Education:
-PhD Candidate, Department of and Philosophy of Science, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens;
-MA in Philosophy, School of Philosophy and Pedagogy, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (2016);
-MSc in Information Systems, School of Science and Technology, Department of Computer Science, Hellenic Open University (2015);
-BSc in Economics, Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences, Department of Economics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (2010);
-BEng Telecommunications Engineering, Hellenic Air Force Academy (2005)
Dissertation title:
History of Artificial Intelligence in Greece: Experiences from civilian and military environments.
Publications:
Manolis Simos, Konstantinos Konstantis, Konstantinos Sakalis and Aristotle Tympas, (2022), “‘AI Can Be Analogous to Steam Power’ or from the ‘Postindustrial Society’ to the ‘Fourth Industrial Revolution’: An Intellectual History of Artificial Intelligence”, ICON: Journal of the International Committee of the History of Technology, no 1, 97-116.
Conferences:
-Σακαλής Κ., «Διαμορφώνοντας τις Ιστορίες του Μέλλοντος: Η Δημόσια Εικόνα της Τεχνητής Νοημοσύνης στην Ελλάδα μετά το 1980», 1η Επιστημονική Συνάντηση για την Ιστορία της Επιστήμης και της Τεχνολογίας, Εθνικό Ίδρυμα Ερευνών, Τμήμα Ιστορίας και Φιλοσοφίας της Επιστήμης (ΕΚΠΑ), Αθήνα 2025.
-Tympas A. & Sakalis K., “A rich past of poor predictions about the future of artificial intelligence”, 20th Annual STS Conference, “Critical Issues in Science, Technology and Society Studies”, Graz, 2022
-Sakalis K., “Imagining a future of decisions made by artificial intelligence, 1940s–present”, International Committee for the History of Technology (ICHOTEC), 49th ICOHTEC Annual Meeting, “Technology-based and Technology-generated decisions”, University of Ostrava, Czech Republic, 2022
-Σακαλής Κ., «Περί αυτομάτων υπολογιστών και τεχνητών εγκεφάλων: Μια ιστορία του μέλλοντος, 1950-2020», Συνέδριο Ιστορίας των Επιστημών και της Τεχνολογίας, Επιστήμες και Τεχνολογία στη Νεότερη και Σύγχρονη Ελληνική Ιστορία, 1821-2021, Τμήμα Ιστορίας και Φιλοσοφίας της Επιστήμης (ΕΚΠΑ), Αθήνα 2021.
-Sakalis K. & Tympas, A., “Writing the history of Artificial Intelligence from a peripheral/southern context: The experience from a non-anglophone European country”, International Congress of History of Science and Technology, 26th International Congress of History of Science and Technology: “Giants and Dwarfs in Science, Technology and Medicine”, Prague, 2021
-Sakalis K., “Shaping the public image of Artificial Intelligence in a non-anglophone European country: The Greek experience, 1960-present” Tensions of Europe Digital Workshop Festival, International Digital Workshop: “Computing, Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Algorithms, Internet of Things, Social Media, Automation, Robotics and Cybernetics: Historical and STS Perspectives from Mediterranean / Southern / Southeastern Europe”, 2021
-Sakalis K, Konstantis K, & Tympas A, “Artificial Intelligence, “the most revolutionary technology for green energy”: “Artificial Lines” as “Phantom Circuits”” Closed Panel: Garvey et al. “Historicizing Artificial Intelligence: Across Environments; As Infrastructure; Through Justice”, European Association for the Study of Science and Technology / Society for the Social Studies of Science (EASST/4S) worlds”, Prague, 2020
-Tympas A, Zoukas G, & Sakalis K., “Shifting public discourses on artificial intelligence and robotics amidst crisis: From the ‘postindustrial society’ (1970s) to the 4th Industrial Revolution (2010s)”, International Committee for the History of Technology (ICHOTEC), 46th Symposium of ICOHTEC “A History of Technology for an Age of Crisis”, Eindhoven, Netherlands, 2020
