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Ilias Iakovidis Biography
Ilias Iakovidis received Ph.D. in 1990 (USA) in applied mathematics thesis on inverse problem in electrocardiography. From 1990 to 1993 he was a researcher at University of Montreal and Montreal Heart Institute. In 1993 he joined European Commission where he currently serves duties of deputy Head of ICT for Health, responsible for research activities in eHealth and biomedical informatics as well as contributing to the successful follow up of the eHealth Communication and Action Plan COM (2004) 356 of which he was the main co-author. Beyond the office duties he continues to publish articles and books, teach graduate courses on medical informatics in EU and US, and giving keynote lectures at major international conferences. In 2001 he has been elected fellow of American College of Medical Informatics for his contribution to the field.