  25. A. Ampatzoglou, A. Chatzigeorgiou, E. M. Arvanitou, S. Bibi, "SDK4ED: A Platform for Technical Debt Management", Software Practice and Experience, Wiley, August 2022. (.pdf)

  26. I. Kalouptsoglou, D. Tsoukalas, M. Siavvas, D. Kechagias, A. Chatzigeorgiou, and A. Ampatzoglou, "Time Series Forecasting of Software Vulnerabilities using Statistical and Deep Learning Models", Electronics Journal, MDPI. (.pdf)

  27. E. M. Arvanitou, A. Ampatzoglou, A. Chatzigeorgiou, S. Bibi, and I. Deligiannis, "Applying and Researching DevOps: A Tertiary Study", IEEE Access, 2022. (.pdf)

  28. I. Kalouptsoglou, M. Siavvas, D. Kehagias, A. Chatzigeorgiou, and A. Ampatzoglou, "Examining the Capacity of Text Mining and Software Metrics in Vulnerability Prediction", Entropy Journal, MDPI, 2022. (.pdf)

  29. C. Lamprakos, C. Marantos, M. Siavvas, L. Papadopoulos, A. A. Tsintzira, A. Ampatzoglou, A. Chatzigeorgiou, D. Kehagias, and D. Soudris, "Translating Quality-Driven Code Change Selection to an Instance of Multiple-Criteria Decision Making", Information and Software Technology, Elsevier, May 2022. (.pdf)

  30. C. Marantos, L. Papadopoulos, A. A. Tsintzira, A. Ampatzoglou, A. Chatzigeorgiou, and D. Soudris, "Decision Support for GPU Acceleration by Predicting Energy Savings and Programming Effort", Sustainable Computing: Informatics and Systems, Elsevier, 2022. (.pdf)

  31. P. Smiari, S. Bibi, A. Ampatzoglou, and E. M. Arvanitou, "Refactoring Embedded Software: A Study in Healthcare Domain", Information and Software Technology, Elsevier, February 2022. (.pdf)

  32. G. Digkas, A. Ampatzoglou, A. Chatzigeorgiou, and P. Avgeriou, “The Temporality of Technical Debt Introduction on New Code and Confounding Factors”, Software Quality Journal, Springer, 2022. (.pdf)

  33. G. Digkas, A. Chatzigeorgiou, A. Ampatzoglou, and P. Avgeriou, “Can Clean New Code Reduce Technical Debt Density?”, Transactions on Software Engineering, IEEE Computer Society, 2022. Highest Ranked Journal in SE. (.pdf)

  34. M. E. Paschali, C. Volioti, A. Gkikas, A. Ampatzoglou, I. Stamelos, and A. Chatzigeorgiou, "Implementing Game Requirements using Design Patterns", Journal of Software: Evolution and Process, Wiley and Sons, December 2021. (.pdf)

  35. N. Nikolaidis, D. Zisis, A. Ampatzoglou, A. Chatzigeorgiou, and D. Soudris, “Experience with Managing Technical Debt in Scientific Software Development using the EXA2PRO framework”, Access, IEEE Computer Society, 2021. (.pdf)

  36. M. Krestou, E. M. Arvanitou, A. Ampatzoglou, I. Deligiannis, V. Gerogiannis, “Change Impact Analysis: A Systematic Mapping Study”, Journal of Systems and Software, Elsevier, vol. 173, March 2021. (.pdf)

  37. E. M. Arvanitou, A. Ampatzoglou, A. Chatzigeorgiou, J. C. Carver, “Software Engineering Practices for Scientific Software Development: A Systematic Mapping Study”, Journal of Systems and Software, Elsevier, vol. 172, February 2021. (.pdf)

  38. G. Digkas, A. Ampatzoglou, A. Chatzigeorgiou, P. Avgeriou, O. Matei, and R. Heb, "The Risk of Generating Technical Debt Interest: A Case Study", SN Computer Science, volume 2, article 12, 2021. (.pdf)

  39. A. Ampatzoglou, E. M. Arvanitou, A. Ampatzoglou, P. Avgeriou, A. A. Tsintzira, and A. Chatzigeorgiou, “Architectural Decision-making as a Financial Investment: An Industrial Case Study”, Information and Software Technology, Elsevier, January 2021. (.pdf)

  40. P. Avgeriou, D. Taibi, A. Ampatzoglou, F. A. Fontana, T. Besker, A. Chatzigeorgiou, V. Lenarduzzi, A. Martini, Α. Moschou, I. Pigazzini, N. Saarimäki, D. Sas, S. S. de Toledo, A. Α. Tsintzira, “An Overview and Comparison of Technical Debt Measurement Tools”, Software, IEEE, January-February 2021. (.pdf)

  41. A. Ampatzoglou, N. Mittas, A. A. Tsintzira, A. Ampatzoglou, E. M. Arvanitou, A. Chatzigeorgiou, P. Avgeriou, and L. Angelis, “Exploring the Relation between Technical Debt Principal and Interest: An Empirical Approach”, Information and Software Technology, Elsevier, December 2020. (.pdf)

  42. T. Amanatidis, A. Moschou, N. Mittas, A. Chatzigeorgiou, A. Ampatzoglou, and L. Angelis, “Evaluating the Agreement among Technical Debt Measurement Tools: Building an Empirical Benchmark of Technical Debt Liabilities”, Empirical Software Engineering, Springer, 2020. (.pdf)

