Dr Fernando Loizides

Reader (Associate Professor)- Director of the Data Science Academy

School of Computer Science and Informatics

I am a Reader (Associate Professor) in Computer Science and Informatics at Cardiff University and the Director of the Data Science Academy, UK. I also hold an Honorary Professorship at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. My main area of research and development lies in Information Interaction and user experience (UX) with a large focus on Decision Making and Accessibility. I have extensive experience in user study design and facilitation using cutting-edge technologies, eliciting user requirements, performing systems evaluation and developing working systems.

Research

I have extensively published in internationally leading journals and conferences, winning awards like best conference papers and Excellent in Research Award by Google. I have secured and completed EU and nationally funded projects, edited several books and proceedings, and successfully graduated several PhD candidates. I have chaired conferences and acted as an editor and reviewer for several world-leading conferences and journals. I am also serving on academic committees such as being an expert member of the International Federation for Information Processing on the TC-13 Human-Computer Interaction Group, for which I have received an award for Outstanding Contribution. I have also been actively involved in the creation of three new state-of-the-art Computer Science research labs from the ground up.

Teaching

I am also an experienced and enthusiastic teacher, lecturing classes between 10 and 300 students yearly with excellent feedback. I have actively created new modules and teaching curricula (both undergraduate and postgraduate modules and courses) which are now successfully established and permanently adopted by departments. I have won awards by both students (Most Innovative Lecturer in the University) and (CATE Award from the Higher Education Academy).

Industry

I have over 15 years of industry experience, as a developer (winning awards such as "most socially impactful" application) creating startups, managing teams and consultancy. Several of the students I supervise have had their work commercialised. I have consulted several technology-focused companies from pre-seed/ ideation to prototyping to funding and profitability. These vary from SMEs to larger companies such as the European Patent Office, Microsoft, Nokia and Google, and public sector entities such as councils. I am a co-founder of RapidLab, an initiative to create rapid working prototypes for testing market validity which was a finalist for the Innovation and Enterprise Award. I have given talks and workshops to companies such as Admiral on Emerging Technologies, User Experience and Accessibility. My work has been featured on the BBC, Radio, online magazines and several social media outlets.

Date
Type

2024

Mavri, A., Ioannou, A. and Loizides, F. 2024. A model for enhancing creativity, collaboration and pre-professional identities in technology-supported cross-organizational communities of practice. Education and Information Technologies 29, pp. 13325-13366. (10.1007/s10639-023-12295-2)
Goodwin, N., Powell, G., Loizides, F., Derry-Summer, H., Rajenderkumar, D. and Sumner, P. 2024. Feasibility of gamified visual desensitisation for visually-induced dizziness. Scientific Reports 14, article number: 17864. (10.1038/s41598-024-67745-9)
Chrysikou, E. et al. 2024. Creating resilient smart homes with a heart: sustainable, technologically advanced housing across the lifespan and frailty through inclusive design for people and their robots. Sustainability 16(4), article number: 5837. (10.3390/su16145837)
Abdoulqadir, C., Loizides, F. and Hoyos, S. 2024. Enhancing mobile game accessibility: Guidelines for users with visual and dexterity dual impairments. Presented at: 10th IFIP WG 13.2 International Working Conference, Reykjavik, Iceland, 8-10 July 2024 Presented at Lárusdóttir, M. K. et al. eds.Human-Centered Software Engineering, Vol. 14793. Lecture Notes in Computer Science Cham, Switzerland: Springer pp. 255–263., (10.1007/978-3-031-64576-1_16)
Price, A. and Loizides, F. 2024. Allowing for secure and accessible authentication for individuals with disabilities of dexterity. Presented at: HCSE Human-Centered Software Engineering, Reykjavik, Iceland, 8-10 July 2024 Presented at Laurusdottir, M. K. et al. eds.Human-Centered Software Engineering, Vol. 14793. Lecture Notes in Computer Science Springer, (10.1007/978-3-031-64576-1_7)
Loizou, M., Arnab, S., Lameras, P., Hartley, T., Loizides, F., Kumar, P. and Sumilo, D. 2024. Designing, implementing and testing an intervention of affective intelligent agents in nursing virtual reality teaching simulations - a qualitative study. Frontiers in Digital Health 6, article number: 1307817. (10.3389/fdgth.2024.1307817)
Jaddoh, A., Loizides, F., Rana, O. and Syed, Y. A. 2024. Interacting with smart virtual assistants for individuals with dysarthria: a comparative study on usability and user preferences. Applied Sciences 14(4), article number: 1409. (10.3390/app14041409)

