Athena Vakali

Athena I. Vakali is a Greek computer scientist whose topics of research include social networks, cloud computing, smart cities, and content delivery networks. She is a professor of informatics at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
Vakali earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in 1985, and a master's degree in computer science from Purdue University in 1988. Returning to Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, she completed a Ph.D. in informatics in 1997, and has been a member of the informatics faculty of the university since 1998.
She is the editor of books including Web Data Management Practices: Emerging Techniques and Technologies, Content Delivery Networks, and New Directions in Web Data Management.
Vakali is an Association for Computing Machinery Distinguished Speaker.