Nikos Karousos
Nikos Karousos graduated (1998) from the Computer Engineering & Informatics Department of University of Patras, and holds an Msc diploma (2000) and a PhD diploma from the same department. His PhD thesis concerns the "Support of Service-Oriented Web Applications Development: an Open Hypermedia System approach". His research is focused on Hypertext, Service Oriented Architecture, Application Development, Design of Knowledge Management Systems and Software Evaluation.
Currently he works for the Internal Assessment and Education Unit of Hellenic Open University. The last years he was a senior engineer in the Research-Academic Computer Technology Institute and he has been involved in some very interesting research projects co-funded by EU. Furthermore, during the last 6 years he was teaching various courses related to computer engineering at the Technological Education Institute of Messolonghi. Finally, he was a co-founder of a software development company for 5 years in which he was involved with several projects as both technical manager and developer.
He has co-authored several scientific papers in book chapters, international journals and proceedings of international conferences. In particular he has participated in the co-authoring of 2 book chapters, 6 journal papers and 29 papers of proceedings of international conferences.
CV available at: http://quality.eap.gr/en/karousos
Currently he works for the Internal Assessment and Education Unit of Hellenic Open University. The last years he was a senior engineer in the Research-Academic Computer Technology Institute and he has been involved in some very interesting research projects co-funded by EU. Furthermore, during the last 6 years he was teaching various courses related to computer engineering at the Technological Education Institute of Messolonghi. Finally, he was a co-founder of a software development company for 5 years in which he was involved with several projects as both technical manager and developer.
He has co-authored several scientific papers in book chapters, international journals and proceedings of international conferences. In particular he has participated in the co-authoring of 2 book chapters, 6 journal papers and 29 papers of proceedings of international conferences.
CV available at: http://quality.eap.gr/en/karousos
Nikolaos Tselios
Nikolaos Tselios is an Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Sciences and Early Childhood Education at the University of Patras and a Consulting Professor at the Hellenic Open University. In addition, since 2009 he teaches Human Computer Interaction in the joint postgraduate program offered by the Athens Technological Educational Institute and the University of Limoges. He holds a PhD (2002) in Usability Engineering and a Diploma (1997) from the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Patras, Greece.
His main research interests are Educational Technology, Human Computer Interaction, user interface design and evaluation of educational software, usability evaluation methodologies, e-learning, user/student modelling and intelligent user interfaces.
He has over 105 publications in international and national journals and conferences and 2 patents, with at least 2000 known citations and h index=22. He is a member of the Technical Chamber of Greece, ACM SIGCHI, Greek Artificial Intelligence Organization and Greek society of ICT in Education.
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His main research interests are Educational Technology, Human Computer Interaction, user interface design and evaluation of educational software, usability evaluation methodologies, e-learning, user/student modelling and intelligent user interfaces.
He has over 105 publications in international and national journals and conferences and 2 patents, with at least 2000 known citations and h index=22. He is a member of the Technical Chamber of Greece, ACM SIGCHI, Greek Artificial Intelligence Organization and Greek society of ICT in Education.
For further information visit http://tselios.weebly.com
Christos Katsanos
Christos Katsanos is an Assistant Professor of Human-Computer Interaction in the Department of Informatics at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece. He holds a PhD (2010) in Human Computer Interaction (thesis title: "Web Usability: Design and Evaluation of Websites based on Cognitive Models of Interactive Search") and a Diploma (2004) from the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Patras, Greece.
His main research interests include Human-Computer Interaction, Human-Robot Interaction, User Experience, Information Architecture, Web Accessibility and Educational Technologies.
He has more than 45 publications in international and national scientific journals and conferences, with at least 584 known citations and h-index=14. He is also a reviewer in a number of academic journals and conferences, such as Interacting with Computers from which he has received a special mention for his contribution as reviewer during 2009-2010 (10.1016/j.intcom.2009.11.012). He is a member of the Technical Chamber of Greece, the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), and a founding member of the ACM GrSIGCHI.
