Application for Promotion
Panayiotis Zaphiris
Department of Multimedia and Graphic Arts
Cyprus University of Technology
June 2013
Contents
Part A:
Curriculum Vitae
Part B:
List of Publications
Part C:
Description of Research Work
Part D:
Summary of Teaching Activities
Part E:
Summary of Administration Duties
Part F:
Representative Publications
Part G:
Referees
Part H:
Citation Report
Part I:
Participation in Research Programs
Promotion application of Dr Panayiotis Zaphiris: Part A-­ Curriculum Vitae. June 2013.
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Part A -­ Curriculum Vitae
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Contents:
1. Personal Details
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2. Education/Employment/Memberships
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3. Research Related Activities
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4. Teaching Related Activities
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5. Administration Duties
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6. Other Contributions
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1. Personal Details
Name:
Panayiotis Zaphiris
Present Position:
Associate Professor
Department of Multimedia and Graphic Arts
School of Fine and Applied Arts
Cyprus University of Technology
Dean of Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts
School of Fine and Applied Arts
Cyprus University of Technology
Address:
Cyprus University of Technology
30 Archbishop Kyprianos Str.
3036 Lemesos, Cyprus
E-­Mail:
panayiotis.zaphiris@cut.ac.cy
Website:
http://www.zaphiris.com/
Telephone:
+357 2500 2385
Fax:
+357 2500 2673
Date of Birth:
8 June 1970
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2. Education/Employment/Awards/Membership
Education:
2003 -­ 2006
Post-­Graduate Diploma in Academic Practice
Education Development Centre
City University, London UK
1999 – 2002
PhD (specialization in Human Computer Interaction Design)
Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering and Institute of Gerontology
Wayne State University, USA.
Sponsored: Full research studentship from the National Institute of Health, National
Institute on Aging (NIH/NIA)
Thesis: “Age Differences and the Depth-­Breadth Tradeoff in Hierarchical Online
Information Systems”.
The dissertation extended previous research in menu selection systems to the design of
hierarchical online information systems first by quantitatively and qualitatively analyzing
the effect of age in browsing hierarchical systems both different depth and different
layouts, and secondly by proposing an age-­driven parametric mathematical model that
predicts the time it will take a user to browse hierarchical information systems. More
specifically, three models were tested (an Age Equivalence, a General Slowing and the
proposed Age-­Driven Parametric Model).
Supervisor: Dr. R. Darin Ellis
1995 – 1998
M.Sc. in Systems Engineering with specialization in Human Computer
Interaction Design.
The Institute for Systems Research
University of Maryland, College Park, USA.
Thesis: Expandable Indexes Versus Sequential Menus for Searching Hierarchies on
the World Wide Web
Supervisor: Prof. Ben Shneiderman
1993 – 1995
B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering
Department of Electrical Engineering
University of Maryland, College Park, USA.
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Sponsored: Full CASP/Fulbright Fellowship
1988 – 1991
Diploma in Electrical Engineering
Higher Technical Institute. Nicosia, Cyprus.
Awards: Presidential best overall student award, best student in Electrical Engineering
department, best student in Electrical Engineering subjects, best student in Electronic
Engineering subjects, best final year project award, national student award of Institute
of Electrical Engineers (IEE).
Employment:
2009 – now
Associate Professor, Department of Multimedia & Graphic Arts, School of
Fine and Applied Arts, Cyprus University of Technology
2012 – now
Dean of Faculty, Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts, Cyprus University of
Technology
2009 – April 2013
Head of Department, Department of Multimedia & Graphic Arts, Cyprus
University of Technology
2008 – 2009
Reader, The Centre for HCI Design , School of Informatics , City University
London, London, UK.
2004 – 2007
Senior Lecturer, The Centre for HCI Design , School of Informatics , City
University London , London, UK.
2002 – 2004
Lecturer, The Centre for HCI Design , School of Informatics , City University
London, London, UK.
1999 – 2002
Researcher, Aging and Cognitive Engineering Lab, Institute of Gerontology ,
Wayne State University , USA
1998 – 1998
Researcher, Human Computer Interaction Lab , University of Maryland , College
Park, USA
1995 – 1997
Teaching Assistant, Department of Electrical Engineering , University of
Maryland, College Park, USA
Honorary Employments:
2009 – 2011
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Honorary Senior Research Fellow (unpaid), The Centre for HCI Design,
School of Informatics, City University London
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Professional Memberships:
● 2006 -­ now: Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
● 2004 -­ now: Member of the Higher Education Academy through an accredited route
● 1998 -­ now: The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
● 1998 -­ now: The Special Interest Group on Computer-­Human Interaction (SIGCHI) of the ACM.
● 2009 -­ now: The Special Interest Group on Accessible Computing (SIGACCESS) of the ACM.
● 2009 -­ now: Cyprus SIGCHI -­ Local Chapter of The Special Interest Group on Computer-­Human
Interaction (SIGCHI) of the ACM.
● 2009 -­ Present: Cyprus ACM -­ Local Chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
● 2002 -­ 2009: The British HCI Group of the British Computer Society (BCS)
● 1998 -­ 2009: The Association of Internet Researchers (A(o)IR)
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3. Research Related Activities
Research Interests:
My general research focus is on the general topic of "Inclusive Design and Social Aspects of Computing".
More specifically my research interests are:
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Computer Games and their social and pedagogical dimensions
Computer Mediated Communication (CMC)
E-­learning and sociability around e-­learning
Design of interactive systems for the elderly and the disabled
Cultural issues/differences and the design of interactive systems
Participatory Design (especially as it applies to e-­learning and design of interactive systems for/with
people with special needs)
● Web Accessibility
● Computer Aided Language Learning
Participation in Funded Research Projects and Management of Research Teams:
(more details about the research programs appear in Part I of the application)
2013 – 2015
Usability and user experience user interface design heuristics for Deaf
users
Research project supported by the National Research Foundation of South
Africa
funding Dr Alexis Yeratziotis to conduct research for 2 years at my research
lab.
Position in the project: Partner
Overall project budget: $33,000
2012 – 2014
Eye-­tracking based Methodological framework for optimal distribution
of online advertisement locations
Research project supported by the Research Promotion Foundation (Cyprus)
Position in the project: Partner (Local Coordinator)
Overall project budget: € 149,500
2012 – 2014
Creative Multi-­modal Information Spaces for Problem-­Based Learning
Research project supported by the Research Promotion Foundation (Cyprus)
Position in the project: Partner
Overall project budget: € 24,996
2011 – 2013
RESTORE: Computer-­Based Restoration of Face Appearing in Icons
Research project supported by the Research Promotion Foundation (Cyprus)
Position in the project: Partner
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Overall project budget: € 136,076
2010 – 2012
Illumination Neutralisation With Application in Tracking
Research project supported by the Research Promotion Foundation (Cyprus)
Position in the project: Partner (Local Coordinator)
Overall project budget: € 59,964
2010 – 2013
COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology)
Action IC0904 Towards the Integration of Transectorial IT Design and
Evaluation (TwinTide)
Position in Project: Cyprus Representative, Member of Management
Committee (MC)
Overall project budget: € 85,000/year
2009 – 2012
Establishment of an HCI Research Lab
Cyprus University of Technology Start Up Grant
Position in the project: Principal Investigator
Overall project budget: € 85,000
2008
Evaluating the accessibility of the Royal Opera House website
Research project supported by the Royal Opera House, London, UK
Position in the project: Principal Investigator
Overall project budget: £ 20,000
2009 – 2011
Information Spaces for Collaborative Creativity
Research project supported by the Joint Information Systems Committee
(JISC)
Position in the project: co-­Principal Investigator
Overall project budget: £ 199,983
2008 – 2009
Knowledge Transfer fund for the City Interaction Lab
Funded by City University London
Position in the project: co-­Principal Investigator
Overall project budget: £ 25,092
2008
Use of eye-­tracking technologies and methods to explore the usability and
learner experience of Multi-­user virtual environments (MUVEs) e.g. Second
Life
Research project supported by the Joint Information Systems Committee
(JISC)
Position in the project: Principal Investigator
Overall project budget: £ 14,861
2008
Workshop on the topic of 3D Virtual Worlds and Social Learning
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Funded by the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC)
Position in the project: Principal Investigator
Overall project budget: £ 5,000
2008
User Interfaces, Social Software Technologies and Learning Experience
Research project supported by the Joint Information Systems Committee
(JISC/EMERGE)
Position in the project: Principal Investigator
Overall project budget: £ 13,215
2008
Social Learning in Virtual Worlds
Organizing a research seminar as part of the ESRC Festival of Social Sciences
Funded by the the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
Position in the project: Principal Investigator
Overall project budget: £ 2,000
2006 – 2007
Mathematical modelling of age-­related differences in web browsing
Research project supported by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research
Council (EPSRC)
Position in the project: Principal Investigator
Overall project budget: £ 41,317
2007
Users and Innovation: Personalising Technologies
Research project supported by the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC)
Position in the project: Partner
Overall project budget: £ 5,000
2006
Personalisation of learning: constructing an interdisciplinary research
space
Research project supported by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
Position in the project: co-­Principal Investigator
Overall project budget: £ 57,644
2006 – 2009
Establishing The City Interaction Lab
Funded by the Vodafone Foundation
Position in the project: co-­Principal Investigator
Overall project budget: £ 50,000
2003 – 2004
Information Visualisation Foundation Study
Research project supported by the Joint Information Systems Committee
(JISC)
Position in the project: Principal Investigator
Overall project budget: £ 44,967
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2003
An in-­depth study of the current state of web accessibility
Research project supported by the Disability Rights Commission UK
Position in the project: co-­Principal Investigator
Overall project budget: £ 112,000
2002 – 2003
Usability Studies for JISC Services and Information Environment
Research project supported by the Joint Information Systems Committee
(JISC)
Position in the project: Co-­Principal Investigator
Overall project budget: £ 33,483
1996– 2009
Establishing an e-­learning portal for Cyprus
Funded by the Cyprus Government
Position in the project: Co-­Principal Investigator
Overall project budget: $ 150,000
Supervision of Ph.D Students:
Graduated PhD Students (As first supervisor)
● Dr. Helena Sustar
○ Thesis: Sustar, H. (2011) Older People as Equal Partners in the Creative Design of Digital
Devices. PhD Thesis. Centre for HCI Design, City University London, UK.
○ Funded through a City University studentship (funding:~ £45,000)
○ Currently: post-­doctoral Researcher, Sheffield Hallam University, UK
● Dr. Ulrike Pfeil ○ Thesis: Pfeil, U. (2010) Studying online support communities: Investigating network patterns
and characteristics of social support. PhD Thesis. Centre for HCI Design, City University
London, UK.
○ Funded through a City University studentship (funding:~ £45,000)
○ Currently: post-­doctoral Researcher, University of Konstanz, Germany
● Dr. Areej Al-­Wabil
○ Thesis: Al-­Wabil, A. (2009) Investigating dyslexic scan paths in the visual search of web
navigation structures. PhD Thesis. Centre for HCI Design, City University London, UK.
○ Funded through a Saudi Ministry of Higher Education scholarship (funding:~ £30,000)
○ Currently: Assistant professor, College of Computer and Information Sciences, King Saud
University, Saudi Arabia
● Dr. Chee Siang Ang
○ Thesis: Ang, C.S. (2007) Social Interactions of Computer Games: An Activity Framework.
PhD Thesis. Centre for HCI Design, City University London, UK.
○ Funded through a City University studentship (funding:~ £45,000)
○ Currently: Lecturer at School of Engineering and Digital Arts, University of Kent
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● Dr. Andrew Laghos
○ Thesis: Laghos, A. (2007). Assessing the Evolution of Social Networks in e-­Learning. PhD
Thesis. Centre for HCI Design, City University London, UK.
○ Currently: Lecturer at Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus
● Dr. Dean Mohamedally
○ Thesis: Mohamedally, D. (2006). Constructionism through Mobile Interactive Knowledge
Elicitation (MIKE) in Human-­Computer Interaction. PhD Thesis. Centre for HCI Design, City
University London, UK.
○ Funded through an EPSRC scholarship (funding:~ £45,000)
○ Currently: Senior Teaching Fellow, UCL, UK
Current PhD Students (As first supervisor)
● Antigoni Parmaxi (2010 -­ now)
○ Thesis topic: Computer assisted language learning: developing a theoretical and methodological
framework for achieving social constructionism via social technology within cultural scenarios
○ Student completed successfully the comprehensive exam stage
● Stelios Kyriakou (2011 -­ now)
○ Thesis topic: Studying online support communities: A discourse analysis of social support
○ Student completed successfully the comprehensive exam stage
● Thomas Photiadis (2011 -­ now)
○ Thesis topic: Aesthetic Experience in designing 3D representations
○ Student completed successfully the comprehensive exam stage
I am also part of the advisory committee for a number of other PhD students at our department.
Examination of Ph.D Students:
I acted as an external examiner for the viva of 4 PhD students (Reading University, University of Manchester,
The University of Melbourne, Czech Technical University).
Supervision of Master and Bachelor level Thesis:
In the last 11 years I supervised over 70 Master and over 50 Bachelor thesis on topics related to my research
interests. Some led to high impact journal and conference publications.
Research Lab Founder and Coordination
In 2011 I establish and since then manage the Cyprus Interaction research Lab
(http://www.cyprusinteractionlab.com). The lab was the first and still the only research lab in Cyprus
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specializing in the areas of Human Computer Interaction in Cyprus. The lab currently has 10 members: 2
academic staff (me and Dr. Andri Ioannou), one teaching staff (Keti Mavri), three post-­docs (Dr. Fernando
Loizidis, Dr. Eleni Michaelidou and Dr. Alexis Yeratziotis) and six PhD/Researchers (Christina Vasiliou,
Thomas Photiadis, Antigoni Parmaxi, Stelios Kyriakou, Iosif Kartapanis, Theodoros Sourmelis).
Publications:
(The full publication list appears in Part B of the application)
Publication Type
Number of
Publications
Number of
Publications
(2009-­ )1
Books and Edited Volumes
14
7
Refereed Journal Papers
39
19
Book Chapters
23
10
Refereed Conference Publications
103
36
Total
179
72
Citation Report:
(A more comprehensive citation report analysis appears in Part H of the application)
● Google Scholar (Date of last update, 2/6/2013)
Citations:
1486
h-­index:
17
i10-­index:
39
● Scopus (Date of last update, 02/6/2013)
Total Citations:
588 (of which 277 to secondary documents2)
h-­index:
10
Papers:
54
1
Year joining Cyprus University of Technology
Secondary documents are not available in the Scopus database, but are extracted from references in Scopus
2
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● Publish or Perish (Date of last update, 02/6/2013)
Total citations:
1601
h-­index:
19
g-­index:
34
Reviewing Duties
● Journal reviews (I review papers for most of the HCI related journals). Examples include:
● Reviewer for ACM Transactions on Computer-­Human Interaction (TOCHI)
● Reviewer for Interacting with Computers Journal
● Reviewer for the Behaviour and Information Technology Journal
● Reviewer for the International Journal of Human-­Computer Studies (IJHCS) Journal
● Reviewer for the Universal Access in the Information Society (UAIS) Journal
● Reviewer for the Communications of the ACM Journal
● Reviewer for the Journal of Computer-­Mediated Communication (JCMC)
● Reviewer for the International Journal of Technology and Human Interaction (IJTHI) Journal
● Reviewer for the Academic Exchange Quarterly Journal
● Reviewer for the IEE Proceedings Science, Measurement & Technology Journal
● Reviewer for the International Journal of Technology Enhanced Learning (IJTEL)
● Reviewer for the Computers in Human Behaviour (CHB) Journal
● Conferences and Book reviews (I review papers for most of the HCI related conferences).
Examples include:
● Reviewer of CHI conference papers ● Reviewer of DIS conference papers ● Reviewer of HFES conference papers ● Reviewer of the Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) conference papers ● Reviewer of INTERACT conference papers
● Reviewer of catac conference papers ● Reviewer of Internet Research 5.0 conference papers ● Reviewer of e-­Society conference papers ● Reviewer for the Encyclopedia of International Computer-­Based Learning
● Reviewer for the Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology
● Reviewer for the Handbook of Research on Computer Enhanced Language Acquisition and
Learning
● Book Reviewer for the SIGCHI Bulletin
● Book Reviewer for the Universal Access in the Information Society (UAIS) Journal
● Research Grant Proposals reviews:
● Reviewer of Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) grant proposals
● Reviewer of JISC, UK grant proposals
● Reviewer of The Leverhulme Trust, UK grant proposals
● Reviewer of IDA Ireland grant proposals
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● Reviewer of AHRC, UK grant proposals
● Reviewer of EPSRC, UK grant proposals
Organisation of Workshops, Tutorials and Conferences:
● 2013: co-­organizer of workshop on “Rethinking Universal Accessibility: A broader approach
considering the digital gap” at INTERACT 2013, Cape Town, South Africa
● 2013: co-­organizer of workshop on “Designing and Evaluating Sociability in Online Video Games” at
CHI 2013, Paris, France
● September 2012: Organization (General chair) of Theory and Practise of Digital Libraries (TPDL
2012) Conference in Paphos, Cyprus
● May 2012: Organization of a workshop on “HCI for peace: preventing, de-­escalating and recovering
from conflict” at CHI 2012 conference
● April 2011: Organizer (General co-­chair) of the 1st European Workshop on HCI Design and
Evaluation. Limassol, Cyprus.
● July 2011: Delivered a tutorial titled ‘Introduction to Social Network Analysis’ at the HCII 2011
Conference in Orlando, Florida, USA
● July 2009: Delivered a tutorial titled ‘Introduction to Social Network Analysis’ at the HCII 2009
Conference in San Diego, California, USA.
● October 2008: Delivered a tutorial titled ‘Introduction to Social Network Analysis’ at the NordiCHI
Conference.
● March 2008: Organized a workshop on “Social Learning in Virtual Worlds” (funded from ESRC
£2,000).
● July 2007: Delivered a tutorial titled ‘Introduction to Social Network Analysis’ at the HCII 2007
Conference in Beijing, China.
● November 2003: Organized (with Giorgos Zacharia from MIT and Niki Lambropoulos from London
Metropolitan University) and acted as Programme co-­chair of the 1st International Conference on
Information and Communication Technologies in Diaspora (ICTD '03) in London.
