Thodoris Garefalakis

Thodoris Garefalakis is a Civil – Transportation Engineer and Research Associate at the Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering at the School of Civil Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA). Since 2022, he holds a Civil Engineering Diploma from NTUA majoring in Transportation Engineering.

Specialisation areas

Traffic Engineering
Road Safety
Driver Behavior
Crash Analysis
Statistical Analysis and Modeling
Machine Learning and Data Science

Education

Diploma of Civil Engineering, 2016-2022, Option of Transportation Engineer at the School of Civil Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens.

Publications

At the present time (September 2023), one (1) scientific paper has been published in scientific journal with peer review and three (3) scientific papers have been published in scientific conference proceedings with peer review.

Publications in scientific journals with peer review

pj1. Garefalakis T., Katrakazas C., Yannis G., “Data-driven estimation of a driving safety tolerance zone using imbalanced machine learning”, Sensors 2022, 22(14), 5309, July 2022. doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/s22145309

Publications in scientific conference proceedings (full papers with review)

pc3. Roussou S., Garefalakis T., Michelaraki E., Katrakazas C., Haddad C. A., Alam M. R., Antoniou C., Brijs T., Yannis G. “Identification of safe driving behavior using an ensemble of machine learning algorithms and data from the i-DREAMS experiment”. Proceedings of the 11^th International Congress on Transportation Research, 20-22 September 2023, Heraklion, Greece.
pc2. Michelaraki E., Garefalakis T., Roussou S., Katrakazas C., Afghari A. P., Papazikou E., Talbot R., Haddad C. A., Alam M. R., Adnan M., Khattak W., Papadimitriou E., Antoniou C., Brijs T., Yannis G. “Modelling the inter-relationship among task complexity, coping capacity and crash risk”. Proceedings of the 11^th International Congress on Transportation Research, 20-22 September 2023, Heraklion, Greece.
pc1. Michelaraki E., Garefalakis T., Roussou S., Katrakazas C., Haddad C. A., Alam M. R., Antoniou C., Brijs T., Yannis G. “How do task complexity and coping capacity influence risk? Findings from a novel naturalistic driving experiment in Greece”. Proceedings of the 11^th International Congress on Transportation Research, 20-22 September 2023, Heraklion, Greece.

Presentations in scientific conferences and seminars

At the present time (September 2023), five (5) presentations have been made in scientific conferences and seminars.

cp5. Roussou S., Garefalakis T., Michelaraki E., Katrakazas C., Haddad C. A., Alam M. R., Antoniou C., Brijs T., Yannis G. “Identification of safe driving behavior using an ensemble of machine learning algorithms and data from the i-DREAMS experiment”, at the 10th International Congress on Transportation Research (Heraklion, Greece, 20-23 September 2023).
cp4. Michelaraki E., Garefalakis T., Roussou S., Katrakazas C., Afghari A. P., Papazikou E., Talbot R., Haddad C. A., Alam M. R., Adnan M., Khattak W., Papadimitriou E., Antoniou C., Brijs T., Yannis G. “Modelling the inter-relationship among task complexity, coping capacity and crash risk”, at the 10th International Congress on Transportation Research (Heraklion, Greece, 20-23 September 2023).
cp3. Garefalakis T., Michelaraki E., Roussou S., Katrakazas C., Haddad C. A., Alam M. R., Antoniou C., Brijs T., Yannis G. “How do task complexity and coping capacity influence risk? Findings from a novel naturalistic driving experiment in Greece”, at the 10th International Congress on Transportation Research (Heraklion, Greece, 20-23 September 2023).
cp2. Garefalakis T., Ziakopoulos A., Oikonomou M., Roussou S., Yannis G. “PHOBE: Predictive Approaches for Safer Urban Environments”, at the Innovation in Road Safety Research Workshop, organized by NTUA within the framework of the Seventh UN Global Road Safety Week (Athens, Greece, 19 May 2023).
cp1. Katrakazas C., Michelaraki E., Garefalakis T., Adnan M., Yannis G. “Driver-vehicle-environment interactions and the safety tolerance zone – i-Dreams”, for the Telematics and Improvement of Driver Behavior Workshop organised by NTUA (Athens, Greece, 22 February 2022).

Awards

sa1. 2023 NTUA Thomaideio Award for the paper “Data-driven estimation of a driving safety tolerance zone using imbalanced machine learning”, published in 2022 in the “Sensors”.

Thesis

Garefalakis T., “Identification of driver’s risky behavior level and duration with machine learning techniques”, Diploma Thesis, Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering, NTUA, School of Civil Engineering, March 2022.

Professional Experience

09/2022 – 06/2023: Military Service – Directorate for the Armed Forces Real Estate Development (Hellenic Ministry of National Defence). Engineering Activities: Performed comprehensive investment analyses for strategic property development; Conducted 3D laser scanning and building surveys for accurate architectural renderings; Created detailed blueprints, 2D and 3D plans for various properties.

Computer Skills and Software Knowledge