The Battle of the Water Futures team

On this page, you can find everyone who contributed to the project. Learn more about the Water-Futures team and our broader initiatives on our website and our GitHub page.

Authors

Individuals who contributed directly to the development, design, implementation, and writing of the project.

• Dennis Zanutto, Corresponding author, KWR Water Research Insitute, Politecnico di Milano
• Christos Michalopoulos, KWR Water Research Institute, National Technical University of Athens
• Lydia Tsiami, KWR Water Research Institute, National Technical University of Athens
• André Artelt, Bielefeld University,
• Jasmin Brandt, Bielefeld University
• Stelios Vrachimis, KIOS Research and Innovation Center of Excellence at the University of Cyprus
• Stefano Alvisi, Università di Ferrara
• Valentina Marsili, Università di Ferrara
• Filippo Mazzoni, Università di Ferrara
• Panagiotis Samartzis, University of Macedonia

Promotors

Supervisors, advisors, or founders who provided overall guidance, project direction, and critical feedback.

Battle and Conference Organization:

• Demetrios Eliades, KIOS Research and Innovation Center of Excellence at the University of Cyprus was responsible for the conference development, organization of the battle, and coordination of the overall effort.

Principal investigators of the Water Futures project:

• Prof. Dragan Savić, KWR Water Research Institute, Centre for Water Systems at University of Exeter
• Prof. Marios Polycarpou, KIOS Research and Innovation Center of Excellence at the University of Cyprus
• Prof. Barbara Hammer, Bielefeld University
• Prof. Phoebe Koundouri, Athens University of Economics and Business, ATHENA RC, Cambridge University

Supporters

People whose feedback, discussions, or suggestions significantly influenced the project’s direction or helped solve specific problems.

KWR Water Research Institute and the Dutch Water Sector:

• Mark Morley (KWR)
• Mirjam Blokker (KWR)
• Djordje Mitrovic (KWR)
• Karel van Laarhoven (KWR)
• Ina Vertommen (KWR)
• Konstantinos Glynis (KWR)
• Beatriz Gutierrez-Caloir (KWR)
• Yvonne Hassink-Mulder (Vitens)

Academic Supervisors:

• Prof. Andrea Castelletti
• Prof. Christos Makropoulos

Other:

• Luke Butler - whose tool EPANET.js was instrumental in developing this national network and enabled visualization of the information with unprecedented ease
• David Gold - for his insights on decision making under deep uncertainty and his help in reviewing the battle

Funding

D. Zanutto, C. Michalopoulos, L. Tsiami, A. Artelt, J. Brandt, D. Eliades, S. Vrachimis, P. Samartzis, B. Hammer, P. Koundouri, M. Polycarpou, and D. Savić have received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the ERC Synergy Grant Water-Futures (Grant agreement No. 951424).

A. Artelt is also supported by the Ministry of Culture and Science NRW (Germany) as part of the Lamarr Fellow Network.