Vangelis Banos
Information Technology Specialist
Thessaloniki, Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
Summary
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Top SchoolVangelis Banos is an information technology specialist and software engineer with a PhD in Informatics and over a decade of experience building digital libraries, metadata aggregators, and preservation platforms. He has led EU-funded projects like BlogForever and created national services including the Hellenic Aggregator for Europeana and the Greek digital libraries search engine openarchives.gr. Comfortable across the stack, he combines hands-on PHP/Python web development, Java/J2EE experience, Linux systems administration and metadata engineering to deliver interoperable repository solutions. An active open-source contributor, he improved the Wayback Machine web extension’s sitemap UI, enhancing visualization of archived content. His work uniquely spans research, product delivery and long-running national infrastructure, reflecting a blend of academic rigor and practical systems craftsmanship. Based in Thessaloniki, he frequently bridges museum/library standards, web archiving and search to make heritage data discoverable and preservable.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Informatics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Informatics at Aristoteleion Panepistimion ThessalonikisMaster, Information and Communication Systems, Master, Information and Communication Systems at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH)Bachelor, Information and Communication Systems Engineering, Bachelor, Information and Communication Systems Engineering at University of the Aegean
Greek, English, Spanish
Github Skills (10)
html10
css10
webext10
javascript10
webextension10
browser-extension10
d3js9
user-interface8
interface-design8
ui-design8
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
internetarchive/wayback-machine-webextension
Oct 2017 - Mar 2019
A web browser extension for Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and Safari 14.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:208 commits, 223 PRs, 159 pushes in 1 year 5 months
Contributions summary:Vangelis made significant front-end improvements to the Wayback Machine web extension, primarily focusing on the user interface for the sitemap feature. Key contributions involved refactoring the code for the sitemap, integrating and updating the d3 and radial tree JavaScript libraries to enhance the visualization of archived content. The user also streamlined the CSS and HTML, optimizing the display and improving the overall user experience of the sitemap. These changes aimed to enhance the visual representation of the archive.
browser-extensionchromefirefoxsafari
internetarchive/tvnews
Aug 2020 - Nov 2025
Contributions:1 review, 8 PRs, 11 pushes in 5 years 4 months
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