Nikolaos Koumartzis

Nikolaos Koumartzis is a PhD graduate from the School of Journalism & Mass Communication at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He received his BSc in Computer Science from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Ma in Publications from University of the Arts London, and MSc in Strategic Product Design from International Hellenic University. His research interests include Internet regulation and online cencorship, ancient Greek musical instruments, 3d design and 3d analysis. He has authored seven mainstream books with various Greek publishers (in Greek and in English), while his researches were published in journals (such as the International Journal of E-Politics, Computer Technology and Application, First Monday Journal, Journal of New Music Research etc.) and being presented in conferences (such as the First International Congress on the Internet, Trolling and Addiction (ITA15), Hellenic Conference of Acoustics, Sixteenth IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC11), Euro-NF International Workshop on Traffic and Congestion Control for the Future Internet etc.). He is the co-founder of a series of companies focusing on different cultural aspect such as cultural events, ancient music, book publishing etc. Currently, he works as an Art Director at Luthieros Music Instruments and SEIKILO Museum.

Publications

Internet Censorship and Regulation Systems in Democracies: Emerging Research and Opportunities
Nikolaos Koumartzis, Andreas Veglis. © 2020. 272 pages.
As the internet has been regulated from its conception, many widespread beliefs regarding internet freedom are actually misconceptions. Additionally, there are already two main...
Internet Regulation and Online Censorship
Nikolaos Koumartzis, Andreas Veglis. © 2019. 17 pages.
This paper explores the development of Internet regulation policies worldwide since the birth of the World Wide Web, describes the advantages and disadvantages of the main...