2023

Jaddoh, A., Loizides, F., Lee, J. and Rana, O. 2023. An interaction framework for designing systems for virtual home assistants and people with dysarthria. Universal Access in the Information Society (10.1007/s10209-023-01037-3)
Liu, J., Stephens, B., Abdoulqadir, C. and Loizides, F. 2023. PECSOnline: A bespoke classroom based picture exchange communication system (PECS) for children with autism. Presented at: 19th IFIP TC13 International Conference, York, UK, 28 August - 1 September 2023Proceedings, Part IV of Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2023, Vol. 14145. Springer, (10.1007/978-3-031-42293-5_70)
Jones, N., Loizides, F. and Jones, K. 2023. A theoretical framework for the development of "needy" socially assistive robots. Presented at: INTERACT 2023 19th IFIP TC13 International Conference, 28 August – 1 September 2023Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2023., Vol. 14145. Lecture Notes in Computer Science Cham, Switzerland: Springer, (10.1007/978-3-031-42293-5_42)
Nicolaou, K., Carlton, R., Jaddoh, A., Syed, Y., James, J., Abdoulqadir, C. and Loizides, F. 2023. Game based learning rehabilitation for children with speech disabilities: Presenting two bespoke video games. Presented at: BCS HCI: 36th International BCS Human-Computer Interaction Conference, York, UK, 28-29 August 2023.
Perez-Molina, E. and Loizides, F. 2023. TechMaps: exploring technology relationships through patent information based proximity. Frontiers in Research Metrics and Analytics 8, article number: 1096226. (10.3389/frma.2023.1096226)
Jaddoh, A., Loizides, F. and Rana, O. 2023. Interaction between people with dysarthria and speech recognition systems: A review. Assistive Technology: The Offical Journal of RESNA 35(4), pp. 330-338. (10.1080/10400435.2022.2061085)
Weir, K., Loizides, F., Nahar, V., Aggoun, A. and Pollard, A. 2023. I see therefore i read: improving the reading capabilities of individuals with visual disabilities through immersive virtual reality. Universal Access in the Information Society 22, pp. 387-413. (10.1007/s10209-021-00854-8)
Goodwin, N., Sumner, P., Loizides, F., Derry-Sumner, H., Rajenderkumar, D. and Powell, G. 2023. Balance-Land: a gamified rehabilitation program for people with Persistent Perceptual Postural Dizziness (PPPD) and visual vertigo. [Online]. PsyArXiv: Center for Open Science. (10.31234/osf.io/9gb73) Available at: https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/9gb73

2022

Davidova, M., Sharma, S., McMeel, D. and Loizides, F. 2022. Co-De|GT: The gamification and tokenisation of more-than-human qualities and values. Sustainability 14(7), article number: 3787. (10.3390/su14073787)

2021

Knight, D., Loizides, F., Neale, S., Anthony, L. and Spasic, I. 2021. Developing computational infrastructure for the CorCenCC corpus - the National Corpus of Contemporary Welsh. Language Resources and Evaluation 55, pp. 789-816. (10.1007/s10579-020-09501-9)
Mavri, A., Ioannou, A. and Loizides, F. 2021. Cross-organisational communities of practice: enhancing creativity and epistemic cognition in higher education. Internet and Higher Education 49, article number: 100792. (10.1016/j.iheduc.2021.100792)
Perez-Molina, E. and Loizides, F. 2021. Novel data structure and visualization tool for studying technology evolution based on patent information: The DTFootprint and the TechSpectrogram. World Patent Information 64, article number: 102009. (10.1016/j.wpi.2020.102009)
Weir, K., Loizides, F., Nahar, V., Aggoun, A. and Pollard, A. 2021. Developing a user-centered accessible virtual reality video environment for severe visual disabilities. Presented at: 36th Annual Assistive Technology Conference 2021, Virtual, 6-14 March 2021, Vol. 9. pp. 35-53.
Jaddoh, A., Loizides, F. and Rana, O. 2021. Non-verbal interaction with virtual home assistants for people with dysarthria. Presented at: 36th Annual Assistive Technology Conference 2021, Virtual, 6-14 March 2021, Vol. 9. Vol. 13. pp. 71-84.

2020

Loizides, F., Basson, S., Kanevsky, D., Prilepova, O., Savla, S. and Zaraysky, S. 2020. Breaking boundaries with live transcribe: expanding use cases beyond standard captioning scenarios. Presented at: The 22nd International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS 2020), Virtual, 26-28 October 2020 Presented at Guerreiro, T., Nicolau, H. and Moffatt, K. eds.ASSETS '20: The 22nd International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility. ACM pp. 1-6 (12)., (10.1145/3373625.3417300)
Mavri, A., Ioannou, A. and Loizides, F. 2020. Design students meet industry players: Feedback and creativity in communities of practice. Thinking Skills and Creativity 37, article number: 100684. (10.1016/j.tsc.2020.100684)
Loizides, F. et al. eds. 2020. Human computer interaction and emerging technologies. Cardiff: Cardiff University Press. (10.18573/book3)
Mavri, A., Ioannou, A. and Loizides, F. 2020. A cross-organizational ecology for virtual communities of practice in higher education. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction 36(6), pp. 553-567. (10.1080/10447318.2019.1664067)
Mavri, A., Ioannou, A. and Loizides, F. 2020. The Assessment Scale for Creative Collaboration (ASCC) Validation and Reliability Study. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction 36(11), pp. 1056-1069. (10.1080/10447318.2019.1709338)
Abdelnour Nocera, J. et al. eds. 2020. Beyond interactions: INTERACT 2019 IFIP TC 13 workshops, Paphos, Cyprus, September 2–6, 2019, revised selected papers. Lecture Notes in Computer Science series and Information Systems and Applications, incl. Internet/Web, and HCI series. Springer, Cham. (10.1007/978-3-030-46540-7)

