Dr. Aggelos Liapis

 I was born in Athens, Greece where I begun my studies as a software developer. In 1999 I moved to the UK to obtain my Bachelors degree in Software Development from the University of Lincoln. In 2003 I obtained my first Masters by research with distinction from the University of Hull in Computer Graphics and Virtual Environments. During that period I was under scholarship funded by HP. In 2004 I obtained my second Masters in Network Systems from Sunderland University. During that period I was under scholarship funded by ESF and BT.

While doing my PhD in Computer Mediated Collaborative Design Environments (EPSRC funded) in the Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen I have developed a prototype collaborative environment focused to assist professional product designers when distributed during the early stages of the design process. Currently I am the Research and Development coordinator of STARLab working also on the 3D-Anatomical Human project under Marie Currie funding.

My current research focuses in the field of semantics and particularly the area of ontology engineering and its contribution to the broad area of Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW). The aim of the particular research is to set the foundations for a new generation of fully customizable, usable, semantically-driven collaborative environments focused to support communities of expertise.

Current Achievements 

2004

Java Sun Certified Developer

Winner of the General Business in Enterprise award of the Hatchery Blueprint competition

2003

Awarded Masters in Computer Graphics and Virtual Environments with Distinction

Awards / Fellowships / Grants 

Marie Curie Fellowship 2007 - 2008

EPSRC Studentship 2004 - 2007

European Social Fund (ESF) Studentship 2003 - 2004

MSc Research funded by Hewlett-Packard 2002 - 2003

Chair in Conference - Sessions

Chair in Information Systems and Business Intelligence session, International Association for the Scientific Knowledge Conference, IASK-EALT 2007, Porto, Portugal

Conference Presentations, Posters

Liapis, A. (2007) "The Designer's Toolkit: A Collaborative Design Environment to Support Virtual Teams", International Association for the Scientific Knowledge Conference, IASK 2007, December 2^nd - 7^th 2007, Porto, Portugal, (paper presentation)

Liapis, A. (2007) "Usable Interfaces for Product Designers" Knowledge Transfer Partnerships, KTP Exposition, The Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, UK, April 5^th – 7^th 2007, (poster)

Liapis, A. (2006) "Virtual Designer: The art of computer mediated collaborative design", Moving Forward: College of Arts and Social Sciences Postgraduate Conference , CASS 2006, Aberdeen University, Aberdeen, UK, July 13^th – 5^th 2006, (paper presentation)

Liapis, A. (2005) "Design by Design: Developing new applications to support the design process", Moving Forward: College of Arts and Social Sciences Postgraduate Conference , CASS 2005, Aberdeen University, Aberdeen, UK, July 13^th – 15^th 2005, (paper presentation)

Liapis, A. (2004) "CSCW and the Design Process", International Conference on Applications of Natural Language to Information Systems, NLDB 2004, Salford University, Salford, UK, June 23^rd-25^th 2004, (poster)

Talks, Seminars

Liapis, A. (2008) "Ωmogenia: A Semantic Driven Collaborative Environment ", Enterprise Interoperability Cluster Meeting, Brussels, Belgium

Liapis, A. (2007) "Legacy systems support in Enterprise Interoperability",e-Challenges 2007, The Hague, The Netherlands

Liapis, A. (2006) "Effective CSCW environments", The Robert Gordon University & Knowledge Transfer Partnerships, Aberdeen, UK

Liapis, A. (2006) "Effective Tutoring and Assessment", The Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, UK

Workshops

Hoppenbrouwers, J., Liapis, A. (2007) Ontology Outreach Advisory, workshop in Human Capital Summit 2007 Conference, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Published Reviews

Liapis, A. (2007) "A Review on Web Collaboration Software", The Robert Gordons University Library, Aberdeen, UK

Liapis, A. (2007) "A Review on Mind-mapping Software", The Robert Gordons University Library, Aberdeen, UK

Liapis, A. (2006) "A Review on UK's Virtual Learing Environments", The Robert Gordon University Library, Aberdeen, UK

Liapis, A. (2006) "A Review on Wiki systems", The Robert Gordon University Lybrary, Aberdeen, UK

