2025
Conferences
“13 Interviews” – Leveraging Digital Storytelling and Social Interaction for Public Engagement with a Music Archive
Dimitra Petousi, Akrivi Katifori, Katerina Servi, Lori Kougioumtzian, Maria Boile, Vera Kriezi, Stephanie Merakos, Valia Vraka, Alexandros Charkiolakis, Yannis Ioannidis. . In: Murray, J.T., Reyes, M.C. (eds) Interactive Storytelling. ICIDS 2024. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 15467. Springer, Cham. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-78453-8_18
Exploring Collaborative Interactive Digital Narrative Creation in Higher Education Through Narrative Analysis: A Case Study on COVID-19 Storytelling
Petousi, D., Katifori, A., Boile, M., Sifaki, E. In: Murray, J.T., Reyes, M.C. (eds) Interactive Storytelling. ICIDS 2024. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 15468. Springer, Cham. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-78450-7_20
The Intersection of Play and History: Integrating Historical Content in Tabletop Role-Playing Games for Education
Dimitra Petousi, Akrivi Katifori, Pantelis Sakellariadis, Katerina Servi, Lori Kougioumtzian, Georgia Koutiva, Maria Roussou, and Yannis Ioannidis. In Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games (FDG '25). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 44, 1–11. https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3723498.3723811
2024
Journals
Communicating the dialog between painting and music with a mobile application
Maria Vayanou, Angeliki Chrysanthi, Eirini Pirpasou, Angeliki Antoniou, Akrivi Katifori. Arts & Communication 2367. https://doi.org/10.36922/ac.2367
ArtStory Beats: Highlighting interactions between visual arts and music with storytelling
Maria Vayanou, Akrivi Katifori, Angeliki Antoniou, George Loumos, and Yannis Ioannidis. J. Comput. Cult. Herit. December 2024. https://doi.org/10.1145/3702006
Conferences
Here is an episode! Synchronizing and organizing citizens’ biosignals for global artistic inspiration
Vilelmini Kalampratsidou, Georgia Koutiva, Katerina El Raheb, Marina Stergiou, Pandelis Diamantides, Akrivi Katifori, Yannis Ioannidis, Philia Issari, Evangelia Karydi, Dora Skali, Antigoni Apostolopoulou, Nikos Papadopoulos, Eugenie Georgaca, Panagiotis Gkiokas, Virginia Vassilakou, and Yannis Pappas. In Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Movement and Computing (MOCO ‘24).
Partners In (Solving) Crime: Promoting Sociality through Play in Hybrid Museum Visits
Georgia Koutiva, Akrivi Katifori and Maria Roussou. In Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games (FDG '24).
“It’s not fair!” – Exploring game master unfairness in tabletop role playing games
Akrivi Katifori, Dimitra Petousi, Pantelis Sakellariadis, Yannis Ioannidis. In Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games (FDG '24).
NoFold: Bridging the Physical and Digital in Board Game Creation
Christos Lougiakis, Lori Kougioumtzian, Giorgos Ganias, and Anastasios Niarchos. EuroXR 2024: Proceedings of the 21st EuroXR International Conference.
Comparing Physics-based Hand Interaction in Virtual Reality: Custom Soft Body Simulation vs. Off-the-Shelf Integrated Solution
Christos Lougiakis, Jorge Juan González, Giorgos Ganias, Akrivi Katifori, Ioannis Panagiotis Ioannidis, Maria Roussou. IEEE VR 2024.
An Onboard Tourist Experience Over the Sunken City of Epidaurus, Greece
Eleni Banou, Ioanna Antoniou-Kritikou, Efthymia Akrivopoulou, Constandina Economou, Akrivi Katifori, Yannis Ioannidis, Katerina Servi and Myrto Koukouli. In Strategic Innovative Marketing and Tourism (20-26 September 2023, Zakynthos, Greece), pp. 1015–1024. Springer Nature Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-51038-0_109
Effects of Different Tracker-driven Direction Sources on Continuous Artificial Locomotion in VR
In Proceedings of the 30th ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology (VRST '24). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 7, 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1145/3641825.3687735
2023
Journals
From capturing social issues to art production and community mobilization: A participatory multimodal study of life in Eleusis.