2019

Loizides, F., Jones, K., Girvan, C., De Ribaupierre, H., Turner, L., Bailey, C. and Lloyd, A. 2019. Crowdsourcing real world feedback for human computer interaction education. In: Khan, V. J. et al. eds. Macrotask Crowdsourcing: Engaging the Crowds to Address Complex Problems. Human–Computer Interaction Series Springer, pp. 233-252., (10.1007/978-3-030-12334-5_9)
Jones, K. E. et al. 2019. Reducing anxiety for dental visits. Presented at: 17th IFIP TC 13 International Conference, Paphos, Greece, 2-6 September 2019 Presented at Lamas, D. et al. eds.Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2019: 17th IFIP TC 13 International Conference, Paphos, Cyprus, September 2–6, 2019, Proceedings, Part IV, Vol. 11749. Lecture Notes in Computer Science Springer pp. 659-663., (10.1007/978-3-030-29390-1_57)
Johnson, I., Loizides, F., Eslambolchilar, P., Jones, K. and Crawford, O. 2019. Augmented reality- modern approaches to communicating oral health. Presented at: ADEE Annual Meeting 2019, Berlin, Germany, 21-23 August 2019Topic related and e-poster abstracts ADEE 2019 Berlin. ADEE pp. 5.
Mavri, A., Ioannou, A. and Loizides, F. 2019. On the reliability and factorial validity of the assessment scale for creative collaboration. Presented at: INTERACT 2019, Paphos, Cyprus, 2-6 Sep 2019 Presented at Lamas, D. et al. eds.Human-Computer Interaction: INTERACT 2019, Part I, Vol. 11746. Lecture Notes in Computer Science Cham, Switzerland: Springer Verlag pp. 783-792., (10.1007/978-3-030-29381-9_46)
Weir, K., Loizides, F., Nahar, V. and Aggoun, A. 2019. Using virtual reality to enable individuals with severe visual disabilities to read books. Presented at: INTERACT 2019, Paphos, Cyprus, 2-6 Sep 2019 Presented at Lamas, D. et al. eds.Human-Computer Interaction: INTERACT 2019, Part IV, Vol. 11749. Lecture Notes in Computer Science Cham, Switzerland: Springer Verlag pp. 680-684., (10.1007/978-3-030-29390-1_62)
Loizides, F. et al. 2019. MyCompanion: A digital social companion for assisted living. Presented at: INTERACT 2019, Paphos, Cyprus, 2–6 Sep 2019 Presented at Lamas, D. et al. eds.Human-Computer Interaction: INTERACT 2019, Part IV, Vol. 11749. Lecture Notes in Computer Science Cham, Switzerland: Springer Verlag pp. 649-653., (10.1007/978-3-030-29390-1_55)

2018

Ogunyemi, A. A., Lamas, D., Lárusdóttir, M. K. and Loizides, F. 2018. A systematic mapping study of HCI practice research. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction (10.1080/10447318.2018.1541544)
Mavri, A., Ioannou, A., Loizides, F. and Souleles, N. 2018. Social learning and social design using iPads and groupware technologies. Presented at: LCT 2018, 15-20 Jul 2018 Presented at Zaphiris, P. and Ioannou, A. eds.Learning and Collaboration Technologies: Design, Development and Technological Innovation, Vol. 10924. Lecture Notes in Computer Science Cham: Springer Verlag pp. 430-445., (10.1007/978-3-319-91743-6_32)
De Ribaupierre, H., Jones, K., Loizides, F. and Cherdantseva, Y. 2018. Towards gender equality in software engineering: the NSA approach. Presented at: GE’18:IEEE/ACM 1st International Workshop on Gender Equality in Software Engineering, Gothenburg, Sweden, 28 May 2018GE’18: GE’18:IEEE/ACM 1st International Workshop on Gender Equality in Software Engineering. New York: ACM pp. 10-13., (10.1145/3195570.3195579)

