Virtual Community Practices and Social Interactive Media

Akoumianakis Demosthenes is an Associate Professor at the Department of Applied Information Technology & Multimedia, Technological Education Institution of Crete. He is also the founder and Director of the Interactive Software and Systems Engineering Laboratory (iSTLab, http://www.istl.teiher.gr/). He received a BA (Hons) in Computing in Business from The University of Huddersfield (1990) and MSc and PhD degrees in Human Computer Interaction from the University of Kent at Canterbury, UK in 1995 and 1999 respectively. His work on his final year dissertation was awarded the 1st IBM prize from the Department of Computing & Mathematics of the University of Huddersfield. Prof Akoumianakis has published widely in referred archival scientific journals, international conferences and workshops and is the author of a textbook on Human Computer Interaction (in Greek). He also serves as a member of the scientific committee for various established archival journals, international conferences and national / international standards bodies.

Community-oriented workflow information systems; New media and social practice; Social interactive media; Social TV; Social visualization; Sustainable e-learning communities; Virtual communities of practice; Virtual community practices in e-health; Virtual knowledge commons.