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His main research interests include Human-Computer Interaction, Human-Robot Interaction, User Experience, Information Architecture, Web Accessibility and Educational Technologies.
He has more than 45 publications in international and national scientific journals and conferences, with at least 584 known citations and h-index=14. He is also a reviewer in a number of academic journals and conferences, such as Interacting with Computers from which he has received a special mention for his contribution as reviewer during 2009-2010 (10.1016/j.intcom.2009.11.012). He is a member of the Technical Chamber of Greece, the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), and a founding member of the ACM GrSIGCHI.
For additional CV info please visit https://www.csd.auth.gr/en/member/christos-katsanos
Michalis Xenos
Michalis Xenos is a professor at Computer Engineering and Informatics Department of University of Patras and Director of the Software Division. His teaching experience includes CEID (1994-1996 teaching assistant, 1998-2001 adjunct professor, 2001-2010 invited professor), Mathematics Department of Patras University (1998-2002 adjunct professor), Open University of Cyprus (2008-2012 adjunct professor) and Hellenic Open University (2000-2016 Professor, 2009-2011 Director of the Postgraduate Course of Computer Science, 2013-2016 Director of the Computer Science Course).
He has participated in over 50 research and development projects in the area of software engineering and educational technologies. His current research interests include, inter alia, Software Quality, Human Computer Interaction, Human Robot Interaction and Educational Technologies. He is the Director of the Software Quality and Human-Computer Interaction Laboratory at University of Patras. He has authored or co-authored 8 books and over 200 papers in international journals and conferences, that have received over 3000 citations (h-index=25, i10-index=50), source: Google Scholar. He has given 4 keynote speeches in International Conferences.
Michalis Xenos was the founder of Software Quality Research Group (SQRG). A more detailed Curriculum Vitae in Greek, is available at his website.
He has participated in over 50 research and development projects in the area of software engineering and educational technologies. His current research interests include, inter alia, Software Quality, Human Computer Interaction, Human Robot Interaction and Educational Technologies. He is the Director of the Software Quality and Human-Computer Interaction Laboratory at University of Patras. He has authored or co-authored 8 books and over 200 papers in international journals and conferences, that have received over 3000 citations (h-index=25, i10-index=50), source: Google Scholar. He has given 4 keynote speeches in International Conferences.
Michalis Xenos was the founder of Software Quality Research Group (SQRG). A more detailed Curriculum Vitae in Greek, is available at his website.
Nikolaos Avouris
Nikolaos Avouris is a Professor of Software Technology and Human-Computer Interaction, founder and Leader of the ITLAB HCI Group, University of Patras, Greece.
His research interests include Software Technology for Interactive Systems Design, Human-machine interaction in industrial, educational, cultural and environmental fields. He has special interest and experience in Distributed Intelligent Systems, collaborative systems, usability and accessibility of interactive systems, mobile systems, web applications and services.
Professor Avouris has research and teaching experience in industry and academia for over 25 years; Leader or principal investigator in many national and international funded research projects; Coordinator of research networks; National Representative in IFIP TC13 (Human-Computer Interaction); Author or editor of six books and of over 200 scientific journal and conference papers.
For a list of publications and additional CV info please visit http://hci.ece.upatras.gr/avouris
His research interests include Software Technology for Interactive Systems Design, Human-machine interaction in industrial, educational, cultural and environmental fields. He has special interest and experience in Distributed Intelligent Systems, collaborative systems, usability and accessibility of interactive systems, mobile systems, web applications and services.
Professor Avouris has research and teaching experience in industry and academia for over 25 years; Leader or principal investigator in many national and international funded research projects; Coordinator of research networks; National Representative in IFIP TC13 (Human-Computer Interaction); Author or editor of six books and of over 200 scientific journal and conference papers.
For a list of publications and additional CV info please visit http://hci.ece.upatras.gr/avouris