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| Dr Georgios Lepouras Professor Department of Informatics and Telecommunications University of the Peloponnese Office: A7 |
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Academic and Managerial Experience
Chairman of the Regional Council for Research and Innovation - Peloponnese Region
Dec 2022 - Present
Vice Rector for Finance, Planning and Development, University of the Peloponnese
Dec 2017 - Dec 2022
Vice Rector of Financial Management and New Technologies
Mar 2015 - Oct 2016
Head of Computer Science and Technology Department, University of the Peloponnese
Sep 2011 - Dec 2012
Education
First degree from the Department of Mathematics , University of Athens in 1991.
Master of Science in Information Technology from Department of Computer Science, University of Strathclyde, in 1992. MSc thesis title: "FontCreator: A tool for creating fonts for X-Windows" [PS, 192 KB] [PDF, 249 KB].
PhD from University of Athens, Department of Informatics and Telecommunications in 2000. PhD thesis title: "User-Computer Interaction: The methodology of supplementary support in the service of different cultural communities"(in Greek) [PDF, ~22 MB] [HTML].
Research Interests
Human Computer Interaction issues (especially multilingual, multicultural issues), Virtual Reality and electronic services.
Publications
[Recent]
Journals
[J60] Antoniou, A., Theodoropoulos, A., Chaleplioglou, A., Roinioti, E., Dafiotis, P., Lepouras, G., Chalari, P., Gujt, G., Lamprou, I., Sousa, C. (2025). AI-Enabled Cultural Experiences: A Comparison of Narrative Creation Across Different AI Models. Electronics, 14(20), 4043. Conferences
[J59] Diakoumakos, J., Chaskos, E., Kolokotronis, N., & Lepouras, G. (2025). Cyber-security gamification in federation of cyber ranges: design, implementation, and evaluation. International Journal of Information Security, 24(1), 57.
[J58] Papadogiannis, I., Poulopoulos, V.,
Platis, N., Vassilakis, C., Lepouras, G., & Wallace, M.
(2023). First Grade GPA as a Predictor of Later Academic
Performance in High School. Knowledge, 3(3), 513-524.
[J57]
Antonopoulos, S., Rentoula, V., Wallace, M., Poulopoulos, V., &
Lepouras, G. (2023). VaccineHero: An Extended Reality System That
Reduces Toddlers’ Discomfort during Vaccination. Electronics,
12(18), 3851.
[J56] Theodoropoulos A, Stavropoulou D,
Papadopoulos P, Platis N, Lepouras G. Developing an Interactive VR
CAVE for Immersive Shared Gaming Experiences. Virtual Worlds.
2023; 2(2):162-181.
[J55] Bouras, Vasilis, Dimitris
Spiliotopoulos, Dionisis Margaris, Costas Vassilakis, Konstantinos
Kotis, Angeliki Antoniou, George Lepouras, Manolis Wallace, and
Vassilis Poulopoulos. "Chatbots for Cultural Venues: A
Topic-Based Approach." Algorithms 16, no. 7 (2023):
339.
[C100] Theodoropoulos, A., Antoniou, A., & Lepouras, G. (2025, June). Games in Cultural Venues Using Public VR: Designing Motion-Tracked and Story-Driven Experiences. In Conference Proceedings of DiGRA 2025: Games at the Crossroads.
[C99] Antoniou, A., Sylaiou, S., Lepouras, G., Theodoropoulos, A., & Kyriazi, M. (2025). Cultural VR for the elderly: setting up the experience, DH2025 - Digital Heritage International Congress 2025, https://doi.org/10.2312/dh.20253265
[C98] Diakoumakos, J., Theodoropoulos,
A., and Lepouras G. (2023) Species' Citadel's Timeline: A Virtual
Reality Experience in a peripheral Archaeological Museum. In
Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference of the ACM Greek
SIGCHI Chapter (CHIGREECE '23). Association for Computing
Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 19, 1–9.
[C97]
Antoniou, A., Theodoropoulos, A., Rompa, J., Giannakopoulou, F.,
Lepouras, G., & Triantafyllou, I. (2022, November). Effects of
minimum content in cultural informatics. In Proceedings of
the 26th Pan-Hellenic Conference on Informatics (pp.
219-222).
[C96] Theodoropoulos, A., Roinioti, E., Dejonai,
M., Aggelakos, Y., & Lepouras, G. (2022, November). Turtle
Heroes: Designing a Serious Game for a VR Interactive Tunnel.
In International Conference on Games and Learning
Alliance (pp. 3-10). Cham: Springer International
Publishing.
Projects
ORAMA. The ORAMA project (2025-2026) was a national project based on modern technologies computer vision, augmented reality and artificial intelligence technologies for the development of an innovative, integrated and interactive physical exercise system in the context of improving physical fitness and preventive healthcare, based on the provision of personalized and guided exercises and user experience.
Rehabotics Robotic system for the functional rehabilitation of the hand limb in neurological patients. The goal of the Rehabotics project was the development of a comprehensive rehabilitation system to provide highly individualized treatment of upper limb function in patients with motor disorders due to acquired brain damage (eg stroke) or neurodegenerative disease (eg sclerosis), having as central pillar the integration of robotic systems and support functions. (2021-2023).
ENIRISST+ Intelligent research infrastructure for shipping, transport and supply chain (2021-2023)
Project Strengthening and Acceleration of the processes of mergers and abolitions of institutions at the University of the Peloponnese" with MIS code 5050659 (2020-2024)
FORESIGHT, Horizon 2020. The project aimed to develop a federal solution to enhance the preparedness of cyber security professionals at all levels and advance their skills to prevent, detect, respond and mitigate the effects of cyber attacks (2019 - 2022).
Courses
[2025-2026]
Undergraduate
Data Structures
Human Computer Interaction
Advanced Interfaces - Virtual Reality
Computer Games Development
Postgraduate
Game Design
Memberships
Senior Member ACM
CoFounder and past Chairman of ACM Greek SIG CHI
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Last update May 2026