I am an Assistant Professor (currently moving to the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department) at the University of Patras. I received a PhD and BSc from the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Patras.
My research is related with investigating the influence of human aspects in the design and evaluation of information systems, with a special emphasis on usable security, user modeling and personalization systems, aiming to drive the development of bootstrapped IT solutions to the unique cultural, cognitive and individual characteristics of the end-users.
Email: fidas AT upatras.gr :: LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fidas[New Position - November 2020] I am thankful for spending the last years at the Department of Cutlural Heritage Management and New Technologies of the University of Patras. Many thanks to all my colleagues and supporting staff for a fruitful and joyful collaboration. I am very happy to join the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department of the University of Patras. I look forward to work with my new colleagues and students.
[Guest Editor of Special Issue - November 2020]
I am the Guest Editor, together with Dr. Stella Sylaiou and Dr. George Pavlidis, of the Special Issue "Mixed Reality in Culture and Heritage" at the Heritage Journal. Please download the Call for Papers (.pdf)
[Best Paper Award - October 2020]
We received the prestigious UMUAI James Chen award for best paper of 2019, for our paper entitled "A cognition-centered personalization framework for cultural heritage content".
The User Modeling and User Adapted Interaction (UMUAI) James Chen Award is bestowed annually to the author(s) of the best paper of the year.
The award has been donated by the Chen family in commemoration of James R. Chen.
[New Publication - March 2020] Our paper related to personalizing the user authentication process of information systems based on users' cross-cultural differences has been accepted at the ACM User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization (UMAP 2020) papers' main program (23% acceptance rate). The work has been conducted in collaboration with the Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
[New Project - December 2019]
I am enchanted that our project proposal "Development and production of augmented and virtual reality applications supporting narrative tours at the Tomato Industrial Museum "D. Nomikos" has been included for funding within the RESEARCH - CREATE - INNOVATE call. The proposal has been rated among the first 200 out of 2100 submissions (acceptance rate 10%).
The project proposes the production, presentation and promotion of a versatile cultural product that falls within the general context of the Museum's modern operation as cultural industry, thus linking academic research and innovation with entrepreneurship.
[New Publication - December 2019]
Our paper related to improving the estimation of graphical password strength based on the interplay between image content familiarity and gaze-behaviour on image hotspots has been accepted at the ACM Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI 2020) papers' main program (16% acceptance rate).
[New Publication - November 2019]
New paper accepted at the IEEE BigData 2019 conference, entitled "The SERUMS tool-chain: Ensuring Security and Privacy of Medical Data in Smart Patient-Centric Healthcare Systems".
[Paper Presentation at ACM WI 2019 - October 2019]
I enjoyed participating at the ACM Web Intelligence 2019 conference, and presenting our two papers entitled "Eye Tracking based Cognitive-Centered User Models" and "I Recall this Picture": Understanding Picture Password Selections based on Users' Sociocultural Experiences". I also had the opportunity to meet other researchers and exchange interesting ideas for research.
[Editorial Board - September 2019]
I am glad to join the Editorial
Board of Heritage (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/heritage), a
peer-reviewed and open access journal, covering all aspects of cultural
and natural heritage science. The preliminary aims and topics are given
at: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/heritage/about.
[New Publications - August 2019] Two papers accepted at ACM Web Intelligence 2019, entitled "Eye Tracking based Cognitive-Centered User Models" and "I Recall this Picture": Understanding Picture Password Selections based on Users' Sociocultural Experiences"
[Shanghai Jiao Tong University - May 2019]
I was very delighted to visit the School of Design, Shanghai Jiao Tong University in the context of Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility Programme (KA107). I have been giving lectures for bachelor, master and doctoral students and discussed further research opportunities.
[New Publication - May 2019] Paper accepted at the IFIP TC.13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2019, entitled "Influences of Mixed Reality and Human Cognition on Picture Passwords: An Eye Tracking Study"
[Guest Editor of Special Issue - April 2019]
I am the Guest Editor of the Special Issue "Virtual Reality and Their Application in Cultural Heritage" at the Applied Sciences Journal, Impact Factor 2.217
Submissions Deadline: 29 February 2020. Please download the Call for Papers (.pdf)
[New Publication - March 2019] Paper accepted at ACM SIGCHI UMAP 2019, entitled "On the Accuracy of Eye Gaze-driven Classifiers for Predicting Image Content Familiarity in Graphical Passwords"
[New EU H2020 Project - February 2019]
I am happy to participate in the EU Horizon 2020 Serums project aiming to apply a User-centered Design process for defining new methods and tools for patient-centric user authentication
[Workshop Co-Organizer - January 2019] I am Co-Organizer, together with Dr. Marios Belk, Dr. Elias Athanasopoulos, and Dr. Andreas Pitsillides, of the First International Workshop on Adaptive and Personalized Privacy and Security (APPS 2019), in conjunction with the ACM User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization (UMAP 2019) conference. Submission due date: March 13, 2019
[Guest Co-Editor - December 2018]
I am Guest Co-Editor, together with Dr. Stella Sylaiou, for the Special Issue on ICT for Culture and Tourism at the International Journal of Computational Methods in Heritage Science (IJCMHS). Submission due date: December 20, 2018
[Invited Talk - November 2018] "Human Cognition, Visual Behavior and User Experience in Virtual / Mixed Reality Applications: Case Studies and Interaction Effects", VR@GR: Virtual Reality – Research and Applications in Greece today, held at the Onassis Stegi.
[New Publication - November 2018] Journal paper accepted at User Modeling and User-Adapted Interaction (UMUAI), entitled "A cognition-centered personalization framework for cultural heritage content"
[New Publication - November 2018]
Journal paper accepted at ACM Journal on Computing and Cultural Heritage (JOCCH), entitled "Do game designers’ decisions related to visual activities affect knowledge acquisition in cultural heritage games? An evaluation from a human cognitive processing perspective"
I have worked as a project manager, user experience expert and information systems architect in numerous EU-funded, National and industrial research projects like:
Assistant Professor (2016-), Tenure-track Lecturer (2013-2016) at the Department of Cultural Heritage and New Technologies, University of Patras
Visiting Assistant Professor at the Department of Computer Science, University of Cyprus (2011-2013)
Adjunct Lecturer at the University of Patras, University of Ioannina, Technical Institute of Patras (2004-2011)
I am always happy to discuss with prospective students new research endeavors in the areas of Information Systems and Culture, Modelling Human Cognition in Interactive Systems, and Usable Security. If you are interested to discuss your research idea please don't hesitate to contact me at fidas AT upatras.gr
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