● June 2003: Organized (together with Sri Kurniawan from UMIST) and acted as Programme co-­chair
of the 1st International Workshop on Web and Aging (W&A '03), in conjunction with the 10th
International Conference on Human-­Computer Interaction, HCII 2003, Crete, Greece.
Editorship of Journals
● Editor of an upcoming (2014) special issue of Computers in Human Behaviour Journal on “Designing
and Evaluating Sociability in Online Video Games”
● Editor of an upcoming (2014) special issue of Universal Access in Information Society on “Rethinking
Universal Accessibility: A broader approach considering the digital gap”
● Editor (with Chee Siang Ang from University of Kent) of a special issue of Interacting with Computers
Journal on "HCI issues in computer games". Special issue published in March 2007.
● Editor (with Chee Siang Ang from University of Kent) of a special issue of International Journal of
Interactive Technology and Smart Education Journal on "Game Based Learning". Special issue
published in 2006.
● Editor (with Giorgos Zacharias from MIT and Niki Lambropoulos from London Metropolitan
University) of special issue of Themes in Education journal on "Information & Communication
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Technologies in Diaspora". Special issue published in 2005
● Editor (with Sri Kurniawan from UMIST and R. Darin Ellis from Wayne state university) of special
issue of International Journal of Universal Access in the Information Society (UAIS) on “Web and
Aging”. Special issue published in 2005
● Editor of special issue of Academic Exchange Quarterly journal on “Student Perceptions, Beliefs, or
Attitudes”. Special issue published in Spring 2004.
Membership of Editorial/Review Boards
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Associate Editor of the International Journal of Human Computer Studies (IJHCS)
Member of the Editorial Board of the Universal Access in the Information Society (UAIS) Journal.
Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Interaction Science (JoIS)
Member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Technology Enhanced Learning (IJTEL)
Member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Social and Humanistic Computing
(IJSHC)
Feature editor and member of the editorial review board of the Academic Exchange Quarterly journal
Member of the International Editorial Review Board of the International Journal of Technology and
Human Interaction (IJTHI)
Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Interactive Learning Research (JILR)
Member of the Review Board of the Interactive Multimedia Electronic Journal of Computer-­Enhanced
Learning (IMEj of CEL)
Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Handbook of Research on E-­Learning Methodologies
for Language Acquisition
Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Encyclopedia of Distance Learning
Membership on Conference Program Committees
● Program co-­Chair of the 5th International Conference on Online Communities and Social Computing
(part of HCII 2013)
● Program co-­Chair of the 3rd International Conference on Social Computing and Its Applications
(SCA 2003)
● General chair of Theory and Practise of Digital Libraries (TPDL 2012) Conference
● Program Chair of the 4th International Conference on Online Communities and Social Computing (part
of HCII 2011)
● Associate Chair for the Specific Applications Areas sub-­committee of 28th ACM Conference on
Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2010)
● Program Chair of the 3rd International Conference on Online Communities and Social Computing
(part of HCII 2009)
● Programme co-­chair and Workshop co-­organizer: 1st International Workshop on Web and Aging
(W&A '03), in conjunction with the 10th International Conference on Human-­Computer Interaction,
HCII 2003, Crete, Greece, June, 2003.
● Programme co-­chair and Conference co-­organizer: 1st International Conference on Information and
Communication Technologies in Diaspora (ICTD '03)
● Member of the Program Committee of the Scientific Committee of the 9th joint Summer School on
Technology Enhanced Learning 2013
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● Member of the Program Committee of the TPDL 2013 conference
● Member of the Program Committee of the 1st international conference on the use of iPads in Higher
Education (ihe 2014)
● Member of the Program Committee of the 1st International Workshop on the Interplay between
Conceptual Modeling and Human-­Computer Interaction (CMHCI13)
● Member of the Program Committee of the 2nd ID&HCI Workshop
● Member of the Program Committee of the HCII 2007, HCII 2009, HCII 2011 conferences
● Member of the Program Committee of Information Resources Management Association (IRMA)
2005 conference.
● Member of the Program Committee of Cultural Attitudes Towards Technology and Communication
(catac'04 and catac'06) conference.
● Member of the Scientific Committee of the International Association for the Development of
Information Society (IADIS) e-­Society 2004 conference.
● Member of the Scientific Committee of the International Association for the Development of
Information Society (IADIS) WWW/Internet 2004 conference.
● Member of the Scientific Committee of the 1st Panhellenic Conference on use of new technologies in
elementary education 2004.
● Member of the Program Committee of International Workshop on Pervasive Technologies for the
support of Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Sufferers
● Member of the Program Committee of the DM@UM workshop at UM 2007
● Member of the Program Committee of the Special Track on HCI of PCI 2007
● Member of the Program Committee of the ubiquitous knowledge discovery for user modeling
(K-­DUUM'07) workshop of UM'2007 conference
● Member of the Program Committee of the 3rd USAB 2007 symposium.
Member of Research Networks
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Member of TwinTide COST Action
Cyprus Representative for IFIP TC13
Member of the Leonardo Network
Member of the Housing and Care for Older People Research Network (HCOPRnet)
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4. Teaching Related Activities
Development of Academic Programs:
At CUT (due to being a new university) all members of the department actively participated in the design and
development of its Bachelor degree programs. During 2009-­2012 as head of department I coordinated the
annual revision of the program. This task is now handled by the departmental undergraduate studies
committee.
At Cyprus University of Technology (CUT) in collaboration with other colleagues from the Department
proposed and developed two Master level programs
● MA in Interactive Multimedia (started being offered in September 2011)
● MSc in Design and Development of Computer Game and Interactive Technologies (started being
offered in September 2012)
I am the course director for the MA in Interactive Multimedia and was the course director for the MSc in
Design and Development of Computer Game and Interactive Technologies in 2012.
The MA in Design and Development of Computer Game and Interactive Technologies is unique in that it is
both the first Master level course on Game Design and Development in Cyprus and it was the first master that
was offered in collaboration between two state universities in Cyprus (the University of Cyprus and the Cyprus
University of Technology).
At City University London I proposed and developed a new MSc in Human Centred Systems (HCS) which
started in October 2004 and I was the course director of that course in 2006. The master is at the moment
one of the most popular masters in this area in UK. As course director I was responsible for the Curriculum
development of the course and my role included:
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Course Document preparation
Boards of Studies liaison for course approval
Course proposal presentation to the Courses Committee
Planning the future academic direction of the course
As applicable, updating of the course content, aims and objectives
Preparation of amendments to the course
Liaison with other Boards of Studies for amendments/course review
Course handbook preparation and annual updating In addition, in the last fifteen years I have developed and maintain a course for teaching modern Greek online.
The Learn Greek Online (http://www.kypros.org/Greek/) course consists of 105 fully developed lessons
designed using a novel participatory design methodology and it currently has over 100,000 students. The
project has been showcased in the public press in Cyprus and the findings have been presented in numerous
conferences and other publications.
Course Delivery:
Department of Multimedia and Graphic Arts, Cyprus University of Technology
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● Academic Year 2012-­2013
○ PGT 511: Human Computer Interaction Design (for MA students)
○ PGT 580: Master level thesis
● Academic Year 2011-­2012
○ PGT 511: Human Computer Interaction Design (for MA students)
○ PGT 517: Virtual Communities and Social Media (for MA students)
● Academic Year 2010-­2011
○ PGT 240: User-­Centered Design (for BA students)
○ PGT 320: Design for All (for BA students)
● Academic Year 2009-­2010
○ PGT 240: User-­Centered Design (for BA students)
○ PGT 320: Design for All (for BA students)
School of Informatics, City University London
● Academic Year 2008-­2009
○ INM355: Human Computer Interaction Design (for full-­time and part-­time MSc students)
○ INM313: Inclusive Design (for MSc Human-­Centred Systems students)
● Academic Year 2007-­2008
○ INM355: Human Computer Interaction Design (for full-­time and part-­time MSc students)
○ INM313: Inclusive Design (for MSc Human-­Centred Systems students)
● Academic Year 2006-­2007
○ INM355: Human Computer Interaction Design (for full-­time and part-­time MSc students)
○ INM313: Inclusive Design (for MSc Human-­Centred Systems students)
● Academic Year 2005-­2006
○ INM355: Human Computer Interaction Design (for full-­time and part-­time MSc students)
● Academic Year 2004-­2005
○ INM355: Human Computer Interaction Design (for full-­time and part-­time MSc students)
● Academic Year 2003-­2004
○ INM123: Human-­Computer Interaction Design (for MSc BSAD and Software Systems
Full-­Time Students)
○ INM123: Human-­Computer Interaction Design (for MSc BSAD Part-­Time Students)
● Academic Year 2002-­2003
○ H807: User Interface Design (for MSc BSAD FT Students)
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5. Administrative Duties
Academic Leadership
2012 – now
Dean of Faculty, Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts, Cyprus University of
Technology
2012 – now
Member of University Senate, Cyprus University of Technology
2009 – 2013
Head of Department, Department of Multimedia & Graphic Arts, Cyprus
University of Technology
2010 -­ now
Founder and Coordinator of the Cyprus Interaction Research Lab
Participation in Committees:
● Cyprus University of Technology:
● 2009 -­ now: Member of various university Committees (department’s coordinators committee,
research committee, facilities committee, post-­graduate studies committee, finance committee,
strategic development committee etc.)
● 2009 -­ now: Oversaw most academic and research recruitments at the Department of
Multimedia and Graphic Arts
● 2009 -­ now: Participated in a number of promotion panels for members of the Department of
Multimedia and Graphic Arts and the Department of Communications and Internet Studies
● 2012 -­ now: Member of the international advisory committee for the establishment of the Fine
Arts department at the Cyprus University of Technology
● 2009 -­ now: Member and chair of a number of departmental committees (post-­graduate
studies committee, health and safety committee, quality assurance committee, finance
committee etc.)
● School of Informatics City University:
● 2007-­2009: Chair of the School of Informatics Research Committee (in charge of the overall
Research strategy of the School of Informatics at City University London).
● 2003-­2009: Member of the Board of Studies
● 2004-­2009: Member of the Post-­Graduate studies directorate
● 2003: Representative of the Centre for HCI Design to CAPS consultation meetings.
● 2004: Representative of the Centre for HCI Design at several Teaching Committee Working
Groups of the School of Informatics.
● 2004: Representative of the Centre for HCI Design at the Development Engagement activities
of the Department of Computing.
● 2003-­2004: Represented the Centre for HCI Design at the Undergraduate and Graduate
programme redesign consultation committees.
● Centre for HCI Design City University:
● 2006-­2009: Founder and Leader of The City Interaction Lab (supported by The Vodafone
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●
●
●
●
UK Foundation)
2005-­2006: Senior Tutor for Research (in charge of the PhD program of the Centre)
2003-­2006: Managing the Centre for HCI Design bi-­weekly and guest speaker meetings.
2003-­2009: Managing the Centre for HCI Design Website maintenance team
2002-­2006: Member of the Centre for HCI Design Interaction Lab planning team
2003: Member of the promotion panel for the centre
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6. Other Contributions
● 2010 -­ now: Appointed by the minister of education and culture of Cyprus as a member of the
advisory committee to Lanitio High school for the establishment of a multimedia and interactive
technologies teaching centre
● 2010: Appointed by the Evaluation Committee of Private Universities (ECPU) as a member of the
external evaluation committee for all design degrees offered by private universities in Cyprus
● 2009: Appointed by the Ministry of Education and Culture in Cyprus as a member of the Academic
Programs Evaluation Committee charged with the task of evaluating for accreditation purposes the
MA in Design program of Alexander College
● 2013: Appointed by the Ministry of Education and Culture in Cyprus as a member of the Academic
Programs Evaluation Committee charged with the task of evaluating for accreditation purposes the
2-­year program in Computer Game Design and Development of Cyprus College
● Keynote speaker at SMAP 2011 Conference
● 2012 -­ present: Member of the steering committee for TPDL conferences
● Invited panelist (with Ben Shneiderman, Juan Pablo Hourcade, Natasha E. Bullock-­Rest, Batya
Friedman, Mark Nelson) on HCI and Peace at CHI 2011 conference
● 2011 and 2013: Judge for local Imagine Cup competitions
● 2011, 2012: Judge for Logipaignio local Computer Game Design competitions
● 2013: Member of the Logipaignio 2013 organizing committee
● 2012: Invited attendance to ACM Europe Chapter Workshop
Member of advisory/electoral committees
●
●
●
●
Member of electoral and special committees for promotion of academic staff at CUT
Member of international advisory committee for the establishment of the Fine Arts department at CUT
External assessor of promotion applications for academics at various universities
Member of the review committee for the establishment of the Centre for Ageing Research and
Development in Ireland (CARDI centre)
● Member of the external assessment committee appointed by the Hellenic Quality Assurance and
Accreditation Agency for the evaluation of the Department of Computer Science of Technological
Education Institution (TEI) Athens, Greece
● Member of the external assessment committee appointed by the Hellenic Quality Assurance and
Accreditation Agency for the evaluation of the Department of Product and Systems Design
Engineering of the University of the Aegean, Greece
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Part B -­ List of Publications
___________________________________________________
Contents:
1. Summary
2
2. Books and Edited Volumes
3
3. Refereed Journal Papers
4
4. Book Chapters
7
5. Refereed Conference Publications
9
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Summary
Publication Type
Number of
Publications
Number of
Publications
(2009-­ )1
Books and Edited Volumes
14
7
Refereed Journal Papers
39
19
Book Chapters
23
10
Refereed Conference Publications
103
36
Total
179
72
1
Year joining Cyprus University of Technology
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Complete List of Publications
(full papers can be found at http://www.zaphiris.org/)
(A) List of Books and Edited Volumes
1. Ozok, A., & Zaphiris, P. (to appear 2013). Online Communities and Social Computing: 5th
International Conference, OCSC 2013, Held as Part of HCI International 2013, Orlando, FL, USA,
July 21-­26, 2013, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science Vol. 8029). Berlin, Heidelberg:
Springer.
2. Zaphiris, P., Buchanan, G., Rasmussen, E., & Loizides, F. (2012). Theory and Practice of Digital
Libraries: Second International Conference, TPDL 2012, Paphos, Cyprus, September 23-­27, 2012,
Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Volume 7489). Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer.
doi:10.1007/978-­3-­642-­33290-­6
3. Christou, G., Zaphiris, P., & Law, E. L.-­C. (Eds.). (2011). Proceedings of 1st European Workshop on
HCI Design and Evaluation. Toulouse, France: IRIT Press.
4. Ozok, A., & Zaphiris, P. (2011). Online Communities and Social Computing: 4th International
Conference, OCSC 2011, Held as Part of HCI International 2011, Orlando, FL, USA, July 9-­14, 2011,
Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science Vol. 6778). Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer.
doi:10.1007/978-­3-­642-­21796-­8
5. Ozok, A., & Zaphiris, P. (2009). Online Communities and Social Computing: 3rd International
Conference, OCSC 2009, Held as Part of HCI International 2009, San Diego, CA, USA, July 19-­24,
2009, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science Vol. 5621). Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer.
doi:10.1007/978-­3-­642-­02774-­1
6. Zaphiris, P., & Ang, C. S. (2009). Social Computing and Virtual Communities. Boca Raton, FL:
Chapman & Hall.
7. Zaphiris, P., & Ang, C. S. (2009). Cross-­disciplinary Advances in Human Computer Interaction:
User Modeling, Social Computing, and Adaptive Interfaces (Advances in Technology and Human
Interaction (ATHI) Book Series). Hershey, PA: Information Science Reference.
8. Zaphiris, P. & Ang, C.S. (Eds) (2008). Human Computer Interaction: Concepts, Methodologies,
Tools and Applications. Hershey, PA: Information Science Reference
9. Kurniawan, S. & Zaphiris, P. (2006). Advances in universal web design and evaluation: research,
trends and opportunities. Hershey PA: Idea Group Pub.
10. Lambropoulos, N. & Zaphiris, P. (2006). User-­centered design of online learning communities.
Hershey, PA.: IRM Press.
11. Zaphiris, P. & Kurniawan, S. (2006) Human computer interaction research in Web design and
evaluation. Hershey, PA: Idea Group Pub.
12. Zaphiris, P. & Zacharia, G. (2005). User-­centered Computer Aided Language Learning. Hershey,
PA: Information Science Pub.
13. Zaphiris, P., Lambropoulos, N. & Zacharias, G. (2003). Proceedings of the 1st International
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Conference on ICT in Hellenic Diaspora (ICTD '03).
14. Zaphiris, P., Kurniawan, S. & Ellis, R.D. (2003). Proceedings of the 1st Workshop on Web and Aging
(B) Refereed Journal Papers
15. Michailidou, E., Parmaxi, A., Zaphiris, P. (accepted). Culture Effects in Online Social Support:
Perceptions and Experience. Universal Access in the Information Society. Heidelberg, Germany:
Springer.
16. Zaphiris, P., Ioannou, A., Loizides, F., & Vasiliou, C. (accepted). User Experience in Using Surface
Computing for Collaborative Decision Making. International Journal of Interactive Technology and
Smart Education. Emerald Group Publishing
17. Parmaxi, A., Zaphiris, P., Ioannou, A., & Papadima, S. (accepted). Mapping the landscape of Computer
Assisted Language Learning: an inventory of research. International Journal of Interactive
Technology and Smart Education. Emerald Group Publishing
18. Christou, G., Lai-­Chong Law, E., Zaphiris, P., & Ang, C. S. (in press). Challenges of designing for
sociability to enhance player experience in Massively Multi-­player Online Role-­playing Games.
Behaviour & Information Technology. doi:10.1080/0144929X.2012.754497
19. Laghos, A., & Zaphiris, P. (2012). Predicting Students’ Communication in Online Learning Social
Networks. International Journal of Electrical & Computer Sciences (IJECS-­IJENS), 12(04), 1–9.