  43. S. Charalampidou, A. Ampatzoglou, E. Karountzos, and P. Avgeriou, “Empirical Studies on Software Traceability: A Mapping Study”, Journal of Software: Evolution and Process, Wiley and Sons, 2020. (.pdf)

  44. D. Feitosa, A. Ampatzoglou, A. Gkortzis, S. Bibi, and A. Chatzigeorgiou, “Code Reuse in Practice: Benefiting or Harming Technical Debt”, Journal of Systems and Software, Elsevier, vol. 167, Octomber 2020. (.pdf)

  45. S. Bibi, I. Zozas, A. Ampatzoglou, P. Sarigiannidis, G. Kalampokis, and I. Stamelos, “Crowdsourcing in Software Development: Empirical Support for Configuring Contests”, Access, IEEE Computer Society, 2020. (.pdf)

  46. M. Papoutsoglou, A. Ampatzoglou, N. Mittas, and L. Angelis, “Extracting Knowledge from on-line Sources for Software Engineering Labor Market: A Mapping Study”, Access, IEEE Computer Society, 2019. (.pdf)

  47. I. Zozas, A. Ampatzoglou, S. Bibi, A. Chatzigeorgiou, P. Avgeriou, and I. Stamelos, “Reusability Index: A Measure for Assessing Software Assets Reusability”, Journal of Software: Evolution and Process, Wiley and Sons, 2019 (.pdf)

  48. A. Ampatzoglou, S. Bibi, P. Avgeriou, M. Verbeek, and A. Chatzigeorgiou, “Identifying, Categorizing and Mitigating Threats to Validity in Software Engineering Secondary Studies”, Information and Software Technology, Elsevier, vol. 106, February 2019. (.pdf)

  49. P. Kyriakakis, A. Chatzigeorgiou, A. Ampatzoglou, and S. Xinogalos, “Exploring the frequency and change proneness of dynamic feature pattern instances in PHP applications”, Science of Computer Programming, Elsevier, vol. 171, February 2019. (.pdf)

  50. D. Feitosa, A. Ampatzoglou, P. Avgeriou, and E. Y. Nakagawa, “What can Violations of Good Practices tell about the Relationship between GoF Patterns and Run-time Quality Attributes?”, Information and Software Technology, Elsevier, vol. 105, January 2019. (.pdf)

  51. D. Feitosa, A. Ampatzoglou, P. Avgeriou, and E. Y. Nakagawa, “Correlating Pattern Grime and Quality Attributes”, IEEE Access, IEEE Computer Society, 2018. (.pdf)

  52. M. E. Paschali, A. Ampatzoglou, S. Bibi, A. Chatzigeorgiou, and I. Stamelos, “Reusability of Open Source Software across Domains: A Case Study”, Journal of Systems and Software, Elsevier, vol. 134, pp. 211-227, 2018. (.pdf)

  53. T. Amanatidis, A. Chatzigeorgiou, and A. Ampatzoglou, “The relation between technical debt and corrective maintenance in PHP web applications”, Information and Software Technology, Elsevier, vol. 87, 2017. (.pdf)

  54. P. Sarigiannidis, T. Lagkas, S. Bibi, A. Ampatzoglou, P. Bellavista, “Hybrid 5G optical-wireless SDN-based networks, Challenges and Open Issues”, IET Networks, 2017. (.pdf)

  55. E. M. Arvanitou, A. Ampatzoglou, A. Chatzigeorgiou, M. Galster, and P. Avgeriou, “A Mapping Study on Design-Time Quality Attributes and Metrics”, Journal of Systems and Software, Elsevier, vol. 127, pp. 52 – 77, May 2017. (.pdf)

  56. S. Charalampidou, A. Ampatzoglou, A. Chatzigeorgiou, A. Gkortzis, and P. Avgeriou, “Identifying Extract Method Refactoring Opportunities based on Functional Relevance”, Transactions on Software Engineering, IEEE Computer Society, 2017. Highest Ranked Journal in SE. (.pdf)

  57. D. Feitosa, R. Aldres, A. Ampatzoglou, P. Avgeriou, and E. Y. Nakagawa, “Investigating the effect of design patterns on energy consumption”, Journal of Software: Evolution and Process, John Wiley & Sons, 2017. (.pdf)

  58. L. Garcés, A. Ampatzoglou, P. Avgeriou, and E.Y. Nakagawa, “Quality attributes and quality models for ambient assisted living software systems: A systematic mapping”, Information and Software Technology, Elsevier, 83 (2), February 2017. (.pdf)

  59. E. M. Arvanitou, A. Ampatzoglou, A. Chatzigeorgiou, and P. Avgeriou, “Software Metrics Fluctuation: A Property for Assisting the Metric Selection Process”, Information and Software Technology, Elsevier, 72 (4), pp. 110-124, April 2016. (.pdf)

  60. A. Ampatzoglou, A. Chatzigeorgiou, S. Charalampidou, and P. Avgeriou, “The Effect of GoF Design Patterns on Stability: A Case Study”, Transactions on Software Engineering, IEEE Computer Society, 41 (8), pp. 781-802, August 2015. Highest Ranked Journal in SE. (.pdf)

  61. E. Constantinou, A. Ampatzoglou, and I. Stamelos, “Quantifying reuse in OSS: A large-scale empirical study”, International Journal of Open Source Software and Processes, IGI-Global, 2015. (.pdf)

  62. A. Ampatzoglou, A. Ampatzoglou, A. Chatzigeorgiou, and P. Avgeriou, “The Financial Aspect of Managing Technical Debt: A Systematic Literature Review”, Information and Software Technology, Elsevier, 64, pp. 52 – 73, Aug. 2015. (.pdf)