2017

Loizides, F. and Mavri, A. 2017. A theoretical framework for designing and evaluating semi-structured document triage interfaces. In: Urquhart, C. et al. eds. Information systems: process and practice. London: Facet, pp. 145-169.
Restituyo, C. A. et al. 2017. Presenting and investigating the efficacy of an educational interactive mobile application for British Sign Language using hand gesture detection techniques. Presented at: mLearn 2017: 16th World Conference on Mobile and Contextual Learning, Larnaca, Cyprus, 30 October - 1 November 2017Proceedings of the 16th World Conference on Mobile and Contextual Learning. New York: ACM pp. 9., (10.1145/3136907.3136945)
Kollie, E., Loizides, F., Hartley, T. and Worrallo, A. 2017. TTracker: Using finger detection to improve touch typing training. Presented at: 16th IFIP TC 13 International Conference, Mumbai, India, 25-29 September 2017 Presented at Bernhaupt, R. et al. eds.Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2017, Vol. 10516. Lecture Notes in Computer Science Cham: Springer pp. 469-472., (10.1007/978-3-319-68059-0_53)
Wood, R., Loizides, F., Hartley, T. and Worrallo, A. 2017. Investigating control of virtual reality snowboarding simulator using a Wii FiT board. Presented at: 16th IFIP TC 13 International Conference, Mumbai, India, 25-29 September 2017 Presented at Bernhaupt, R. et al. eds.Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2017, Vol. 10516. Lecture Notes in Computer Science Vol. 10516. Cham: Springer pp. 455-458., (10.1007/978-3-319-68059-0_50)
Loizides, F. et al. 2017. Interactive reading using low cost brain computer interfaces. Presented at: 16th IFIP TC 13 International Conference, Mumbai, India, 25- 29 September 2017 Presented at Bernhaupt, R. et al. eds.Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2017, Vol. 10516. Lecture Notes in Computer Science Cham: Springer pp. 450-454., (10.1007/978-3-319-68059-0_49)
Stanton, M., Hartley, T., Loizides, F. and Worrallo, A. 2017. Dual-mode user interfaces for web based interactive 3D virtual environments using three.js. Presented at: 16th IFIP TC 13 International Conference, Mumbai, India, 25-29 September 2017 Presented at Bernhaupt, R. et al. eds.Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2017, Vol. 10516. Lecture Notes in Computer Science Vol. 10516. Cham: Springer pp. 441., (10.1007/978-3-319-68059-0_47)
Loizides, F. and Jones, S. 2017. A methodology for digitally exploring electronic publication content. Information Services & Use 36(3-4), pp. 211-214. (10.3233/ISU-160819)
Chan, L. and Loizides, F. eds. 2017. Expanding perspective on open science: communities, cultures and diversity in concepts and practices. Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Electronic Publishing. Amsterdam: IOS Press BV.
Baab, B. F. et al. eds. 2017. Proceedings of the 2nd international conference on the use of iPads in higher education. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Loizides, F., Diallo, B., Pollard, A. and Mavri, A. 2017. Increasing the discovery and use of non-patent literature (NPL): Scientific publications in patent examination. Presented at: The 21st International Conference on Electronic Publishing, Limassol, Cyprus, 6-8 June, 2017 Presented at Chan, L. and Loizides, F. eds.Expanding Perspectives on Open science: Communities, Cultures and Diversity in concepts and practices: Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Electronic Publishing. IOS Press pp. 211-216., (10.3233/978-1-61499-769-6-211)

2016

Gatzoulis, C., Loizides, F. and Zaphiris, P. 2016. Planning for computer games research and industry: a structured dialogue design approach. The Computer Games Journal 5(3-4), pp. 95-114. (10.1007/s40869-016-0019-y)
Constantinou, V., Loizides, F. and Ioannou, A. 2016. A personal tour of cultural heritage for deaf museum visitors. Presented at: EuroMed 2016: Digital Heritage. Progress in Cultural Heritage: Documentation, Preservation, and Protection, Nicosia, Cyprus, 31 October -5 November 2016 Presented at Ioannides, M. et al. eds.Digital Heritage. Progress in Cultural Heritage: Documentation, Preservation, and Protection, Vol. 10059. Lecture Notes in Computer Science Cham: Springer pp. 214-221., (10.1007/978-3-319-48974-2_24)
Hansen, P., Loizides, F. and Ioannou, A. 2016. Interacting with technology to interact physically: Investigating affordances of tabletops to facilitate collaboration for conflicting users. Presented at: 15th International Conference on Web-Based Learning, ICWL 2016, Rome, Italy, 26-29 October 2016 Presented at Chiu, D. et al. eds.Advances in Web-Based Learning – ICWL 2016, Vol. 10013. Lecture Notes in Computer Science Cham: Springer pp. 266-270., (10.1007/978-3-319-47440-3_30)
Aekaterini, M., Loizides, F. and Evripides, Z. 2016. Communicating content: development and evaluation of icons for academic document triage through visualisation and perception. Behaviour and Information Technology 35(9), pp. 758-780. (10.1080/0144929X.2016.1194478)
Ogunyemi, A. A., Lamas, D., Adagunodo, E. R., Loizides, F. and Da Rosa, I. B. 2016. Theory, practice and policy: an inquiry into the uptake of HCI practices in the software industry of a developing country. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction 32(9), pp. 665-681. (10.1080/10447318.2016.1186306)
Ots, K., Loizides, F. and Sousa, S. 2016. Information seeking behaviour of scholars using resource discovery systems. Communications in Computer and Information Science 552, pp. 405-414. (10.1007/978-3-319-28197-1_41)
Loizides, F. and Schmidt, B. eds. 2016. Positioning and power in academic publishing: players, agents and agendas. Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Electronic Publishing. Amsterdam: IOS Press BV.
Loizides, F. and Jones, S. 2016. Insights from over a decade of electronic publishing research. Presented at: 20th International Conference on Electronic Publishing, Göttingen, Germany, 7-9 June 2016 Presented at Loizides, F. and Schmidt, B. eds.Positioning and power in academic publishing: Players, agents and agendas. Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Electronic Publishing IOS Press pp. 119-124., (10.3233/978-1-61499-649-1-119)
Elliman, J., Loizou, M. and Loizides, F. 2016. Virtual reality simulation training for student nurse education. Presented at: 8th International Conference on Games and Virtual Worlds for-Serious-Applications, Barcelona, Spain, 7-9 September 2016Games and virtual worlds for serious applications (VS-games). , (10.1109/VS-GAMES.2016.7590377)
Nicolaou, P., Loizou, M. and Loizides, F. 2016. Stroke event simulator using virtual reality. Presented at: 8th International Conference on Games and Virtual Worlds for-Serious-Applications, Barcelona, Spain, 7-9 September 2016Games and virtual worlds for serious applications (VS-games). , (10.1109/VS-GAMES.2016.7590368)