20. Ang, C. S., Zaphiris, P., & Wilson, S. (2011). A case study analysis of a constructionist knowledge
building community with activity theory. Behaviour & Information Technology, 30(5), 537-­554. Taylor
& Francis. doi:10.1080/0144929X.2010.490921
21. Pfeil, U., Svangstu, K., Ang, C. S., & Zaphiris, P. (2011). Social Roles in an Online Support Community
for Older People. International Journal of Human-­Computer Interaction, 27(4), 323-­347. Taylor and
Francis. doi:10.1080/10447318.2011.540490
22. Siriaraya, P., Tang, C., Ang, C. S., Pfeil, U., & Zaphiris, P. (2011). A comparison of empathic
communication pattern for teenagers and older people in online support communities. Behaviour &
Information Technology, 30(5), 617-­628. Taylor & Francis. doi:10.1080/0144929X.2011.582146
23. Ang, C. S., & Zaphiris, P. (2010). Social Roles of Players in MMORPG Guilds -­ A social network
analytic perspective. Information, Communication & Society, 13(4), 592-­614. Taylor and Francis.
doi:10.1080/13691180903266952
24. Ang, C. S., Zaphiris, P., & Wilson, S. (2010). Computer Games and Sociocultural Play: An Activity
Theoretical Perspective. Games and Culture, 5(4), 354-­380. Sage Publications.
doi:10.1177/1555412009360411
25. Dotan, A., & Zaphiris, P. (2010). A cross-­cultural analysis of Flickr users from Peru, Israel, Iran, Taiwan
and the UK. International Journal of Web Based Communities, 6(3), 284-­302. Inderscience
Publishers. doi: 10.1504/IJWBC.2010.033753
26. MacFarlane, A., Al-­Wabil, A., Marshall, C. R., Albrair, A., Jones, S. a., & Zaphiris, P. (2010). The
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effect of dyslexia on information retrieval: A pilot study. Journal of Documentation, 66(3), 307-­326.
Emerald Group Publishing. doi:10.1108/00220411011038421
27. Pfeil, U., Zaphiris, P., & Wilson, S. (2010). The role of message-­sequences in the sustainability of an
online support community for older people. Journal of Computer-­Mediated Communication, 15(2),
336-­363. Blackwell Publishing. doi:10.1111/j.1083-­6101.2010.01523.x
28. Pfeil, U., & Zaphiris, P. (2010). Applying qualitative content analysis to study online support
communities. Universal Access in the Information Society, 9(1), 1-­16. Heidelberg, Germany: Springer.
doi:10.1007/s10209-­009-­0154-­3
29. Mohamedally, D., & Zaphiris, P. (2009). Categorization Constructionist Assessment with
Software-­Based Affinity Diagramming. International Journal of Human-­Computer Interaction,
25(1), 22-­48. Taylor & Francis. doi:10.1080/10447310802546690
30. Pfeil, U., Ang, C. S., & Zaphiris, P. (2009). Issues and challenges of teaching and learning in 3D virtual
worlds: real life case studies. Educational Media International, 46(3), 223-­238. Kentucky, USA:
Routledge -­ Taylor and Francis. doi:10.1080/09523980903135368
31. Pfeil, U., Arjan, R., & Zaphiris, P. (2009). Age differences in online social networking – A study of user
profiles and the social capital divide among teenagers and older users in MySpace. Computers in
Human Behavior, 25(3), 643-­654. Elsevier. doi:10.1016/j.chb.2008.08.015
32. Pfeil, U., Zaphiris, P., & Wilson, S. (2009). Older adults’ perceptions and experiences of online social
support. Interacting with Computers, 21(3), 159-­172. Elsevier. doi:10.1016/j.intcom.2008.12.001
33. Pfeil, U., & Zaphiris, P. (2009). Investigating social network patterns within an empathic online
community for older people. Computers in Human Behavior, 25(5), 1139-­1155. Elsevier.
doi:10.1016/j.chb.2009.05.001
34. Mohamedally, D., Zaphiris, P. (2008). Constructionist Assessment with Mobile Software-­based Paper
Prototyping. International Journal of Mobile Learning and Organisation (IJMLO), 2(3), 250-­270.
Inderscience Publishers. doi: 10.1504/IJMLO.2008.020318
35. Ang, C.S., Avni, E. & Zaphiris, P. (2008). Linking pedagogical theory of computer games to their
usability. International Journal on E-­Learning (IJEL),7(3), 533-­558. Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
36. Sustar, H., Pfeil, U., & Zaphiris, P. (2008). Requirements Elicitation with and for Older Adults. IEEE
Software Journal, 25(3), 16-­17. IEEE. doi: 10.1109/MS.2008.69
37. Ang, C.S., Zaphiris, P. (2008). Social Learning in MMOG: an activity theoretical perspective. Interactive
Technology and Smart Education Journal, 5(2), 84-­102. Emerald Group Publishing. doi:
10.1108/17415650810880754
38. Zaphiris, P., Kurniawan, S., & Ghiawadwala, M. (2007). A Systematic Approach to the Development of
Research-­Based Web Design Guidelines for Older People. Universal Access in the Information
Society Journal, 6(1), 59-­76. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer. doi: 10.1007/s10209-­006-­0054-­8
39. Laghos, A., Zaphiris, P. (2007). Social Network Analysis of Self-­Taught e-­Learning Communities.
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International Journal of Knowledge and Learning, 3(4-­5), 465-­482. Inderscience Publishers. doi:
10.1504/IJKL.2007.016706
40. Zaphiris, P. & Constantinou, P. (2007). Using Participatory Design in the Development of a Language
Learning Tool. International Journal of Interactive Technology and Smart Education, 4(2), 79-­90.
Emerald Group Publishing. doi: 10.1108/17415650780000305
41. Zaphiris, P., Ang, C.S. & Law, D. (2007). Individualistic Vs. Competitive Game-­based E-­learning.
Advanced Technology for Learning, 4(4). ACTA Press. doi: 10.2316/Journal.208.2007.4.208-­0921
42. Ang, C.S., Zaphiris, P. & Mahmood, S. (2007). A Model of Cognitive Loads in Massively Multiplayer
Online Role Playing Games. Interacting with Computers, 19(2), 151-­166. Elsevier. doi:
10.1016/j.intcom.2006.08.006
43. Zaphiris, P. & Ang, C.S. (2007). HCI issues in computer games, Interacting with Computers, 19(2),
135-­139. Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.intcom.2006.08.007
44. Zaphiris, P. & Ang, C.S. (2006). Computer game based learning, International Journal of Interactive
Technology and Smart Education, 4(4), 255-­258. Emerald Group Publishing.
45. Pfeil, U., Zaphiris, P. & Ang C.S. (2006). Cultural Differences in Wiki Collaboration. Journal of
Computer Mediated Communication, 12(1), 88-­113. Wiley-­Blackwell. doi:
10.1111/j.1083-­6101.2006.00316.x
46. Zaphiris, P. & Sarwar, R. (2006). Trends, Similarities and Differences in the Usage of Teen and Senior
Public Online Newsgroups. ACM Transactions on Computer-­Human Interaction (TOCHI), 13(3),
2006, 403-­422. ACM Press. doi: 10.1145/1183456.1183461
47. Zaphiris, P., Kurniawan, S. & Ellis, R.D. (2005). Web and Aging: Challenges and Opportunities.
Universal Access in the Information Society Journal, 4(1), 1-­2. Heidelberg, Germany: Springer. doi:
10.1007/s10209-­005-­0112-­7
48. Zaphiris P., Laghos A. & Zacharia G. (2005). A Modern Greek Online Course designed through
Participatory Design and Social Distributed Constructionism. Themes in Education Journal, Special
Issue of Information & Communication Technologies in Diaspora, 6(1), 111-­124
49. Zaphiris, P., Gill, K., Ma, T.H-­Y, Wilson, S. & Petrie, H. (2004). Exploring the Use of Information
Visualization for Digital Libraries, New Review of Information Networking, 10(1), 51-­70, Taylor and
Francis, London, UK. doi: 10.1080/1361457042000304136
50. Kurniawan, S.H. & Zaphiris, P. (2003). Web Health Information Architecture for Older Adults. In B.
Shneiderman, J. Lazar, M. Ivory (Eds.) IT and Online Society, Special Issue on Web Navigation,
1(3), 2003, 42-­63, Stanford University, USA
51. Zaphiris, P., Shneiderman, B., & Norman, K.L. (2002). Expandable Indexes Versus Sequential Menus
for Searching Hierarchies on the World Wide Web. Behaviour and Information Technology, 21(3),
2002, 185-­201, Taylor and Francis, London, UK. doi: 10.1080/0144929021000009045
52. Kurniawan, S.H., Zaphiris, P. & Ellis, R.D. (2002). Older and Younger Adults’ Time and Errors in
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Expandable and Sequential Hierarchies. Gerontechnology 2(2), 203-­205. HoLaPress Science,
Valkenswaard, the Netherlands.
53. Zaphiris, P. & Kurniawan, S.H. (2001). Usability and Accessibility Comparison of Governmental,
Organizational, Educational and Commercial Aging/Health-­Related Web Sites. WebNet Journal:
Internet Technologies, Applications, Issues, 3(3), 2001, 45-­52. AACE Press, Norfolk, USA.
(C) Book Chapters
54. Zaphiris, P., & Ozok, A. (2012). Human Factors in Online Communities and Social Computing. In G.
Salvendy (Ed.), Handbook of Human Factors and Ergonomics (4th ed., pp. 1237–1249). Hoboken, NJ,
USA: John Wiley & Sons Inc. doi:10.1002/9781118131350.ch44
55. Zaphiris, P., Ang, C. S., & Laghos, A. (2012). Online Communities. In J. Jacko (Ed.), The
Human-­Computer Interaction Handbook (3rd ed., pp. 625–641). CRC Press. doi:10.1201/b11963-­31
56. Ang, C. S., Zaphiris, P., & Wilson, S. (2011). An activity theoretical model for social interaction in
computer games. In M. S. Khine (Ed.), Playful Teaching, Learning Games: New Tool for Digital
Classrooms (pp. 21-­37). Rotterdam, The Netherlands: Sense Publishers.
57. Ang, C. S., & Zaphiris, P. (2009). Developing enjoyable second language learning software tools: A
computer game paradigm. In R. Ferdig (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Effective Electronic Gaming
in Education (pp. 1372-­1389). Hershey, PA: IGI Global. doi:10.4018/978-­1-­59904-­808-­6.ch079
58. Ang, C. S., & Zaphiris, P. (2009). Developing enjoyable second language learning software tools: A
computer game paradigm. In P. Tiako (Ed.), Software Applications: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools,
and Applications (pp. 1375-­1393). Hershey, PA: IGI Global. doi:10.4018/978-­1-­60566-­060-­8.ch079
59. Laghos, A., & Zaphiris, P. (2009). Computer-­Aided Language Learning. In P. L. Rogers, G. A. Berg, J.
V. Boettcher, C. Howard, L. Justice, & K. D. Schenk (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Distance Learning
(2nd ed., pp. 374-­376). Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
60. Pfeil, U., & Zaphiris, P. (2009). Theories and methods for studying online communities for people with
disabilities and older people. In C. Stephanides (Ed.), The Universal Access Handbook (pp. 42-­1 -­
42-­9). Taylor & Francis: Boca Raton, FL.
61. Zaphiris, P., Ang, C. S., & Laghos, A. (2009). Online Communities. In A. Sears & J. A. Jacko (Eds.),
Human-­Computer Interaction: Design Issues, Solutions, and Applications (1st ed., pp. 275-­292).
Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.
62. Zaphiris, P., Pfeil, U., & Xhixho, D. (2009). User Evaluation of Age-­Centred Web Design Guidelines. In
C. Stephanides (Ed.), Universal Access in Human-­Computer Interaction. Addressing Diversity,
677–686. Springer.
63. Zaphiris, P., Laghos, A., & Zacharia, G. (2009). Distributed Construction through Participatory Design.
In M. Khosrow-­Pour (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Second Edition
(pp. 1181-­1185). Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
64. Zaphiris, P., Ang, C.S, Laghos, A. (2007) Researching Online Communities. In A. Sears and J. Jacko,
(Eds) The Human Computer Interaction Handbook, CRC Press. pp. 603-­620
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65. Ang, C.S. & Zaphiris, P. (2006). Developing Enjoyable Second Language Learning Software Tools: A
Computer Game Paradigm. In Zaphiris, P., Zacharia, G. (Eds), User-­Centered Computer Aided
Language Learning (pp. 1-­21). Idea Group.
66. Zaphiris, P., Dellaporta, A. & Mohamedally, D. (2006). User needs analysis and evaluation of portals. In
Cox, A. (Ed.), Portals: people, processes and technology, Facet Publishing, London UK.
67. Savitch, N., Zaphiris, P., Smith, M., Litherland, R., Aggarwal, N., & Potier, E. (2006). Involving people
with dementia in the development of a discussion forum – A community-­centred approach. In J.
Clarkson, P. Langdon and P. Robinson (Eds), Designing accessible technology (pp 237-­248),
Springer-­Verlag, London, 2006.
68. Zaphiris, P., Kurniawan, S., (2005). Challenges and Opportunities of Computer-­Based Learning for
Senior Citizens. Encyclopedia of International Computer Based Learning.
69. Laghos, A. & Zaphiris, P. (2005). Computer Assisted/Aided Language Learning. In C. Howard, J.V.
Boettcher, L. Justice, K. Schenk, P. Rogers & G.A. Berg (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Distance Learning
(Vol. 1, pp. 331-­336). Hershey, PA: Idea Group Reference
70. Zaphiris P., Laghos, A., Zacharia, G. (2005). Distributed Construction through Participatory Design. In
M. Khosrow-­Pour (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology I-­V. Hershey, PA:
Idea Group Inc.
71. Laghos, A. & Zaphiris, P. (2005). Computer-­Aided Language Learning. In C.Howard, J.V. Boettcher,
L. Justice, K. Schenk, P. Rogers & G.A. Berg (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Distance Learning (Vol. 1, pp.
337-­340). Hershey, PA: Idea Group Reference
72. Zaphiris, P. & Zacharia, G. (2005). Participatory Design of Interactive computer-­based Learning
Systems. Encyclopedia of International Computer Based Learning.
73. Zaphiris, P., Zacharia, G. & Rajasekaran, M.S. (2004) Distributed Constructionism through Participatory
Design. In C. Ghaoui. (Ed), E-­education Applications: Human Factors and Innovative Approaches,
Idea Group Publishing, Hershey, PA
74. Mohamedally, D., Zaphiris, P., and Petrie, H. (2004). User Centred Mobile Computing. Encyclopaedia
chapter in Multimedia Technology and Networks. Idea Group Inc. IRM Press.
75. King, N., Ma, T. H-­Y., Zaphris, P., Petrie, H., & Hamilton, F. (2004). An incremental usability and
accessibility evaluation framework for digital libraries. In P. Brophy, S. Fisher, & J. Craven (Eds.),
Libraries without walls 5: The distributed delivery if librarian and information services (pp.
123-­131). London: Facet.
76. Zaphiris, P. & Zacharia, G. (2003). Website Content Accessibility of the Cyprus Domain. In
Manolopoulos, Y., Evripidou, S., Kakas, A. (Eds) Lecture Notes in Computer Science: Advances in
Informatics -­ Post-­proceedings of the 8th Panhellenic Conference in Informatics, 2003, Vol. 2563,
pp. 248-­261, Springer Verlag, Heidelberg, Germany. doi: 10.1007/3-­540-­38076-­0_17
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(D) Refereed Conference Publications
77. Vasiliou, C., Ioannou, A., & Zaphiris P. (2013). Technology Enhanced PBL in HCI Education.
INTERACT 2013 Conference. Cape Town, South Africa.
78. Loizides, F., Mavri, A., Polydorou, D., Buchanan, G., & Zaphiris, P. (2013). AugDesk. Fusing Reality
with the Virtual in Document Triage. Part1: Gesture Interactions. Theory and Practise of Digital
Libraries 2013 Conference (TPDL 2013)
79. Kyriacou, S., Antigoni, P., Zaphiris, P., & Stylianou, C. (2013). Using phenomenography to capture the
variation of students’ attitudes towards Computer Assisted Language Learning. 15th International
Conference of Applied Linguistics, Greek Society of Applied Linguistics. Thesalloniki, Greece.
80. Lamas, D., Zaphiris, P., & Christou, G. (2013). Promoting Human-­Computer Interaction Values and
Practices in Small and Emerging Economies. Special Interest Group at INTERACT 2013.
81. Abascal, J., Barbosa, S., Joshi, A., Orwa, D., Weber, G., & Zaphiris, P. (2013). Rethinking Universal
Accessibility: A broader approach considering the digital gap. Workshop at INTERACT 2013.
82. Christou, G., Law, E. L.-­C., Geerts, D., Nacke, L., & Zaphiris, P. (2013). Designing and Evaluating
Sociability in Online Video Games. Workshop at CHI 2013.
83. Parmaxi, A., Kyriacou, S., Stylianou, C., & Zaphiris, P., & Papadima-­Sophocleous, S. (2013). Using
phenomenography to capture the variation of language teachers and learners’ attitudes towards
Computer Assisted Language Learning. 4th WorldCALL Conference. Glasgow, UK.
84. Parmaxi, A., Zaphiris, P., Michailidou, E., Papadima-­Sophocleous, S., & Ioannou, A. (2013). Introducing
new perspectives in the use of social technologies in learning: social constructionism. INTERACT 2013
Conference. Cape Town, South Africa.
85. Hourcade, J. P., Nathan, L., Zaphiris, P., Mancanaro, M., & Kapros, E. (2013). HCI for Peace
Ideathon. Special Interest Group at CHI 2013. Paris, France.
86. Ioannou, A., Zaphiris, P., Loizides, F., & Vasiliou, C. (2013). Mapping Peace Ideas around the Table.
Poster at HCII 2013.
87. Siriaraya, P., Zaphiris, P., & Ang, C. S. (2013). Supporting social interaction for older users in game-­like
3D virtual worlds. Proceedings of the CHI 2013 Workshop on Designing and Evaluating Sociability in
Online Video Games.
88. Vasiliou, C., Ioannou, A., Arh, T., Zaphiris, P., & Klobučar, T. (2013). Technology Enhanced Problem
Based Learning. 32nd International Conference on Organizational Science Development. Portorož,
Slovenia.
89. Michaelidou, E., Zaphiris, P., & Christoforou, C. (2013). Eye-­tracking based Methodological framework
for optimal distribution of online advertisement locations. 2nd Interaction Design & Human-­Computer
Interaction Workshop. Nicosia, Cyprus.
90. Parmaxi, A., Zaphiris, P., Papadima-­Sophocleous, S., & Ioannou, A. (2013). Charting recent
development in Computer Assisted Language Learning. WorldCALL 2013. Glasgow, UK.
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91. Vasiliou, C., Ioannou, A., & Zaphiris, P. (2013). PBL in HCI Teaching: A Case study. 2nd Interaction
Design & Human-­Computer Interaction Workshop. Nicosia, Cyprus.
