Assistant Professor, Panteion University · PhD, TU Delft

Better decisions, when complexity gets in the way.

I help organizations turn complex problems and scattered data into clear, confident decisions through data & AI, simulation, and serious games.

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What I do

One approach — turning complexity into clear decisions — applied three ways.

Data & AI practice

Put data and AI to work on real decisions: analysis, modeling, and AI tools that produce usable answers, and the literacy and judgment teams need to use them well and responsibly.

Simulation & serious games

Design and facilitate games and simulations that let teams rehearse strategy, align stakeholders, and test decisions before committing real resources.

Decision & research advisory

Structure hard decisions, design studies and evaluations, and turn evidence into action you can defend.

The sector changes; the method doesn't. The same decision-focused toolkit has been applied across education, media and journalism, public-sector programmes, and large international research consortia.

Bill Roungas

About

I'm Dr. Bill Roungas, an Assistant Professor of Media Information Literacy at Panteion University in Athens and a senior researcher and project manager at the Institute of Communication and Computer Systems (ICCS). I hold a PhD in gaming simulations for decision-making from TU Delft and was a postdoctoral researcher at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm.

For over a decade I've built models, simulations, and data practices that help people decide well when the answer isn't obvious, combining a background in economics, mathematics, and computer science with hands-on design of games and decision tools. I work with organizations as a consultant and advisor, alongside my research and teaching.

How I work

  1. Frame the real decision

    Clarify what actually needs deciding, and what "good" looks like.

  2. Build the right instrument

    A game, a model, an analysis, or a study, chosen to fit the decision, not the other way around.

  3. Hand back capability

    You leave able to decide now, and to repeat the process without me.

Selected work

Selected publications

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Journal articles

  1. 2021
    Roungas, B., Bekius, F., Verbraeck, A., & Meijer, S. Improving the decision-making qualities of gaming simulations. Journal of Simulation, 15(3), 177–190.
  2. 2019
    Roungas, B., Bekius, F., & Meijer, S. The game between game theory and gaming simulations: design choices. Simulation & Gaming, 50(2), 180–201.
  3. 2018
    Roungas, B., Meijer, S., & Verbraeck, A. A framework for optimizing simulation model validation & verification. International Journal on Advances in Systems and Measurements, 11(1), 137–152.
  4. 2018
    Roungas, B., Meijer, S., & Verbraeck, A. Validity of railway microscopic simulations under the microscope: two case studies. International Journal of System of Systems Engineering, 8(4), 346–364.

Conference papers

  1. 2024
    Antonopoulos, M., Bolovinou, A., Roungas, B., Arizala, A., & Amditis, A. Towards collective perception hybrid testing in a roundabout scenario with AVs. Transport Research Arena (TRA), 724–730. Springer.
  2. 2021
    Roungas, B., Raghothama, J., Baena, M., et al. Technology adoption in air traffic management: combining agent-based modeling with behavioral economics. Winter Simulation Conference (WSC).
  3. 2021
    Roungas, B. A game design framework for alleviating negative emotions of cancer patients. IEEE SeGAH 2021.

Doctoral thesis

  1. 2019
    Roungas, B. An inquiry into gaming simulations for decision making. Delft University of Technology.

Get in touch

A conversation is the fastest way to find out whether I can help. No deck required.

vroungas@panteion.gr

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