2015

Ioannou, A., Loizides, F., Vasiliou, C., Zaphiris, P. and Parmaxi, A. 2015. Tabletop support for collaborative design: an initial evaluation of IdeaSpace. Educational Media International 52(4), pp. 296-307. (10.1080/09523987.2015.1101222)
Ioannou, A., Zaphiris, P., Loizides, F. and Vasiliou, C. 2015. Let's talk about technology for peace: a systematic assessment of problem-based group collaboration around an interactive tabletop. Interacting with Computers 27(2), pp. 120-132. (10.1093/iwc/iwt061)
Loizides, F., Buchanan, G. and Mavri, K. 2015. Theory and practice in visual interfaces for semi-structured document discovery and selection. Information Services and Use 35(4), pp. 259-271. (10.3233/ISU-150783)

2014

Loizides, F., Photiades, T., Mavri, A. and Zaphiris, P. 2014. On interactive interfaces for semi-structured academic document seeking and relevance decision making. New Review of Information Networking 19(2), pp. 67-95. (10.1080/13614576.2014.955209)
Loizides, F. and Diallo, B. 2014. Using eye-tracking to investigate patent examiners’ information seeking process. Presented at: IRFC 2014, Copenhagen, Denmark, 10-12 Nov 2014 Presented at David, L. and Paul, B. eds.Multidisciplinary Information Retrieval, Vol. 8849. Cham, Switzerland: Springer Verlag pp. 76-81., (10.1007/978-3-319-12979-2_7)
Paltoglou, G., Loizides, F. and Hansen, P. eds. 2014. Professional search in the modern world: COST Action IC1002 on multilingual and multifaceted interactive information access. Lecture Notes in Computer Science Vol. 8830. Switzerland: Springer. (10.1007/978-3-319-12511-4)

2013

Zaphiris, P., Loannou, A., Loizides, F. and Vasiliou, C. 2013. User experience in using surface computing for collaborative decision making. Interactive Technology and Smart Education 10(4), pp. 297-308. (10.1108/ITSE-11-2012-0030)
Loizides, F. and Buchanan, G. 2013. Towards a framework for human (manual) information retrieval. Presented at: IRFC 2013: 6th Information Retrieval Facility Conference, Limassol, Cyprus, 7-9 Oct 2013 Presented at Lupu, M., Kanoulas, E. and Loizides, F. eds.Multidisciplinary Information Retrieval, Vol. 8201. Cham, Switzerland: Springer Verlag pp. 87-98., (10.1007/978-3-642-41057-4_10)
Mavri, A., Loizides, F., Photiades, T. and Zaphiris, P. 2013. We have the content..now what? The role of structure and interactivity in academic document triage interfaces. Information Design Journal 20(3), pp. 247-265. (10.1075/idj.20.3.05mav)
Zaphiris, P., Ioannou, A., Loizides, F. and Vasiliou, C. 2013. User experience in using surface computing for collaborative decision making. Interactive Technology and Smart Education 10(4), pp. 297-308. (10.1108/ITSE-11-2012-0030)
Loizides, F., Polydorou, D., Mavri, K., Buchanan, G. and Zaphiris, P. 2013. AugDesk. Fusing reality with the virtual in document triage. Part1: gesture interactions. Presented at: International Conference on Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries, TPDL 2013, Valletta, Malta, 22-26 September 2013Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries, Vol. 8092. Lecture Notes in Computer Science Heidelberg: Springer pp. 228-234., (10.1007/978-3-642-40501-3_22)
Lupu, M., Kanoulas, E. and Loizides, F. eds. 2013. Multidisciplinary information retrieval. Lecture Notes in Computer Science Vol. 8201. Berlin: Springer-Verlag. (10.1007/978-3-642-41057-4)

