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  1. A comprehensive review and future challenges of energy-aware path planning for small unmanned aerial vehicles with hydrogen-powered hybrid propulsion

    Article • The Aeronautical Journal, April 2025, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  2. Optimizing Drone Airframes for Racing and Flight Dynamics Performance

    Article • February 2025, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  3. Sparse Online Gaussian Process Adaptive Control of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle with Slung Payload

    Article • Drones, November 2024, MDPI AG

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  4. A Complementary Fusion-Based Multimodal Non-Destructive Testing and Evaluation Using Phased-Array Ultrasonic and Pulsed Thermography on a Composite Structure

    Article • Materials, July 2024, MDPI AG

    Dr. Clemente Ibarra-Castanedo, Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  5. A Comprehensive Survey on Delaunay Triangulation: Applications, Algorithms, and Implementations Over CPUs, GPUs, and FPGAs

    Article • IEEE Access, January 2024, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  6. A comprehensive survey of unmanned ground vehicle terrain traversability for unstructured environments and sensor technology insights

    Article • Engineering Science and Technology an International Journal, November 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  7. New Insights on Robust Control of Tilting Trains with Combined Uncertainty and Performance Constraints

    Article • Mathematics, July 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  8. Construction of Control Lyapunov Function with Region of Attraction Using Union Theorem in Sum-Of-Squares Optimization

    Article • June 2023, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  9. Fusion Insights from Ultrasonic and Thermographic Inspections for Impact Damage Analysis

    Article • June 2023, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  10. Simple Internal Model-Based Robust Control Design for a Non-Minimum Phase Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

    Article • Machines, April 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  11. Techno-economic-environmental evaluation of aircraft propulsion electrification: Surrogate-based multi-mission optimal design approach

    Article • Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, April 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  12. A State-of-the-Art Review of Non-Destructive Testing Image Fusion and Critical Insights on the Inspection of Aerospace Composites towards Sustainable Maintenance Repair Operations

    Article • Applied Sciences, February 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  13. Fault Detection in Aircraft Flight Control Actuators Using Support Vector Machines

    Article • Machines, February 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  14. GNSS/INS/VO fusion using Gated Recurrent Unit in GNSS denied environments

    Article • January 2023, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  15. Self-supervised Obstacle Detection During Autonomous UAS Taxi Operations

    Article • January 2023, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  16. Unmanned Aerial System concept design for rail yard monitoring

    Article • January 2023, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  17. End-to-End One-Shot Path-Planning Algorithm for an Autonomous Vehicle Based on a Convolutional Neural Network Considering Traversability Cost

    Article • Sensors, December 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  18. Automated Impact Damage Detection Technique for Composites Based on Thermographic Image Processing and Machine Learning Classification

    Article • Sensors, November 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr. Clemente Ibarra-Castanedo, Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  19. Multi-label classification algorithms for composite materials under infrared thermography testing

    Article • Quantitative InfraRed Thermography Journal, October 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Clemente Ibarra-Castanedo, Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  20. Predicting Autonomous Vehicle Navigation Parameters via Image and Image-and-Point Cloud Fusion-based End-to-End Methods

    Article • September 2022, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  21. Feasible, Robust and Reliable Automation and Control for Autonomous Systems

    Article • Electronics, July 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  22. Development of a thermal excitation source used in an active thermographic UAV platform

    Article • Quantitative InfraRed Thermography Journal, June 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Clemente Ibarra-Castanedo, Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  23. Nonlinear Model Predictive Control-Based Optimal Energy Management for Hybrid Electric Aircraft Considering Aerodynamics-Propulsion Coupling Effects

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, June 2022, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  24. Sustainable Aviation Electrification: A Comprehensive Review of Electric Propulsion System Architectures, Energy Management, and Control

    Article • Sustainability, May 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  25. Servo Control of Drive-Trains Incorporating Magnetic Couplings

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, May 2022, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  26. Model-based fully coupled propulsion-aerodynamics optimization for hybrid electric aircraft energy management strategy

