Chrysoula Bekiari
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Institute of Computer Science (ICS)
Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH)
Nikolaou Plastira 100, Vassilika Vouton GR-70013 Heraklion, Crete, Greece
Phone: +30 2810 391631
FAX: +30 2810 391638
E-mail: bekiariATics.forth.gr
Chrysoula Bekiari is an R & D engineer in the Information Systems Laboratory and the Centre for Cultural Informatics of the Institute of Computer Science, FORTH.
Experience
She has participated in more than 30 different EU and national projects since 1985 under different roles, from technical staff, to technical coordinator, to coordinator or scientific responsible and has gained skills and experience in (i) requirements analysis and functional specifications of advanced information systems, (ii) knowledge organization, (iii) conceptual modeling of information structures for supporting semantic interoperability,(iv) harmonization of database schemas, (v) ontology engineering in the areas of Cultural and Scientific Heritage.
Since 2002, she has participated in CIDOC CRM Special Interest Group and CIDOC FRBR Harmonization Meetings worked as a contributor and co editor.
Work Experience
1985 – Present: Research and development engineer, Coordinator, Centre for Cultural Informatics (CCI)-Information Systems Laboratory (ISL) – Institute of Computer Science (ICS) - Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas (FORTH), Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
1985-1992: Taught the following undergraduate courses: introduction to computers, database systems, programming languages at Technical University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete
1998-1999, 2002-2003: Taught graduate course about methods and systems of cultural documentation at University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete
Education
BSc. in Mathematics, University of Patras, Greece, 1980
M.A. in Computer Science, Queens College of the City University of New York, 1985
Projects she is currently involved include:
- SSHOC: The Social Sciences and Humanities Open Cloud
- Digital Aposphragisma of Hagionymous Islands
- Apollonis infrastructure - National Infrastructure for the Digital Humanities and Sciences and for Language Research and Innovation
- CULTURE & TECHNOLOGY: New Technologies in Research, Study, Documentation and Access to Information on Cultural Heritage Objects and Monuments (POLITEIA-II)
- Centre for the study and sustainable exploitation of Marine Biological Resources
- Mediterranean Landscapes of Culture: cultural landscapes of the past in the time of the Mediterranean