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I am curious about how people interact with technical systems and based on that curiosity I design, realize and evaluate novel interactive systems. This curiosity currently finds application at Sappi Europe, in which I work as a Head of UX.
I hold a PhD. and a P.D.Eng. degree from Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) and a MSc. in Computer Engineering from the University of Patras. In the past I held the position (tenured) of assistant professor at TU/e's department of Industrial Design, before that of senior lecturer at Breda University of Applied Sciences and had served four years as associate editor at the Behavior and Information Technology journal. Finally, I have gained industrial R&D experience, in design and HCI research positions, at Philips Research, Vodafone and Greece's Computer Technology Institute.
You might find interesting in what I am currently up to, or watch some of my talks, find out some of my projects, read some of my publications, or reach out to me.
Latest Achievements
A member of the Harvard Business Review Advisory Council, an opt-in research community of business professionals.
Organizing Committee member at the 11th AAAI Conference on Human Computation and Crowdsourcing (HCOMP 2023).
Presenting a full paper and Late-Breaking-Work at CHI2023. Full paper: Tasks of a Different Color: How Crowdsourcing Practices Differ per Complex Task Type and Why This Matters, and LBW: Four Challenges for IML Designers: Lessons of an Interactive Customer Segmentation Prototype in a Global Manufacturing Company.
Setting up a new lab in collaboration with RIT for digital innovation with Prof. Papangelis.
Case Study at CHI2022, titled: A B2C Bias for the B2B World: A Case Study of Employees' and Customers' UX of a B2B e-commerce Site.
Paper at CHI2021, titled: An Examination of the Work Practices of Crowdfarms.
Invited Program Committee member at the ACM's Web Conference 2023, Crowdsourcing and Human Computation Track.
Moderating two-week virtual World Design Orgnization workshop on sustainable packaging solutions for e-commerce.
Joined Sappi Europe as Product Designer / Senior Design Researcher, in the Digital Transformation team.
Sappi is a global company focused on providing dissolving pulp, paper pulp, paper-based and biorefinery solutions to its customers in over 150 countries. Headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, Sappi Europe is the leading European producer and supplier of coated fine paper, packaging and speciality papers. In Europe Sappi has ten mills, 14 sales offices and 5,700 employees.
Lead the editorial team for a book titled Macrotask Crowdsourcing for Springer's Human–Computer Interaction Series book series (HCIS). Also available on Amazon.
ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, awarded (honorable mention) for best late breaking report (out of 161 accepted submissions).
Technical Notes Co-Chair at the 13th Engineering Interactive Computing Systems (EICS) conference.
Organized on 12 Novermber 2019 the workshop How Social is Your Platform? in Dubai Design Week 2019.