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Research....

   Selected Projects:

   Business
      The Conservation of Value in Economics
      Creativity and Decision Style (Participate)
      e-Negotiations Framework
      Entrepreneurship Framework
      Leadership Framework
      Mergers and Acquisitions
      Multidimensional Data Visualization

   IS
      Online Privacy
      Smart Energy Networks
      Knowledge Management/Quality Assurance and Accreditation
      Benford's theorem illusion
      Automata basic
      Life simulations (high-dimensional forms emerge randomly from lower-dimensional forms)
      Classical/quantum computer puzzle

   Optimization
      Global/local optimization using natural phenomena simulations
      Position optimization in the game of Go (Active)

   Education
      Non-linear delivery of instruction
      Combining different levels of expertise in IT course modules
      Virtual Reality Worlds for Real Time E-Learning Environments

   Bioinformatics
      3D alignment of enzymes Catalytic site Lock and key
      Protein backbone dihydral geometry P1, P2

   Physics
      A Geometric Approach to Quantization and Unification of the Gravitational, nuclear, and electrostatic forces
      Separation of Scales and the Improbability of Quantum Foundations for Consciousness
      Brownian flow simulation (Active)
      Double slit simulation with only particles that shows interference.(Active)
      Charge clumps simulating lightning in a tornado.

Recent Publications (2026)

•  Harkiolakis, N. Talking Technology, Not Customers: Vocabulary Decoupling in Corporate Artificial Intelligence Disclosure. Administrative Sciences, 16(10), 518. https://doi.org/10.3390/admsci16100518
•  Harkiolakis, N., Ktoridou, D., Governing Generative AI in Higher Education: A Comparative Text and Thematic Analysis of University AI Governance Documents in the European Union and the United States, 17th International Conference on Intelligent Multimodal Communication and Learning Technologies, Athens, Greece
•  Harkiolakis, N., N., Dasgupta, A., Ameya, A., Aneja, A., Agarwal, K., Bhardwaj, M., Arora, A., Putri C., and Senthilkumar, H., A case study on integrating real-world data infrastructure development into an undergraduate data science curriculum through internships. Int. J. Teaching and Case Studies, Vol. 16, No. 3
•  Mohammad ZA, Harkiolakis N., Sarbazvatan S., Ethereum tokenomics and token value: a quantitative analysis of on-chain fundamentals (2021–2025). Front. Blockchain 9:1817622. doi: 10.3389/fbloc.2026.1817622.
•  Harkiolakis, N., Creative Assignments and Who Gets Left Behind: A Systematic Review of Inclusion Readiness in Generative AI Teaching Practices in Business and Technology Higher Education https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202610.2780.v1.
•  Koumbis, G. and Harkiolakis, N., Machine and Deep Learning Strategies for the Classification of Potentially Habitable Exoplanets. http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.6065947.
•  Ktoridou, D., Harkiolakis, N., Stylianou V., Savva, A., Personalized and Adaptive Learning Systems for Inclusive Education: A PRISMA-Informed Review of Empirical Studies Published from 2020 to 2026, Journal of Technology Enhanced Learning
•  Harkiolakis, N., Thunder v1.0: a rotating-column charge and discharge model with permutation controls for isolating the causal role of charge geometry. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21935838.
•  Harkiolakis, N., Why the inverse-square law is dimensional: a discrete-medium illustration from one to three dimensions https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202610.2829.v1
•  Le Chalony, L., Harkiolakis, N., When Climate Concern Comes to Work: Eco-Anxiety and Employee Engagement. http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.7600478.
•  Harkiolakis, N., Connectivity-aware geometric descriptors for catalytic site mapping across non-homologous proteins. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22331837.
•  Harkiolakis, N., The Residual Is Not Noise: A Reproducibility Floor for Backbone Dihedrals and the Non-Local Remainder. Preprints. https://www.preprints.org/manuscript/202609.0516.
•  Harkiolakis, N., How Far Along the Chain is a Backbone Dihedral Written? Saturation Radius for φ and ψ. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202609.0106.v1.
•  Harkiolakis, N., Np: what local sequence determines about protein backbone dihedrals — code, data and results. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283155
•  Harkiolakis, N., TOURIST: Octant-Based Spherical Harmonic Descriptors for Predicting Inter-Chain Contacts from Unbound Protein Structures