Education:

• Present : Computer Science PhD program Columbia University
• February 2001 : Columbia University M.Sc. in Computer Science.
• June 1998 : Athens University of Economics and Business Department of Informatics BSc. in Computer Science (7.5/10)

Work:

• September 1998-present : Graduate Research Assistant Computer Graphics and User Interfaces Lab at Columbia University (advisor Steven Feiner)
• January 1998-June 1998 : Laboratory of Distance Learning, Virtual Reality and Multimedia at Athens University of Economics and Business (advisor Theodoros Kalampoukis)

Teaching:

• January 1999-May 1999 : Teaching assistant in the Computer Graphics course (W4160) taught by professor Bengt-Olaf Schneider
• September 1998-December 1998 : Teaching assistant in the User Interface Design course (W4170) taught by professor Steven Feiner

Programming Languages:

• Extensively using : C, Java
• Familiar with : C++, Modula 3, Pascal, COBOL, Lisp, ML,  Fortran, SQL, Basic, Clipper, 80x86 assembly, ARM/Thumb assembly

3D Graphics APIs:

• OpenGL
• Java3D
• VRML
• Familiar with DirectX

Operating systems:

• Microsoft Windows (95,98,NT,2000,ME,CE)
• Linux (kernel programming: system calls, loadable modules, scheduler, memory management, file system)
• BeOS, Solaris, Unix, QNX

Additional Skills:

• Experience with PC hardware (assembly of new PCs, servicing, upgrading, troubleshooting)
• Video Editing and Production (Using Adobe Premiere)
• Experience in the setup and use of 6DOF trackers (IntersenseIS300 Pro, IS600 Mark 2 Plus, Ascension Flock Of Birds)

Projects:
    Recent ones include:

• Development of a program in Java3D that collects information about 3DInk and Picking in a 3D scene. (See Pictures)
• Development of a 3D Viewer (written using Java3D) that supports various 3D model formats (See Pictures)
• Construction of a mobile/wearable computer. The computer includes a graphics board with 3D graphics acceleration and is currently used by the CGUI Lab in the MARS project. (See Pictures)
• Intergration of OGI's Quickset multimodal interaction software with the CGUI Lab infrustructure. Implementation of an agent written in JAVA that allows the two systems to share information. (See Pictures)
• Various OpenGL projects. Including a solar system simulation and ray-tracing program supporting CGI objects
• GPS driver. Written in Modula 3 to accept input from the GPS unit used in MARS system.

Research Interests:

• Construction of mobile/wearable hardware and embedded systems (using PC104 and PC104+)
• Virtual Reality
• Augmented reality applications (especially interested in museum,car,navigation applications)
• Multimodal interaction (Use of different modalities speech, gesturing for interaction)

Presentations

• March 22 2001 The First Amendment Online Conference, in New York
• March 15-17 2000 Intel's Computing Continuum Conference, in San Francisco.

Scholarships

• In 1996 i received one of the two IKY (State Scholarships Foundation) scholarships for my performance in university courses during the academic year 1994-1995