Educational Background

2002: BSc. in Mathematics - University of Athens

2003: MSc. in Human Communication and Computing - University of Bath

2010: PhD. in Human Computer Interaction - University of Bath.

 

Research Interests

I am excited about innovative Human Computer Interaction (HCI) research. My core drive is to assist everyday people in their everyday activities through creative, intuitive and original technologies. This includes applying and extending the paradigm of ubiqutous computing, to bring anywhere/anytime meaningful connectivity to everyone, or tailoring existing technologies to users' actual needs and capabilities. I am particularly keen on designing novel multimodal interfaces, which can make interactions with technology more natural and accessible to everyone.

 

PhD Research

I have recently completed my PhD thesis on Mobile Service Awareness via Auditory Notifications, at the Department of Computer Science at the University of Bath. My supervisor was Dr Eamonn O'Neill who is leading the mobile and pervasive group, within the HCI group in Bath. My PhD was funded by Vodafone Group R&D and EPSRC. You can read my thesis or just read a short abstract. The experimental stimuli used in the thesis can be found here.

 

Other Research

Mobile Usability with NFC tags and 2D barcodes: Service discovery is an increasingly important issue as we move towards realising pervasive systems. How does the user identify and access a particular service from the plethora of services that may potentially be available around him at any moment? Tags may be used to store small amounts of data or may store a link to more sophisticated information and services. 2D barcodes and NFC (Near Field Communication) are two different tagging technologies that present the users with different challenges and opportunities. Read more here.

 

"The Human Network": A Novel Approach for Identification and Authentication of Users in a Pervasive Environment: The most common impact of security on user interaction is the identification and authentication process. Challenges presented in this process can only increase as we move to a pervasive computing environment, where users have access to a large range of devices and networks. The proposed solution, the "Human Network" is achieved through a combination of embedded biometrics and the use of IPv6 header extensions. This scheme should create a more secure and usable identification procedure and also personalise interaction according to user preferences and the properties of the device being used at the time. Read more here.

 

Publications

For a list of my publications click here