2012

Loizides, F. 2012. Information seekers’ visual focus during time constraint document triage. Presented at: TPDL 2012, Paphos, Cyprus, 23-27 Sep 2012 Presented at Zaphiris, P. et al. eds.Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries, Vol. 7489. Cham, Switzerland: Springer Verlag pp. 25-31., (10.1007/978-3-642-33290-6_3)
Zaphiris, P. et al. eds. 2012. Theory and practice of digital libraries. Lecture Notes in Computer Science Vol. 7489. Berlin: Springer-Verlag. (10.1007/978-3-642-33290-6)
Mitschick, A. et al. eds. 2012. Semantic digital archives. Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on Semantic Digital Archives Vol. 912. CEUR Workshop Proceedings.
Loizides, F. 2012. Understanding and conceptualising the document triage process through information seekers' visual and navigational attention. PhD Thesis, City University of London.
Zaphiris, P., Ioannou, A., Loizides, F. and Vasiliou, C. 2012. Ideas mapping, surface computing and user experience. Presented at: International workshop on the Interplay between User Experience / Usability Evaluation and Software Development, Copenhagen, Denmark, 14-17 October 2012Proceedings of the International workshop on the Interplay between User Experience / Usability Evaluation and Software Development. pp. -.
Papantoniou, G., Loizides, F., Lanitis, A. and Michaelides, D. 2012. Digitization, restoration and visualization of terracotta figurines from the 'House of Orpheus', Nea Paphos, Cyprus. Presented at: EuroMed 2012: Progress in Cultural Heritage Preservation, Limassol, Cyprus, 29 October - 3 November 2012 Presented at Ioannides, M. et al. eds.Progress in Cultural Heritage Preservation 4th International Conference, EuroMed 2012, Limassol, Cyprus, October 29 – November 3, 2012. Proceedings, Vol. 7616. Lecture Notes in Computer Science Springer Verlag pp. 543-550., (10.1007/978-3-642-34234-9_56)
Loizides, F., Vasiliou, C., Ioannou, A. and Zaphiris, P. 2012. Collaboratively creating a thematic repository using interactive table-top technology. Presented at: TPDL 2012: Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries, Paphos, Cyprus, 22-26 September 2012Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries: Second International Conference, TPDL 2012, Paphos, Cyprus, September 23-27, 2012. Proceedings, Vol. 7489. Lecture Notes in Computer Science Springer Verlag pp. 512-516., (10.1007/978-3-642-33290-6_62)

2011

Geng, Z., Laramee, R. S., Loizides, F. and Buchanan, G. 2011. Visual analysis of document triage data.. Presented at: International Conference on Information Visualization Theory and Applications, Algrave, Portugal, 5-7 March 2011Proceedings of the International Conference on Imaging Theory and Applications and International Conference on Information Visualization Theory and Applications, Vol. 1. pp. 151-163., (10.5220/0003320401510163)

2010

Loizides, F. and Buchanan, G. R. 2010. Performing document triage on small screen devices. part 1: structured documents. Presented at: Third symposium on information interaction in context 2010, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA, 18 - 21 August 2010Proceedings of the third symposium on Information interaction in context 2010. New York: ACM pp. 341-346., (10.1145/1840784.1840836)
Owen, T., Buchanan, G., Eslambochilar, P. and Loizides, F. 2010. Supporting early document navigation with semantic zooming. Presented at: ICADL 2010, Gold Coast, Australia, 21-25 Jun 2010 Presented at Chowdhury, G., Koo, C. and Hunter, J. eds.The Role of Digital Libraries in a Time of Global Change, Vol. 6102. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Verlag pp. 168-178., (10.1007/978-3-642-13654-2_21)

2009

Loizides, F. and Buchanan, G. 2009. An empirical study of user navigation during document triage. Presented at: ECDL 2009: 13th European Conference on on Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries, Corfu, Greece, 27 September - 2 October 2009 Presented at Agosti, M. et al. eds.Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries 13th European Conference, ECDL 2009, Corfu, Greece, September 27 - October 2, 2009. Proceedings, Vol. 5714. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence Springer Verlag pp. 138-149., (10.1007/978-3-642-04346-8_15)
Eslambochilar, P., Buchanan, G. and Loizides, F. 2009. Hear it is: Enhancing rapid document browsing with sound cues. Presented at: ECDL 2009, Corfu, Greece, 27 Sep - 2 Oct 2009 Presented at Agosti, M. et al. eds.Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries, Vol. 5714. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Verlag pp. 75-86., (10.1007/978-3-642-04346-8_9)
Loizides, F. and Buchanan, G. R. 2009. What patrons want. Presented at: 9th ACM/IEEE-CS Joint Conference on Digital Libraries, Austin, TX, USA, 15-19 June 2009JCDL '09: Proceedings of the 9th ACM/IEEE-CS joint conference on Digital libraries. ACM pp. 427., (10.1145/1555400.1555496)

2008

Loizides, F. and Buchanan, G. R. 2008. The myth of find. Presented at: 8th ACM/IEEE-CS joint conference on Digital libraries 2008, Pittsburgh PA, USA, 16-20 June 2008Proceedings of the 8th ACM/IEEE-CS joint conference on Digital libraries. ACM pp. 48-51., (10.1145/1378889.1378898)

2007

Buchanan, G. and Loizides, F. 2007. Investigating document triage on paper and electronic media. Presented at: ECDL 2007, Budapest, Hungary, 16-21 Sep 2007 Presented at Kovács, L., Fuhr, N. and Meghini, C. eds.Investigating Document Triage on Paper and Electronic Media, Vol. 4675. Lecture Notes in Computer Science Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Verlag pp. 416-427., (10.1007/978-3-540-74851-9_35)

I focus on both theoretical and applied research and development in Emerging Technologies for Accessibility and Human-Computer Interaction and Information Interaction. Though the work I do is very cross-disciplinary, my main areas of research revolve around:

