Dr. Christos Rodosthenous is a researcher and educator specializing in Artificial Intelligence and Computational Cognition. He holds a Ph.D. in Information and Communication Systems from the Open University of Cyprus, with a focus on Computational Cognition and Artificial Intelligence. His academic background also includes a B.Sc. in Mathematics with an emphasis on Computational Mathematics and Informatics, and an M.Sc. in Computational Mathematics and Informatics in Education, both from the University of Patras, Greece. Additionally, he earned an MBA from the Open University of Cyprus.

Dr. Rodosthenous’s research spans several areas, including Artificial Intelligence, commonsense knowledge acquisition and reasoning, natural language understanding, story comprehension, crowdsourcing, eLearning, gamification, and distance education.

He currently works at the eLearning and Digital Content Management Sector of the Open University of Cyprus and teaches at the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering and Informatics at the Cyprus University of Technology. His previous roles include positions at the Information Systems and Technology Services of the Cyprus University of Technology and the Computer Technology Institute and Press “Diophantus.”

Dr. Rodosthenous actively participates in numerous national and European projects focused on language learning, AI, crowdsourcing, gamification, web technologies, digital repositories, eLearning platforms, and initiatives promoting open access and open data.

A committed advocate for Free and Open Source Software (FOSS), he regularly engages in initiatives aimed at encouraging its adoption, particularly within the public sector.

[News and Updates]

1. [30/11/2024] The 8th National Competition SkillsCyprus 2024 on Web Development is completed. Congratulations to all winners and to the excellent team of experts I had the opportunity to coordinate.
2. [30/09/2022] Best Paper Award (Full Paper Runner-Up) for our work titled “Creating Environmental Awareness in Education through IoT and Gamification” presented at ICL2022.
3. [10/09/2019] Our system with Elektra Kypridemou titled FoodDB: A Graph Visualization Interactive Tool was awarded the 2nd place in its category.