Institute Name: SENA S.A.
Description: SENA S.A. (an acronym standing for Software ENgineering Associates) is a Greek Information Technology Company, founded in 1993, by a number of British-Universities' alumni, specialising in the fields of Distribution, Development, and Support of CASE Tools Information Technology Consultancy and Integrated Solutions and Research and Development.
SENA employs ten full-time staff and a number of part-time collaborators. It has managed to acquire a significant position in the local industry as well as strong links with the european research community.
Development and Distribution of CASE Tools Activities: Our activities here are centred around two sectors:
Upper Case Tools. Our company undertakes the study of the requirements and consultancy for the optimum adaptation of a Methodology according to them. In addition, we can contribute in the selection of the most appropriate Support Tools for the selected Methodology.
Lower Case Tools. These include, not only support tools, such as Intelligent Checkers, Static and Dynamic Analysers, Configuration Management Systems but also tools that automate the Code Production Phase. Our activities here, apart from distribution, extend to the development of specialised tools for specific applications.
Integrated Solutions and Information Technology Consultancy Activities: The company assists in the formulation of a strategic plan for our clients as well as its implementation. We can undertake the market survey and the comparative evaluation of the products on offer for the selection of the ideal combination of Software, Methodologies and CASE Tools, Databases, System Software, Operating Systems, Networks and Hardware.
The company has participated several in R &TD projects, with the purpose of technology transfer, development of products of future commercial value and the maintenance of its staff at the edge of technology. In addition, it offers consultancy services to organisations who wish to participate in European Union-funded collaborative research. and participates in efforts for the development, improvement and implementation of standards.
Recent undertaken projects, include: (1) Tekton for Windows (a CAD environment for Architects and Civil Engineers, incorporating a large objects library, advanced user menu management and a fully integrated 3D rendering engine),(2) IASON (Hellenic Esprit Special Action, an Integrated Management and Resources Planning System for the Hellenic Aluminium Industry, integrating the low-level Shop-Floor control system, Production Management System and High-Level Financial, Accounting and Logistics Management Environment), (3) DIKAIO( a CD-ROM database of legal documents, providing a Full-Text Retrieval System), (4) Basket for Windows( an information management system allowing distributed data entry and production of high quality tv statistical titles), (4) Glossasoft (LRE 61003, production of guidelines, methods and tools for software internationalisation and localisation), and (5) Localisation of Unixware( development of the Greek version of Unixware for Pouliadis and Associates S.A. and marketing study for it).
Researchers associated with the project:
Dr. Spinellis
Brief CVs of Key Researchers:
Name: D. Spinellis
Nationality: Hellenic
Academic Qualifications & Experience: Holding a PhD degree in Computer Science and an MEng degree in Software Engineering both from Imperial College (University of London) he has consulted many IT companies conducting feasibility studies, product design, software development, team management, supplier liaison and technical support before joining SENA S.A. to manage RTD\&D. Among his completed projects are a two process Prolog debugger that he designed while working at ECRC GmbH, the sed stream editor implemented in cooperation with the Berkeley CSRG for the 4.4 Berkeley Unix distribution, and the design and team management of a 175000 line CAD system. Dr. Spinellis has been awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Usenix Association for contribution to the Computer Science Research Group of the Unversity of California at Berkeley, the Addison-Welsey Prize in Computer Science for Excellence in Academic Achievement, and has also been the winner of the International Obfuscated C Code Contest, three times. He speaks fluently English and German and is a member of the ACM, USENIX, IEEE and the Greek Engineering Chamber.
Name: Mr.Periklis-Andreas Tsahageas
Nationality: Hellenic
Academic Qualifications & Experience: Managing Director of SENA S.A., holds an M.Eng. and A.C.G.I., with First Class Honours in Software Engineering from Imperial College, London. He has significant research experience, having worked at the European Computer-Industry Research Centre, Munich, responsible for the Sepia Prolog Compiler dynamic database development, using logical update semantics. Also, he has been responsible for the production of a compiler for the functional language Haskell, using graph reduction. Finally, he participated in the TRAIN-TRAIN project of IMPACT II, training trainers in Electronic Information Services.
He has extensive professional experience in Large Software Development Projects, having been responsible for the development of a Decision Support System for placement and monitoring of the Hellenic Navy's personnel. His previous work experience, with OMAS S.A., involved interactive DSS applications. Other projects include design of a Hellenic Navy Tactical Battle System based on the Link-11/14 communication protocols and development of specialised algorithms for CAD/CAE applications for L.H.Software. Currently involved with a number of CAD and CIM projects.
Member of A.C.M., I.E.E.E., B.C.S., T.E.E., E.P.Y.. as well as the Greek Registry of Certified Engineers. Has been awarded an Imperial College Scholarship and the Arthur Andersen Final Year Prize in Computing for Outstanding Academic Performance.
Selected Publications:
Spinellis. (1991): Type-safe linkage for variables and functions. SIGPLAN Notices , 26(8):74--79, August 1991.
Spinellis. (1993): Implementing Haskell: Language Implementation as a Tool Building Exercise, Structured Programming , pp. 37--48.
Spinellis. (1993): Tekton: A synthesis, design, and three-dimensional view system for architectural entities. Proceedings of the fourth Greek Computer Science Conference , Patra, EPY. (In Greek).
Spinellis. (1994):Language and Architecture Paradigms as Object Classes: A Unified Approach Towards Multiparadigm Programming, in proceedings Conference on Programming Languages and System Architectures with a special session in honor of Niklaus With on his 60th birthday , Zurich, Switzerland. (Springer-Verlag LNCS 782).
Spinellis. (1994): Object-Oriented Technology in Multiparadigm Language Implementation, Journal of Object-Oriented Programming
Tsahageas. (1994): DIKAIO : A Legal Text Database on CD-ROM, in Language Engineering on the Information Highway, Santorini, Greece.
Contact Details:
Principal Investigator: Dr. Diomidis Spinellis
Address:SENA S.A., Byzantiou 2, GR-142 34 Nea Ionia, GREECE
Telephone number: +30 1 2719710
Telefax number: +30 1 2719712
EMail: dds@sena.gr
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