92. Loizides, F., Zaphiris, P., & Gatzoulis, C. (2012). Computer Game Research and Industry in a Small
Nation. Extended Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Fun and Games (pp. 27–28).
Toulouse, France: IRIT Press.
93. Zaphiris, P., Ioannou, A., Loizides, F., & Vasiliou, C. (2012). Ideas Mapping , Surface Computing and
User Experience. Proceedings of the International Workshop on the Interplay between User
Experience (UX) Evaluation and System Development (I-­UxSED 2012) part of NordiCHI 2012 (pp.
4–9). Copenhagen: University of Leicester, UK.
94. Loizides, F., Vasiliou, C., Ioannou, A., & Zaphiris, P. (2012). Collaboratively Creating a Thematic
Repository Using Interactive Table-­Top Technology. Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries -­
Lecture Notes in Computer Science 7489/2012 (Vol. 2, pp. 512–516). Springer.
doi:10.1007/978-­3-­642-­33290-­6_62
95. Michailidou, E., Mavrou, K., & Zaphiris, P. (2012). eInclusion @ Cyprus Universities : Provision and
Web Accessibility. Proceedings of the 2012 ACM annual conference extended abstracts on Human
Factors in Computing Systems Extended Abstracts (CHI EA ’12) (pp. 1637–1642). New York, NY:
ACM. doi:10.1145/2212776.2223685
96. Hourcade, J. P., Bullock-­Rest, N., Davis, J., Jayatilaka, L., Moraveji, N., Nathan, L., & Zaphiris, P.
(2012). HCI for peace: preventing, de-­escalating and recovering from conflict. Proceedings of the 2012
ACM annual conference extended abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems Extended
Abstracts -­ CHI EA ’12 (pp. 2703–2076). New York, New York: ACM Press.
doi:10.1145/2212776.2212700
97. Ioannou, A., Zaphiris, P., & Loizides, F. (2012). Mapping Ideas Around the Table. Paper for Surface
Learning Workshop ’12. Bristol, UK.
98. Christou, G., Zaphiris, P., Ang, C. S., & Law, E. L.-­C. (2011). Designing for the user experience of
sociability in massively multiplayer online games. Proceedings of the 2011 annual conference
(extended abstracts) on Human factors in computing systems -­ CHI ’11 (pp. 879-­882). New York,
New York, USA: ACM Press. doi:10.1145/1979742.1979544
99. Hourcade, J. P., Bullock-­Rest, N. E., Friedman, B., Nelson, M., Shneiderman, B., & Zaphiris, P. (2011).
HCI for peace. Proceedings of the 2011 annual conference (extended abstracts) on Human
factors in computing systems -­ CHI ’11 (p. 613). New York, USA: ACM Press.
doi:10.1145/1979742.1979493
100.
Mavrou, K., Michailidou, E., & Zaphiris, P. (2011). Accessibility of Cypriot University Websites
in Cyprus. Proceedings of Social Justice and Participation: the role of Higher Education. Nicosia: ISA.
101.
Voutounos, C., Lanitis, A., & Zaphiris, P. (2011). Formulating design guidelines for cultural
heritage multimedia systems with byzantine art content. Proceedings of the International EuroMed
Conference on Digital Cultural Heritage (pp. 230-­235). Limassol, Cyprus.
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102.
Smith, M. A., Zaphiris, P., Ang, C. S., & Hansen, D. (2010). Introduction to Social Network
Analysis. Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on Human factors in computing systems -­
CHI2010. Atlanta, GA: ACM Press.
103.
Zaphiris, P. (2010). Describing and Modeling User Behaviour in Social Media. Keynote
presentation at SMAP 2010 -­ 5th International Workshop on Semantic Media Adaptation and
Personalization. Limassol, Cyprus.
104.
Zaphiris, P. (2010). Using Social Network Analysis to Analyse and Model Online Communities
and Virtual Worlds. Research workshop: Making Sense of Virtual. Copenhagen.
105.
Ang, C. S., & Zaphiris, P. (2009). Simulating Social Networks of Online Communities: Simulation
as a Method for Sociability Design. Human-­Computer Interaction–INTERACT 2009 (LNCS 5727) (Vol.
II, pp. 443-­456). Uppsala: Springer.
106.
Ang, C. S., & Zaphiris, P. (2009). Social Network Analysis and Social Simulation of Online
Computer Game Communities. Workshop on Spatial and Network Analysis in Qualitative Research.
Nicosia.
107.
Ang, C. S., Zaphiris, P., & Wilson, S. (2009). Wiki-­mediated Collaborative/Distributed Narrative
Construction of Game Communities. Proceedings of the first International Wikimedia Conference.
Frankfurt.
108.
Jones, S., Zaphiris, P., Fields, B., & Bardill, A. (2009). Information Spaces for Creative
Conversations. Workshop proposal for HCI 2009 conference (pp. 1-­2). Cambridge: ACM Press.
109.
Pfeil, U., Zaphiris, P., & Wilson, S. (2009). Online support communities for older people:
Network patterns and characteristics of computer-­mediated communication. Workshop Enhancing
interaction spaces by social media for the elderly part of ECSCW Conference. Vienna, Austria.
110.
Sustar, H., Jones, S., & Zaphiris, P. (2009). Older people as equal partners in designing a digital
device for senior’s everyday needs. Create09 Conference. London, UK.
111.
Zaphiris, P., & Ang, C. S. (2009). Introduction to Social Network Analysis (Tutorial). In T.
Gross, J. Gulliksen, P. Kotzé, L. Oestreicher, P. Palanque, R. O. Prates, & M. Winckler (Eds.),
Human-­Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2009 12th IFIP TC 13 International Conference (5727th
ed., Vol. II, pp. 940-­941). Uppsala: Springer.
112.
Zaphiris, P., & Pfeil, U. (2009). Computer Mediated Communication of Older People. Paper
presented at the workshop “Age matters: Bridging the generation gap through technology mediated
interaction”, at the Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems CHI 2009. Boston.
113.
Zaphiris, P., Sustar, H., Pfeil, U. (2008) Inclusive Design for Older People. HCI and the Older
Population Workshop, British HCI 2008 Conference.
114.
Arjan, R., Pfeil, U., and Zaphiris, P. (2008). Age differences in online social networking. In CHI
'08 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems (Florence, Italy, April 05 -­ 10, 2008).
CHI '08. ACM, New York, NY, 2739-­2744.
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115.
Zaphiris, P. & Savitch, N. (2007) Using eye-­tracking to model age related differences in web
browsing. HCI International Conference.
116.
Ang, C.S, Zaphiris, P., Wilson, S. (2007) The social aspect of computer games: an activity
theoretical model. HCI International Conference.
117.
Sustar, H., Zaphiris, P. (2007). Emotional Interaction as a Way of Communication. In
Proceedings of Designing Pleasurable Products and Interfaces 2007 conference. Helsinki, Finland.
438-­445.
118.
Pfeil, U. & Zaphiris, P. (2007). Patterns of empathy in online communication. In Proceedings of
the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (San Jose, California, USA, April 28 -­
May 03, 2007). CHI '07. ACM Press, New York, NY, 919-­928.
119.
Al-­Wabil, A., Zaphiris, P., Wilson, S. (2007). Web Navigation for Individuals with Dyslexia: An
Exploratory Study. In proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Human-­Computer Interaction,
Beijing, China. C. Stephanidis (Ed.): Universal Access in HCI, Part I, HCII 2007, LNCS 4554, pp.
593–602.
120.
Laghos, A., Zaphiris, P. (2007). Investigating Student Roles in Online Student-­Centered
Learning. ICEM 2007 Conference.
121.
Ang, C.S, Zaphiris, P., Wilson, S. (2007) The social aspect of computer games: an activity
theoretical model. HCI International Conference 2007.
122.
Laghos, A., Zaphiris, P. (2006). Sociology of Student-­Centred e-­Learning Communities: A
Network Analysis. e-­Society 2006 Conference, Dublin, Ireland.
123.
Ang, C.S., Zaphiris, P., Mahmood, S. (2006). Cognitive Load Issues in MMORPGs. Fun and
Game 2006. England
124.
Al-­Wabil, A., Zaphiris, P., Wilson, S. (2006). Web Design for Dyslexics: Accessibility of Arabic
Content, in Proceedings of ICCHP International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special
Needs. K. Miesenberger et al. (Eds.): ICCHP 2006, LNCS 4061, pp. 817 – 822.
125.
Mohamedally, D., Edlich, S., Klaus, E., & Zaphiris, P. (2006). "MIKE's PET -­ A
Participant-­based Experiment Tracking Tool for HCI Practitioners using Mobile Devices" , In
Proceedings of SPIE's 18th Annual Symposium for Electronic Imaging 2006, San Jose, California, USA.
126.
Savitch, N. & Zaphiris, P. (2006). Accessible websites for people with dementia: a preliminary
investigation into information architecture. Published In Computers Helping People with Special Needs
-­ proceedings of the 10th ICCHP 2006, Linz, Austria, July 2006. Edited by Klaus Miesenberger,
Joachim Klaus, Wolfgang Zagler and Arthur Karshmer, Springer, pp144-­151.
127.
Zaphiris, P (2006). Designing Websites and Portals that Work. Invited presentation at GITEX
2006 conference. Dubai 18-­22 November 2006.
128.
Kurniawan, S. & Zaphiris, P. (2005). Research-­Derived Web Design Guidelines for Older
People. Proceedings of Seventh International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and
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Accessibility 2005 (ASSETS'05), pp. 129-­135.
129.
Savitch, N. & Zaphiris, P. (2005). An investigation into the accessibility of web-­based
information for people with dementia, 11th International Conference on Human-­Computer Interaction,
Las Vegas, July 2005.
130.
Laghos, A. & Zaphiris, P. (2005). Frameworks for Analyzing Computer-­Mediated
Communication in e-­Learning. 11th International Conference on Human-­Computer Interaction
(HCI-­International), Las Vegas, USA
131.
Laghos, A. & Zaphiris, P. (2005). Online Social Structures and Perceived Attitudes towards
Thinking and Learning. 5th International Conference on the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning (SoTL),
London, UK
132.
Mohamedally, D., Zaphiris, P., & Petrie, H. (2005). PROTEUS: Artefact-­Driven Constructionist
Assessment within TabletPC-­Based Low-­Fidelity Prototyping. Proceedings of HCI 2005 Edinburgh,
British HCI Group, British Computing Society, UK.
133.
Mohamedally, D., Zaphiris, P., & Petrie, H. (2005). Incorporating Digital Inking Methods in HCI
Knowledge Elicitation. "Improving and Assessing Pen based Input Techniques" workshop;; Proceedings
of HCI 2005 Edinburgh, British HCI Group, British Computing Society, UK.
134.
Mohamedally, D., Zaphiris, P., & Petrie, H. (2005). Mobile Interactive Knowledge Elicitation
(MIKE) -­ Mobile Cyberscience in HCI Methods. Proceedings of HCI International 2005, Las Vegas,
USA.
135.
Mohamedally, D., Edlich, S., Zaphiris, P., & Petrie, H. (2005). MIKE's CONKER -­ A
COllaborative Non-­linear Knowledge Elicitation Repository for Mobile HCI Practitioners, Proceedings
of SPIE's 17th Annual Symposium for Electronic Imaging 2005, San Jose, California, USA.
136.
Ang, C.S., Zaphiris, P. & Wilson, S. (2005). Social Interaction in Game Communities and Second
Language Learning. The 19th British HCI Group Annual Conference. Edinburgh, UK (best poster
award)
137.
Ang, C.S., Zaphiris, P. & Wilson, S. (2005). Wiki-­mediated Collaborative/Distributed Narrative
Construction of Game Communities. The First International Wikimedia Conference. Frankfurt, Germany
138.
Ang, C.S., Zaphiris, P. & Wilson, S. (2005). Wiki-­supported Collaborative Narrative
Construction in Game Communities. The ECSCW'05 workshop on "Computer Games & CSCW". Paris,
France
139.
Mohamedally, D., Zaphiris, P., & Petrie, H. (2004). The Development of MIKE based tools for
Human Computer Interaction, 5th Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers (AOIR v.5),
Sussex University, Brighton UK.
140.
Savitch, N., Zaphiris, P., Clare, L., Freeman, E. (2004). Learning from people with dementia to
improve accessibility of website interfaces. British HCI Conference, 2004.
141.
Laghos, A. & Zaphiris, P. (2004). A comparison of CALL website features, CMS features and
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user expectations. CALL 2004 Conference, Antwerp, Belgium, 2004
142.
Laghos, A. & Zaphiris, P. (2004). Requirement Solicitation for Computer Assisted/Aided
Language Learning Systems. ED-­media Conference, Lugano, Switzerland, 2004
143.
Mohamedally, D. & Zaphiris, P. (2004). Asynchronous Knowledge Elicitation Through Software
Based Card Sorting in Collaborative and Geographically Dispersed Environments. IEEE Prep 2004,
Hertfordshire, UK.
144.
Zaphiris, P., Kulvinder, G., Hoi-­Yan Ma, T., Wilson, S. & Petrie, P. (2004). Participatory Design
of Information Visualisation Interfaces for Digital Libraries. ED-­media Conference, Lugano, Switzerland,
2004
145.
Mughal, S. & Zaphiris, P. (2003). Evidence-­Based Web and Ageing Guidelines. Workshop
proceedings of 1st International Workshop on Web and Aging. HCI International Conference, 2003.
146.
Zaphiris, P., Kurniawan, S.H. & Ellis, R.D. (2003). Age related differences and the Depth vs.
Breadth trade-­off in hierarchical online information systems. Lecture Notes in Computer Science:
Universal Access: Theoretical Perspectives, Practice, and Experience (Proceedings of 7th ERCIM
Workshop ‘User Interfaces for All’, Paris, 23-­25 Oct 2002), Vol. 2615, pp. 23-­42. Springer Verlag,
Heidelberg, Germany.
147.
Kurniawan, S.H., Zaphiris, P. & Ellis, R.D. (2003). Age-­Related Differences in Subjective
Ratings of Hierarchical Information. In C. Stephanidis (Ed.), Universal Access in HCI, 2003, pp.
857-­861. Lawrence Erlbaum, Mehwah, USA.
148.
Zaphiris, P., Kurniawan, S.H. & Ellis, R.D. (2003). Mathematical Formulation of Age Related
Differences in Mouse Movement Tasks. In C. Stephanidis (Ed.), Universal Access in HCI, 2003, pp.
917-­921. Lawrence Erlbaum, Mehwah, USA.
149.
Zaphiris, P., Zacharia, G. & Laghos, A. (2003). Online teaching of modern Greek through
participatory design and social distributed consturctionism. In the proceedings of the 1st International
Conference on ICT in Hellenic Diaspora. London, UK, 12 Nov 2003
150.
Rajasekaran, M.S. & Zaphiris, P. (2003). Social Network Analysis of a Participatory Designed
Online Foreign Language Course. In J. Jacko, C. Stephanidis (Ed.), Human-­Computer Interaction,
Theory and Practice, 2003, pp. 218-­222. Lawrence Erlbaum, Mehwah, USA.
151.
Hoi-­Yan Ma,T. & Zaphiris, P. (2003). The Usability and Content Accessibility of the
E-­government in the UK. In C. Stephanidis (Ed.), Universal Access in HCI, 2003, pp. 760-­764.
Lawrence Erlbaum, Mehwah, USA .
152.
Mohamedally, D., Zaphiris, P. & Petrie, H. (2003). Recent Research in Mobile Computing: A
Review and Taxonomy of HCI Issues. Abridged Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on
Human Computer Interaction, 2003, 9-­10. June 22-­27, Crete, Greece.
153.
Mohamedally, D., Zaphiris, P. & Petrie, H. (2003). A Web Based Tool for HCI-­Orientated
Massive Asynchronous Linear Card Sorting. In the Proceedings of British HCI Conference. Bath, UK
8-­12 September 2003, Vol. 2, pp. 99-­103.
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154.
Wenham, D. & Zaphiris, P. (2003). User Interface Evaluation Methods for Internet Banking
Web Sites: A Review, Evaluation and Case Study. In J. Jacko, C. Stephanidis (Ed.), Human-­Computer
Interaction, Theory and Practice, 2003, pp. 721-­725. Lawrence Erlbaum, Mehwah, USA .
155.
King, N., Hoi-­Yan Ma, T., Zaphiris, P., Petrie, H. & Hamilton, F. (2003). Usability and
Accessibility Framework for Digital Libraries. Abridged Proceedings of the 10th International
Conference on Human Computer Interaction, 2003, 29-­30. June 22-­27, Crete, Greece.
156.
Kurniawan, S.H., Zaphiris, P. & Ellis, R.D. (2002). Comparing older and younger adults
traversal time in expandable and non-­expandable hierarchical structures. Proceedings of Human Factors
and Ergonomics Society 46th Annual Meeting. Baltimore, USA, 29 Sept -­ 4 Oct 2002, pp. 185-­188.
157.
Zaphiris, P. & Kurniawan, S.H. (2002). Quantitative Models for Older Adults' Hierarchical
Structure Browsing. Paper presented at the British HCI Workshop on 'A new research agenda for older
adults', London, 3rd Sept 2002.
158.
Zaphiris, P. & Zacharia, G. (2002) Student Involvement in designing an online foreign language
course. Proceedings of British HCI Conference (Volume 2), London, Sept 2002, pp. 170-­173.
159.
Kurniawan, S.H., & Zaphiris, P. (2002). Review of: Usability for the Web: Designing Web Sites
that Work by Tom Brinck, Darren Gergle and Scott D. Wood. SigCHI Bulletin 2002, July/August, 11.
160.
Kurniawan, S.H. & Zaphiris, P. (2001). Usability and Accessibility Comparison of
Governmental, Organizational, Educational and Commercial Aging/Health Related Web Sites.
Proceedings of the 45th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society [CD-­ROM],
Minneapolis, MN, USA, October 8-­12, 2001, pp. 206-­210.
161.
Kurniawan, S.H. & Zaphiris, P. (2001). Investigating Computer Screen and Paper Reading
Speed Differences. In Proceedings of WebNet 2001: World Conference on the WWW and Internet
[CD-­ROM]. Orlando, USA, 23-­27 Oct, pp.
162.
