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Katerina Mania, Ph.D

Research

While at TUC  
THALIS CYBERSENSORS: High Frequency Monitoring System for Integrated Water Resources Management of Rivers (GSRT-EU-GR, 2011-2014)

TUC Dept of Electronic and Computer Engineering TEAM
Prof. Michalis Zervakis
Dr. Euripides Petrakis
Dr. Katerina Mania
Implementing Interactive Neuroscientific Protocols for fMRI Experiments exploring Social Exclusion (TUC, 2012-2014)

 PI
Dr Katerina Mania

Prof. Hugo Critchley, Prof. Neil Harrison
Brighton and Sussex Medical School
Sackler Centre for Consioussness Science

Dr Phil Watten
Department of Informatics, University of Sussex


           http://schema-project.com/		 HRAKLEITOS II: Selective Rendering Algorithms based on Memory Schemas (GSRT-EU-GR, 2011-2014)

PI
Dr Katerina Mania

Collaborators
Dr George Drettakis, INRIA Sophia Antipolis
Dr Douglas Cunningham, Technical Univ. Cottbus, Germany


Exploring Behavioural Fidelity of Lighting Simulations through Neuroscientific and Clinical Imaging Science Metrics for Normal and Patient Populations (TUC, BSMS, 2010-2011)

Collaborators
Dr Katerina Mania

Dr Nick Medford, Prof. Hugo Critchley, Dr Eugenia Radulescu
Brighton and Sussex Medical School
Sackler Centre for Consioussness Science

Dr Phil Watten
Department of Informatics, University of Sussex

Fidelity Metrics based on Perceptual and Cognitive Impact of Head-Tracking Latency in Ecologically-valid Immersive Synthetic Simulations with Applicability to Training Simulation towards efficient Man-Machine Interaction (TUC, on-going) 

PI
Dr Katerina Mania

Collaborators
Dr Eftichios Koutroulis                                                                                            

Real-time selective Rendering Algorithms based on Spatial Cognition (TUC, 2007-2009)  

PI
Dr Katerina Mania

Collaborators
Dr Matthew Coxon, St York University, UK

                                   

Equipment grant for the purchase of an Immersive Head Mounted Display, Stereo capable, with Binocular Eye Tracking (TUC, 2011)

PI
Dr Katerina Mania
   
   
   
While at the University of Sussex, University of Bristol, UK  
   
Quantifying fidelity for virtual environment simulations employing schema assumptions (EPSRC-UK, 2004-2007)

PI
Dr Katerina Mania

Collaborators
Prof. Tom Troscianko, University of Bristol, UK
Dr Rycharde Hawkes, HP Labs, Bristol, UK

Post-doc researcher
Dr Nick Mourkoussis

Latency detection and adaptation in Virtual Environments (EPSRC-UK, 2003)

Travel Grant to fund sabbatical at NASA Ames, USA

PI
Dr Katerina Mania

Excellence in Processing Open Cultural Heritage, EPOCH (2004-2008, EU Framework 6, Network of Excellence, 2004-2009)

http://www.epoch-net.org/

PI
Dr Martin White, University of Sussex, UK



Virtual Reality and Virtual Environment applications for future workspaces, INTUITION (2004-2008, EU FP 6, Network of Excellence, 2004-2009)

http://www.intuition-eunetwork.net/ 

PI
Dr Martin White, University of Sussex, UK

MAVERIK: The Centre for VLSI and Computer Graphics (EU FP5, 2001-2004)

Marie Curie Training Site

Human Factors in Distributed Virtual Environments (Hewlett Packard Laboratories External Research, 1997-2000)

PI
Dr Katerina Mania                                                     

Research interests are

  • Selective Rendering based on Spatial Cognition
  • Human Computer Interaction issues in Virtual Environments
  • Human Factors, User interfaces, Usability Engineering
  • Perceptually-based computer graphics rendering
  • Image quality metrics
  • Selective real-time computer graphics rendering
  • Global illumination
  • Human centred fidelity metircs for computer graphics simulations and advanced displays
  • Spatial awareness in architectural visualisation
  • Latency discrimination and adaptation with Psychophysics methodologies
  • Interface design related evaluation metrics (3D/2D)
  • fMRIE/ERP data and awareness states in synthetic worlds
  • User Eye movements in an artificial world - Eye tracking
  • Distributed and embodied Virtual Environments
  • Ambient Intelligence and Technology-enhanced Real-world spaces
  • Computer graphics for heritage and educational applications
  • The sense of perceived Presence in Virtual Environments
  • Human motor responses such as vection and their relationship with latency and motion sickness
  • User representation related to bodily sensor data
  • Virtual Environments for dyslexia

 

Tel:  +30 28210 37222                                                                                                                      Fax: +30 28210 37542                                                                                                                      E-mail: k.mania@ced.tuc.gr