Liapis, A. (2005) "A Review on Image Search Engines", The Robert Gordon University Library, Aberdeen, UK

Technical Papers

Liapis, A., Meersman, R. (2008) "OMOGENIA: A Semantically Driven Collaborative Environment"

Publications

2008

Liapis, A. (2008) "Introducing OMOGENIA: A New Generation of Semantically Driven CSCW Systems", In Proceedings of 3D Physiological Human, International Workshop, University of Switzerland, MIRALAB, Zermatt, Switzerland, Srpinger LNCS

Liapis, A. (2008) "Towards a New Generation of Content Based Image Retrieval Systems", In Proceedings of the 8th International Conference of the European Academy of Design, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK

Liapis, A., Christiaens, S. (2008) " Collaboration Across the Enterprise: An Ontology Based Approach for Enterprise Interoperability" In Gregoris Mentzas, G., Panagiotis Gouvas, P., Thanassis Bouras, T., and Friesen, T. (Eds.), Semantic Enterprise Application Integration for Business Processes: Service-Oriented Frameworks, IGI Global, Harrisburg, PA

Liapis, A., Christiaens, S., De Leenheer, P. (2008) " Collaboration Across the Enterprise: An Approach for Enterprise Interoperability" In Proceedings of the International Conference on Enterprise Information, ICEIS 2008, Barcelona, Spain.

Liapis, A. (2008) "Synergy: A Prototype Collaborative Environment to Support the Conceptual Stages of the Design Process", In Proceedings of the International Conference on Digital Interactive Media in Entertainment and Arts, DIMEA 2008, Athens Information Technology, Athens, Greece, ACM/IEEE Digital Library.

Malins, J., Liapis, A. (2008) "Tools to Support New Product Design: A Case Study of a Design Consultancy", in Information and Technology and Product Development: A Research Agenda edited by Nambisan, S., Springer, New York

Liapis, A., Meersman, R. (2008) " OMOGENIA: A CSCW Flavour to Ontology Design" In Proceedings of e-Portfolio workshop, Interactive Computer Aided Learning International Conference, ICL2008, Vienna, Austria

Liapis, A. (2008) " OMOGENIA: Not Another Collaborative Ontology Editor" In Proceedings of the International Conference of Education Research and Innovation, ICERI2008, Madrid, Spain

2007

Malins, J., Liapis, A. (2007) “The Design Educator’s Toolkit” Interface: Virtual Environments in Art, Design and Education, Dublin Institute of Technology, Dublin, Ireland

Liapis, A. (2007) “The Designer's Toolkit: A Collaborative Design Environment to Support Virtual Teams" In Proceedings of the International Association for the Scientific Knowledge Conference, IASK 2007, Oporto, Portugal.

Liapis, A. (2007) "Computer Mediated Collaborative Design Environments", Published PhD Thesis, The Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, UK

2006

Liapis, A. (2006) "Virtual Designer: The art of computer mediated collaborative design" In Proceedings of Moving Forward: College of Arts and Social Sciences Conference, CASS 2006, Aberdeen, UK

Malins, J., Watt, S., Liapis, A., McKillop, C. (2006) "Tools and technology to support creativity in virtual teams" In S. MacGregor & T. Torres (Eds.), Virtual teams and creativity: managing virtual teams effectively for higher creativity, IGI Global, Harrisburg, PA

2005

Liapis, A. (2005) "Design by Design: Developing new applications to support the design process" In Proceedings of Moving Forward: College of Arts and Social Sciences Conferences, CASS 2005, Aberdeen, UK

2004

Liapis, A. (2004) "Broadband Network Simulation in JAVA - the design of an asynchronous transfer mode simulator", Published Masters Thesis, British Telecoms, University of Sunderland, Sunderland, UK

2003

Liapis, A. (2003) "Implementation of a VRML - based environment for Hewlett Packard's website", Published Masters Thesis, Hewlett Packard, University of Hull, Hull, UK

Edited Books 

Liapis, A., Malins, J., Christiaens, S., De Leenheer, P. (2007) "Virtual Teams and Collaborative Environments: Knowledge Driven Creativity", IGI Global, Harrisburg, PA.