  63. A. Ampatzoglou, S. Charalampidou and I. Stamelos, “Research State of the Art on GoF Design Patterns: A Systematic Mapping Study”, Journal of Systems and Software, Elsevier, 86 (7), pp. 1945–1964. July 2013. (.pdf)

  64. A. Ampatzoglou, O. Michou and I. Stamelos, “Building and Mining a Repository of Design Pattern Instances: Practical and Research Benefits”, Entertainment Computing, Elsevier, 4 (2), pp. 131-142, April 2013. (.pdf)

  65. G. Kakarontzas, E. Constantinou, A. Ampatzoglou and I. Stamelos, “Layer assessment of object-oriented software: A metric facilitating white-box reuse”, Journal of Systems and Software, Elsevier, 86 (2), pp. 349-366, February 2013. (.pdf)

  66. A. Ampatzoglou, G. Frantzeskou and I. Stamelos, “A Methodology to Assess the Impact of Design Patterns on Software Quality”, Information and Software Technology, Elsevier, 54(4), pp. 331-346, 2012. (.pdf)

  67. A. Ampatzoglou, A. Kritikos, G. Kakarontzas and I. Stamelos, “An Empirical Investigation on the Reusability of Design Patterns and Software Packages”, Journal of Systems and Software, Elsevier, 84 (12), pp. 2265-2283, Dec. 2011. (.pdf)

  68. A. Ampatzoglou and I. Stamelos, “Software Engineering Research for Computer Games: A systematic Review”, Information and Software Technology, Elsevier, 52 (9), pp. 888-901, September 2010 . (.pdf)

  69. A. Ampatzoglou and A. Chatzigeorgiou, “Evaluation of Object‐Oriented design patterns in game development”, Information and Software Technology, Elsevier, 49 (5), pp. 445-454, May 2007. (.pdf)




Book Chapters

  1. A. Ampatzoglou, S. Bibi, P. Avgeriou and A. Chatzigeorgiou, “Systematic Assessment of Threats to Validity in Software Engineering Secondary Studies” In: Contemporary Empiri-cal Methods in Software Engineering, Springer, 2019. (.pdf)

  2. D. Feitosa, A. Ampatzoglou, P. Avgeriou, F. J. Affonso, H. Andrade, K. R. Felizardo, E. Y. Nakagawa, ”Design Approaches for Critical Embedded System: A Systematic Mapping Study” CCIS, Springer, volume 866, 2018. (.pdf)

  3. A. Ampatzoglou, A. Ampatzoglou, P. Avgeriou, and A. Chatzigeorgiou, “A Financial Approach for Managing Interest in Technical Debt”, LNBIP Springer, 2016. (.pdf)

  4. Z. Karampaglis, A. Mentis, F. Rafailidis, P. Tsolakidis, and A. Ampatzoglou, “Secure Migration of Legacy Applications to the Web”, LNCS, Springer, volume 7991, pp. 229-243, August 2013. (.pdf)

  5. A. Ampatzoglou, S. Charalampidou and I. Stamelos, “Investigating the Use of Object-Oriented Design Patterns in Open-Source Software: A Case Study”, CCIS, Springer, volume 230, pp. 106-120, 2011. (.pdf)




Conference Publications

  1. A. Giatzis, E. M. Arvanitou, D. Papadopoulou, T. Maikantis, N. Nikolaidis, D. Feitosa, C. Georgiadis, A. Ampatzoglou, A. Chatzigeorgiou, E. Konstantinidis and P. Bamidis, "Software Engineering Practices in Smart Contract Development: A Systematic Mapping Study", 25th International Conference on Product-Focused Software Process Improvement (PROFES), December 2024, Estonia. (.pdf)

  2. I. Kalouptsoglou, M. Siavvas, A. Ampatzoglou, D. Kehagias and A. Chatzigeorgiou, "Vulnerability prediction using pre-trained models: An empirical evaluation", 7th European Cyber Security Workshop (EuroCyberSec '24), October 2024, Poland (.pdf)

  3. K. Georgiou, L. Angelis, R. Rossini, M. Jahn, S. Tsekeridou, V. Kordoni, M. Aluas, A. Ampatzoglou, A. Chatzigeorgiou, N. Mittas, D. Tsoukalas, D. Kehagias, V. Voulgarakis and A. Vontas, "SKILLAB: Creating a Skills Supply and Demand Data Space", 4th Eclipse Conference on Security, Artificial Intelligence, Architecture, and Modelling (eSAAM ‘24), Germany, October 2024. (.pdf)

  4. I. Kalouptsoglou, M. Siavvas, A. Ampatzoglou, D. Kehagias and A. Chatzigeorgiou, "Vulnerability Classification on Source Code using Text Mining and Deep Learning Techniques", 24th IEEE International Conference on Software Quality, Reliability, and Security (QRS’ 24), United Kingdom, July 2024. (.pdf)

  5. C. Karathanasis, T. Maikantis, N. Nikolaidis, A. Ampatzoglou, A. Chatzigeorgiou and N. Mittas, "A Semi-Automated Approach for Resolving Data-Driven Architecture Mismatches", 21st IEEE International Conference on Software Architecture (ICSA 2024), Hyderabad, India, June 2024. (.pdf)

  6. T. Maikantis, I. Natsiou, A. Ampatzoglou, A. Chatzigeorgiou, S. Xinogalos, and N. Mittas, "What you See is What you Get: Exploring the Relation between Code Aesthetics and Code Quality", 7th International Conference on Technical Debt (TechDEBT' 24), Lisboa, Portugal, April 2024. (.pdf)

