Panayiotis Zaphiris

*Email: p.zaphiris@wayne.edu

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name: Panayiotis Zaphiris
mail: Institute of Gerontology
Wayne State University
87 E Ferry
Detroit, MI 48202
USA
email: p.zaphiris@wayne.edu
web page: http://pzaphiri.agrino.org
work phone: (313)-873-2751
fax: (313) 875-0127
Shortcuts:   Interests,   Education,   Experience (Teaching),   Publications,   Honors,   Activities,   Computer,   References

I. Interests

Human Computer Interaction (Web Usability, Hierarchical Information Systems, Online communities)

II. Education

 
Ph.D. in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering spring 2002
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Wayne State University,   Detroit, USA
Projects:  Queuing Theory Models of Age Differences in Visual Search,  Health Web - Increasing the Visability of Online Health Information for Seniors
Advisor:   Prof. Darin Ellis

 
MSc in Systems Engineering Summer 1998
Institute of Systems Research, University of Maryland, College Park, USA
Thesis paper:  "Expandable Indexes Versus Sequential Menus for Searching Hierarchies on the World Wide Web"
Advisor:   Prof. Ben Shneiderman

 
BSc in Electrical Engineering May 1995
Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, USA

 
Diploma in Electrical Engineering June 1991
Higher Technical Institute, Nicosia, Cyprus

III. Professional Experience

 
Graduate Research Assistant, ACE Group August 1999 - today
Institute of Gerontology, Wayne State University, Detroit, USA
Currently working in the Queuing Theory Models of Age Differences in Visual Search and  Health Web - Increasing the Visability of Online Health Information for Seniors projects.

 
Graduate Research Assistant, HCIL Lab April 1998 - August 1998
University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA
`'Expandable Indexes Versus Sequential Menus for Searching Hierarchies on the World Wide Web'

IV. Teaching Experience

 
Graduate Teaching Assistant September 1996 - May 1997
Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, USA
Courses:   ENEE 241: Numerical Techniques in Engineering  /   ENEE 302: Digital Electronics
Duties included giving lectures, designing projects, grading projects and quizzes, and holding office hours.

 
Grader September 1995 - December 1995
Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, USA
Courses:   ENEE 324: Engineering Probability
Duties included grading projects and quizzes, and holding office hours.

V. Publications

Articles in Refereed Journals
1. Zaphiris, P., Shneiderman, B., and Norman, K.L.  "Expandable Indexes Versus Sequential Menus for Searching Hierarchies on the World Wide Web" (submitted)

Refereed Conference Publications
1. Zaphiris, P. "Depth Vs Breadth in the Arrangement of Web Links", in Proc. of the 44th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES 2000), San Diego, California, USA, August 2000.
2. Zaphiris, P., Ellis, R.D, "Mathematical Modeling of Age Differences in Hierarchical Information Systems", ACM Conference on Universal Usability. Arlington, VA, Nov 16-17, 2000.
3. Zaphiris, P. & Kurniawan, S.H. "Using Card Sorting Technique to Define the Best Web Hierarchy for Seniors". Submitted to the CHI 2001 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Seattle, WA, March 31 - April 5, 2001.
4. Zaphiris, P."Participatory Design of an Online Modern Greek Course". Submitted to the 9th International Conference on Human Computer Interaction. New Orleans, LA, Aug 5-10, 2001.
5. Kurniawan, S.H. & Zaphiris, P. "Involving Seniors in Designing Information Architecture for the Web". Submitted to the 9th International Conference on Human Computer Interaction. New Orleans, LA, Aug 5-10, 2001.

Presentations
1. Zaphiris, P. & Kurniawan, S.H. "Using Card Sorting Technique to Define the Best Web Hierarchy for Seniors". Institute of Gerontology Colloquium, Detroit, Michigan, September 2000.
2. Zaphiris, P. "Involving Seniors in Human Computer Interaction and Participatory Design of Online Communities". Patra, Greece, December 2000.

VI. Honors and Awards

Cyprus-America Scholarship Program, AISD, Washington, DC, Fall 93-Spring 95.
Golden Key Honors society.
Presidential prize for the best overall performance at the Higher Technical Institute, Nicosia - Cyprus.
Award of Merit for best performance in Electrical Engineering Department of Higher Technical Institute, Nicosia - Cyprus.
Award of Merit for best performance in Electronic subject at Higher Technical Institute, Nicosia - Cyprus.
Award of Merit for best performance in Electrical subject at Higher Technical Institute, Nicosia - Cyprus.
APOP Scholarship/prize Higher Technical Institute, Nicosia - Cyprus.
NCR Scholarship/prize Higher Technical Institute, Nicosia - Cyprus.

VI. Professional and Other Activities

Member of the ACM (SIGCHI), HFES
1997-present: Founding member and chief information officer of Kypros-Net Inc
2000-present: Founding member of Peace-Cyprus.Org
1996-1997: Joined the Hellenic Resources Network where did volunteer work in administrating their Internet web presence.
1996: Attended a four and a half weeks course in Conflict Resolution and Applied International Studies at Mountain House, Caux, Switzerland.
1996: Founding member and president of the Cyprus Student Association (University of Maryland, College Park).
1995-present: Maintainer of "The Cyprus Home Page", the first presence about Cyprus on the Internet.
Winter 1994: Working with two more Cypriot students organized a 3-day conference in the USA on Conflict Resolution techniques.  Cypriots from around the USA, and featured prominent speakers on the subject area, as well as on Cyprus affairs attended the conference.

VII. Programming/Computer Experience

Languages:   Perl, SQL, Javascript, Java, Pascal, Basic, Fortran, Assembly
Web publishing:   Perl, HTML, CGI, HTTP, Javascript, CSS, XML
Engineering/Statistical software:   Mathcad, MATLAB, SAS, SPSS
Environments:   Unix, MS Windows, Macintosh

VIII. References

Available upon request.

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