Kurniawan, S.H. & Zaphiris, P. (2001). Reading Online or on Paper: Which is Faster? Abridged
Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Human Computer Interaction, 2001, 220-­222. August
5-­10, New Orleans, LA.
163.
Kurniawan, S.H., Zaphiris, P. & Ellis, R.D (2001). Involving Seniors in Designing Information
Architecture for the Web. In C. Stephanidis (Ed.) Universal Access in HCI, 2001, 496-­500. Lawrence
Erlbaum, Mahwah, USA.
164.
Zaphiris, P. (chair), Noiwan, J., Kurniawan, S.H. & Karoulis, A. (2001). Panel on Special Topics
of Web Usability. In WebNet 2001: World Conference on the WWW and Internet, Orlando, USA, 23-­27
Oct.
165.
Zaphiris, P. & Kurniawan, S.H. (2001). Effects of Information Layout on Reading Speed
Differences between Paper and Monitor Presentation. Proceedings of the 45th Annual Meeting of the
Human Factors and Ergonomics Society [CD-­ROM], Minneapolis, MN, USA, October 8-­12, 2001,
pp.1210-­1214.
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166.
Zaphiris, P. & Kurniawan, S.H. (2001). Senior-­Centered Design of Health Information
Architecture. Extended Abstract of CHI 2001 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems.
Seattle, USA, 31 Mar – 5 April 2001, pp. 465-­466.
167.
Zaphiris, P. & Kurniawan, S.H. (2001). Usability and Accessibility of Aging/Health-­Related
Websites. Abridged Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Human Computer Interaction,
2001, 34-­36. August 5-­10, New Orleans, LA.
168.
Zaphiris, P. & Kurniawan, S.H. (2001). User-­centered web based information architecture for
senior citizens. Proceedings of Panhellenic Conference with International Participation on HCI, Rio
Patras, Greece, Dec 7-­9, 2001, pp. 293-­298.
169.
Zaphiris, P & Zacharia, G. (2001). Usability Evaluation of an On-­Line Modern Greek Language
Course. In Proceedings of the 8th Panhellenic Conference on Informatics. November 8-­10. Nicosia,
Cyprus.
170.
Zaphiris, P. & Zacharia, G. (2001). User-­Centered Evaluation of an On-­Line Modern Greek
Language Course. In Proceedings of WebNet 2001 Conference, October 23-­27. Orlando, FL.
171.
Zaphiris, P. & Zacharia, G. (2001). Participatory Design of an Online Modern Greek Course.
Abridged proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Human Computer Interaction, August 5-­10
. New Orleans, LA., pp. 272-­274.
172.
Zaphiris, P. & Zacharia, G. (2001). Measuring Internet Audiences and Usability of an Online
Course. Proceedings of the IIE Annual Conference [CD-­ROM], Dallas, TX, USA, May 20-­23.
173.
Zaphiris, P. & Zacharia, G. (2001). Design Methodology of an Online Greek Language Course.
In Proceedings of CHI 2001 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, March 31 – April 5.
Seattle, WA.
174.
Zaphiris, P & Zacharias, G. (2001). Website Content Accessibility of 30,000 Cypriot Web Sites.
Proceedings of the 8th Panhellenic Conference on Informatics. Nicosia, Cyprus, November 8-­10, 2001,
pp. 128-­136.
175.
Zaphiris, P. & Ellis, R.D. (2001). Website Usability and Content Accessibility of the top USA
Universities. In Proceedings of WebNet 2001 Conference, October 23-­27. Orlando, FL.
176.
Zaphiris, P. (2001). Age Differences and the Depth-­Breadth Tradeoff in Hierarchical Online
Information Systems. In C. Stephanidis (Ed.), Universal Access in HCI, 2001, pp. 540-­544. Lawrence
Erlbaum, Mehwah, USA
177.
Kurniawan, S.H., & Zaphiris, P. (2001). Investigating the Age Effects on Subjective
Assessments of Traffic Signs. Proceedings of the IIE Annual Conference [CD-­ROM], Dallas, TX,
USA, May 20-­23.
178.
Zaphiris, P. & Ellis, R.D. (2000). Mathematical Modeling of Age Differences in Hierarchical
Information Systems. Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Universal Usability, Arlington, VA, USA,
November 16-­17, pp. 157-­158.
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Zaphiris, P. (2000). Depth Vs Breadth in the Arrangement of Web Links. Proceedings of the
44th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society [CD-­ROM], San Diego, CA, USA,
July 30 – August 4, pp. 139-­144.
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Part C – Description of Research Work
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Contents:
1. Summary
2
2. Computer Mediated Communication
2
3. Inclusive Design
6
4. The Cyprus Interaction Lab and Future Directions
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5. Future Research Plans
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5. Bibliography
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Summary
My research focus is in the area of "Inclusive Design and Social Aspects of Computing".
More specifically the general themes of research I engage with are:
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Computer Games and their social and pedagogical dimensions
Computer Mediated Communication (CMC)
E-­learning and sociability around e-­learning
Design of interactive systems for the elderly and the disabled
Cultural issues/differences and the design of interactive systems
Participatory Design (especially as it applies to e-­learning and design of interactive
systems for/with people with special needs)
● Web Accessibility
● Computer Aided Language Learning
I highlight below some of the key research sub-­themes I have been doing work in the last
few years. Further information about funded projects and publications can be found in my
CV:
1. Computer Mediated Communication
Computer Mediated Communication is my main research area spanning across various
sub-­themes
1.1 Social Computing and Aging
Aging has been the centre of my research since my PhD days. My research focus has
diversified since then but still in many ways my focus on Social Computing and Aging
remains very strong and I consider it the main research area of my work.
More and more people aged 60+ are using the internet. In recent years, older people’s
activities online have expanded from information retrieval to include social and
communicative activities as well. Many older people use online communities on a regular
basis, often to find information and support concerning a specific health problem. The
increasing amount of social activities on the internet poses new challenges for Inclusive
Design researchers. Ensuring access to information on the internet is no longer sufficient, as
social aspects of activities on the internet have to be considered, too [2]. These include
taking into account how older people communicate with each other, how they exchange
information and support, and how they form relationships and groups online. Our work
investigates the use of online social settings by older people. In particular, we are interested
in differences in group building and social interactions between older people and teenagers.
Another focus is on online social support as exchanged between older people in online
support communities. We have conducted numerous studies in these two areas and we
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highlight some of them below.
1.1.2 Differences between older people and teenagers in using Social Networks
A profound part of our work not only deals with the content that is exchanged in online
settings, but also how older people vis-­a-­vis teenagers develop relationships in these
settings. In an initial analysis, we compared the social network of two online communities -­
one for teenagers and one for older people. This helped us to establish a better
understanding of similarities and differences in the ways of interaction among the participants
of these two online communities. A series of analytical and statistical techniques, like Social
Network Analysis (SNA), were employed in order to get a better understanding of the two
online communities. The analysis showed that the social network of the online community for
teenagers is more highly connected, has more messages sent and received and has a higher
reciprocity. On the other hand, the online community for older people has more central
dominant people who tend to make the rest of the network dependent on them for
communication [18]. In a follow-­up study, we further deepened the analysis of
age-­differences of user behaviour by investigating teenagers and older people's use and
social capital in the social network site MySpace. Our findings show a social capital divide.
Teenagers have larger networks of friends compared to older users of MySpace. On the
other hand, we found that the majority of teenage users' friends are in their own age range
(age +/-­ 2 years), whilst older people's networks of friends tend to have a more diverse age
distribution. In addition, our results show that teenagers tend to make more use of different
media (e.g. video, music) within MySpace and use more self references and negative
emotions when describing themselves on their profile compared to older people [1].
1.1.3 Analysis of online social support for older people
Online support communities offer a place for people who experience a similar life situation to
come together to share information and to support each other. Up to now research has
mainly investigated online support communities for mainstream users. Little is known about
how people with disabilities and older people interact and socialise in these settings. The aim
of our research activities is to fill this current gap and investigate the exchange of support in
online support communities for older people.
In order to understand the nature of online social support for older people, we investigated
the content of an online support community for older people (SeniorNet). Qualitative
content analysis of 400 messages from a discussion board about depression was used to
determine how social support is expressed and facilitated in online communication. Special
emphasis was placed on determining the components of online social support. Based on our
analysis, we developed a code scheme that can be used to analyse online supportive
communication among older people.
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This investigation identified different components of social support as well as their frequency
and prevalence in supportive communication. In particular, we distinguish between the
following aspects [3]: (a) Self-­ disclosure: Text units in which people talk about themselves.
This can be done in several ways (e.g. emotional, medical, narrative). (b) Community
building: Text units that include people's opinion about the online support community and
meta-­information about the activity within the online support community. (c) Light support:
Encouraging and uplifting text units. They are usually written in a generic way and can be
aimed at individual members or the whole online support community. (d) Deep support:
Supporting text units that are often emotional and customised towards the unique situation of
the person that the message is written to. (e) Factual information: Text units that include
factual questions and information about the topic of discussion. (f) Off-­topic: Text units that
are not related to the topic of the online support community. (g) Technical issues: Text units
that ask technical questions about the use of the online support community and suggestions
on how to solve them
By investigating the components of social support and highlighting the differences and
similarities between online and offline support, we further clarified the phenomenon and its
occurrence online. Our code scheme and its relation to social support go beyond existing
research and provide a framework for analysing the nature and degree of social support
within an online community [2].
1.1.4 Interaction patterns of supportive conversation
In addition to the analysis of the content that older people exchange in an online support
community, we also investigated the interaction patterns and how the exchange of supportive
content builds up to a conversation. We analysed a data-­set of messages posted over the
period of six years in an online support community for older people using our code scheme.
We studied the content and sequences of messages within this data-­set and linked our
findings to the level of activity of the online support community over time. Our findings
showed how certain sequences of messages within the online community are related to the
level of activity thus providing valuable insight into the role of message-­sequences in
sustaining online support communities for older people. For example, we showed that the
mutual exchange of personal information and receiving support after talking about personal
problems are basic components for the sustainability of the online community, whereas
conversations that go off the topic of the online community seem to be related to a decrease
in the level of activity [6].
In order to investigate the development of older people's relationships within an online
support community, we analysed the communication patterns and relationships between
members of an online support discussion board. In addition to looking at the structure of the
exchanged messages within the discussion board as a whole, we also investigated
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associations between the communication content and the social network patterns. Our
findings show distinct differences between the social network patterns of emotional and
factual communications. For example, members are more connected and closer to each
other in the social sub-­networks that are based on emotional communication compared to
factual communication. Additionally our results show that the type of supportive
communication (e.g. posting different kinds of support) is linked to the social network
structure within the discussion board [5].
1.5 Older people's perceptions of online support
After investigating older people's behaviour in online support communities, we also
investigated older adults’ needs and preferences concerning online social support. We
focused our analysis on the seven different aspects of online support already mentioned
above: Self disclosure, Community building, Light support, Deep support, Factual
Information, Off topic, and Technical issues. For each aspect we were interested in how
older adults perceive this aspect of support, what they think are the similarities and
differences of this aspect of support in online settings vs offline settings, and what they
perceive are the advantages and disadvantages of communicating this aspect of support
online. We did this by conducting detailed interviews with three groups of older adults (31
people in total) with different levels of expertise in using the internet and online
communication (older adults who do not use the internet, older adults who use only email,
and older adults who participate in online support communities). Interviews were transcribed
verbatim and analyzed. Our findings describe older adults’ perception of different aspects of
support and identify their motivation for turning to online support and the reasons for any
reluctance to do so. Thus, our findings give insight into how online support communities
could best be utilized to improve older people’s experience with online support [6]. This
study was recently replicated by us in Cyprus and compared to the UK study. Cultural
differences in perception of online support by older people were highlighted [19].
1.2 Social Computing and Computer Games
A new research area we have been exploring in the last few years is that of social computing
and computer games. Research we conducted in this area includes the use of eye tracking
for evaluation of e-­learning multimedia applications to identify and capture social engagement
of students with such media.
Also, our focus has been on analysing and modelling social interaction in computer games
and Virtual Worlds [20-­22] . We have used Social Network Analysis (SNA) to model and
simulate player communities in World of Warcraft and SecondLife.
My interest in this area has resulted in the recently completed Cyprus Research Foundation
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Project (in collaboration with the Department of Computer Science of University of Cyprus
and the Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology (SIAT) in China) where we carried out
a feasibility study and the establishment of a strategic plan for the potential of Computer
Game industry and research in Cyprus. A result of this project was also the establishment of
the MSc in Design and Development of Computer Games and Interactive Technologies, the
first ever joint degree between two universities in Cyprus.
2 Inclusive Design
2.1 Web Accessibility Design Guidelines for Older People
Our SilverWeb guidelines were initially based on a literature review of over 100
peer-­reviewed papers from the area of Human-­Computer Interaction, web design and
ageing. Out of the reviewed papers, an initial set of 52 guidelines was extracted, and the
results of this process were reported in a CHI 2005 paper [14] and an ASSETS 2005
paper [15]. Card sorting was then applied in order to improve their categorisation, and a
Focus Group with HCI experts reviewed the guidelines to further improve them. This
process resulted in a new smaller set of 38 guidelines that were sorted into 11 categories.
The results of this part of the work are reported in a UAIS Journal paper [13]. In order to
validate the new smaller set of guidelines, a Heuristic Evaluation was performed with both
sets of guidelines and the guidelines were then evaluated in a controlled experiment with 16
older web users.
The SilverWeb guidelines were then compared to seven other sets of web design guidelines
for older and/or disabled people. Discrepancies between the set of guidelines were
identified, and a Focus Group was conducted in order to discuss changes to the existing
guidelines. This process resulted in a revised set of 37 SilverWeb guidelines. A consecutive
Heuristic Evaluation supported the validity of the new set of SilverWeb guidelines.
The SilverWeb guidelines are the only complete set of research based design guidelines
available for the area of web and ageing.
2.2 Participatory Design and Creativity Workshops with Older People
We investigated strengths and weaknesses of existing user-­centered design (UCD) methods
for eliciting requirements for older adults creative engagement [7, 8. 9, 10, 11]. In the first
part of our pilot study we involved older people in designing and developing a design
concept for future interface. We used three research methods: Conversational Interviews,
Personas and Brainstorming where older senior with fifth professionals in creative leadership
generated many creative ideas. The result of this session was a prototype named
​“Virtual-­garden​”. Users could potentially employ this device (which has an interface that
resembles a real garden) as an empathic information appliance that provide weather
forecasts and could help control smart devices and assistive technologies.
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In the second part of this project, interviews in pairs with four age groups: HCI students,
families and older people in their sixties and in their eighties were conducted. In creative
sessions we asked them to place themselves in different situations: having a conversation
with a friend, taking medicine, being reminded of daily activities and at that bring into use
certain parts of the prototype. Here we were especially interested in: (a) what is the role of
the model in stimulating new ideas, (b) what kind of ideas the model generated and (c) what
were the main difficulties that block creative design for this populations.
These two pilot studies helped us understand better how we could involve older people in
UCD creative processes.
2.3 Web Navigation
How information is categorized, labeled and presented and how navigation is facilitated
determines not only whether users will and can find what they need, but also affects user
satisfaction and does influence return visits. Hierarchical structures are one of the best ways
to present information [16].
Unfortunately, we currently lack an underlying model for understanding the goals of users​’
actions when browsing the WWW. In particular, little attention has been paid to extracting
the intentions of users, or to predicting goal-­based web surfing behavior. To address this, in
previous work [17] we have looked at how parametric mathematical modeling could be a
way to capture age hierarchies. We also looked further at this issue by incorporating
methodologies [12] and expanding our pool of users to include older people with dementia
[7].
3. The Cyprus Interaction Lab and Future Directions
Relocating from the Centre for HCI Design at City University to the Department of
Multimedia and Graphic Arts was challenging for many reasons:
a) The areas of concentration of the department (Multimedia and Graphic Arts) required me
to learn a lot about areas I wasn’t familiar with and try to build links with colleagues from
disciplines different from the ones I used to collaborate with at City University (a Research
Centre focusing purely in my research area of Human Computer Interaction)
b) There was no established HCI community in Cyprus. Apart from 2-­3 academics who
tried to initiate HCI related research in private Universities there wasn’t a real focus in HCI
in state universities or through research teams or research labs.
To overcome these difficulties, I focused on the establishment of a dedicated research
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facility (The Cyprus Interaction Lab) specializing in Human Computer Interaction and slowly
slowly tried to build a Cypriot community around HCI. Recruiting researchers and PhD
students was challenging at the beginning, but through time our reputation has been
established and people begin to contact us for either PhD studies or visiting research posts.
Through personal initiatives I established the Cyprus SIGCHI local chapter that now has
more than 25 members and organizes a number of activities (e.g. an annual event to
celebrate the World Usability Day).
The establishment of the Cyprus Interaction Lab also required me to re-­adjust my research
focus to match it with Cyprus reality. Although all of my previous research interests remain
(strong CMC focus with emphasis to areas related to older and disabled people) my focus
on vulnerable communities and inclusive design had to diversify (Cyprus has the lowest
percentage in Europe of older and disabled people using computers) to include younger
populations and also focus on other inclusive issues like use of technology for peace and for
studying other sensitive issues like immigration.
Through funded research, with my colleague Andri Ioannou we have initiated research
where we use surface computing as a mediator for facilitating dialogue. We have applied
these concepts to design dialogue (in HCI classrooms) but also for dialogue around the area
of Peace and Technology and integration of immigrants in Cyprus. My interest in Peace and
Technology also gave me the chance to participate in a panel at CHI 2012 conference with
prominent academics like Ben Shneiderman where we debated the potential that HCI has in
facilitating dialogue and influencing peace. This is especially important for me given the
Cyprus conflict situation. It is a new research area I plan to more strongly focus on in the
near future.
Instructional Technology is an other area our lab has put emphasis on. Instruction
Technology work at our lab is headed by Andri Ioannou but our collaborations have already
resulted in new research directions for me too. Our focus is in the use of novel technologies
(e.g. surface computing, robotics, mobile technologies) in facilitating Problem Based
Learning (PBL). Our recent application of PBL in HCI teaching has showed a lot of
potential in applying PBL in Design orientated domains.