  7. N. Nikolaidis, K. Flamos, K. Gulati, D. Feitosa, A. Ampatzoglou, and A. Chatzigeorgiou, "A Comparison of the Effectiveness of ChatGPT and Co-Pilot for Generating Quality Python Code Solutions", 1st International Workshop on Facilitating Continuous Education and Training through AI in Software Engineering (F-TRANSFER ‘24), Finland, 2024. (.pdf)

  8. M. Tsechelidis, N. Nikolaidis, T. Maikantis, and A. Ampatzoglou, "Modular Monoliths the Way to Standardization", 3rd Eclipse Security, AI, Architecture and Modelling Conference on Cloud to Edge Continuum (ESAAM 2023), Germany, 2023. (.pdf)

  9. M. Kolyda, E. Kostoglou, N. Nikolaidis, A. Ampatzoglou, and A. Chatzigeorgiou, "Library Utilization Metrics for Maven Projects", 17th European Conference on Software Architecture (ECSA ‘23), Turkey, 2023. (.pdf)

  10. I. Kalouptsoglou, M. Siavvas, A. Ampatzoglou, D. Kechagias, and A. Chatzigeorgiou, "An empirical comparison of Transformer-based models in Vulnerability Prediction", 14th International Symposium on Software Quality, Athens, Greece, 2023. (.pdf)

  11. N. Nikolaidis, A. Ampatzoglou, A. Chatzigeorgiou, N. Mittas, E. Konstantinidis, and P. Bamidis, "Exploring the Effect of Various Maintenance Activities on the Accumulation of TD Principal", 6th International Conference on Technical Debt (TechDEBT' 23), Melbourne, Australia, May 2023. (.pdf)

  12. N. Nikolaidis, A. Ampatzoglou, A. Chatzigeorgiou, S. Tsekeridou and A. Piperidis, "Technical Debt in Service-Oriented Software Systems", 23rd International Conference on Product-Focused Software Process Improvement (PROFES '22), Springer, 21-23 November 2022, Finland. (.pdf)

  13. N. Nikolaidis, D. Zisis, A. Ampatzoglou, N. Mittas, and A. Chatzigeorgiou, "Using Machine Learning to Guide the Application of Software Refactorings: A Preliminary Exploration", 6th International Workshop on Machine Learning Techniques for Software Quality Evolution (Maltesque '22), ACM, 14-18 November 2022, Singapore. (.pdf)

  14. E. M. Arvanitou, P. Argyriadou, G. Koutsou, A. Ampatzoglou, and A. Chatzigeorgiou, "Quantifying TD Interest: Are we Getting Closer, or Not Even That?", 48th Euromicro Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications (SEAA' 22), IEEE Computer Society, August 2020, Gran Canaria, Spain. (.pdf)

  15. Z. Alizadehsani, D. Feitosa, T. Maikantis, A. Ampatzoglou, A. Chatzigeorgiou, D. Berrocal, A. Gonzalez Briones, J. M. Corchado, M. Mateus, and J. Groenewold, "Service Classification through Machine Learning: Aiding in the Efficient Identification of Reusable Assets in Cloud Application Development", 48th Euromicro Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications (SEAA’ 22), IEEE Computer Society, August 2020, Gran Canaria, Spain. (.pdf)

  16. A. Ichtsis, N. Mittas, A. Ampatzoglou, and A. Chatzigeorgiou, "Merging Smell Detectors: Evidence on the Agreement of Multiple Tools", 5th International Conference on Technical Debt (TechDEBT' 22), ACM, Pennsylvania, USA, May 2022. (.pdf)

  17. D. Tsoukalas, A. Chatzigeorgiou, A. Ampatzoglou, N. Mittas, and D. Kechagias, "TD Classifier: Automatic Identification of Java Classes with High Technical Debt", 5th International Conference on Technical Debt (TechDEBT' 22), ACM, Pennsylvania, USA, May 2022. (.pdf)

  18. E. M. Arvanitou, N. Nikolaidis, A. Ampatzoglou, and A. Chatzigeorgiou, “Practitioners’ Perspective on Practices for Preventing Technical Debt Accumulation in Scientific Software Development'”, 17th International Conference on the Evaluation of Novel Approaches to Software Engineering (ENASE ‘22), SCITEPRESS, April 2022. (.pdf)

  19. P. Kotsikoris, T. Chaikalis, A. Ampatzoglou, and A. Chatzigeorgiou, “Automated Summarization of Service Workflows to facilitate Discovery and Composition”, 17th International Conference on the Evaluation of Novel Approaches to Software Engineering (ENASE ‘22), SCITEPRESS, April 2022.. (.pdf)

  20. C. Marantos, M. Siavvas, D. Tsoukalas, C. P. Lamprakos, L. Papadopoulos, P. Boryszko, K. Filus, J. Domanska, A. Ampatzoglou, A. Chatzigeorgiou, E. Gelenbe, D. Kehagias, and D. Soudris, "SDK4ED: One-click platform for Energy-aware, Maintainable and Dependable Applications", 25th Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference (DATE '22), ACM, Belgium, 14 - 23 March 2022. (.pdf)

  21. I. Stratigakis, G. Kakarontzas, A. Ampatzoglou, T. Amanatidis, T. Tsiatsos, C. Avratoglou, D. Folinas, C. Volioti, I. Stamelos, and A. Chatzigeorgiou, “A low-cost AR assistant component architecture for Warehouse Management Systems”, 25th Pan-Hellenic Conference on Informatics (PCI ‘21), ACM, November 2021, Greece. (.pdf)