P. Issari, E. Georgaca, E. Karydi, K. El Raheb, F. Koliouli, D. Skali, V. Kalabratsidou, P. Diamantides, & Y. Ioannidis. (2023). In E. Tseliou, C. Demuth, E. Georgaca & B. Gough (Eds.), The Routledge International Handbook of Innovative Qualitative Psychological Research (pp. ). Routledge.
Revealing Unknown Aspects: Sparking Curiosity and Engagement with a Tourist Destination through a 360-Degree Virtual Tour.
D. Petousi, A. Katifori, M. Boile, L. Kougioumtzian, C. Lougiakis, M. Roussou, Y. Ioannidis. Multimodal Technologies and Interaction. 2023; 7(5):51. https://doi.org/10.3390/mti7050051
Personalization in Digital Ecomuseums: The Case of Pros-Eleusis.
E. Vrettakis, A. Katifori, M. Kyriakidi, M. Koukouli, M. Boile, A. Glenis, D. Petousi, M. Vayanou, Y. Ioannidis. Applied Sciences. 2023; 13(6):3903. https://doi.org/10.3390/app13063903.
Conferences
“Comparing Different Grasping Visualizations for Object Manipulation in VR using Controllers”
G. Ganias, C. Lougiakis, A. Katifori, M. Roussou, Y. Ioannidis and l. P. Ioannidis, in IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, vol. 29, no. 5, pp. 2369-2378, May 2023, doi: 10.1109/TVCG.2023.3247039.
“Channel to the Past: Combining different digital experiences in a single visit to the Museum
M. Koukouli, K. Servi, D. Petousi, M. Karta, N. Michailidou, L Papastratou, G. I. Gogolos, K. Kalampokis, K. Petridis, in S. Brusaporci ©, P. Maiezza, A. Marra, I. Trizio, F. Savini, A. Tata (eds), IMG23. Proceedings of 4th International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Images and Imagination, 2023, pp. 240-247. https://www.publicapress.it/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/IMG2023-Proceedings.pdf.
“Show your cards!”: What do creators need for the game design process?
L. Kougioumtzian, C. Lougiakis, and A. Katifori. 2023. In Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games (FDG ’23). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 60, 1–6. https://doi.org/10.1145/3582437.3587194
Historical reality vs anachronistic fantasy: The history educators’ perspective on tabletop RPGs.
D. Petousi, A. Katifori, M. Roussou, Y. Ioannidis, and P. Sakellariadis. 2023. In Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games (FDG ’23). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 62, 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1145/3582437.3587197
2022
Journals
“Real Change Comes from Within!”: Towards a Symbiosis of Human and Digital Guides in the Museum
A. Antoniou, M. Vayanou, A. Katifori, A. Chrysanthi, F. Cheilitsi & Y. Ioannidis. J. Comput. Cult. Herit. 15, 1 (February 2022), Article 15, pp. 1-19 https://doi.org/10.1145/3465557
History education done different: A collaborative interactive digital storytelling approach for remote learners
D. Petousi, A. Katifori, K. Servi, M. Roussou & Y. Ioannidis. Front. Educ., 12 August 2022. https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2022.942834
Blazing fire or breezy wind? A story-driven playful experience for annotating dance movement.
L. Kougioumtzian, K. El Raheb, A. Katifori & M. Roussou (2022). Frontiers in Computer Science, 4. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcomp.2022.957274/full
Exploring the Effect of Personality Traits in VR Interaction: the Emergent Role of Perspective-Taking in Task Performance.
A. Katifori, C. Lougiakis & M. Roussou. Frontiers in Virtual Reality (March 2022), 3:860916. https://doi.org/10.3389/frvir.2022.860916
Towards a general framework for the annotation of dance motion sequences.
K. El Raheb, M. Buccoli, M. Zanoni et al. Multimed Tools Appl (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11042-022-12602-y%20https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11042-022-12602-y
Designing an augmented experience for a music archive: What does the audience need beyond the sense of hearing?
K. El Raheb, L. Kougioumtzian, M. Stergiou, D. Petousi, A. Katifori, K. Servi, … & Y. Ioannidis (2022). ACM Journal on Computing and Cultural Heritage, 15(4), 1-24.