4. Future Research Plans
In the short term most of the on-­going research work as described in the previous sections
will carry on. In addition we plan to get involved to additional research activities in fields
related to Creative Media, Peace and Technology and Inclusive Design. It is anticipated that
the inter-­disciplinary nature of the Department of Multimedia and Graphic Arts (especially
now that the Department has started to form up) will provide a stimulating environment for
forming cross-­discipline research collaborations. A brief description of strategic long term
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future research goals are as follows:
4.1 Creative Media
In line with the overall strategic planning of the University i plan to engage in an effort to
bring a lot of the department of Mulitmedia and Graphic Arts work under a common
umbrella of Creative Media. Similar to international centres of excellence in this area (e.g.
the MIT Media Lab) a lot of the activity conducted at a number of research labs of the
department, can come under a new branding and identity, that of a Creative Media
Research Centre. This will retain the autonomy of existing labs but will also strengthen the
identity and collaboration across labs. I believe such a move will enable us to focus in new
multidisciplinary research directions. As far as my own research is concerned this will enable
me to apply HCI research to creative media production, creative technologies and design
activities.
4.2 Peace and Technology
As I mentioned earlier this is an area I plan to put effort into in the near future. Attempts to
secure funding are explored both at national and international fronts. Funding in this area will
enable us to look at the issue with a stronger focus. Studying these issues from an
intergeneration bicommunal angle is of high importance to me, for example how technology
can facilitate dialogue across generations and across the dividing line in Cyprus is something
we will focus on.
4.3 Inclusive Design
I plan to expand my research in Inclusive Design but applying my methodological work to
creative practice (e.g. product design) with colleagues from graphic arts and product design
in my department.
Bibliography
[1] Arjan, R., Pfeil, U., and Zaphiris, P. (2008). Age related differences in online social
networking. In Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing
Systems (Florence, Italy, April, 5-­10).
[2] Pfeil, U. and Zaphiris, P. (2008). Theories and Methods for studying Online
Communities for people with disabilities and older people". The Universal Access
Handbook. C. Stephanidis (Ed). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
[3] Pfeil, U. and Zaphiris, P. (2007). Patterns of empathy in online communication. In
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (San
Jose, California, USA, April 28 -­ May 03, 2007). CHI '07. ACM Press, New York, NY,
pp. 919-­928.·∙
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[4] Pfeil, U. and Zaphiris, P. (under review-­a) Applying qualitative content analysis to study
online support communities. Journal of Universal Access in the Information Society (UAIS).
[5] Pfeil, U. and Zaphiris, P. (under review-­b) Investigating social network patterns within
an empathic online community for older people. Journal of Computers in Human Behavior.
[6] Pfeil, U., Zaphiris, P., and Wilson, S (under review) Older People's Perceptions and
Experiences of Online Social Support.​” Need to decide on journal.
[7] Savitch N and Zaphiris P (2006). Accessible websites for people with dementia: a
preliminary investigation into information architecture. Published In Computers Helping
People with Special Needs -­ proceedings of the 10th ICCHP 2006, Linz, Austria, July
2006. Edited by Klaus Miesenberger, Joachim Klaus, Wolfgang Zagler and Arthur
Karshmer, Springer, pp144-­151
[8] Sustar H., Zaphiris P. (2007). Emotional Interaction as a Way of Communication, In
Proc. DPPI 2007, School of Design, University of Art and Design, Helsinki, Finland,
438-­445.
[9] Sustar H., U.Pfeil, Zaphiris P. (2008). Requirements Elicitation with and for Older
Adults, IEEE Software, IEEE Computer Society pp.90-­91
[10] Sustar H. (2008). Facilitating and measuring older people​’s creative engagement in a
user centred design process, In Proc. DESRIST 2008, Georga State University, Atlanta
[11] Sustar H. (2005). Residence (environment) for the third life period, MSc thesis, tutor:
Sasa j. Maechtig, Academy of Fine Art and Design Ljubljana
[12] Zaphiris, P., Savitch, N. (2008). Age-­related differences in navigating the Web.
SPARC workshop on "Promoting Independence through New Technology", Reading, 5
March 2008.
[13] Zaphiris, P., Kurniawan, S., Ghiawadwala, M. (2007). A Systematic Approach to the
Development of Research-­ Based Web Design Guidelines for Older People. Universal
Access in the Information Society Journal, Volume 6, Issue 1, Pages 59-­76.
[14] Zaphiris, P., Ghiawadwala, M., and Mughal, S. 2005. Age-­ centered research-­based
web design guidelines. In CHI '05 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing
Systems (Portland, OR, USA, April 02 -­ 07, 2005). CHI '05. ACM, New York, NY,
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1897-­1900.
[15] Kurniawan, S., Zaphiris, P. Research-­Derived Web Design Guidelines for Older
People. Proceedings of Seventh International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on
Computers and Accessibility 2005 (ASSETS'05), pp. 129-­ 135.
[16] Zaphiris, P., Shneiderman, B., & Norman, K.L. Expandable Indexes Versus
Sequential Menus for Searching Hierarchies on the World Wide Web. Behaviour and
Information Technology, 21 (3), 2002, 185-­201, Taylor and Francis, London, UK.
[17] Zaphiris, P., Ellis, R.D.(2000). Mathematical Modeling of Age Differences in
Hierarchical Information Systems. Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Universal
Usability, Arlington, VA, USA, November 16-­17, pp. 157-­ 158.
[18] Zaphiris, P., and Sarwar, R. (2006) Trends, Similarities and Differences in the Usage
of Teen and Senior Public Online Newsgroups. ACM Transactions on Computer-­Human
Interaction (TOCHI), 13(3), 2006, 403-­422. ACM Press.
[19] Michailidou, E., Parmaxi, A., Zaphiris, P. (accepted). Culture Effects in Online Social
Support: Perceptions and Experience. Universal Access in the Information Society.
Heidelberg, Germany: Springer.
[20] Ang, C. S., Zaphiris, P., & Wilson, S. (2011). A case study analysis of a
constructionist knowledge building community with activity theory. Behaviour & Information
Technology, 30(5), 537-­554. Taylor & Francis. doi:10.1080/0144929X.2010.490921
[21] Ang, C. S., & Zaphiris, P. (2010). Social Roles of Players in MMORPG Guilds -­ A
social network analytic perspective. Information, Communication & Society, 13(4),
592-­614. Taylor and Francis. doi:10.1080/13691180903266952
[22] Ang, C. S., Zaphiris, P., & Wilson, S. (2010). Computer Games and Sociocultural
Play: An Activity Theoretical Perspective. Games and Culture, 5(4), 354-­380. Sage
Publications. doi:10.1177/1555412009360411
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Part D – Summary of Teaching Activities
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Contents:
1. Courses Delivered
2
2. Supervision of Master and Bachelor level Thesis
2
3. Development/Design/Upgrade of Academic Programs
2
4. Personal Teaching/Academic Development
3
5. Pedagogical Approach
4
6. Integration of Research with Teaching
7
7. Student Feedback
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1. Courses Delivered
Centre for HCI Design, School of Informatics, City University London, UK:
Course Title
Year
Number of Course Course
Deliveries
Designed by
Author
Human Computer Interaction Design Master
8
Partially
Inclusive Design
Master
3
Partially
Department of Multimedia and Graphic Arts, Cyprus University of Technology:
Course Title
Year
Number of Course Course
Deliveries
Designed by
Author
User-­centered Design
2
2
Partially
Design for All
3
2
Yes
Human Computer Interaction
Master
2
Yes
Virtual Communities and Social Media Master
1
Yes
Master level thesis
Master
1
Yes
2. Supervision of Master and Bachelor level Thesis:
In the last 11 years I supervised over 70 Master and over 50 Bachelor thesis on topics
related to my research interests. Some led to high impact journal and conference
publications.
3. Development/Design/Upgrade of Academic Programs
At CUT (due to being a new university) all members of the department actively participated
in the design and development of its Bachelor degree programs. During 2009-­2012 as head
of department I coordinated the annual revision of the program. This task is now handled
by the departmental undergraduate studies committee.
At Cyprus University of Technology (CUT) in collaboration with other colleagues from the
Department I proposed and developed two Master level programs
● MA in Interactive Multimedia (started being offered in September 2011)
● MSc in Design and Development of Computer Game and Interactive Technologies
(started being offered in September 2012)
I am the course director for the MA in Interactive Multimedia since its beginning and was
the course director for the MSc in Design and Development of Computer Game and
Interactive Technologies in 2012.
The MA in Design and Development of Computer Game and Interactive Technologies is
unique in that it is both the first master level course on Game Design and Development in
Cyprus and it was also the first master level course that was offered in collaboration
between two state universities in Cyprus (the University of Cyprus and the Cyprus
University of Technology) a process that required adaptations to existing regulations and
procedures.
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At City University London I proposed and developed the MSc in Human Centred Systems
(HCS) which started in October 2004 and I was the course director of that course in 2006.
The master is at the moment one of the most popular masters in the area of HCI in UK. As
course director I was responsible for the Curriculum development of the course and my role
included:
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Curriculum Development Team coordination
Course Document preparation
Boards of Studies liaison for course approval
Course proposal presentation to the Courses Committee
Planning the future academic direction of the course
Updating of the course content, aims and objectives
Preparation of amendments to the course
Liaison with other Boards of Studies for amendments/course review
Course handbook preparation and annual updating
In addition, in the last fifteen years I have developed and maintain a course for teaching
modern Greek online. The Learn Greek Online (http://www.kypros.org/Greek/) course
consists of 105 fully developed lessons designed using a novel participatory design
methodology and it currently has over 100,000 students. The project has been showcased
in the public press in Cyprus and the findings have been presented in a number of
conferences and other publications.
Finally, I initiated a number of ERASMUS exchange agreements at Cyprus University of
Technology (e.g. with Uppsala University, University of Kent, Tallinn University, Eindhoven
University of Technology) and I represented City University at meetings with The University
of Limerick (Ireland) and Uppsala University (Sweden) that resulted in an agreement for
teaching collaborations and exchanges of teaching staff and students between the HCI
courses of the three universities through an ERASMUS scheme.
4. Personal Teaching/Academic Development:
As part of my desire to develop my teaching further, between 2004 and 2006 I enrolled for
the Post Graduate Certificate (awarded in 2004) and Post Graduate Diploma (awarded in
2006) programme of the Education Development Centre at City University London. I
completed eight modules in education development:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
Teaching, Learning and Assessment
Academic Development for Students
Quality Enhancement and Evaluation
Discipline-­Based Practice
Management in Higher Education
Curriculum Design and Evaluation
ICT in Higher Education
Investigating Practise
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The specific course is equivalent to a Master degree with the exception of not having a
thesis.
By taking this course I was awarded the status of Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
(FHEA). The fellow status is awarded to those who “have a substantive role in teaching and
enhancing the student learning experience”.
In addition to the Education Development Centre course I always try to keep up to date
with new teaching techniques and methodologies. In 2007 and 2008 I received funding
(£2000) and attended three courses (at the University of Manchester and at the University
of Southampton) as part of the ESRC Research Methods Programme: (a) a three day
course on Social Network Analysis (b) a four day course on Structural Equation Modeling
and Longitudinal Data Analysis (c) a two day course on Statistical Regression.
Furthermore in 2007-­2008 I participated in the “hcidc: Creating a Disciplinary Commons in
HCI Education” programme which had as its goals
● To document and share knowledge about teaching and student learning on HCI
courses in the UK.
● To establish practices for the scholarship of teaching by making it public,
peer-­reviewed, and amenable for future use and development by other educators:
creating a teaching-­appropriate document of practice equivalent to the
research-­appropriate journal paper.
5. Pedagogical Approach:
I consider teaching delivery and student support as key elements in my professional
development. In my teaching of the HCI subjects I try to devote time and effort in further
developing my courses with a goal of making them interactive, practical, rewarding and
challenging.
My delivery of HCI courses is focused on two tenets:
1. The development of a mutual trust and respect between teacher-­student, and
student-­ student atmosphere.
2. The application of established pedagogical theories (Social Constructionist
pedagogy and Problem Based Learning) in the delivery of the courses and the
encouragement of interactivity and student engagement.
In line with this philosophy I try to break each lecture into the following key parts:
1. I start the lecture by doing a quick introduction (first briefly presenting what was
covered during the previous lecture, then briefly outlining what will be covered in
this week’s lecture – this is done in an attempt to link this week’s content to
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2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
previous weeks’ lectures, and finally doing a short introduction to the key
concepts for this week to provide the appropriate learning trickers to students).
Then a short video or an application is shown/demonstrated to the students
emphasising either the concepts for this week’s lecture or demonstrating a
methodology or a case study related to the content of the lecture.
Then the video or application demonstration is discussed (and used as a
benchmark) throughout the delivery of the rest of the content of the lecture.
Finally, a large part of the class time is devoted to project work. The project
scenario used is often taken from the Design Competition of the CHI conference
(e.g. http://goo.gl/IEW4f). Project work is structured around Problem Based
Learning (PBL) where students in groups through attempting to solve the design
problem manage their learning, explore options and discuss/debate solutions.
Through this learning process they explore and learn new concepts and engage in
self-­directed learning. The project work also gives the students the chance to be
engaged in constructions (e.g. user interface prototypes, storyboards etc).
For example the master level HCI course was organized in 3 hour weekly
sessions, including mini lectures and group activities. The mini lectures were
intended not to directly provide content, but instead act as trickers that help the
students to progress with their own research and acquire knowledge on their
own, matching the Problem Based Learning (PBL) pedagogy. Group activities
were usually two hours long and consisted of three main units: (1) Weekly
Reflection: A 20 minutes session to summarize and reflect on what has been done
since the last lecture. (2) Brainstorming: Usually 80 minutes session to discuss
about the progress of the project, readjust the problem based on the new facts
and discuss ideas. (3) Self Study Assignment: A 20 minutes session to define
what are the groups learning objectives and form a to-­do list. The lecturer takes
a mentoring/facilitator role intervening where necessary primarily for re-­directing
the students and providing them with the right tools and hints for searching for
answers to their design questions.
The whole approach also follows the Distributed Constructionist (DC) pedagogy
proposed by Resnick (Resnick, M. (1996). Distributed Constructionism.
Proceedings of the International Conference of the Learning Sciences,
Northwestern University). The three major activities of DC, are:
a. Discussing Constructions: Students discuss their constructions during the
design, implementation, evaluation and reiteration phases
b. Sharing Constructions: Web based systems (e.g. facebook groups) allow
students to share their constructions and make them part of the shared
knowledge.
c. Collaborating on Constructions: The community can use online
communication (e.g. facebook groups), to collaborate on the design and
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development of the knowledge artifacts.
7. Facebook groups are extensively used, enable students to share content, engage in
discussions about their constructions and share relevant information and resources.
To facilitate this mode of teaching I established the “Interaction and Technologies”
teaching lab. The lab is equipped with all the necessary physical and digital elements that
facilitate the delivery of blended PBL courses.
The main features of this room include whiteboard, post-­it notes, markers and other
stationery, typical for traditional PBL and expanding it with a set of digital elements such as
ceiling-­mounted projectors for downwards projection, personal computers, tablets, iPods,
life cameras and an infrared pen and paper reader (IPPR). The structure of the multimodal
information space used in my teaching is shown in figure 1.
Figure 1: Set-­up of the “Interaction and Technologies” teaching Lab
during HCI teaching time
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Figure 2: The way a group self-­described the way they worked in class
Small technologies and gadgets, such as iPods, tablets and stationery, were grouped and
organized in a box, constructing our “Creativity Box” (CB). A detailed guide was developed
and distributed to the students during the first week with the purpose of learning how to use
each element. Facebook was used as the medium for synchronous and asynchronous
interactions allowing participants to communicate and share material.
6. Integration of Research with Teaching:
I also put a lot of effort in integrating my teaching and research activities. First, I try to use
examples from my research at a number of points throughout my courses. For example I use
my research on aging and HCI as a key element in my lectures on Universal Usability and
Accessibility. Case studies from my research are used as characteristic examples, giving the
chance to the students to relate theory to practice (research). Usually one week’s lecture is
spent at my research lab (Cyprus Interaction Lab) where students get familiar with research
equipment (e.g. Brain-­Computer Interfaces, Eye tracking technology) and hear from my
researchers about ongoing research at the lab. Finally, every November my research lab
celebrates the World Usability Day (WUD) with a research event which students are
encouraged to attend. The WUD research event is attended by around 200 attendees each
year.
Additionally, students are encouraged to engage in research through their courseworks,
which although practical in nature do give the opportunity to the students to engage in
literature review, data collection and data analysis activities.
Master level coursework quite often becomes a tricker for ideas for thesis topics and master
level research.
7. Student Feedback:
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Table 1: Student Evaluation Summary by Area of Teaching Performance
(For HCI Module 2004, 2005 and 2006 academic years)
Expertise in Content
1
2
5
14
Mean
Scores
The module content met or exceeded my expectations4.088
for the class
I would recommend the module to a friend with similar
4.247
academic interests
Overall, I would rate this module as excellent
Overall, the instructor did a good job teaching this
module
4.035
4.476
Evidence of Student
Learning
1
The module content met or exceeded my expectations4.088
for the class
2
4
5
14
I would recommend the module to a friend with similar
4.247
academic interests
I will be able to use what I learned in this module
4.281
Overall, I would rate this module as excellent
Overall, the instructor did a good job teaching this
module
4.035
4.476
Instructional Design
1
The module content met or exceeded my expectations4.088
for the class
3
5
This module was well organized
Overall, I would rate this module as excellent
6
At the beginning of the module, the overall class plan4.152
was clearly presented
The instructor provided prompt feedback on my
3.885
performance on assigned activities
11
4.409
4.035
13
The materials presented in class was fairly represented4.333
on coursework assignments
14
Overall, the instructor did a good job teaching this
module
4.476
Instructional Delivery
1
4
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The module content met or exceeded my expectations4.088
for the class
I will be able to use what I learned in this module
4.281
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5
6
Overall, I would rate this module as excellent
4.035
At the beginning of the module, the overall class plan4.152
was clearly presented
7
10
The class plan was followed reasonably well
4.310
The instructor treated all students in the class, including
4.594
me, fairly and with respect
11
The instructor provided prompt feedback on my
performance on assigned activities
13
The materials presented in class was fairly represented4.333
on coursework assignments
Overall, the instructor did a good job teaching this 4.476
module
14
Course Management
Skills
5
Overall, I would rate this module as excellent
3.885
4.035
7
8
The class plan was followed reasonably well
4.310
At the beginning of the module, my responsibilities as a
3.996
student were made clear
9
10
All things considered, the instructor was available to me
4.150
The instructor treated all students in the class, including
4.594
me, fairly and with respect
11
The instructor provided prompt feedback on my
3.885
performance on assigned activities
The grading procedures were clearly explained at the 3.879
start of the course
Overall, the instructor did a good job teaching this 4.476
module
12
14
Table 2: Course evaluation at CUT for academic year 2012-­2013 (scores from 1-­5)
Question number
1
2
Question
I participate regularly and actively in class
I regularly study the assigned readings
3
The lecturer knows well the domain and material of the
4.857
course
The lecturer organizers well the presentation of the 4.476
material
He encourages critical thinking for the domain
4.429
4
5
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Score
4.857
4.476
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6
7
He presents concepts with examples, in a simple and 4.619
interesting way
The exercises he assigns help in better understanding the
4.333
content of the course
8
9
He is reachable to students
Overall evaluation of the lecturer
4.381
4.524
10
11
12
I have learned a lot
The specific course has high importance to me
The bibliography and lecture notes were useful
4.476
4.143
4.333
13
14
My interest in my studies has been increased
Overall evaluation of the course
4.048
4.286
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Promotion application of Dr Panayiotis Zaphiris: Part E-­ Summary of Administration Duties. June 2013.
