Distinctions

I have had the honour of being granted a few distinctions, scholarships, awards and nominations over the years. Here is the list!

  • September 2019: Best paper nomination, Intl. Workshop on Data Science and Internet of Things. Catania, Italy.
  • May 2019: Michael A. J. Sweeney Best Student paper award, 45th annual conference on computer graphics, visualization and human-computer interaction (GI 2019)
  • May 2019: Special Recognition for Outstanding Reviews, MobileCHI 2019, ACM
  • November 2018: Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing, Computers in Human Behaviour Journal, Elsevier
  • November 2018: Best paper award, 2018 European Conference on Ambient Intelligence (AmI'2018)
  • November 2018: Recognised Reviewer, Computers in Human Behaviour Journal, Elsevier
  • August 2018: Recognised Reviewer, ICT Express Journal, Elsevier
  • February 2018: Recognised Reviewer, Information Processing & Management Journal, Elsevier
  • December 2017: Nomination for Achaea Persons of the Year Awards (Education category), Peloponnesos Newspaper
  • April 2017: Seal Of Excellence for the research proposal “752614 SoScan: Leveraging social network data for the exploration of urban environments via auditory and multimodal augmented spaces” (H2020-MSCA-IF-2016) – European Commission
  • November 2016: Best Paper Award Nomination (2nd place), 20th Panhellenic Conference on Informatics (ACM PCI2016), Patras, Greece
  • January 2016: 1st place award for the HotThess app, in the national Apps4Thessaloniki competition on mobile Tourism applications.
  • November 2015: 2nd place award, CrowdHackathon For Tourism with the support of the Greek Tourism Confederation (HotCity App), Athens, Greece
  • February 2014: Special Recognition for Outstanding Reviews, CHI 2014, ACM
  • December 2013: 1st place award, 2nd International Ubi-Challenge (ACM Mobile & Ubiquitous Multimedia Conference 2013)
  • April 2012: 2nd place award winners for the XrcizeR mobile app concept, Athens Mobile Monday m-Health event.
  • October 2002- July 2005: University of Strathclyde: Ph.D. Tuition Fees Scholarship
  • August 2001: Compaq Computer MFG: Honorary Distinction for services rendered during industrial placement.
  • February 2001: Compaq Computer MFG: Sponsored Training programme for Novell Network Administration.