Since the late 1980s, the initiatives of the Head and the research activities of the Laboratory have actively contributed to Research and Development activities fostering the development of an "Information Society for All" promoting inclusion and advocating for the positive impact of new technologies on society.
Activities with a significant international and national footprint include the writing of White Papers and monographs, the editing of collective volumes, the establishment and editing-in-chief of prestigious international scientific journals, the establishment and organization of a series of international conferences and workshops, the undertaking of competitive research and development projects funded by the European Commission or by other international or national bodies, etc.
The Laboratory is a pioneer in promoting innovation within the scientific community and in connecting its research results with society. To date, the Laboratory has secured competitive funding for more than 200 research projects, while more than 1,000 scientific publications have been produced. The Head and members of the Laboratory have been invited to deliver distinguished talks and have received awards for their publications. The results of the Laboratory's research are reflected in the development of more than 130 interactive systems available to the general public through over than 50 installations used by hundreds of thousands of visitors in Greece and abroad in museums and cultural sites, airports, ports, exhibition spaces, banks and stores, promoting cultural heritage, the natural environment, education, entertainment, etc.
The Head of the Laboratory was a co-founder of the European Design for All e-Accessibility Network (EDeAN) and the founder of the corresponding National Network GR-DeAN. He was also the Editor-in-Chief of the White Paper outlining the roadmap for future European initiatives regarding the goal of "Design for All", digital accessibility and the inclusion of people with disabilities and the elderly in the "Information and Knowledge Society".
In addition, the Head of the Laboratory actively contributed to shaping the European Commission’s (EC) policies on Research and Development in the context of the Information Society, either as a member of EU expert groups or as a National Representative in the Management Committees of successive Framework Programs for Information and Communication Technologies (ICT).
At the same time, the Head of the Laboratory contributed to the introduction of the field into University education. At the beginning of the ‘90s he organized the teaching of the first courses in the scientific field of Human-Computer Interaction in Greek Universities (Department of Computer Science of the University of Crete and the Department of Informatics and Telecommunications at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens), while over the last decade, he is the responsible Professor for the Summer School on 'Human-Computer Interaction' organized annually by the Institute of Computer Science (ICS) of FORTH for students of the University of York in Canada. He has supervised numerous doctoral dissertations (16), master theses (67) and diploma theses (123).
White papers and monographs
Edited Books
Chief Editing of International Scientific Journals
Organization of International Workshop and Conferences Series
