CV
Academic Appointments
PostDoctoral Researcher. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 2024-present.
PostDoctoral Researcher. Humboldt University of Berlin. 2023.
PostDoctoral Researcher. University of Potsdam. 2022-2023.
Visiting Researcher. University of Southern California. 2021.
Visiting Researcher. University of Potsdam. 2020-2021.
Research Intern. Microsoft Research. 2018.
Research Assistant. University of Copenhagen. 2015 - 2016.
Teaching Assistant. University of Copenhagen. 2013 - 2014.
Education
PhD in Speech Communication. KTH Royal Institute of Technology. 2016 - 2022.
Exchange studies in Computer Science. Monash University. 2012.
MSc in Computer Science. University of Copenhagen. 2011 - 2014.
Exchange studies in Computer Science. Växjö University. 2008 - 2009.
BSc in Computer Science. Technological Educational Institute of Athens. 2005 - 2011.
Experience in Industry
Software Developer. QBuy, Copenhagen. 2013 - 2015.
Test Designer. SMS Passcode, Copenhagen. 2013.
Software Developer. Pyxis, Barcelona. 2011.
Software Developer. Leitat Research Centre, Barcelona. 2010.
Funding
Wallenberg Foundation Research Fellowship [Principal Investigator, MIT]. Boston, USA. 2024-2025.
Amazon Alexa Prize Research Funding [Co-organiser (participated in the proposal, not the challenge), funded by Amazon Research]. Seattle, USA. 2018.
Awards
ROMAN, Travel grant (Pasadena, USA), 2024.
Special Recognition for Outstanding Reviews, CHI.
HRI, Travel grant (Stockholm, Sweden), 2023.
Shonan Meeting, Travel grant (Shonan, Japan), 2023.
Best Paper Nomination, ICMI, 2021.
Google Fellowship Nomination, KTH, 2019.
ICMI, Travel grant (Shuzhou, China), 2019.
CogSci, Travel grant (Montreal, Canada), 2019.
SIGAI - IVA, Travel grant (Paris, France), 2019.
HRI, Travel grant (Chicago, USA), 2018.
ICMI, Travel grant (Glasgow, UK), 2017.
Bringing public art to the public, Danish Arts Foundation (1st Place), 2016.
ERA-Places Fellowship, funded by the EU and the Greek government, 2010.
Memberships
ACM. Association for Computing Machinery
ACM SIGCHI. Special Interest Group on Computer–Human Interaction
ACM SIGAI. Special Interest Group on Artificial Intelligence