  22. T. Maikantis, T. Chaikalis, A. Ampatzoglou, and A. Chatzigeorgiou, “SmartCLIDE: Shortening the Toolchain of SOA-based Cloud Software Development by Automating Service Creation, Composition, Testing, and Deployment”, 25th Pan-Hellenic Conference on Informatics (PCI ‘21), ACM, November 2021, Greece. (.pdf)

  23. C. Marantos, L. Papadopoulos, A. A. Tsintzira, A. Ampatzoglou, A. Chatzigeorgiou, and D. Soudris, "Decision Support for GPU Acceleration by Predicting Energy Savings and Programming Effort", 12th International Green and Sustainable Computing Conference (IGSCC '21), IEEE Computer Society, 18 - 21 October. (.pdf)

  24. I. Kalouptsoglou, M. Siavvas, D. Kehagias, A. Chatzigeorgiou, and A. Ampatzoglou, "An Empirical Evaluation of the Usefulness of Word Embedding Techniques in Deep Learning-based Vulnerability Prediction", 4th European CyberSecurity Workshop (EuroCyberSec '21), 25-26 October 2021, France. (.pdf)

  25. S. Gkikas, C. Volioti, N. Nikolaidis, A. Ampatzoglou, A. Chatzigeorgiou, and I. Deligiannis, "Metrics for Assessing Gamers’ Satisfaction: Exploring the Graphics Factor", Automated Software Engineering for Games (ASE4GAMES '21), IEEE Computer Society, November 2021, Australia. (.pdf)

  26. C. Marantos, A. A. Tsintzira, L. Papadopoulos, A. Ampatzoglou, A. Chatzigeorgiou, D. Soudris, "Technical Debt Management and Energy Consumption Evaluation in Implantable Medical Devices: The SDK4ED Approach", Lecture Notes in Computer Science: Embedded Computer Systems: Architectures, Modeling, and Simulation (SAMOS '20), vol 12471, Springer. (.pdf)

  27. T. Maikantis, A. A. Tsintzira, A. Ampatzoglou, E. M. Arvanitou, A. Chatzigeorgiou, I. Stamelos, S. Bibi, and I. Deligiannis, “Software Architecture Reconstruction via a Genetic Algorithm: Applying the Move Class Refactoring”, 24th Pan-Hellenic Conference on Informatics (PCI ‘20), ACM, 20 – 22 November 2020, Greece. (.pdf)

  28. S. Koutzanidis, A. Chatzigeorgiou, and A. Ampatzoglou, “RepoSkillMiner: Identifying software expertise from GitHub repositories using Natural Language Processing”, 35th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering (ASE ‘20), September 2020, Australia. (.pdf)

  29. G. Digkas, A. Ampatzoglou, A. Chatzigeorgiou, and P. Avgeriou, “On the Temporality of Introducing Code Technical Debt”, 13th International Conference on the Quality of Information and Communications Technology (QUATIC’ 20), Springer, September 2020, Portugal. (.pdf)

  30. A. A. Tsintzira, E. M. Arvanitou, A. Ampatzoglou, and A. Chatzigeorgiou, “Applying Machine Learning in Technical Debt Management: Future Opportunities and Challenges”, 13th International Conference on the Quality of Information and Communica-tions Technology (QUATIC’ 20), Springer, September 2020, Portugal. (.pdf)

  31. E. M. Arvanitou, A. Ampatzoglou, N. Nikolaidis, A. A. Tzintzira, A. Ampatzoglou, and A. Chatzigeorgiou, “Investigating Trade-offs between Portability, Performance and Maintainability in Exascale Systems”, 46th Euromicro Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications (SEAA’ 20), IEEE Computer Society, August 2020, Slovenia. (.pdf)

  32. I. Stamelos, C. Avratoglou, P. Tzinis, G. Kakarontzas, A. Chatzigeorgiou, A. Ampatzoglou, D. Folinas, I. Stratigakis, L. Karavidas, C. Volioti, T. Amanatidis, A. Deliga, and T. Tsiatsos, “Towards a Remote Warehouse Management System”, 17th International Conference on Remote Engineering and Virtual Instrumentation (REV' 20), Springer, 26-28 February 2020, Georgia, USA. (.pdf)

  33. M. E. Paschali, A. Ampatzoglou, R. Escourrou, A. Chatzigeorgiou, and I. Stamelos, “A Metric Suite for Evaluating Interactive Scenarios in Video Games: An Empirical Validation”, 35th ACM/SIGAPP Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC’ 20), ACM, Brno, Czech Republic, March 30-April 3, 2020. (.pdf)

  34. I. Zozas, S. Bibi, A. Ampatzoglou and P. Sarigiannidis, “Estimating the maintenance effort of JavaScript Applications”, 45th Euromicro Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications (SEAA’ 19), IEEE, Kalithea, Greece, August, 2019. (.pdf)

  35. N. Nikolaidis, G. Digkas, A. Ampatzoglou and A. Chatzigeorgiou, “Reusing Code from StackOverflow: The Effect on Technical Debt”, 45th Euromicro Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications (SEAA’ 19), IEEE, Kalithea, Greece, August, 2019. (.pdf)

