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Senior Lecturer in Computer Science
Cogent Computing Applied Research Centre
Faculty of Engineering and Computing
Coventry University
Coventry
CV1 5FB

Tel: +44 (0)24 7688 7631
Fax: +44 (0)24 7688 8585
Email: f.liarokapis@coventry.ac.uk 
Blog: http://fotisliarokapis.blogspot.com

I hold a DPhil in Engineering from the University of Sussex, an MSc in Computer Graphics and Virtual Environments from the University of Hull and a BEng in Computer Systems Engineering from the University of Sussex. From 2003 to 2004 I worked as a research officer and visiting lecturer at Sussex University in the EU IST Framework V programme, Key Action III-Multimedia Content and Tools, Augmented Representation of Cultural Objects (ARCO) project IST-2000-28366. From 2004 to 2007 I was a research fellow and visiting lecturer at City University for an EPSRC Location and Timing KTN funded project called Development of Location-context Tools for UMTS Mobile Information Services (LOCUS). In July 2006 I joined the Centre for VLSI and Computer Graphics as a visiting research fellow while in 2007 I have joined the Faculty of Engineering and Computing at Coventry University as a Senior Lecturer in Creative Computing. Finally, I am a member of IET, IEEE, Location and Timing KTN and ATINER.

• Computer graphics and visualisation
• Virtual and augmented reality
• Human computer interaction
• Mobile applications and interfaces
• Educational and learning systems
• Information science
• Ambient Intelligence

• IADIS 2008 IADIS International Conference Applied Computing 2008, Algarve, Portugal, 10-13 April, (2008).
• IBIMA 2008 9th IBIMA Conference on Information Management in Modern Organization, Marrakech, Morocco, 4-6 January, (2008).
• WM-SCI 2008 World Multi-conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics (WM-SCI '08), 29 June - 2 July, Orlando, Florida, USA, (2008).
• CGIM 2008 10th IASTED International Conference on Computer Graphics and Imaging (CGIM 2008), ACTA Press, 13-15 February, Innsbruck, Austria, (2008).
• ICAT 2007 17th Annual Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence, IEEE Computer Society, 28-30 November, Esbjerg, Denmark, (2007).
• COMPUTER 2007 3rd THIRD International Conference on COMPUTER, ATINER, 23-24 July, Athens, Greece, (2007).
• IBIMA 2007 8th IBIMA International Conference on Information Management in the Networked Economy, 20-22th June, Dublin, Ireland, (2007).
• IBIMA 2006 6th IBIMA International Conference on Managing Information in Digital Economy, 19-21th June, Bonn, Germany, (2006).
• IBIMA 2005 5th IBIMA International Conference on Internet & Information Technology in Modern Organizations, 13-15th December, Cairo, Egypt, (2005).
  

• Chaired a session in 'Modelling and Presentation' 8th International Symposium on Virtual Reality, Archaeology and Cultural Heritage (VAST '07), Eurographics, Brighton, UK, 26-30 November, (2007).
  
• Chaired two sessions 1rst International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications, Setubal, Portugal, 25-28 Feb, (2006).

• Member of the Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER) since October 2005.
• Member of the Location and Timing KTN since October 2004.
• ACM Member in the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) since 2007.
• Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) since January 2003.
• Member of the Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE) since January 2003.

• Professional Software Training (Jan 2003). One week professional training for a VR software toolkit called World Up, University of Sussex, Falmer, UK.
• Teaching and Learning Certificate (Winter 2002). Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (SEDA), University of Sussex, Falmer, UK.
• Archaeological Certificates (Summer 2000). Certificates awarded by UCL Field Archaeology Unit, in Archaeological Surveying and Practical Excavation Techniques, Archaeology summer courses, Bignor, Roman Villa, UK.

• International Travel Grant Awarded by the Royal Society of Engineering to attend the International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications (GRAPP 2006), Setubal, Portugal, 25-28 Feb, (2006).
• Best Paper Award 2nd prize award, Theory and Practice of Computer Graphics 2004, Eurographics UK Chapter, Sponsored by IEEE Computer Society, University of Bournemouth, 8-10th June, (2004).
• Poster Award 2nd prize award, Poster Session at the University of Sussex, School of Engineering and Information Technology, 6th June, (2003).
• PhD Scholarship Full PhD scholarship (fees and living expences) awarded for 3 years by the department of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Sussex, Falmer, UK. (2000-2003).