Συζητώντας για το παρελθόν: διαλογικές ψηφιακές εμπειρίες στην εκπαίδευση της ιστορίας.
Σέρβη, Κ., Κατηφόρη, Α., Ρούσσου, Μ. and Πετούση, Δ., 2023. Έρευνα στην Εκπαίδευση, 12(2), pp.1-21. https://doi.org/10.12681/hjre.30406
Wearables in sociodrama: An embodied mixed-methods study of expressiveness in social interactions
K. El Raheb, V. Kalabratsidou, P. Issari, E. Georgaca, F. Koliouli, E. Karydi, T. Skali, P. Diamantides & Y. Ioannidis. (2022). Wearable Technologies, 3, E10.
Conferences
Tabletop role playing games and creativity: The Game Master perspective
A. Katifori, D. Petousi, P. Sakellariadis, M. Roussou & Y. Ioannidis, FDG2022, 4th Workshop on Tabletop Games, Conference on September 5-8 | Athens, Greece
Role Playing Games as Hybrid Museum Kits: Promoting Historical Understanding and Meaning Making.
D. Petousi, A. Katifori, A. Chrysanthi, K. Servi, Y. Ioannidis & P. Sakellariadis. AVICH 2022: Workshop on Advanced Visual Interfaces and Interactions in Cultural Heritage (June 2022)
2021
Conferences
Moving in the Cube: A Motion-based Playful Experience for Introducing Labanotation to Beginners
K. El Raheb, M. Stergiou, A. Katifori & Y. Ioannidis. J. Comput. Cult. Herit. 14, 2 (June 2021), Article 14, pp. 1-26. https://doi.org/10.1145/3427379
Annotating the captured dance: reflections on the role of tool-creation
K. El Raheb & Y. Ioannidis. International Journal of Performance Arts and Digital Media, 17(1) (2021), pp. 118-137. https://doi.org/10.1080/14794713.2021.1884804
Eliciting requirements for a multisensory eXtended Reality platform for training and informal learning
K. El Raheb, A. Soulis, D. Nastos, C. Lougiakis, M. Roussou, D. Christopoulos, G. Sofianopoulos, S. Papagiannis, J. Rüggeberg, L. Katsikaris & J. Rüggeberg. In CHI Greece 2021: 1st International Conference of the ACM Greek SIGCHI Chapter (CHI Greece 2021). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA 2021, Article 18, pp.1–8. https://doi.org/10.1145/3489410.3489428
Social bots of conviction as dialogue facilitators for history education: Promoting historical empathy in teens through dialogue
D. Petousi, A. Katifori, S. McKinney, S. Perry, M. Roussou & Y. Ioannidis. In Interaction Design and Children (IDC ’21). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA 2021, pp. 326–337. https://doi.org/10.1145/3459990.3460710
Place-Based Digital Storytelling. The Interplay Between Narrative Forms and the Cultural Heritage Space
A. Chrysanthi A. Katifori M. Vayanou A. Antoniou. In M. Shehade & T. Stylianou-Lambert (eds), Emerging Technologies and the Digital Transformation of Museums and Heritage Sites. RISE IMET 2021. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1432. Springer, Cham 2021, pp 127-138 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-83647-4_9
Perspective Sharing in Culture Group Games: Passing Around the Social Mediator Role
M. Vayanou, A. Katifori & Y. Ioannidis. In Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction 5, CHI PLAY (September 2021), Article 249, pp. 1-24 https://doi.org/10.1145/3474676
Challenges of eliciting inclusive User Requirements for a collaborative XR platform
K. El Raheb, A. Soulis D. Nastos C. Lougiakis & M. Roussou. In 3rd Summit on Gender Equality in Computing (GEC 2019)-ACM-W on July 2, 2021.
