Research interests and overview of activities
Nikolaos Konstantinou Tselios was born in Athens on 25/6/1973.
He holds a Ph.D. in Usability Engineering and a Diploma from the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Patras, Greece. He is a member of the Technical Chamber of Greece since 1997.
Research interests: Educational Technology, Human Computer Interaction (HCI), HCI in education, Social Media in Education, user interface design methodologies , usability issues of educational systems, distance-learning systems, information foraging theory, social-economic effects by the spread of internet’s usage and information technology in general.
He is a member of the HCI team of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of Patras.
Studies: Ph.D. (2002) and Diploma (1997) of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department of University of Patras. Title of Ph.D. thesis: ‘Advanced usability evaluation techniques of educational software’. Diploma thesis: ‘Computer aided Educational Systems, application in a laboratory course of electric machines’.
Languages: English (very well), French (well), Italian (amateur).
Distinctions: Best student of Korinthia’s county (1988) with a degree of 19 8/12. Distinction from Hellenic Mathematician’s Society (1987) and Greek Physics' Society (1990).
Professional Experience
1) Administrator of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department of the University of Patras. (10/1999-3/2001).
2) Member of the design and implementation team of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Web Portal (www.ee.upatras.gr). Project financed from EPEAEK (1998 and 2001).
3) Design and implementation of a web based educational system (www.ee.upatras.gr/cbtkernel), in the frame of the Leonardo Pilot Project (1998-1999).
4) Design and evaluation of multimedia educational software for Environmental Education. Action financed from the Ministry of Education and National Youth Foundation (2001 -2002).
5) Design, evaluation and maintenance of a web portal for the Hellenic Network of excellence in the area of Human Computer Interaction (www.ee.upatras.gr/hci , 1998 - 2001).
6) Designing and evaluation of a web portal for the 1st Panhellenic Conference with International participation in the area of Human Computer Interaction (www.ee.upatras.gr/pchci2001). Organizing Committee’s member.
7) Research scientist in the Greek Army, unit of Research and Information Technology (2002-2003). Military service in the office of research of information technology of the 79 th Brigade (Vathi, Samos) and in the Centre of Information Technology Support of the Greek Army (KEPYES) in the Ministry of National Defence, Pentagon, Athens.
Participation in research programmes (indicative list)
16) Participant in the ΙΑ-3 workgroup with topic, ` User centered methods of design and usability practices: repercussions in e-business’. Ebusiness Forum, Ministry of Development, Operational Program ‘Information Society’.
15) Definition of usability plan, interaction design, pedagogical model and requirements specification in the frame of the project "Design and Implementation of a Modern Asynchronous Teletraining Platform" in the frame of the action 3.4, operation programme for Western Greece 2000-2006 entitled "Consortia of Research and Technological Growth in sectors of National Priority".
14) Definition of usability evaluation plan in the frame of QALIBRA (Quality of life - integrated benefit and risk analysis) project coordinated by Icelandic Fisheries Laboratories and supported by the European Commission's 6th Framework Programme, contract number FOOD-CT-2006-022957.
13) Conceptual design for the project ‘Supporting the visitors of Solomos Museum’, 2006-2008. The goal is to provide navigation and educational support through a PDA context aware application as well as a web site that will allow access to information about the museum and the surroundings, visit preparation, educational activities visit planning and also digital repository administration.
12) Researcher in the project Hybrid Libraries: Advanced Systems and Services for accessing virtual and physical information space 2005-2008. Project to investigate advanced context aware computing infrastructure for libraries.
11) Postdoctoral research fellow (2005-2006). The project aim is to investigate predictive models of information seeking behaviour in the World Wide Web. The proposed approach will build upon current theoretical cognitive models, such as information foraging. Research project title: ‘Human Computer Interaction: Research and development of predictive information foraging models in the World Wide Web’. Program Pythagoras II: Support of Universities 'Research Groups- Ministry of Education).
10) Researcher in the project «Demetra: Development of Environmental Modules for Evaluation of Toxicity of pesticide Residues in Agriculture» (2003-2007).
9) Design, implementation, and evaluation of an open problem solving software (interactive flow chart tutoring tool) in the frame of the project ‘Algorithms and Programming’, main project “Pleiades-Niriides”. Funded by the Information Society Organization, Activity 1.2: ‘Introduction and Exploitation of the New Technologies in Education’.
8) Scientific partner and consultant of the Hellenic Open University (2003-).
7) Contractor of research funding Praxe (act) 2002-50: Utilization of ipreti technology. Method for automatic text input in digital devices with a restricted number of keys. General Secretary of Research and development, (2002-2004).
6) Researcher in the area of Human Computer Interaction, HCI Group, University of Patras (2003-).
5) Requirements specification, user interface design, and usability evaluation in the frame of the research program «IST-2000-25385-Modelling Space», funded by the European Union (2001 - 2004).
4) Researcher in Joint Greek Italian Research Program. Usability Evaluation Techniques for Web Applications. Case study on Distance Learning, Cultural heritage and Medical Information Systems (2001-2003).
3) Researcher, in the frame of the project "Penelope: Model’s Creation". Project funded from Institute of Technology of Computers (2001-2002).
2) Researcher, in the frame of the project "IST -2000-25385- Modelling Space ". Project funded from European Union (2001 - 2002).
1) Design and implementation of a management information system to support postgraduate courses of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. Project funded from EPEAEK (1999).
Knowledge of environments /tools to design and implement applications
Strong experience in software programming in Microsoft Visual Basic 6 and .NET, embedded visual basic (evb), Visual basic for applications, Visual basic Script, Ansi SQL and microsoft SQL, Access, Sql Server, HTML, XML, Fortran javascript. Small experience in microsoft C ++, Turbo pascal, Borland Delphi, Macromedia Director.