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Part E – Summary of Administration Duties
__________________________________________________
Contents:
1. Academic Leadership Posts
2
2. Participation in Committees
3
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Academic Leadership Posts
2012 – now
Dean of Faculty, Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts, Cyprus
University of Technology
By University law the Dean of faculty is responsible for the
preparation of the Faculty’s budget, for developing the programs of
studies of the Faculty and for forwarding electoral suggestions to the
Senate for the appointment of academic and other members of staff
of the Faculty.
An important role in my case is also the establishment of a new
department under our Faculty, the Fine Arts Department of CUT.
The Fine Arts Department is a strategic priority for CUT with a goal
of hosting its first students by 2015.
2012 – now
Member of University Senate, Cyprus University of
Technology
2009 – 2013
Head of Department, Department of Multimedia & Graphic
Arts, Cyprus University of Technology
Duties/Comments: The author was among the first five elected
members of the Department of Multimedia and Graphic Arts.
When the author was first employed at the Cyprus University of
Technology (on 15/6/2009) the department was with limited office
and teaching space and practically no research facilities. As the only
senior member of staff, I was assigned immediately the role of
Head/Coordinator of the department. During my four years of
service as head of department the department increased in size from
5 academics to 11 and from 1 special teaching staff to 5.
Furthermore, dedicated office and teaching spaces were established
and 10 research labs were formed. The department’s national and
international reputation was established making it at the moment one
of the most competitive departments in Cyprus (and the most
competitive at CUT) universities in terms of intake of students
through entrance exams. Due to CUT being a new university, the
role of head of department at CUT is much more challenging than a
head of department in an established university. Apart from
managing existing infrastructure and resources, the head of
department at CUT is involved with all aspects of setting up new
programs of studies, to establishing new facilities and being involved
in the drafting of new regulations and procedures. Since the Cyprus
University of Technology was in its initial stages of operation, the
support provided by administrative services at that time was
minimal, meaning that most administrative tasks needed to be
completed by academic staff. In addition to setting up our
Department we also had to get actively involved in other functions
related to the organization of the University, which included the
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compilation of academic regulations, the set up of the library and
participation in numerous official and ad-­hoc committees.
2010 -­ now
Founder and Coordinator of the Cyprus Interaction
Research Lab
In 2010 together with my colleague Andri Ioannou we
established the Cyprus Interaction Research Lab
(http://www.cyprusinteractionlab.com). The Lab is the first
dedicated research facility in the area of HCI and Instructional
Technology in Cyprus. My role as coordinator of the lab involves
managing the members of the lab (2 academics, 1 special teaching
staff, 3 post-­docs and 6 PhD students), seeking funding
opportunities, coordinating common activities (e.g. seminars,
meetings, events) and promoting the lab research work nationally
and internationally.
2011-­now
Program co-­ordinator for the post-­graduate program: Master
in Interactive Multimedia, Department of Multimedia and
Graphic Arts, Cyprus University of Technology.
2012
Program co-­ordinator for the post-­graduate program: Master
in Design and Development of Computer Games and Interactive
Technologies, Department of Multimedia and Graphic Arts, Cyprus
University of Technology.
Participation in Committees:
Cyprus University of Technology:
● 2009 -­ now: Member of various university Committees (department’s coordinators
committee, research committee, facilities committee, post-­graduate studies
committee, finance committee, strategic development committee etc.)
● 2009 -­ now: Oversaw most academic and research recruitments at the Department
of Multimedia and Graphic Arts
● 2009 -­ now: Participated in a number of promotion panels for members of the
Department of Multimedia and Graphic Arts and the Department of
Communications and Internet Studies
● 2012 -­ now: Member of the international advisory committee for the establishment
of the Fine Arts department at the Cyprus University of Technology
● 2009 -­ now: Member and chair of a number of departmental committees
(post-­graduate studies committee, health and safety committee, quality assurance
committee, finance committee etc.)
School of Informatics City University:
● 2007-­2009: Chair of the School of Informatics Research Committee (in charge of
the overall Research strategy of the School of Informatics at City University
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●
●
●
●
●
London)
2003-­2009: Member of the Board of Studies
2004-­2009: Member of the Post-­Graduate studies directorate
2003: Representative of the Centre for HCI Design to CAPS consultation meetings
2004: Representative of the Centre for HCI Design at several Teaching Committee
Working Groups of the School of Informatics
2004: Representative of the Centre for HCI Design at the Development Engagement
activities of the Department of Computing
2003-­2004: Represented the Centre for HCI Design at the Undergraduate and
Graduate programme redesign consultation committees
Centre for HCI Design City University:
● 2006-­2009: Founder and Leader of The City Interaction Lab (supported by The
Vodafone UK Foundation)
● 2005-­2006: Senior Tutor for Research (in charge of the PhD program of the
Centre)
● 2003-­2006: Managing the Centre for HCI Design bi-­weekly and guest speaker
meetings
● 2003-­2009: Managing the Centre for HCI Design Website maintenance team
● 2002-­2006: Member of the Centre for HCI Design Interaction Lab planning team
● 2003: Member of the promotion panel for the centre
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Promotion application of Dr Panayiotis Zaphiris: Part F-­ Representative Publications. June 2013.
__________________________________________________
Part F – Representative Publications
__________________________________________________
The following papers are included:
1. Zaphiris, P., Shneiderman, B., & Norman, K.L. (2002). Expandable Indexes Versus
Sequential Menus for Searching Hierarchies on the World Wide Web. Behaviour
and Information Technology, 21(3), 2002, 185-­201, Taylor and Francis, London,
UK. doi: 10.1080/0144929021000009045
Reasoning: This was among the first journal papers I published and demonstrates my initial
research focus on studying user behaviour around Hierarchical Information systems. The
paper was the outcome of my Master thesis supervised by Prof. Ben Shneiderman. My
collaboration with Prof. Shneiderman continues till today both informally (meeting and
exchanging ideas at conferences) but also through joint submissions and activities (e.g. being
together at the Peace Panel at CHI 2011).
2. Zaphiris, P., Kurniawan, S. & Ghiawadwala, M. (2007). A Systematic Approach to
the Development of Research-­Based Web Design Guidelines for Older People.
Universal Access in the Information Society Journal, 6(1), 59-­76. Berlin,
Heidelberg: Springer. doi: 10.1007/s10209-­006-­0054-­8
Reasoning: This paper was the outcome of years of effort to come up with research-­based
web design guidelines for older people. The work has been cited extensively and is still the
most comprehensive set of guidelines on this topic.
3. Zaphiris, P. & Sarwar, R. (2006). Trends, Similarities and Differences in the Usage of
Teen and Senior Public Online Newsgroups. ACM Transactions on
Computer-­Human Interaction (TOCHI), 13(3), 2006, 403-­422. ACM Press. doi:
10.1145/1183456.1183461
Reasoning: This paper was the outcome of my initial exploration of social network analysis
(SNA) as a means for analysing social interactions in online environments. To my knowledge
this was the first ever published paper in an HCI journal that made use of this methodology.
This topic has now become relatively popular in HCI circles, especially with people like Prof.
Ben Shneiderman now focusing purely on visualizing social network data using SNA
techniques.
4. Ang, C. S., & Zaphiris, P. (2010). Social Roles of Players in MMORPG Guilds -­ A
social network analytic perspective. Information, Communication & Society, 13(4),
592-­614. Taylor and Francis. doi:10.1080/13691180903266952
Reasoning: This is an advanced paper in Social Network Analysis, a result of a PhD I
supervised. This paper also highlights a new area I have been exploring the last few years
(Sociability around computer games)
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Promotion application of Dr Panayiotis Zaphiris: Part G-­ Referees. June 2013.
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Part G – Referees
__________________________________________________
The following Academics were requested to send reference letters directly to the Chairman of
the Evaluation Committee:
Professor David Lamas,
Professor of Human Computer Interaction
Institute of Informatics
Tallinn University
Narva road 25, room T-­419, Tallinn 10120, Estonia
Email: drl@tlu.ee, Tel: +372 6 409 355, Fax: +372 6 409 355
WWW:
https://www.etis.ee/portal/portaal/isikuCV.aspx?TextBoxName=lamas&PersonVID=63811&l
ang=en&FromUrl0=isikud.aspx
Professor Peter Lansley,
Emeritus Professor of Construction Management
University of Reading
Whiteknights, PO Box 217, Reading, Berkshire, RG6 6AH, UK
Email: p.r.lansley@reading.ac.uk Tel: +44 (0) 118 378 8202
WWW: https://www.reading.ac.uk/cme/about/staff/p-­r-­lansley.aspx
Professor John Darzentas,
Head of Department
Dept. of Product and Systems Design Engineering
University of the Aegean
Ermoupolis, Syros
84100 Greece
Email: idarz@aegean.gr
Professor Helen Petrie,
Professor of Human Computer Interaction,
Department of Computer Science
The University of York
Deramore Lane, York YO10 5GH,UK
Email: helen.petrie@cs.york.ac.uk, Tel: +44 (0)1904 325603, Fax: +44 (0)1904 325599
WWW: http://www-­users.cs.york.ac.uk/~petrie/
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Promotion application of Dr Panayiotis Zaphiris: Part H-­ Citation Report. June 2013.
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Part H – Citation Report
__________________________________________________
Contents:
1.
Summary Citation Report
2
2.
List of Selected Papers and Citation Counts
3
3.
List of Journals With Citations to Author’s Work
5
4.
List of Conferences With Citation to Author’s Work
10
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1.
Summary Citation Report
Google Scholar (Date of last update, 2/6/2013)
Citations:
h-­index:
i10-­index:
1486
17
39
Scopus (Date of last update, 2/6/2013)
588 (of which 277 to secondary documents1)
Total Citations:
Papers:
h-­index:
54
10
Publish or Perish (Date of last update, 2/6/2013)
Cites/paper:7.18
Citations:
g-­index:
hc-­index:
Authors/paper:
e-­index:
hm-­index:
1
1601
34
14
2.76
24.62
12.95
h-­index:
19
Cites/author:
AW-­index:
AWCRpA:
hI-­index:
hI,norm:
AWCR:
727.59
14.29
88.41
7.52
13
204.31
Secondary documents are not available in the Scopus database, but are extracted from references in
Scopus
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2.
List of Selected Papers and Citation Counts
(Date of last update, 2/6/2013)
A complete list can be found on the applicant’s profile on
Google scholar:
http://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=el&user=wwWCSOMAAAAJ
Scopus: http://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.url?authorId=6602402531
Scopus
Google
Scholar
1
Pfeil, U., Zaphiris, P., Ang C.S. (2006). Cultural
Differences in Wiki Collaboration. Journal of
Computer Mediated Communication, 12(1),
88-­113. Wiley-­Blackwell. doi:
10.1111/j.1083-­6101.2006.00316.x
57
134
2
Pfeil, U., Arjan, R., & Zaphiris, P. (2009). Age
differences in online social networking – A study
of user profiles and the social capital divide among
teenagers and older users in MySpace. Computers
in Human Behavior, 25(3), 643-­654. Elsevier.
doi:10.1016/j.chb.2008.08.015
63
133
3
Kurniawan, S. & Zaphiris, P. (2005).
Research-­Derived Web Design Guidelines for
Older People. Proceedings of Seventh International
ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and
Accessibility 2005 (ASSETS'05), pp. 129-­135.
26
105
28
63
5
Pfeil, U. & Zaphiris, P. (2007). Patterns of
empathy in online communication. In Proceedings
of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in
Computing Systems (San Jose, California, USA,
April 28 -­ May 03, 2007). CHI '07. ACM Press,
New York, NY, 919-­928.
13
47
6
Zaphiris, P., Shneiderman, B., & Norman, K.L.
(2002) Expandable Indexes Versus Sequential
Menus for Searching Hierarchies on the World
Wide Web. Behaviour and Information
Technology, 21(3), 2002, 185-­201, Taylor and
12
47
Paper
A/A
4
Ang, C.S., Zaphiris, P., Mahmood, S. (2007). A
Model of Cognitive Loads in Massively Multiplayer
Online Role Playing Games. Interacting with
Computers, 19(2), 151-­166. Elsevier. doi:
10.1016/j.intcom.2006.08.006
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Francis, London, UK. doi:
10.1080/0144929021000009045
7
Zaphiris, P. & Sarwar, R. (2006). Trends,
Similarities and Differences in the Usage of Teen
and Senior Public Online Newsgroups. ACM
Transactions on Computer-­Human Interaction
(TOCHI), 13(3), 2006, 403-­422. ACM Press. doi:
10.1145/1183456.1183461
19
38
8
Zaphiris, P., Kurniawan, S. & Ghiawadwala, M.
(2007). A Systematic Approach to the
Development of Research-­Based Web Design
Guidelines for Older People. Universal Access in
the Information Society Journal, 6(1), 59-­76.
Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer. doi:
10.1007/s10209-­006-­0054-­8
12
32
9
Zaphiris, P., Ghiawadwala, M., & Mughal, S.
(2005). Age-­centered research-­based web design
guidelines. Paper presented at the Conference
on Human Factors in Computing Systems -­
Proceedings, 1897-­1900.
6
32
10
Pfeil, U., & Zaphiris, P. (2009). Investigating social
network patterns within an empathic online
community for older people. Computers in Human
Behavior, 25(5), 1139-­1155. Elsevier.
doi:10.1016/j.chb.2009.05.001
17
31
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3.
List of Journals With Citations to Author’s Work
The list provided was compiled using data since 2000 provided only from Scopus and it
was last updated during May 2013.
A/A
Journal name
# of
Citations
1
Computers in Human Behavior
2
Universal Access in the Information Society
8
3
International Journal of Human-­Computer Interaction
6
4
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
6
5
Computers and Education
5
6
Interacting with Computers
5
7
First Monday
4
8
Expert Systems with Applications
3
9
Hangkong Dongli Xuebao/Journal of Aerospace Power
3
10
International Journal of Web Based Communities
3
11
Journal of Computer-­Mediated Communication
3
12
Library and Information Science Research
3
13
New Media and Society
3
14
Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking
2
15
Education and Health
2
16
Educational Gerontology
2
17
Educational Technology and Society
2
18
Government Information Quarterly
2
19
Human Factors
2
20
Information Communication and Society
2
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21
Information Technology and Libraries
2
22
International Journal of Information Management
2
23
Internet and Higher Education
2
24
Journal of Information Science
2
25
Academy of Marketing Studies Journal
1
26
ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing
1
27
ACM Transactions on Management Information Systems
1
28
Activities, Adaptation and Aging
1
29
Adult Education Quarterly
1
30
Advances in Information Sciences and Service Sciences
1
31
Ageing International
1
32
Annual Review of Applied Linguistics
1
33
Australasian Journal of Educational Technology
1
34
Australian Academic and Research Libraries
1
35
Australian Journal of Emerging Technologies and Society
1
36
Behaviour and Information Technology
1
37
BMC Bioinformatics
1
38
Chinese Journal of Communication
1
39
Clinical Gerontologist
1
40
Communication Research
1
41
Computer Networks
1
42
Computers in the Schools
1
43
Comunicar
1
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44
Concurrent Engineering Research and Applications
1
45
Cornell Hospitality Quarterly
1
46
Current Issues in Education
1
47
Cyberpsychology and Behavior
1
48
Decision Support Systems
1
49
Ethics and Information Technology
1
50
Human Systems Management
1
51
Human-­Computer Interaction
1
52
IEEE Software
1
53
IEEE Technology and Society Magazine
1
54
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
1
55
IET Computer Vision
1
56
International Journal of Aging and Human Development
1
57
International Journal of Ambient Computing and Intelligence
1
58
International Journal of Business Innovation and Research
1
59
International Journal of Electronic Marketing and Retailing
1
60
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
1
61
International Journal of Geographical Information Science
1
62
International Journal of Information Technology and Web Engineering
1
63
International Journal of Internet Marketing and Advertising
1
64
International Journal of Medical Informatics
1
65
International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction
1
66
International Journal of Selection and Assessment
1
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67
Internet Research
1
68
Journal of Applied Sciences
1
69
Journal of Cancer Education
1
70
Journal of Cases on Information Technology
1
71
Journal of Communication
1
72
Journal of Cross-­Cultural Psychology
1
73
Journal of Documentation
1
74
Journal of Global Information Technology Management
1
75
Journal of Global Marketing
1
76
Journal of Health Communication
1
77
Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Technology
1
78
Journal of Intercultural Communication Research
1
79
Journal of Medical Internet Research
1
80
Journal of the Brazilian Computer Society
1
81
Knowledge and Information Systems
1
82
Knowledge-­Based Systems
1
83
Management Decision
1
84
Memory
1
85
Metalurgia International
1
86
Nursing and Health Sciences
1
87
Online Information Review
1
88
Open Learning
1
89
Patient Education and Counseling
1
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PLoS ONE
1
91
Public Health Nutrition
1
92
Public Relations Review
1
93
R and D Management
1
94
Reseaux
1
95
Sociological Forum
1
96
Southern Communication Journal
1
97
Text and Talk
1
98
Total Quality Management and Business Excellence
1
99
Tourism Management
1
100
Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology
1
101
World Applied Sciences Journal
1
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4.