    Article • Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Energy, April 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  27. Robust Dynamic CPU Resource Provisioning in Virtualized Servers

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Services Computing, March 2022, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  28. Hybrid Terrain Traversability Analysis in Off-road Environments

    Article • February 2022, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  29. A simple active carbody roll scheme for hydraulically actuated railway vehicles using internal model control

    Article • ISA Transactions, January 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  30. Diagnosis of composite materials in aircraft applications: towards a UAV active thermography inspection approach

    Article • April 2021, SPIE

    Dr. Clemente Ibarra-Castanedo, Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  31. Evaluation and Selection of Video Stabilization Techniques for UAV-Based Active Infrared Thermography Application

    Article • Sensors, February 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr. Clemente Ibarra-Castanedo, Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  32. On-Line Learning and Updating Unmanned Tracked Vehicle Dynamics

    Article • Electronics, January 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  33. A Novel Approach for Detecting Cyberattacks in Embedded Systems Based on Anomalous Patterns of Resource Utilization-Part I

    Article • IEEE Access, January 2021, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  34. Attack-Detection Architectural Framework Based on Anomalous Patterns of System Performance and Resource Utilization—Part II

    Article • IEEE Access, January 2021, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  35. Group Design Project in Control Engineering: Adapting to COVID-19 Pandemic

    Article • IFAC-PapersOnLine, January 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  36. H∞ mixed sensitivity optimization for high speed tilting trains

    Article • Bulletin of Electrical Engineering and Informatics, October 2020, Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  37. Speed control of drive-train incorporating magnetic coupling

    Article • August 2020, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  38. A Preliminary Investigation of an Autonomous Vehicle Validation Infrastructure for Smart Cities

    Article • July 2020, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  39. Facilitating Autonomous Systems with AI-Based Fault Tolerance and Computational Resource Economy

    Article • Electronics, May 2020, MDPI AG

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  40. Power and energy analysis for a commercial retail refrigeration system responding to a static demand side response

    Article • International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems, May 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  41. Sustainable cities: The relationships between urban built forms and density indicators

    Article • Cities, December 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  42. Development of a Novel Water Landing UAV with Deflatable Floater

    Article • November 2019, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  43. Facilitating static firm frequency response with aggregated networks of commercial food refrigeration systems

    Article • Applied Energy, October 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  44. Combined active suspension and structural damping control for suppression of flexible bodied railway vehicle vibration

    Article • Vehicle System Dynamics, February 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  45. PLC-based discrete fractional-order control design for an industrial-oriented water tank volume system with input delay

    Article • Fractional Calculus and Applied Analysis, August 2018, De Gruyter

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  46. New insights from fractional order skyhook damping control for railway vehicles

    Article • Vehicle System Dynamics, February 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  47. Impact of Demand Side Response on a Commercial Retail Refrigeration System

    Article • Energies, February 2018, MDPI AG

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  48. Optimized Active Disturbance Rejection Control for DC-DC Buck Converters With Uncertainties Using a Reduced-Order GPI Observer

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I Regular Papers, February 2018, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  49. Modelling of Thermostatically Controlled Loads to Analyse the Potential of Delivering FFR DSR with a Large Network of Compressor Packs

    Article • November 2017, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  50. On the issue of LQG embedded control realization in a Maglev system

    Article • July 2017, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Kyriakos M Deliparaschos, Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  51. Optimised PID control for tilting trains

    Article • Systems Science & Control Engineering, January 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  52. Impact of fractional order methods on optimized tilt control for rail vehicles

    Article • Fractional Calculus and Applied Analysis, January 2017, De Gruyter

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  53. Optimized Ziegler-Nichols based PID Control Design for Tilt Suspensions

    Article • Journal of Engineering Science and Technology Review, January 2017, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace Institute of Technology

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  54. Improved PID control for tilting trains

    Article • October 2016, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  55. Combining active structural damping and active suspension control in flexible bodied railway vehicles

    Article • July 2016, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  56. FPGA Efficient HW/SW Co–Design for Industrial Systems with Consideration of Output Selection