Digital storytelling and social interaction in cultural heritage – an approach for sites with reduced connectivity
E. Vrettakis, A. Katifori & Y. Ioannidis. Mitchell A., Vosmeer M. (eds) Interactive Storytelling. ICIDS 2021. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 13138. Springer, Cham 2021, pp. 157-171. https://10.0.3.239/978-3-030-92300-6_14
2013
Conferences
Dance in the World of Data and Objects
K. El Raheb & Y. Ioannidis (2013).. In P. Nesi, R. Santucci (eds) Information Technologies for Performing Arts, Media Access, and Entertainment. ECLAP 2013. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7990. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg 2013, pp. 192-204. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-40050-6_17
One object many stories: Introducing ict in museums and collections through digital storytelling
Y. Ioannidis, K, El Raheb, E. Toli, A. Katifori, M. Boile & M. Mazura . In 2013 Digital Heritage International Congress (DigitalHeritage) (Vol. 1). IEEE 2013, pp. 421-424. https://doi.org/10.1109/DigitalHeritage.2013.6743772
An XML-based web interface to present and analyze the music aspect of dance
L. A. Ludovico, K. El Raheb & Y. Ioannidis. In Proc. of the 10th International Symposium on Computer Music Multidisciplinary Research (CMMR), Marseille, France, October 15-18, 2013 pp. 631-639.
From personalization to adaptivity – Creating immersive visits through interactive digital storytelling at the Acropolis Museum
L. Pujol, A. Katifori, M. Vayanou, M. Roussou, M. Karvounis, M. Kyriakidi, S. Eleftheratou & Y. Ioannidis. Intelligent Environments (Workshops) 2013: 541-554. https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-286-8-541
A life of their own: museum visitor personas penetrating the design lifecycle of a mobile experience
M. Roussou, A. Katifori, L. Pujol, M. Vayanou & S. Rennick-Egglestone. CHI Extended Abstracts 2013: 547-552. https://doi.org/10.1145/2468356.2468453
2012
Conferences
A Labanotation based ontology for representing dance movement
K. El Raheb & Y. Ioannidis. In E. Efthimiou, G. Kouroupetroglou, SE. Fotinea (eds) Gesture and Sign Language in Human-Computer Interaction and Embodied Communication. GW 2011. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7206. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg 2012, pp. 106-117. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-34182-3_10
2010
Conferences
Paving the way for interoperability in digital libraries: The DL. org project
K. El Raheb, G. Athanasopoulos, L. Candela, D. Castelli, P. Innocenti, Y. Ioannidis, A. Katifori, A. Nika, S. Parker, S. Ross, C. Thanos, E. Toli & G. Vullo. . In New Trends In Qualitative And Quantitative Methods In Libraries: Selected Papers Presented at the 2nd Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries 2010, pp. 345-352. https://doi.org/10.1142/9789814350303_0042
A Framework for Digital Library Function Description, Publication, and Discovery: A prerequisite for interoperable digital libraries
G. Athanasopoulos, K. El Raheb, E. Fox, G. Kakaletris, N. Manola, C. Meghini, A. Rauber & D. Soergel. In Workshop on Making Digital Libraries Interoperable: Challenges & Approaches (Vol. 20) 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.28646.63047
2004
Conferences
Real Exhibitions in a Virtual Museum
G. Lepouras, A. Katifori, C. Vassilakis & D. Charitos. Virtual Reality 7 2004, 120-128. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10055-004-0121-5
2003
Conferences
Facilitating VR Museums Web Presence
G. Lepouras, A. Katifori, C. Vassilakis & A. Charissi. In Proceedings of HCI 2003, vol. 4, pp. 1143-1147. https://www.academia.edu/2982650/Facilitating_VR_Museums_Web_Presence?auto=download
2001
Conferences
Designing a Virtual Museum within a Museum
D. Charitos, G. Lepouras, C. Vassilakis, A. Katifori, A. Charissi & L. Halatsi. In Proceedings of the 2001 conference on Virtual reality, archeology, and cultural heritage (VAST ’01). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 284. https://doi.org/10.1145/584993.585043
2000
Conferences
An Approach to Designing and Implementing Virtual Museums
D. Charitos, G. Lepouras, C. Vassilakis, A. Katifori & L. Halatsi. In R. Hollands (ed.), Proceedings of the Seventh UK VR-SIG Conference, Glasgow, September 19-20, 2000. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/2571600_An_Approach_to_Designing_and_Implementing_Virtual_Museums#read