  36. A. A. Tsintzira, A. Ampatzoglou, O. Matei, A. Ampatzoglou, A. Chatzigeorgiou, and R. Heb, “Technical Debt Quantification through Metrics: An Industrial Validation”, 15th China-Europe International Symposium on Software Engineering Education (CEISEE’ 19), IEEE, Lisbon, Portugal, May, 2019. (.pdf)

  37. A. Ampatzoglou, A. A. Tsintzira, E. M. Arvanitou, A. Chatzigeorgiou, I. Stamelos, A. Moga, R. Heb, O. Matei, N. Tsiridis, D. Kehagias, “Applying the Single Responsibility Principle in Industry: Modularity Benefits and Trade-offs”, 23rd International Conference on the Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering (EASE' 19), ACM, Copenhagen, Denmark, 14-17 April 2019. (.pdf)

  38. E. M. Arvanitou, A. Ampatzoglou, S. Bibi, A. Chatzigeorgiou, and I. Stamelos, “Monitoring Technical Debt in an Industrial Setting”, 23rd International Conference on the Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering (EASE' 19), ACM, Copenhagen, Denmark, 14-17 April 2019. (.pdf)

  39. P. Kouros, T. Chaikalis, E. M. Arvanitou, A. Chatzigeorgiou, A. Ampatzoglou, T. Amanatidis, “JCaliper: Search-Based Technical Debt Management”, 34th Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC’ 19), ACM, Limassol, Cyprus, 8-12 April 2019. (.pdf)

  40. A. Lampropoulos, A. Ampatzoglou, S. Bibi, A. Chatzigeorgiou, and I. Stamelos, “REACT: A Process for Improving Open-Source Software Reuse”, 11th International Conference on the Quality of Information and Communications Technology, IEEE Computer Society, Coimbra, Portugal, 4-7 September 2018. (.pdf)

  41. L. Papadopoulos, C. Marantos, G. Digkas, A. Ampatzoglou, A. Chatzigeorgiou and D. Soudris, “Interrelations between Software Quality Metrics, Performance and Energy Consumption in Embedded Applications”, 21st Workshop on Software and Compilers for Embedded Systems (SCOPES’ 18), ACM, Germany, 28-30 May 2018. (.pdf)

  42. S. Charalampidou, E. M. Arvanitou, A. Ampatzoglou, A. Chatzigeorgiou, P. Avgeriou, and I. Stamelos, “Structural Quality Metrics as Indicators of the Long Method Bad Smell: An Empirical Study”, 44th Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications (SEAA’ 18), IEEE, Czech Republic, 29-31 August 2018. (.pdf)

  43. P. Skiada, A. Ampatzoglou, E. M. Arvanitou, A. Chatzigeorgiou, and I. Stamelos, “Exploring the Relationship between Software Modularity and Technical Debt”, 44th Conference on Software Enginering and Advanced Applications (SEAA’ 18), IEEE Computer Society, Prague, Czech Republic, 29-31 August, 2018. (.pdf)

  44. S. Charalampidou, A. Ampatzoglou, A. Chatzigeorgiou, and N. Tsiridis, “Integrating Requirement Specifications and Source Code Traceability within the IDE to Prevent Documentation Debt”, 44th Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications (SEAA’ 18), IEEE Computer Society, Czech Republic, 2018. (.pdf)

  45. T. Amanatidis, N. Mittas, A. Chatzigeorgiou, A. Ampatzoglou, and L. Angelis, “The developer’s dilemma: Factors affecting the Decision to Repay Code Debt”, 1st International Conference on Technical Debt (TechDEBT’ 18), ACM, 27-28 May, Sweden, 2018. (.pdf)

  46. A. Ampatzoglou, A. Michailidis, C. Sarikyriakidis, A. Ampatzoglou, A. Chatzigeorgiou, and P. Avgeriou, “A Framework for Managing Interest in Technical Debt: An Industrial Validation”, 1st International Conference on Technical Debt (TechDEBT’ 18), ACM, 27-28 May, Gothenburg, Sweden, 2018. (.pdf)

  47. A. Ampatzoglou, S. Bibi, A. Chatzigeorgiou, P. Avgeriou, and I. Stamelos, “Reusability Index: A Measure for Assessing Software Assets Reusability”, 17th International Conference on Software Reuse (ICSR' 18), Springer, 21-23 May, Spain. Best Paper Award (.pdf)

  48. G. Digkas, M. Lungu, A. Chatzigeorgiou, A. Ampatzoglou and P. Avgeriou, “How Do Developers Pay Back Technical Debt in the Apache Ecosystem?”, 25th International Conference on Software Analysis, Evolution and Reengineering (SANER’ 18), IEEE, Campobasso, Italy, 20-23 March 2018. (.pdf)

  49. M. E. Paschali, N. Bafatakis, A. Ampatzoglou, A. Chatzigeorgiou, and I. Stamelos, “Tool-Assisted Game Scenario Representation through Flow Charts”, 13th International Conference on the Evaluation of Novel Approaches to Software Engineering (ENASE’ 18), Madeira, Portugal, 23-24 March 2018. (.pdf)

  50. E. M. Arvanitou, A. Ampatzoglou, K. Tzouvalidis, A. Chatzigeorgiou, P. Avgeriou, and I. Deligiannis, “Assessing Change Proneness at the Architecture Level: An Empirical Validation”, 1st International Workshop on Emerging Trends in Software Design and Architecture (WETSoDA ‘17), IEEE, Nanjing, China, 4 December 2017. (.pdf)

  51. D. Feitosa, P. Avgeriou, A. Ampatzoglou, E. Y. Nakagawa, “The Evolution of Design Pattern Grime: An Industrial Case Study”, 18th International Conference on Product-Focused Software Process Improvement (PROFES ‘17), Austria, 2017. (.pdf)