    Article • January 2016, De Gruyter

    Dr Kyriakos M Deliparaschos, Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  57. AI-Based Actuator/Sensor Fault Detection With Low Computational Cost for Industrial Applications

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, January 2016, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Kyriakos M Deliparaschos, Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  58. A model-based embedded control hardware/software co-design approach for optimized sensor selection of industrial systems

    Article • June 2015, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Kyriakos M Deliparaschos, Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  59. Disturbance Observer-Based Control: Methods and Applications [Bookshelf]

    Article • IEEE Control Systems, June 2015, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  60. Exploring future directions of control

    Article • July 2014, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  61. Robust system state estimation for active suspension control in high-speed tilting trains

    Article • Vehicle System Dynamics, April 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  62. Optimised sensor selection for control and fault tolerance of electromagnetic suspension systems: A robust loop shaping approach

    Article • ISA Transactions, January 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  63. Passive suspensions for ride quality improvement of two-axle railway vehicles

    Article • Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part F Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit, December 2013, SAGE Publications

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  64. Optimised sensor selection for control: A Hardware-in-the-loop realization on FPGA for an EMS system

    Article • October 2013, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Kyriakos M Deliparaschos, Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  65. AI-based low computational power actuator/sensor fault detection applied on a MAGLEV suspension

    Article • June 2013, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Kyriakos M Deliparaschos, Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  66. Optimised sensor selection for control and fault tolerance: Comparison and some new results

    Article • June 2013, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  67. Fallback options for airgap sensor fault of an electromagnetic suspension system

    Article • Open Engineering, January 2013, De Gruyter Open Sp. z o.o.

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  68. Optimised configuration of sensors for fault tolerant control of an electro-magnetic suspension system

    Article • International Journal of Systems Science, October 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Dr James F Whidborne, Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  69. Stability control of a railway vehicle using absolute stiffness and inerters

    Article • September 2012, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  70. Sliding mode control design of an electrostatic microactuator using LPV schemes

    Article • June 2012, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  71. Integrated tilt with active lateral secondary suspension control for high speed railway vehicles

    Article • Mechatronics, September 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  72. Robust control of nonlinear MAGLEV suspension system with mismatched uncertainties via DOBC approach

    Article • ISA Transactions, July 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  73. Optimal selection for sensor fault tolerant control of an EMS system via loop-shaping robust control

    Article • June 2011, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  74. Simulation-based Optimum Sensor Selection Design for an Uncertain EMS System via Monte-Carlo Technique.

    Article • IFAC Proceedings Volumes, January 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  75. Disturbance observer based control for nonlinear MAGLEV suspension system

    Article • October 2010, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  76. An optimum sensor selection design framework applied to an electro-magnetic suspension system

    Article • October 2010, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  77. Sensor selection in neuro-fuzzy modelling for fault diagnosis

    Article • July 2010, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  78. LQG control for the integrated tilt and active lateral secondary suspension in high speed railway vehicles

    Article • June 2010, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  79. Modelling and control of a high redundancy actuator

    Article • Mechatronics, February 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  80. 9 DOF railway vehicle modeling and control for the integrated tilting bolster with active lateral secondary suspension

    Article • January 2010, the Institution of Engineering and Technology (the IET)

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  81. Generating training data for identifying neurofuzzy models of non-linear dynamic systems

    Article • December 2009, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  82. Active versus passive fault tolerant control of a High Redundancy Actuator

    Article • August 2009, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  83. Fault Tolerant Control for EMS systems with sensor failure

    Article • June 2009, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  84. Integrated design of dynamic controller with fault diagnosis and tolerance

    Article • June 2009, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  85. Adaptive Control of a High Redundancy Actuator Using The Geometric Approach

    Article • IFAC Proceedings Volumes, January 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  86. Optimal Passive Fault Tolerant Control of a High Redundancy Actuator

    Article • IFAC Proceedings Volumes, January 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  87. HRA - Intrinsically fault tolerant actuation through high redundancy

    Article • IFAC Proceedings Volumes, January 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  88. Tilt control design for high-speed trains: a study on multi-objective tuning approaches

