This volume contains papers presented at the 17th Pan-hellenic Conference on Informatics (PCI 2013), which was held during September 19--21, 2013, in Thessaloniki, Greece.
PCI is an event established by the Greek Computer Society. The 1st Conference took place in Athens (1984). Subsequent events took place in Thessaloniki (1988), Athens (1991, 1993, 1995, 1997), Ioannina (1999), Nicosia Cyprus (2001), Thessaloniki (2003), Volos (2005), Patras (2007), Samos (2008), Corfu Island (2009), Tripoli (2010), Kastoria (2011), and Athens (2012).
PCI aims to provide an effective channel of communication between decision-makers (government, ministries and state agencies), researchers (universities, research and development centres, start-up centres and incubators), practitioners (SME leaders and managers) and persons concerned with the latest research, scientific development and practice on ICT.