  52. M. V. Kosti, A. Ampatzoglou, A. Chatzigeorgiou, G. Pallas, I. Stamelos, and L. Angelis, “TD Principal Assessment through Structural Quality Metrics”, 43rd Euromicro Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications (SEAA’ 17), IEEE, Vienna, Austria, 30 August – 1 September 2017. (.pdf)

  53. S. Charalampidou, A. Ampatzoglou, A. Chatzigeorgiou, and P. Avgeriou, “Assessing Code Smell Interest Probability: A Case Study”, 9th International Workshop on Managing Technical Debt (MTD’ 17), ACM, Cologne, Germany, 22 May 2017. (.pdf)

  54. T. Amanatidis, A. Chatzigeorgiou, A. Ampatzoglou, and I. Stamelos, “Who is Producing More Technical Debt? A Personalized Assessment of TD Principal”, 9th International Workshop on Managing Technical Debt (MTD’ 17), ACM, Germany, May 2017. (.pdf)

  55. E. M. Arvanitou, A. Ampatzoglou, A. Chatzigeorgiou, and P. Avgeriou, “A Method for Assessing Class Change Proneness”, 21st International Conference on the Evaluation and Assessment on Software Engineering (EASE' 17), ACM, Sweden, Best Paper Award. (.pdf)

  56. S. Charalampidou, A. Ampatzoglou, P. Avgeriou, S. Sencer, E. M. Arvanitou, and I. Stamelos, “A Theoretical Model for Capturing the Impact of Design Patterns on Quality: The Decorator Case Study”, 32nd ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC 2017). ACM, Morocco, 3-7 April 2017. (.pdf)

  57. A. Ampatzoglou, P. Avgeriou, T. Koenders, P. van Alphen, and I. Stamelos, “Quality Rule Violations in SharePoint Applications: An Empirical Study in Industry”, 17th International Conference on Product-Focused Software Process Improvement (PROFES 2016), Springer, Trondheim, Norway, 22-24 November 2016. (.pdf)

  58. A. Ampatzoglou, A. Ampatzoglou, A. Chatzigeorgiou, P. Avgeriou, P. Abrahamsson, A. Martini, U. Zdun, and K. Systa, “The Perception of Technical Debt in the Embedded Systems Domain: An Industrial Case Study”, 8th International Workshop on Managing Technical Debt (MTD’ 2016), IEEE, USA, 2016. (.pdf)

  59. G. Digkas, A. Chatzigeorgiou, A. Ampatzoglou, and P. Avgeriou, “A Study On The Accumulation Of Technical Debt On Framework-based Web Applications”, 9th Seminar Series on Advanced Techniques & Tools for Software Evolution (SATToSE 2016), Bergen, Norway, 11-13 July 2016. (.pdf)

  60. M. E. Paschali, A. Ampatzoglou, S. Bibi, A. Chatzigeorgiou, and I. Stamelos, “A case study on the availability of open-source components for game development”, 15th International Conference on Software Reuse (ICSR' 16), Springer, 5-7 June, Cyprus. (.pdf)

  61. S. Bibi, A. Ampatzoglou, and I. Stamelos, “A Bayesian Belief Network for Modeling Open Source Software Maintenance Productivity”, 12th International Conference on Open Source Software Systems (OSS 2016), Springer, 2016, Sweden. (.pdf)

  62. P. Kyriakakis, A. Chatzigeorgiou, A. Ampatzoglou, and S. Xinogalos, “Evolution of method invocation and object instantiation pattern in PHP ecosystem”, 20th Pan-Hellenic Conference on Informatics (PCI 2016). ACM, 2016. (.pdf)

  63. X. C. Kounoukla, A. Ampatzoglou, and K. Anagnostopoulos, “Implementing Game Mechanics with GoF Design Patterns”, 20th Pan-Hellenic Conference on Informatics (PCI 2016). ACM, 2016. (.pdf)

  64. E. M. Arvanitou, A. Ampatzoglou, A. Chatzigeorgiou, and P. Avgeriou, “Introducing a Ripple Effect Measure: A Theoretical and Empirical Validation”, 9th International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement (ESEM' 15), IEEE, 22-23 October 2015. (.pdf)

  65. S. Charalampidou, A. Ampatzoglou, P. Avgeriou, “Size and cohesion metrics as indicators of the long method bad smell: An empirical study”, 11th International Conference on Predictive Models and Data Analytics in Software Engineering (PROMISE’ 15), ACM, 21 October 2015, China. (.pdf)

  66. A. Chatzigeorgiou, A. Ampatzoglou, A. Ampatzoglou, and T. Amanatidis, “Estimating the Breaking Point for Technical Debt”, 7th International Workshop on Managing Technical Debt (MTD’ 15), IEEE Computer Society, 2 October 2015, Germany. (.pdf)

  67. D. Feitosa, A. Ampatzoglou, P. Avgeriou and E. Y. Nakagawa, “Investigating Quality Trade-offs in Open Source Critical Embedded Systems", 11th International Conference on the Quality of Software Architectures (QoSA' 15), ACM, 2015, Canada. (.pdf)

  68. A. Zaimi, A. Ampatzoglou, N. Triantafyllidou, A. Chatzigeorgiou, A. Mavridis, T. Chaikalis, I. Deligiannis, P. Sfetsos, and I. Stamelos, “An Empirical Study on Reusing Third-Party Libraries in Open-Source Software Development”, 7th Balkan Conference on Informatics (BCI’ 15), ACM, 2 – 4 Sept. 2015, Romania. (.pdf)

