HEAD OF DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

EDUCATION

Ph.D. : Computer Science, South East European Centre (SEERC), Research Centre of the University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK (2013)

MSc: Software Engineering and Telecommunications, CITY College, International Faculty of the University of Sheffield, Greece (2006)

BSc (Hons): Computer Science, CITY College, International Faculty of the University of Sheffield, Greece (2005)

AREAS OF INTEREST

Research: Testing and Verification; Formal Methods; SOA and Web Services; Educational CASE Tools; UML 2 and SysML; Cloud Computing; Genetic Algorithms

Teaching: Software Engineering; Web Systems Development; System Administration; Computer Architecture

EXPERIENCE

Academic Experience

University of New York Tirana (AL), Department of Computer Science, Assistant Professor (2014-Current)

American University of Tirana (AL), Faculty of Sciences and Humanities, Assistant Professor (2012-2014)

South East European Research Centre (GR), Researcher (2006-2011)

Administrative Experience

University of New York Tirana (AL), Head of the Department of Computer Science (2019–Current)

University of New York Tirana (AL), Head of the Department of Business Informatics (2017-2019)

University of New York Tirana (AL), Coordinator of Bachelor in Information Systems Study Program (2014–2017)

American University of Tirana (AL), Head of the Computer Science Department (2012-2014)

South East European Research Centre (GR), Webmaster of www.seerc.org (2007-2011)

RESEARCH OUTPUTS 

Refereed Journal Articles

Vajjhala, N. R., & Ramollari, E. (2016). Big data using cloud computing-opportunities for small and medium-sized enterprises. European Journal of Economics and Business Studies, 2(1), 129–137. https://doi.org/10.26417/ejes.v4i1.p129-137

Trapp, S., Ramollari, E., Heintz, M., Weber, S., Dranidis, D., & Börstler, J. (2011). Collaborative learning of UML and SysML. International Journal of Engineering Pedagogy, 1(2), 6–12. https://doi.org/10.3991/ijep.v1i2.1663

Kourtesis, D., Ramollari, E., Dranidis, D., & Paraskakis, I. (2010). Increased reliability in SOA environments through registry-based conformance testing of web services. Production Planning and Control, 21(2), 130–144. https://doi.org/10.1080/09537280903441922

Dranidis, D., Kourtesis, D., & Ramollari, E. (2007). Formal verification of web service behavioural conformance through testing. Annals of Mathematics, Computing & Teleinformatics, 1, 36–43.

Books and Book Chapters

Ramollari, E., Kourtesis, D., Dranidis, D., & Simons, A. J. (2009). Leveraging semantic web service descriptions for validation by automated functional testing. In L. Aroyo, P. Traverso, F. Ciravegna, P. Cimiano, T. Heath, & E. Hyvönen (Eds.), The Semantic Web: Research and Applications (pp. 593–607). Springer-Verlag. 

Refereed Conference Presentations

Simo, E., & Ramollari, E. (2018). Consistency Analysis of UML Models using Production Systems. Proceedings of Conference of Informatics and Management Sciences (ICTIC 2018), 7, 87–92.

Helshani, L., & Ramollari, E. (2016). Comparative study of Genetic Algorithm and Simulated Annealing Algorithm. Proceedings of Conference of Informatics and Management Sciences (ICTIC 2016), 5, 144–147.

Börstler, J., Dranidis, D., Ramollari, E., Trapp, S., Heintz, M., & Weber, S. (2010). Sharing and discussing UML modeling exercises in a PLE. Proceedings of the Fifteenth Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, 301–301.

Dranidis, D., Ramollari, E., & Kourtesis, D. (2009). Run-time verification of behavioural conformance for conversational web services. 2009 Seventh IEEE European Conference on Web Services, 139–147.

Ramollari, E., Dranidis, D., & Simons, A. J. (2008). Reliable Web Service Publication and Discovery through Model-Based Testing and Verification. Proceedings of the 3rd Annual South East European Doctoral Student Conference: Infusing Research and Knowledge in South East Europe, 26–27.

Kourtesis, D., Ramollari, E., Dranidis, D., & Paraskakis, I. (2008). Discovery and selection of certified web services through registry-based testing and verification. Working Conference on Virtual Enterprises, 473–482.

Ramollari, E., & Dranidis, D. (2007). StudentUML: An educational tool supporting object-oriented analysis and design. Proceedings of the 11th Panhellenic Conference on Informatics, 363–373.

Ramollari, E., Dranidis, D., & Simons, A. J. (2007). A survey of service oriented development methodologies. The 2nd European Young Researchers Workshop on Service Oriented Computing, 75. 

Funded Research Projects

FUSION – Business Process Fusion based on Semantically-Enabled Service Oriented Business Applications (2006-2008), FP6-IST-027385, STREP

Embed4Auto – Upskilling to Model-Based Software Development in the Automotive and Embedded Software Sector (2009-2011), Leonardo da Vinci programme of the European Commission (grant DE/08/ LLP-LdV/TOI/147109)

AWARDS AND HONORS

2018: Award for Recognition of Excellence in Teaching, UNYT

2009: PhD Travel Grant for participation in The European Semantic Web Conference 2009, STI International

2002: Gold Medal (No. 773), Albanian Ministry of Education and Science