Information Interaction and Data Science
- Technologies for Intellectual Property Management
- Information Triage and Decision Making
- Data Mining and Artificial Intelligence
Accessibility
- Assisted and Independent Living
- Emerging Technologies for Assistance with Visual, Cognitive and Verbal DIsabilities
Pedagogy, Education, Teaching and Learning Scholarship
- Real-World Assessment and Feedback

CMT656 - Delivering User Experience (Postgraduate Module 2018 - Present). The module aims to enable students to develop knowledge, understanding, and skills relating to the design of the user experience and user interfaces for a number of technologies. It trains students for roles that range from general usability, interaction and interface design through to more commercial, mainstream and disruptive, emerging technologies. Upon completion, students are able to apply their knowledge and interaction design skills to novel interaction paradigms; make effective use of a broad range of user requirement and specification capturing tools; design methods; obtain in-depth knowledge of developments in mobile, ubiquitous, web, emerging technologies and understand the commercial contexts of interaction design and delivery.

CM6312 - Adopting Technologies (Final Year Module 2017 - Present). This module provides students with an opportunity to evaluate new technologies in the context of real problems. It will enable students to understand how new technologies can be introduced into organisations and how that process can vary across organisations. The students will develop business cases that plan an adoption of suitable technologies. The students enter the commercial world and are capable of critically evaluating and creating positive disruption through technology, balanced by an understanding of the risks involved. They can identify the potential benefits of a new technology for an organization, identify the risks and devise mitigation plans for adopting a new technology, assemble and analyse academic and industrial research work relevant to the case, write a business case combining risks, rewards and evidence for a technology adoption, critically evaluate the processes for business case creation and technology adoption.

CM6333 - Managing Software Enabled Change in Large Organisations (Final Year Module, 2017-2019). This module gives students an appreciation of the difficulties inherent in managing change in large organisations where software is a key enabler of change. Students investigate the difficulties of managing software-enabled change in large organisations through a range of case studies and will evaluate how these difficulties can be addressed through management standards, processes and techniques. The material covers: Appreciate the difficulties inherent in delivering software-enabled change in large organisations critical evaluation of the effectiveness of management standards, processes and techniques in addressing these difficulties, legal, ethical and social issues affecting managing software-enabled change and providing justified recommendations/actions for addressing these issues, development of a business case to assess options, costs, benefits, risks and timescales for a software project.

Qualifications

City, University of London, PhD in Human-Computer Interaction (2012)
Swansea University, Masters of Research in Computing and Future Interaction Technologies (2008)
University of Wolverhampton, Postgraduate Certificate in Education and Professional Practise (2016)
University of Wales, Swansea, BSc (Hons) in Computer Science (2006)
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

Honours and awards

Academic awards

Fellowship, Higher Education Academy (2016)
Best Poster Paper Award (Information Interaction in Context, 2010).
Best Conference Paper Award (International Conference on Asian Digital Libraries 2010).
Best Conference Paper Award (European Conference on Digital Libraries 2009).
Best Conference Paper Award (European Conference on Digital Libraries 2007).

Non-Academic awards

E-novation championship finalist (On Mobile Application Mi.L.A – Minority Languages and Autism) 2014
Digital Championship Cyprus – Best Social Impact Innovation 2014 (On Mobile Application Mi.L.A – Minority Languages and Autism)
Winner, Digital Champion Competition 2014 - Business and Freelancer category.
MSP (Microsoft Student Partner) Star Award (2006/2007)
Finalist Imagine Cup software Development Competition, UK (2006)

Academic grants and scholarships

EIF Seedcorn Funding "What do you think? Enhancing active learning through crowdsourcing global community feedback". (2987 GBP)
Investigating the potential of virtual reality equipment in assisting the severely visually impaired - Beacon Centre for the Blind (75,000GBP)
Google CS4HS Award 2016 - Java Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) (13,000 USD)
Early Researcher Award Scheme - Creating International Standards and Benchmarks for Patent Examination Systems Through Eye-tracking - Testing (4,979 GBP)
Open Access Publishing and Chairing of ElPub Conference – Faculty Funding (£3,113)
Knowledge Transfer for Creating a Curriculum on Information Visualizations in Small Nations, EU Analyzing the dynamics of information and knowledge landscapes from COST Action (€1860)
Modelling Patent Officers' Visual and Search Behavior, EU Multilingual and Multicultural Information Access from COST Action. (€1800)
Minority Language Applications, Cyprus Ministry for Education (€1000)
RCUK/EPSRC Grant for "Engaging in State of the Art, Affordable, Future Interaction Technologies" 2010. (£1378.34)
Fees Bursary Swansea University Computer Science Departmental Award (2007-2010 £10,000).
James Callaghan Scholarship (2007-2010 £4,500).
Swansea University Fees Bursary Award (2007-2010, £10,000).

