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Dr. Polyxeni Arapi


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Polyxeni Arapi
Office Number: 141A.12.3
Tel: +302821037431 - +302821037405
Fax: +302821037542
E-Mail: xenia at ced.tuc.gr
Alt. E-Mail:xenia at softnet.tuc.gr
Personal Page: http://www.softnet.tuc.gr/~xenia

Short CV

Dr. Polyxeni Arapi graduated from the Electronic and Computer Engineering Department of the Technical University of Crete in 2003 (5-years Engineering Diploma). Her Diploma Thesis has been awarded by the Technical Chamber of Greece as the best Diploma Thesis in the profession of Electronic Engineers in 2003. She also holds a M.Sc. in Electronic and Computer Engineering from the Electronic and Computer Engineering Department of the Technical University of Crete. She has been working as a research collaborator at the Laboratory of Distributed Multimedia Information Systems and Applications (TUC/MUSIC) of the Electronic (now Electrical) and Computer Engineering School of the Technical University of Crete since 2001, involved in many European Research and Development projects (see personal page). Several of these projects were common with the Institute of Mathematics and Informatics of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, from where she received her Ph.D. in Informatics in 2017. She also belongs to the permanent laboratory teaching staff of the Electrical and Computer Engineering School of the Technical University of Crete and is the technical coordinator of the Laboratory of Software Technology and Network Applications (SoftNet) since 2006. Her research interests/expertise include: eLearning Systems and Applications, Digital Libraries, Information Systems, (Multimedia) Content Management Systems, WWW Technologies, Databases, Systems Semantic Interoperability and Integration, Service-Oriented Web System Architectures

Education

2017: Ph.D. in Informatics, Institute of Mathematics and Informatics/Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Dissertation Title: "Supporting Personalized Learning Experiences on top of Multimedia Digital Libraries"
Supervisors: Prof. PhD Radoslav Pavlov, Assoc. Prof. PhD Radoslav Yoshinov

2011: M.Sc. in Electronic and Computer Engineering, Electronic and Computer Engineering Department, Technical University of Crete
M.Sc. Thesis Title: "A Framework and an Architecture for Supporting eLearning Applications on top of Multimedia Digital Libraries"
Supervisor: Prof. Stavros Christodoulakis

2003: Diploma (5-years program) in Electronic and Computer Engineering, Electronic and Computer Engineering Department, Technical University of Crete
Diploma Thesis Title:"Design and Implementation of Interoperability Mechanisms Using the SCORM Model in an e-Learning Environment"
Supervisor: Prof. Stavros Christodoulakis (Best Diploma Thesis Award in the profession of Electronic Engineers in 2003 by the Technical Chamber of Greece)

Research Interests

  • Digital Libraries
  • E-learning Infrastructures
  • Multimedia Content Management Systems
  • Semantic Interoperability
  • Semantic Web Services, Architectures and Systems
  • Web Application Development Methodologies

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