He holds a Ph.D. in Usability Engineering and a Diploma from the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Patras, Greece. He is a member of the Technical Chamber of Greece since 1997.
Research interests: Educational Technology, Human Computer Interaction (HCI), HCI in education, Social Media in Education, user interface design methodologies , usability issues of educational systems, distance-learning systems, information foraging theory, social-economic effects by the spread of internet’s usage and information technology in general.
He is a member of the HCI team of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of Patras.
Studies: Ph.D. (2002) and Diploma (1997) of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department of University of Patras. Title of Ph.D. thesis: ‘Advanced usability evaluation techniques of educational software’. Diploma thesis: ‘Computer aided Educational Systems, application in a laboratory course of electric machines’.
Languages: English (very well), French (well), Italian (amateur).
Distinctions: Best student of Korinthia’s county (1988) with a degree of 19 8/12. Distinction from Hellenic Mathematician’s Society (1987) and Greek Physics' Society (1990).
Professional Experience
1) Administrator of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department of the University of Patras. (10/1999-3/2001).
2) Member of the design and implementation team of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Web Portal (www.ee.upatras.gr). Project financed from EPEAEK (1998 and 2001).
3) Design and implementation of a web based educational system (www.ee.upatras.gr/cbtkernel), in the frame of the Leonardo Pilot Project (1998-1999).
4) Design and evaluation of multimedia educational software for Environmental Education. Action financed from the Ministry of Education and National Youth Foundation (2001 -2002).
5) Design, evaluation and maintenance of a web portal for the Hellenic Network of excellence in the area of Human Computer Interaction (www.ee.upatras.gr/hci , 1998 - 2001).
6) Designing and evaluation of a web portal for the 1st Panhellenic Conference with International participation in the area of Human Computer Interaction (www.ee.upatras.gr/pchci2001). Organizing Committee’s member.
7) Research scientist in the Greek Army, unit of Research and Information Technology (2002-2003). Military service in the office of research of information technology of the 79 th Brigade (Vathi, Samos) and in the Centre of Information Technology Support of the Greek Army (KEPYES) in the Ministry of National Defence, Pentagon, Athens.
Participation in research programmes (indicative list)
16) Participant in the ΙΑ-3 workgroup with topic, ` User centered methods of design and usability practices: repercussions in e-business’. Ebusiness Forum, Ministry of Development, Operational Program ‘Information Society’.
15) Definition of usability plan, interaction design, pedagogical model and requirements specification in the frame of the project "Design and Implementation of a Modern Asynchronous Teletraining Platform" in the frame of the action 3.4, operation programme for Western Greece 2000-2006 entitled "Consortia of Research and Technological Growth in sectors of National Priority".
14) Definition of usability evaluation plan in the frame of QALIBRA (Quality of life - integrated benefit and risk analysis) project coordinated by Icelandic Fisheries Laboratories and supported by the European Commission's 6th Framework Programme, contract number FOOD-CT-2006-022957.
13) Conceptual design for the project ‘Supporting the visitors of Solomos Museum’, 2006-2008. The goal is to provide navigation and educational support through a PDA context aware application as well as a web site that will allow access to information about the museum and the surroundings, visit preparation, educational activities visit planning and also digital repository administration.
12) Researcher in the project Hybrid Libraries: Advanced Systems and Services for accessing virtual and physical information space 2005-2008. Project to investigate advanced context aware computing infrastructure for libraries.
11) Postdoctoral research fellow (2005-2006). The project aim is to investigate predictive models of information seeking behaviour in the World Wide Web. The proposed approach will build upon current theoretical cognitive models, such as information foraging. Research project title: ‘Human Computer Interaction: Research and development of predictive information foraging models in the World Wide Web’. Program Pythagoras II: Support of Universities 'Research Groups- Ministry of Education).
10) Researcher in the project «Demetra: Development of Environmental Modules for Evaluation of Toxicity of pesticide Residues in Agriculture» (2003-2007).
9) Design, implementation, and evaluation of an open problem solving software (interactive flow chart tutoring tool) in the frame of the project ‘Algorithms and Programming’, main project “Pleiades-Niriides”. Funded by the Information Society Organization, Activity 1.2: ‘Introduction and Exploitation of the New Technologies in Education’.
8) Scientific partner and consultant of the Hellenic Open University (2003-).
7) Contractor of research funding Praxe (act) 2002-50: Utilization of ipreti technology. Method for automatic text input in digital devices with a restricted number of keys. General Secretary of Research and development, (2002-2004).
6) Researcher in the area of Human Computer Interaction, HCI Group, University of Patras (2003-).
5) Requirements specification, user interface design, and usability evaluation in the frame of the research program «IST-2000-25385-Modelling Space», funded by the European Union (2001 - 2004).
4) Researcher in Joint Greek Italian Research Program. Usability Evaluation Techniques for Web Applications. Case study on Distance Learning, Cultural heritage and Medical Information Systems (2001-2003).
3) Researcher, in the frame of the project "Penelope: Model’s Creation". Project funded from Institute of Technology of Computers (2001-2002).
2) Researcher, in the frame of the project "IST -2000-25385- Modelling Space ". Project funded from European Union (2001 - 2002).
1) Design and implementation of a management information system to support postgraduate courses of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. Project funded from EPEAEK (1999).
Knowledge of environments /tools to design and implement applications
Strong experience in software programming in Microsoft Visual Basic 6 and .NET, embedded visual basic (evb), Visual basic for applications, Visual basic Script, Ansi SQL and microsoft SQL, Access, Sql Server, HTML, XML, Fortran javascript. Small experience in microsoft C ++, Turbo pascal, Borland Delphi, Macromedia Director.