List of Conferences With Citations to Author’s Work
The list provided was compiled using data since 2000 provided only from Scopus and it
was last updated during May 2013.
A/A
Conference name
# of
Citations
1
ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems,
CHI
5
2
Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS
5
3
ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility,
ASSETS
4
4
Americas Conference on Information Systems, AMCIS
4
5
ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, CSCW
3
6
IADIS Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems,
MCCSIS
3
7
International Cross-­Disciplinary Conference on Web Accessibility, W4A
3
8
IEEE International Conference on Social Computing, SocialCom
2
9
ACM Conference on Hypertext and Hypermedia, HT
2
10
ACM International Conference on Design of Communication, SIGDOC
2
11
ACM SIGCHI International Conference on Supporting Group Work,
GROUP
2
12
ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and
Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, DETC
2
13
British HCI Group Annual Conference: People and Computers, BHCI
2
14
European Conference on Information Systems, ECIS
2
15
IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Web Intelligence and
Intelligent Agent Technology
2
16
International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment
Technology, ACE
2
17
International Conference on Information Systems, ICIS
2
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18
International Conference on Management and Service Science, MASS
2
19
International Conference on Online Communities and Social Computing,
OCSC
2
20
International Workshop on Mining Ubiquitous and Social Environments,
MUSE
2
21
Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems: Quality Research in
Pacific, PACIS
2
22
IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies,
ICALT
1
23
International Conference on Information Technology: New Generations,
ITNG
1
24
International Conference on Mobile Ad-­hoc and Sensor Networks, MSN
1
25
International Conference on on Intelligent Networks and Intelligent
Systems, ICINIS
1
26
ACM SIGKDD Workshop on Intelligence and Security Informatics,
ISI-­KDD
1
27
ACM SIGPLAN International Conference on Object-­Oriented
Programming, Systems, Languages and Applications, OOPSLA
1
28
ACS/IEEE International Conference on Computer Systems and
Applications, AICCSA
1
29
Annual Conference on Intelligent Text Processing and Computational
Linguistics, CICLing
1
30
Annual Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference, GECCO
1
31
ASIST Annual Meeting: People Transforming Information -­ Information
Transforming People
1
32
Engineering Interactive Systems -­ EIS
1
33
European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics, ECCE
1
34
European Conference on Knowledge Management, ECKM
1
35
Evolutionary and Bio-­Inspired Computation: Theory and Applications III
1
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36
IASTED International Conference on Computers and Advanced
Technology in Education, CATE
1
37
IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, CEC
1
38
IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium, IV'11
1
39
IEEE International Conference on Digital Game and Intelligent Toy
Enhanced Learning, DIGITEL
1
40
IEEE International Conference on Internet of Things, iThings
1
41
IEEE International Conference on Technology Enhanced Education,
ICTEE 2012
1
42
IFIP TC 13 International Conference on Human-­Computer Interaction,
INTERACT
1
43
Information Interaction in Context Symposium
1
44
International Conference for Internet Technology and Secured
Transactions, ICITST
1
45
International Conference Interaccion Persona-­Ordenador,
INTERACCION
1
46
International Conference of Electrical and Electronics Engineering,
ICEEE
1
47
International Conference of the Association Information and
Management, AIM
1
48
International Conference on Collaboration Technologies and Systems,
CTS
1
49
International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special
Needs, ICCHP
1
50
International Conference on E-­Business and E-­Government, ICEE
1
51
International Conference on Electric Information and Control Engineering,
ICEICE
1
52
International Conference on Electronic Business: Borderless E-­Business
for the Next Decade, ICEB
1
53
International Conference on Information and Automation, ICIA
1
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54
International Conference on Innovative Computing, Information and
Control, ICICIC
1
55
International Conference on Intelligent Semantic Web-­Services and
Applications, ISWSA
1
56
International Conference on Knowledge-­Based and Intelligent Information
and Engineering Systems, KES
1
57
International Conference on Machine Learning and Cybernetics, ICMLC
1
58
International Conference on Multimedia Information Networking and
Security, MINES
1
59
International Conference on Multimedia Technology, ICMT
1
60
International Conference on Pattern Analysis and Intelligent Robotics
1
61
International Conference on PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive
Environments, PETRA
1
62
International Conference on Recent Advances in Natural Language
Processing, RANLP
1
63
International Conference on Security of Information and Networks, SIN
1
64
International Conference on Social Computing, Behavioral-­Cultural
Modeling and Prediction, SBP
1
65
International Conference on Software and Database Technologies,
ICSOFT
1
66
International Conference on Spatial Information Theory, COSIT
1
67
International Conference on Universal Access in Human-­Computer
Interaction, UAHCI
1
68
International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies,
WEBIST
1
69
International Multi-­Conference on Computing in the Global Information
Technology, ICCGI
1
70
International Symposium on Communications, Control, and Signal
Processing, ISCCSP
1
71
Multimedia on Mobile Devices II
1
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of
America
1
73
Telecommunications Forum, TELFOR 2011
1
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Part I – Participation in Research Programs
___________________________________________________
Contents:
1. Externally Funded Research Programs
2
2. Internally Funded Research Programs
10
3. Networking Programs
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1. Externally Funded Research Programs
2013 – 2015
Usability and user experience user interface design
heuristics for Deaf users
Research project supported by the National Research Foundation of
South Africa funding Dr Alexis Yeratziotis to conduct research for 2
years at my research lab.
Position in the project: Partner
Overall project budget: $33,000
Summary: Equality in the life of the Deaf has become a priority. They
are regarded as a distinct population that face disadvantages in
education and employment. These disadvantages along with their
characteristics impact on their interaction and utilisation of user
interfaces. Thus, designing for the Deaf requires unique
considerations to improve accessibility, usability and user experience.
Thus, a gap identified in literature is the need for more usability
inspection methods to evaluate the design of user interfaces for Deaf
users. Current methods do not consider these users at the centre of
design and evaluation, thus offering them poor usability and user
experience. For usability inspection methods, heuristic evaluation will
be the method considered. It will include a set of heuristics that
examine a user interface according to the criteria that make it
appropriate for Deaf use, particularly focusing on usability and user
experience
2012 – 2014
Eye-­tracking based Methodological framework for optimal
distribution of online advertisement locations
Research project supported by the Research Promotion
Foundation (Cyprus)
Position in the project: Partner (Local Coordinator)
Partners:
● Cyprus University of Technology
● E-­Sport media and entertainment network media Ltd
● R.K.I Leaders Ltd
Overall project budget: € 149,500
Summary: The project’s main aim is to implement an evaluation
methodology service for the identification of the best locations on
Cypriot web space based on eye tracking studies.
This will first consist of the state-­of-­the-­art analysis in existing
patterns of advertisement placement on websites. Then user data will
be collected with the use of eye tracking technologies in order to
understand how users look at Web advertising and how effective
each location is. A methodological framework will be then developed
based on a prediction model for the optimization of the online
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advertising locations. Factors such as the advertising budget, social
status, and Web use will be some of the many to be considered.
This innovative project would benefit anyone who wants to advertise
on the Web since it will be based on factual research with an eye
tracker and volunteers from Cyprus. Advertising will now be based
on facts, not just speculative statistics. The outcome of this project
will help the future of advertisement on the Web.
2012 – 2014
Creative Multi-­modal Information Spaces for
Problem-­Based Learning
Research project supported by the Research Promotion
Foundation (Cyprus)
Position in the project: Partner
Partners:
● Cyprus University of Technology (CUT) – Andri Ioannou
(Principal Investigator)
● Institute “Jozef Stefan” (IJS) – Laboratory for Open Systems
and Networks, Slovenia
Overall project budget: € 24,996
Summary: Problem based learning (PBL) pedagogy aims to provide
context-­rich academic situations where students can work together
and demonstrate authentic application of knowledge.
This project seeks to address a recurrent problem in higher education
related to the implementation of PBL pedagogy — that students are
often disengaged from active collaboration, fertile discussion, physical
interaction around emerging group artifacts, and reflection. The
success of PBL implementation depends on both the selection of
learning activities and development of appropriate infrastructure, that
is, learning spaces in which the activities can take place. Yet, the
technologies often comprising the PBL learning space in the university
classroom (e.g., projector, laptops, vertical smartboard) and the way
they are being used by instructors and learners, seem to hinder the
successful implementation of PBL. This research project joins forces
between two European research institutions (CUT and JSI) to
develop and deliver a framework comprising the construction of
creative, multi-­modal information spaces ideal for the implementation
of PBL in the university classroom. The project has the potential to
revolutionize the practice of PBL in higher education, helping
instructors to successfully implement PBL pedagogy and allowing
learners to be more engaged in the process of problem solving.
Ultimately, the project will contribute to the existing body of
knowledge in the fields of HCI, technology-­enhanced learning,
CSCL/CSCW and related fields.
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This project is funded by the Cyprus Research Promotion
Foundation (DESMI 2009-­2010) and the Slovenian Research
Agency (ARRS), under the “Bilateral Cooperation” between Cyprus
and Slovenia (ΔΙΑΚΡΑΤΙΚΕΣ/ΚΥ-­ΣΛΟ/0411).
2011 – 2013
RESTORE: Computer-­Based Restoration of Face
Appearing in Icons
Research project supported by the Research Promotion
Foundation (Cyprus)
Position in the project: Partner
Partners:
● Cyprus University of Technology (CUT) -­ Andreas Lanitis
(Principal Investigator)
● Rev. Dr Demosthenis Demosthenous (Director of the ancient
icons, paintings and manuscripts preservation workshop of
the Holy Archbishopric of Cyprus),
● Museum of Kykkos Monastery
Overall project budget: € 136,076
Summary:
Α two year project (started in September 2011) is focused on the
restoration of the facial areas in damaged icons. The aim is to provide
technological tools that can be used for automatic digital restoration
of faces appearing in icons. A restoration model based on a large
sample of icons and related "en face" rules, derived from the relevant
literature, will be created. The restoration model will be used as the
basis of predicting the overall appearance of faces, even in cases that
are highly damaged. The anticipated results will enable the generation
of digitally restored icons, while leaving the originals unaffected. The
project aims to present the restored digital icons with respect to the
ancient prototype of iconography and contribute to the conservation
and presentation of cultural heritage.
For the completion of this project, researchers from the Department
of Multimedia and Graphic Arts of the Cyprus University of
Technology are cooperating with professional restorers from the
Museum of the Holy Monastery of Kykkos and the Restoration
Center of Manuscripts and Icons of the Holy Archbishopric of
Cyprus.
The project is funded by the National Research Promotion
Foundation and the European Union Structural Funds.
2010 – 2012
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Illumination Neutralisation With Application in Tracking
Research project supported by the Research Promotion
Foundation (Cyprus)
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Position in the project: Partner (Local Coordinator)
Partners:
● University of Cyprus -­ Yiorgos Chrysanthou (Principal
Investigator)
● Cyprus University of Technology
● Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology (SIAT)
(Baoquan Chen)
Overall project budget: € 59,964
Summary: The objective of this proposal was to bring together the
two main public academic institutions of Cyprus with a major
research institution in China. The collaboration was achieved through
the implementation of a joint research project that lies at the
intersection of the interests of the three parties. The aim of the
research is to use advances in computer graphics (CG) techniques to
help solve a classical computer vision (CV) problem: tracking.
Traditionally CV approaches try to derive all the required information
from the input images. This can lead to techniques that are
unnecessarily compute-­intensive and sensitive. Modern capture
techniques can provide, in a fast way, information about the scene
and incoming illumination. With this as input we will develop a novel
approach for real-­time illumination neutralization. The “neutralized”
images will then be used as an input to the tracking module to
increase its accuracy.
CUT contribution was the investigation of the current status of
computer game industry in Cyprus and drafting of a strategic plan for
enhancing the local computer game industry.
2009 – 2012
Establishment of an HCI Research Lab
Cyprus University of Technology Start Up Grant
Position in the project: Principal Investigator
Overall project budget: € 85,000
Summary: This project included the purchase of equipment for the
establishment of the Cyprus Interaction Lab but also paid for one
year’s pos-­doc salary for initiating research in the Lab.
2008
Evaluating the accessibility of the Royal Opera House
website
Research project supported by the Royal Opera House, London,
UK
Position in the project: Principal Investigator
Overall project budget: £ 20,000
Summary: A detailed evaluation of the ROH website on issues of
accessibility.
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2009 – 2011
Information Spaces for Collaborative Creativity
Research project supported by the Joint Information Systems
Committee (JISC)
Position in the project: co-­Principal Investigator
Partners:
City University London, UK
Middlesex University, UK
Overall project budget: £ 199,983
Summary:
This project addressed a recurrent problem in design education: that
students are sometimes disengaged from key 'creative conversations'
and that this problem can be exacerbated by learning technologies
present in the classroom or the students' wider networked world. The
project deployed trial 'information spaces' that will provide learners
with the appropriate artefacts and modes of interacting with a learning
situation, and with their peers and tutors, to enable them to engage
more flexibly and effectively in conversations characterised by
innovation and reflective, critical thinking.
2008 – 2009
Knowledge Transfer fund for the City Interaction Lab
Funded by City University London
Position in the project: co-­Principal Investigator
Overall project budget: £ 25,092
2008
Use of eye-­tracking technologies and methods to explore
the usability and learner experience of Multi-­user virtual
environments (MUVEs) e.g. Second Life
Research project supported by the Joint Information Systems
Committee (JISC)
Position in the project: Principal Investigator
Overall project budget: £ 14,861
2008
Workshop on the topic of 3D Virtual Worlds and Social
Learning
Funded by the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC)
Position in the project: Principal Investigator
Overall project budget: £ 5,000
2008
User Interfaces, Social Software Technologies and
Learning Experience
Research project supported by the Joint Information Systems
Committee (JISC/EMERGE)
Position in the project: Principal Investigator
Overall project budget: £ 13,215
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Summary: This project investigated the use of eye-­tracking for
exploring usability and learner experience issues in collaborative
learning environments. Through a case study of a personal learning
environment, we demonstrated the value of heat maps, gaze plots and
gaze replays in helping to identify usability concerns and developed
an approach for using heat maps, fixation before and fixation count
metrics to investigate the learner's experience of interacting with the
learning environment.
UISSTLE was funded by the EMERGE Community of Practice
through the JISC Users and Innovations programme.
2008
Social Learning in Virtual Worlds
Organizing a research seminar as part of the ESRC Festival of
Social Sciences
Funded by the the Economic and Social Research Council
(ESRC)
Position in the project: Principal Investigator
Overall project budget: £ 2,000
2006 – 2007
Mathematical modelling of age-­related differences in web
browsing
Research project supported by the Engineering and Physical
Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
Position in the project: Principal Investigator
Overall project budget: £ 41,317
Summary: How information is categorised, labelled and presented
and how navigation is facilitated determines not only whether users
will and can find what they need, but also affects user satisfaction and
it does influence return visits. One term that is often used to describe
the 'process of structuring and organising information so that it is
easier for users to find and for owners to maintain' is information
architecture. This project investigated age-­related differences in web
browsing and developed predictive models that describe them.
2007
Users and Innovation: Personalising Technologies
Research project supported by the Joint Information Systems
Committee (JISC)
Position in the project: Partner
Overall project budget: £ 5,000
2006
Personalisation of learning: constructing an
interdisciplinary research space
Research project supported by the Economic and Social Research
Council (ESRC)
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Position in the project: co-­Principal Investigator
Overall project budget: £ 57,644
2006 – 2009
Establishing The City Interaction Lab
Funded by the Vodafone Foundation
Position in the project: co-­Principal Investigator
Overall project budget: £ 50,000
2003 – 2004
Information Visualisation Foundation Study
Research project supported by the Joint Information Systems
Committee (JISC)
Position in the project: Principal Investigator
Overall project budget: £ 44,967
Summary: The project is an Information Visualisation (IV)
Foundation Study for JISC. It investigated existing IV
approaches/techniques used by JISC Services or other similar
systems and proposed modifications/adoptions and strategies for
further incorporation of IV techniques in JISC services.
The prime objectives were to:
● Perform extensive literature review of literature on
Information Visualisation and especially their link to Digital
Libraries
● Identify and document JISC Requirements for Information
Visualisation
● Study current practices of use of IV techniques by JISC and
other similar (or even different) services
● Apply theory to practice by involving users in designing low
fidelity prototypes of information visualisation techniques to
be used by JISC
● Provide a set of guidelines for incorporating IV techniques in
JISC services
A series of interviews, questionnaires, participatory design focus
groups and evaluations were employed in this project.
2003
An in-­depth study of the current state of web accessibility
Research project supported by the Disability Rights Commission UK
Position in the project: co-­Principal Investigator
Overall project budget: £ 112,000
Summary: We completed the most comprehensive review of
website accessibility ever undertaken. We selected 1000 websites
and evaluated them against the Web Accessibility Initiative
Guidelines. 100 sites were then evaluated by a panel on 50 disabled
users.
2002 – 2003
Usability Studies for JISC Services and Information
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Environment
Research project supported by the Joint Information Systems
Committee (JISC)
Position in the project: Co-­Principal Investigator
Overall project budget: £ 33,483
Summary: The focus of the project was to investigate how usability
can best be applied to the services and resources provided by JISC,
with particular reference to the further development of the
Information Environment. The major deliverables of the work was a
Digital Libraries usability and accessibility framework, enabling JISC
services to further develop truly usable and accessible services for the
higher and further education communities. The study also applied the
framework to a number of JISC services, identifying current issues of
usability and accessibility.
1996– 2009
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Establishing an e-­learning portal for Cyprus
Funded by the Cyprus Government
Position in the project: Co-­Principal Investigator
Overall project budget: $ 150,000
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2009-­2012
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Cyprus University of Technology Start Up Grant
Dept. of Multimedia and Graphic Arts, Cyprus University of
Technology.
Position in Project: Principal Investigator
Budget: €85,000
Status: Completed
Summary: This startup grant had the goal of establishing the Cyprus
Interaction Lab, purchase of the required equipment and funding of
research assistants for the execution of initial HCI related projects.
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3. Networking Programs
2010-­2013
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COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology)
Action IC0904 Towards the Integration of Transectorial IT
Design and Evaluation (TwinTide)
Position in Project: Cyprus Representative, Member of
Management Committee (MC)
Budget: €85,000/year
Summary: The main objective of the Action is to harmonise research
and practice on design and evaluation methodologies for computing
artefacts, across sectors and disciplines.