Conference Proceedings

Kaoukis, G., Koufopoulos, I., Psaroudaki, E., Pla-Karidi, D., Pitoura, E., Papastefanatos, G., & Tsaparas, P. (2026). EmeraldMind: A Knowledge Graph–Augmented Framework for Greenwashing Detection. Proc. of the ACM on Web Conference 2026 (WWW 2026).

Kaoukis, G., Koufopoulos, I., Psaroudaki, E., Pla-Karidi, D., Pitoura, E., Papastefanatos, G., & Tsaparas, P. (2026). EmeraldApp: An AI-Driven Tool for Detecting Greenwashing in Sustainability Claims. Companion Proc. of the ACM on Web Conference 2026 (Beyond Facts 2026 @ WWW 2026).

Nakos, H., Dalamagas, T., Sartzetakis, S., Kapetanas, N., Pla-Karidi, D., & Stavrakas, Y. (2025). Semantically-enabled Data Spaces for Intelligent Data Asset Discovery. Proc. 21st International Conference on Semantic Systems (SEMANTiCS 2025).

Pla-Karidi, D., Chrysanthopoulos, C., & Triantafyllou, I. (2025). Knowledge-Graph-Driven Retrieval-Augmented Generation for Exploring and Curating Active Archives. Proc. 21st International Conference on Semantic Systems (SEMANTiCS 2025).

Pla Karidi, D. & Pitoura, E. (2025). Path-Based Summary Explanations for Graph Recommenders. Proc. 41st IEEE Int’l Conf. on Data Engineering (ICDE 2025) (pp. 973–986). IEEE Computer Society.

Fragkathoulas, C., Papanikou, V., Pla Karidi, D. & Pitoura, E. (2024). On Explaining Unfairness: An Overview. Proc. 40th IEEE Int’l Conf. on Data Engineering Workshops (ICDEW 2024).

Pla Karidi, D., Nakos, H., & Stavrakas, Y. (2019). Automatic Ground-Truth Dataset Creation for Fake-News Detection in Social Media. Proc. Int’l Conf. on Intelligent Data Engineering and Automated Learning (IDEAL 2019).

Pla Karidi, D., Nakos, H., Efentakis, A., & Stavrakas, Y. (2017). CitySense: Retrieving, Visualizing and Combining Datasets on Urban Areas. Proc. DBKDA 2017 (p. 70).

Pla Karidi, D., Stavrakas, Y., & Vassiliou, Y. (2016). A Personalized Tweet Recommendation Approach Based on Concept Graphs. Proc. 2016 IEEE UIC/ATC/ScalCom/CBDCom/IoP/SmartWorld (pp. 253–260).

Pla Karidi, D. (2016). From User Graph to Topics Graph: Towards Twitter Followee Recommendation Based on Knowledge Graphs. Proc. 32nd IEEE Int’l Conf. on Data Engineering Workshops (ICDEW 2016) (pp. 121–123).


Journal Publications

Vergoulis, T., Kanellos, I., Chatzopoulos, S., Pla Karidi, D., & Dalamagas, T. (2021). BIP4COVID19: Releasing impact measures for articles relevant to COVID-19. Quantitative Science Studies – Special Issue “Scientific Knowledge Graphs and Research Impact Assessment”.

Pla Karidi, D., Stavrakas, Y., & Vassiliou, Y. (2018). Tweet and followee personalized recommendations based on knowledge graphs. Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing, 9, 2035–2049.

Pla Karidi, D., Nakos, H., Efentakis, A., & Stavrakas, Y. (2017). CitySense: Combining geolocated data for urban-area profiling. International Journal on Advances in Software, 10(3-4).


Posters & Presentations

Pla Karidi, D. & Pitoura, E. (2025). Path-Based Summary Explanations for Graph Recommenders. Proc. 19th Hellenic Data Management Symposium (HDMS 2025) – Research Track.

Kaoukis, G., Koufopoulos, J., Psaroudaki, E., Pla Karidi, D., Papastefanatos, G., Pitoura, E., & Tsaparas, P. (2025). GreenRAG: RAG-Based Greenwashing Detection. Poster presented at the ELLIS Workshop on Misinformation Detection (ELLIS MIS 2025).

Papanikou, V., Fragkathoulas, C., Pla Karidi, D., & Pitoura, E. (2024). On Explaining Unfairness: An Overview. Poster presented at the 18th Hellenic Data Management Symposium (HDMS 2024).

Papanikou, V., Fragkathoulas, C., Pla Karidi, D., & Pitoura, E. (2024). Explanations for Algorithmic Fairness. Poster presented at the 6th Summit on Gender Equality in Computing (GEC 2024).


Thesis

Pla Karidi, D. (2022). Leveraging Social Networks and Knowledge Graphs for Discovering and Recommending Engaging and Credible Information. Doctoral dissertation, National Technical University of Athens.

Pla Karidi, D. (2014). Analysis and Classification of Twitter Users (in Greek). Diploma thesis, School of Electrical & Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens.