Constantine Stephanidis
Constantine Stephanidis, Professor at the Department of Computer Science of the University of Crete, is the Director of the Institute of Computer Science, and member of the Board of Directors of the Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas. He is the Head of the Human - Computer Interaction Laboratory, and of the Centre for Universal Access and Assistive Technologies, and Head of the Ambient Intelligence Programme of ICS-FORTH. He is also the President of the Board of Directors of the Science and Technology Park of Crete.
He is member of the National Council for Research and Technology (Hellenic Ministry of Development), National representative (General Secretariat for Research and Technology, Hellenic Ministry of Development) in the Specific Configuration Programme Committee of FP7, and member of the Management Board of ENISA (European Network and Information Security Agency). He has been engaged as the Scientific Responsible on behalf of ICS-FORTH in more than 50 National and European Commission funded projects, and he introduced the concept and principles of Design for All in Human-Machine Interaction and for Universal Access in the evolving Information Society. He has published two Handbooks and more than 300 technical papers, and he is Editor-in-Chief of the Springer international journal "Universal Access in the Information Society".