Non-academic grants

Cyprus Tourism Organization – ElPub Conference Hosting Proposal 2015. (€1,500)
Cyprus Tourism Organization – INTERACT Conference Hosting Proposal 2014. (€8,500)
Cyprus Tourism Organization – TC 13 Conference Proposal, 2012. (€1,160)
Cyprus Tourism Organization - Theory and Practices for Digital Libraries Conference Hosting Proposal, 2011. (€8,500)

Professional memberships

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Expert Member – International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP TC13)
Special Technical Committee for Assessment of Proposals for new Higher Education Computer Science Courses – Cyprus Government 2014
Program Chair - Information Retrieval Facility Conference 2013
Chairman and co-founder - ACM SIGCHI Cyprus (Special Interest Group Human-Computer Interaction) 2012-2013
Cyprus Representative -ICT COST Action IC1002 Multilingual and Multifaceted Interactive Information Access (MUMIA)

Academic positions

08/2017 - Present: Lecturer in Computer Science and Informatics | Cardiff University, UK

07/2015 – 08/2017: Lecturer / Senior Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Computer Science | University of Wolverhampton, UK

09/2011 - Present: Post-Doctoral Research Fellow/Special Scientist | Cyprus University of Technology

01/2015 – 06/2015: Visiting Lecturer | University of Tallinn

04/2012 – Present: User Experience Researcher and Consultant | Freelancing

01/2010 – 03/2011: Research Assistant | City, University of London

04/2008 – 12/2009: Research Assistant | Swansea Univesity

08/2008 – 09/2008: IT Instructor | IT WALES

Committees and reviewing

General Chair 21st International Conference on Electronic Publishing, 2017

Programme Chair, 16th World Conference on Mobile and Contextual Learning 2017
Industry Track Chair INTERACT 2017 Conference.
Associate Chair INTERACT 2017 Conference.
Program Committee 39th European Conference on Information Retrieval 2017
Program Committee Joint Conference on Digital Libraries 2017
Program Committee 9th International Conference on Social Computing and Social Media (2017)
Program Committee HCI International 2017
Program Chair 20th International Conference on Electronic Publishing, Gottingen, Germany 2016
Program Committee The 25th ACM International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management 2016
Program Committee Theory and Practice in Digital Libraries Conference (TPDL) 2016
Program Committee Joint Conference in Digital Libraries (JCDL) 2016
Program Committee International Conference on Asian Digital Llibraries 2016
Program Committee European Conference on Information Retrieval 2016
Reviewer – Behavior Information Technology Journal
Reviewer – International Journal of Digital Libraries
Chairman – ACM SIGCHI Cyprus 2014-2015
Program Committee HCI International 2015
Program Committee Joint Conference on Digital Libraries 2015
Program Committee Theory and Practice in Digital Libraries 2015
Program Committee European Conference on Information Retrieval 2015
Program Committee Electronic Publishing Conference 2015
Program Board - International Conference on Social Computing and Social Media 2014
Program Committee HCI International 2014
Program Committee – Digital Libraries Conference 2014 (Joint JCDL & TPDL conference)
Program Committee – Information Retrieval Facility Conference 2014
Local Organizing Chair – iPads in Higher Education Conference 2014
Program Committee - International Conference on Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries 2012.
Board Member - Online Communities and Social Computing, HCI International, Las Vegas 2013
Proceedings Chair - International Conference on Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries, 2012
Organiser - Semantic Digital Archives (SDA) Workshop 2012
Reviewer-CHI (ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems).
City University London Informatics Board of Studies Committee 2010-2011.
Swansea University Computer Science Departmental Research Committee Panel Research Staff Representative (2008/09).
Program Committee - International Conference in Asian Digital Libraries (2008).

I supervise Ph.D. students in the areas of Human-Computer Interaction and Information Interaction. Specifically, I welcome interest in:

Accessibility
Emerging Technologies and HCI
Information Interaction, Seeking and Retrieval (especially in Intellectual Property Search)

Chra Abdoulqadir

Level: PhD
Title: Guidelines for Creating Interactive Mobile Serious Games Using Artificial Intelligence for Users with Dual Concurrent Disabilities
Completed: Current

Razan Bamoallem

Level: PhD
Title: Designing Mid-Air Interaction Applications For Individuals Diagnosed With Multiple Sclerosis
Completed: Current

Nathan Jones

Level: PhD
Title: Increasing Acceptance Of Socially Assistive Robots To Encourage Healthy Ageing And Independent Living
Completed: Current

Nathan Goodwin

Level: PhD
Title: Video Games and Augmented Reality for dizziness rehabilitation
Completed: Current

Aisha Jaddoh

Level: PhD
Title: Investigating The Learnability And Discoverability Of Voice User Interface Devices
Completed: Current

Eduardo Perez Molina

Level: PhD
Title: The role of patent citations as a footprint of technology
Completed: Completed 2023

Kurtis Weir

Level: PhD
Title: Using Virtual Reality to Assist Individuals with Severe Visual Disabilities
Completed: 2022

Aekaterini Mavri

Level: PhD
Title: The role of Communities of practice in education for the digital creative industries
Completed: 2021

Contact Details

LoizidesF@cardiff.ac.uk
+44 29208 79160
Abacws, Room 3.63, Senghennydd Road, Cathays, Cardiff, CF24 4AG

Cardiff researchers working with Google to design accessible games for people with dual disabilities