Constantine Stephanidis

Constantine Stephanidis, Professor at the Department of Computer Science of the University of Crete, is the Director of the Institute of Computer Science, Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas, Head of the Human - Computer Interaction Laboratory, and of the Centre for Universal Access and Assistive Technologies, and Head of the Ambient Intelligence Programme of ICS-FORTH.

In the beginning of the '90s he introduced the concept and principles of Design for All in Human-Computer Interaction and for Universal Access in the evolving Information Society.

Currently, he is coordinating multidisciplinary activities aiming to conceptualize, design and develop in vitro (and deploy in vivo) pioneering, innovative technologies and applications for Smart Environments, capable of “understanding” and proactively addressing individual human needs, following a human-centred approach. He is also leading the efforts of the Institute of Computer Science of FORTH to construct a 3,000 square meter building (to be completed in 2011) of simulated smart space environments, in a variety of application domains to provide a test bed for pioneering multidisciplinary and cross-thematic R&D activities.

He has published more than 550 technical papers in scientific archival journals, proceedings of international conferences and workshops related to his fields of expertise.

In 2010, Prof. Stephanidis was elected member of the Informatics Section of the Academia Europaea, a functioning European Academy of Humanities, Letters and Sciences

Research Interests

• Human - Computer Interaction: Design for All. New methodologies, techniques and tools for the design, development and evaluation of applications and services that exhibit automatic adaptation, personalization and intelligent interface behavior.
• Human - Computer Interaction in Ambient Intelligence environments

Participation in Research Projects

Over the past 25 years, Prof. Stephanidis has been engaged as the Scientific Responsible in more than 50 National and European Commission funded projects in the fields of Human-Computer Interaction, Universal Access and Assistive Technologies.

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