Maria Roussou

Dr. Maria Roussou is an Assistant Professor (tenured) in Interactive Systems (i.e. Human-Computer Interaction, Virtual Reality, Computer Games) at the Department of Informatics & Telecommunications, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.

Projects & Research

My research is positioned in the general area of human-computer interaction. Specific research areas include:

Immersive Virtual Reality
Cultural technology, Digital Heritage, digital storytelling
Design and evaluation methods of interactive environments, user centered design (UCD), user experience design (UX)
Information Visualization

Teaching

University of Athens, Department of Informatics and Telecommunications

Publications

Google Scholar; ACM DL; dblp: M. Roussou, M. Roussos; PublicationsList.org (list includes abstracts); Academia.edu; ResearchGate

News

- 17.06.2020: ACM Interaction Design and Children (IDC) conference 2020, Doctoral Consortium co-Chair

- 12.06.2020: 2nd Summit on Gender Equality in Computing (GEC 2020), General co-Chair

- 27-29.11.2019: Keynote speaker at Games and Learning Alliance - GALA 2019 conference.

- 22.11.2019: Keynote speaker at ICOM Europe / ICOM-Greece's Embracing the virtual: European museums respond to the digital challenge, Acropolis Museum, Athens. Download full Program.

- 23.11.2019: Opening remarks, Usability and Accessibility Days 2019, Sustainable Design for the Future Digital Heritage.

- 18.11.2019: Panelist, "Τεχνολογίες Πληροφορίας στις Ανθρωπιστικές Επιστήμες και τον Πολιτισμό" (Information Technology in the Humanities & Culture), 30 years ATHENA RC @ Benaki Museum.

- 30.10.2019: EMOTIVE project demo event at Hunterian Museum, Glasgow

- 07.06.2019: 1st Summit on Gender Equality in Computing (GEC 2019), General co-Chair

- 08.05.2019: 'Transformation through Provocation?' Paper presentation at CHI '19

- 02.05.2019: Keynote talk at the 11th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - CSEDU 2019