George A. Papadopoulos (PhD) holds the (tenured) rank of Full Professor in the Department of Computer Science, University of Cyprus. His research interests include Advanced Software Engineering, Ubiquitous Computing, Cloud Computing, Parallel and Distributed Programming Models, Technology Enhanced Learning, Medical Informatics, Assistive Technologies, Context Aware and Recommender Systems, and Internet Technologies. He has published over 150 papers as book chapters or in internationally refereed journals and conferences, he is a current or past member in the Editorial Board of 16 international journals and is serving or has served as a Chair or Steering or Program Committee member in more than 200 international conferences. Professor Papadopoulos is a recipient of an 1995 ERCIM-HCM scholarship award. He has been involved or is currently participating, as coordinator or partner, in about 100 internationally and nationally funded projects (total budget for his participation more than 8 MEURO) and has been invited by the E.U. as an Expert Evaluator or Reviewer more than 50 times. He is the Director of the Software Engineering and Internet Technologies (SEIT) Laboratory (http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/seit). More information can be found on his personal web site at: http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george. His email is george@cs.ucy.ac.cy.
Is a Post-Doctoral Researcher at the SEIT laboratory. He is also a Visiting Lecturer of the Computer Science and Engineering Department at the European University and Design and Multimedia at the University of Nicosia in Cyprus. He completed his PhD at the Cyprus University of Technology, at the Department of Multimedia and Graphic Arts, which was on Virtual Well-Being: Emotional and Behavioral Appraisal Patterns of an Immersive User Experience». His Bachelor and MSc degrees were at the University of the Aegean at the Department of Product and Systems Design. His bachelor degree was in Product and Industrial Design Engineering, and the MSc degree focused on the building and promotion of Online Brand Identity using Human-Computer Interaction research methodologies. He participated as a researcher collaborator or an operator in diverse research projects (a) research algorithmic media – critical data studies (University of Cyprus), (b) CYberSafety II (Pedagogical Institute of Cyprus), (c) European MediaCoach Initiative (Erasmus +) (European University Cyprus) (d) Cyprus Ports Authority (EU-funded MONALISA 2.0 project), (e) Eye tracking evaluation (Cyprus University of Technology) (f) Cyprus ideology and dialect (Cyprus University of Technology) (g) Human emotional and behavioural appraisal (Cyprus University of Technology) (h) Online game experience (Folkwang University of Arts (Essen-Germany)). He has also worked on several other European programs in the public sector as a supervisor of the European Social Fund – European Commission program for four years in the Ministry of Education and Culture (2012-2016). His research interests focus on Digital Media, Media Literacy, Human-computer Interaction, User Experience, and Online Branding.
Is a Post-Doctoral Researcher at the SEIT laboratory, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Cyprus. He is also a Lecturer at the Multimedia and Graphic Arts Dept. at the Cyprus University of Technology. He is also the co-founder of a startup that offers accessible communication and educational mobile applications for users who are deaf. The topic of his previous post-doctoral research position was Usability and User Experience User Interface Design Heuristics for Deaf Users, which was funded by the National Research Foundation of South Africa (NRF). He received his doctorate from the School of Information and Communication Technology at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU), which was co-funded by the NMMU, South Africa – Finland Knowledge Partnership on ICT (SAFIPA) and the German Academic Exchange Service/DeutscherAkademischerAustauschdienstDienst (DAAD/NRF). He has published in the field of HCI and Accessibility and has served as a reviewer in well-known journals. His research interests are: Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), user experience (UX), accessible computing, user-centred design and usability inspection methods.
The Software Engineering and Internet Technologies Laboratory (SEIT) lab is part of the Computer Science Department of the University of Cyprus. The lab focuses its research activities on two important areas of Information Technology, namely Software Engineering and Internet Technologies. In the first area, SEIT focuses on Cloud Computing, Service Oriented Architectures, Context-Aware Middleware Platforms, Smart and Mobile Computing, Open Source Software and Empirical Software Engineering, for the development of pervasive, self-adaptive applications and Smart IoT services. In the second area, the Laboratory concentrates on the development of ICT-enabled Environments, platforms and tools for implementing Health monitoring and support services, Smart and Personalised services for Elders, Assistive Technologies for people with disabilities and Creativity services. The lab also pursues activities related to Technology Enhanced Learning, E-Business, E-Government and developing environments for elders’ social inclusion, active ageing and independent living. Finally, the lab’s research is also related to Creativity, Recommender Systems, Crowd Sourcing and Privacy Enhancing Technologies.
We are interested in such a field as a university that wants equal rights for men and women. Educating children about equality and fairness provides them with knowledge that they can apply outside of the classroom – in fact, many will carry it with them into the school halls and playground, their families, and the larger community. It teaches responsibility and understanding, which may help establish a brighter, kinder, and more equitable school culture, as well as reduce bullying and other undesirable behaviour and raise achievement and ambitions. As a university we are looking forward to learning even more from the partners of the project and expanding our knowledge on such a topic. Furthermore, we are very interested in learning new technical skills to carry out the project results of the project.