    Article • Vehicle System Dynamics, September 2008, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  89. Reduced-order robust tilt control design for high-speed railway vehicles

    Article • Vehicle System Dynamics, September 2008, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  90. Model predictive control based on mixed ℋ2/ℋ∞control approach for active vibration control of railway vehicles

    Article • Vehicle System Dynamics, September 2008, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  91. MAGLEV suspensions - A sensor optimisation framework

    Article • June 2008, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  92. Failure Modes and Probabilities of a High Redundancy Actuator

    Article • IFAC Proceedings Volumes, January 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  93. Optimised sensor configurations for a Maglev suspension

    Article • IFAC Proceedings Volumes, January 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  94. Modelling of High Redundancy Actuation Utilising Multiple Moving Coil Actuators

    Article • IFAC Proceedings Volumes, January 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  95. Output Selection with Fault Tolerance via Dynamic Controller Design

    Article • IFAC Proceedings Volumes, January 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  96. Linear Time And Frequency Domain Fractionally Spaced Equalization

    Article • August 2007, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  97. Active suspensions: a reduced-order H∞ control design study

    Article • June 2007, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  98. Fault detection and isolation filter design for systems subject to polytopic uncertainties

    Article • June 2007, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  99. Design of optimal robust fixed-structure controllers using the quantitative feedback theory approach

    Article • Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part I Journal of Systems and Control Engineering, June 2007, SAGE Publications

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  100. Output selection under control and fault detectability considerations

    Article • June 2007, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  101. H2 LMI-based Robust Control for Damping Oscillations in Power Systems

    Article • April 2007, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  102. Recent results in tilt control design and assessment of high-speed railway vehicles

    Article • Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part F Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit, March 2007, SAGE Publications

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  103. LQG WITH FUZZY CORRECTION MECHANISM IN TILTING RAILWAY VEHICLE CONTROL DESIGN.

    Article • IFAC Proceedings Volumes, January 2007, Elsevier

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  104. Using a series of moving coils as a high redundancy actuator

    Article • January 2007, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  105. A Study on LQG/LTR Control for Damping Inter-Area Oscillations in Power Systems

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, January 2007, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  106. LQG control of a high redundancy actuator

    Article • January 2007, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  107. Mathematica implementation of output-feedback pole assignment for uncertain systems via symbolic algebra

    Article • International Journal of Control, November 2006, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  108. Modelling Requirements for the Design of Active Stability Control Strategies for a High Speed Bogie

    Article • Multibody System Dynamics, February 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  109. Model reduction studies in LQG optimal control design for high-speed tilting railway carriages

    Article • January 2006, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  110. Intelligent control approaches for tilting railway vehicles

    Article • Vehicle System Dynamics, January 2006, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  111. IMPROVING THE TILT CONTROL PERFORMANCE OF HIGH-SPEED RAILWAY VEHICLES: AN LQG APPROACH

    Article • IFAC Proceedings Volumes, January 2005, Elsevier

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  112. Simultaneous stabilisation approach for power system damping control design through TCPAR employing global signals

    Article • IEE Proceedings - Generation Transmission and Distribution, January 2004, the Institution of Engineering and Technology (the IET)

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  113. Mixed-sensitivity approach to H//sub∞/ control of power system oscillations employing multiple facts devices

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, August 2003, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  114. New control strategies for tilting trains

    Article • Vehicle System Dynamics, January 2002, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  115. Optimal design of PID controllers using the QFT method

    Article • IEE Proceedings - Control Theory and Applications, November 1999, the Institution of Engineering and Technology (the IET)

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  116. Modelling and Control of Railway Vehicle Suspensions

    Article • Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  117. An optimisation algorithm for designing fixed-structure controllers using the QFT method

    Article • Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  118. A new educational software tool for robust control design using the QFT method

    Article • Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas

  119. Mixed-sensitivity approach to H/sub ∞/ control of power system oscillations employing multiple FACTS devices

    Article • Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Argyrios C Zolotas