Scientific Staff
I was born in 1976, in Ioannina (Epirus, Greece). I have a degree in Informatics (Athens University of Economics and Business, 2001,www.aueb.gr) and a Master’s degree (MSc) in Multimedia and Internet Programming from the Department of Computer Science at Loughborough University (UK) (www.lboro.ac.uk, 2002). In2009, I started my Doctoral Thesis (Ph.D.) in Emotion Artificial Intelligence (Emotion AI)/ Affective Computing (AC), in the Cultural Technology & Communication Department, University of the Aegean(www.aegean.gr) under the joint supervision of Prof. Athanasios Daradoumis (Aegean) and Prof. Santi Caballé Llobet (Computational Science Department, Open University of Catalonia – Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain, www.uoc.edu), which I completed with honors in October 2013.
My professional career began in 1998 as a part-time junior Oracle developer at Dynamic Business Solutions (DBS SA, www.dbs.gr). and then as a Web Developer at European Dynamics SA (eurodyn.com). In 2003, I was appointed as a Primary/Secondary Education teacher of Informatics, where I stayed until 2017. In the meanwhile, from 2004 to 2008, I joined the Information Society of the Ministry of Education. Since 10/2017, I have been employed as a Lecturer in the Dept. of Electrical & Electronic Engineering (EEE) of the University of West Attica (UniWA), where I remain until today. I have taught for over 20 years, at all levels of formal and non-formal education (Primary, Secondary, High, Professional Schools, Institutes of Education & Training, et al). Since 2015, I have been a Certified Trainer at the National School of Public Administration and Local Government (ESDDA).
My research interests are in the field of Affective Computing and Emotion AI with applications in Learning and Education, in which, I have more than 40 publications in International and National journals and conferences. I am a senior member of the Computer and Network Services Research Laboratory (CoNSeRTlab, www.consert.eee.uniwa.gr) of the University of West Attica.
I have over 15 years of experience in both Greek, and European Research Programs (Information Society, FP7, Horizon 2020,Erasmus+, et al).
In the past, I was appointed as the Greek National Coordinator of the Asian-European Classroom Network (AEC-NET,www.classnet.asef.org), for 2 years (2007-09).