  69. T. Chaikalis, A. Chatzigeorgiou, A. Ampatzoglou and I. Deligiannis, “Assessing the Evolution of Quality in Software Libraries”, 7th Balkan Conference on Informatics (BCI’ 15), ACM, 2 – 4 September 2015, Romania. (.pdf)

  70. A. Ampatzoglou, A. Ampatzoglou, P. Avgeriou, and A. Chatzigeorgiou, “Establishing a framework for managing interest in technical debt”, 5th International Symposium on Business Modeling and Software Design (BMSD' 15), 2015, Milan, Italy. (.pdf)

  71. L. Garcés, A. Ampatzoglou, P. Avgeriou, and E.Y. Nakagawa, “A Reference Architecture for Healthcare Supportive Home Systems”, Workshop for Ongoing Projects on Computer-based Medical Systems, IEEE, June 2015, Sao Carlos, Brazil. (.pdf)

  72. L. Garcés, A. Ampatzoglou, P. Avgeriou, and E. Y. Nakagawa, “A Comparative Analysis of Reference Architectures for Healthcare in the Ambient Assisted Living Domain”, 28th International Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems, IEEE Computer Society, 22 – 25 June 2015, Sao Carlos, Brazil. (.pdf)

  73. M. E. Paschali, A. Ampatzoglou, A. Chatzigeorgiou, and I. Stamelos, “Non-functional requirements that influence gaming experience: A survey on gamers satisfaction factors”, 7th MindTREK Conference (MindTREK 2014), ACM, 2014, Finland. (.pdf)

  74. P. Sfetsos, A. Ampatzoglou, A. Chatzigeorgiou, I. Stamelos and I. Deligiannis, “A comparative study on the effectiveness of patterns in software libraries and standalone applications”, 9th International Conference on the Quality of Information and Communications Technology (QUATIC 2014), IEEE, 23‐26 September 2014, Portugal. (.pdf)

  75. S. Charalampidou, A. Ampatzoglou and P. Avgeriou, “PROMES Process Framework: A framework for modeling embedded systems development processes”, 40th Euromicro Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications (SEAA’ 14), IEEE Computer Society, 27 - 29 August 2014, Italy. (.pdf)

  76. Z. Li, P. Liang, P. Avgeriou, N. Guelfi, and A. Ampatzoglou, "An Empirical Investigation of Modularity Metrics for Indicating Architectural Technical Debt", 10th International Conference on the Quality of Software Architectures (QoSA' 14), ACM, 30 June - 4 July 2014, Lille, France. (.pdf)

  77. A. Ampatzoglou, A. Gkortzis, S. Charalampidou and I. Stamelos, “An Embedded Multiple-Case Study on OSS Design Quality Assessment across Domains”, 7th International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement (ESEM’13), ACM, 10 - 11 October 2013, Baltimore, USA. (.pdf)

  78. A. Ampatzoglou, S. Charalampidou and I. Stamelos, “Design Pattern Alternatives: What to do when a GoF pattern fails”, 17th Panhelenic Conference on Informatics (PCI’13), ACM, 19 - 21 September 2013, Greece. (.pdf)

  79. A. Ampatzoglou, A, Gortzis, I. Deligiannis and I. Stamelos, “A Methodology on Extracting Reusable Software Candidate Components from Open Source Games”, 5th MindTREK Conference (MindTREK 2012), ACM, Oct. 2012, Finland. (.pdf)

  80. A. Mavridis, A. Ampatzoglou, I. Stamelos, P.Sfetsos and I. Deligiannis, “Selecting Refactorings in XP: An Option Based Approach”, 8th International Conference on the Quality of Information and Communications Technology (QUATIC 2012), IEEE, Portugal. (.pdf)

  81. A. Ampatzoglou, A. Kritikos, M. E. Arvanitou, A. Gkortzis, F. Chatziasimidis and I. Stamelos, “An empirical investigation on the impact of design pattern application on computer game defects”, 4th MindTREK Conference (MindTREK 2011), ACM, Tampere, Finland, September 2011. (.pdf)

  82. A. Ampatzoglou, S. Charalampidou, K. Savva and I. Stamelos, “An empirical study on design pattern employment in open‐source software”, 5th International Conference on Evaluation of Novel Approaches in Software Engineering (ENASE’10), 22 - 24 July 2010, Athens, Greece. Best Student Paper Award. (.pdf)

  83. M. Keskenidou, L. Koskinidou, A. Ampatzoglou, “A controlled experiment on children learning experience through computer games”, 13th Panhellenic Conference on Informatics (PCI’09), 10-12 September 2009, Corfu, Greece (.pdf)

  84. A. Ampatzoglou, A. Chatzigeorgiou, I. Stamelos, “Graphical Representation as a factor of 3D software user satisfaction: A metric based approach”, 12th Panhellenic Conference (PCI’08), IEEE Computer Society, 28-30 August 2008, Samos, Greece. (.pdf)

  85. A. Ampatzoglou, A. Chatzigeorgiou, N. Samaras, “Investigating the use of patterns in open-source games”, 3rd Balkan Conference on Informatics (BCI’07), 2007, Bulgaria (.pdf)

  86. O. Michou, M. Vamvaka, A. Ampatzoglou, “AynOmel 3D: A pattern based game framework”, 11th Panhellenic Conference on Informatics, 18-20 May 2007, Greece. (.pdf)