Dr. Christos Rodosthenous

IT Officer / Researcher

CV

[Research Interests]

Artificial Intelligence, Commonsense Knowledge Acquisition, Knowledge Engineering and Reasoning, Knowledge-Based Story, Comprehension, Large Language Models, Software Engineering, Argumentation, Crowdsourcing, Gamification, New Technologies and Trends in eLearning, Open Data

[Honors and Awards]

Commendation of Excellence for the Highest score at the Master of Business Administration (MBA), Open University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus Grade: 9,22 out of 10
Best paper award at the 25th International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning for the paper titled “Creating Environmental Awareness in Education through IoT and Gamification”
2nd Place in the Graph Drawing Creative Topics Competition – 27th International Symposium on Graph Drawing and Network Visualization, Průhonice/Prague, September 17-20, 2019
1st Position in Cyprus Robotex 2019 Competition (Engino Mini Challenge) – Trainer
1st Position in Cyprus Robotex 2018 Competition (Engino Mini Challenge) – Trainer
1st Position in Cyprus Robotex 2017 Competition (Line Following challenge) – Participant
Best Paper presentation Award in the 8th European Starting AI Researcher Symposium (STAIRS) for the paper “A Hybrid Approach to Commonsense Knowledge Acquisition”
Scholarship for the 1st year of postgraduate studies from the Hellenic State Scholarships Foundation (1st with overall score 9.60 out of 10)

[Education]

Open University of Cyprus, Latsia, Nicosia, Cyprus

Ph.D. Information and Communication Systems – Computational Cognition / Artificial intelligence
Master in Business Administration (MBA)

University of Patras, Department of Mathematics, Rion, Patra, Greece

M.Sc. Computational Mathematics – Informatics in Education (Major: IT and Communications in Education)
B.Sc. Mathematics (Major: Computational Mathematics and Informatics)

[Teaching]

Programming Principles II (MEM 114)

Software and Problem Solving (CIS108)

Programming Principles I (MEM 111)

Web Engineering and Internet Technologies (CEI 326)

Natural Language Processing (COS524)

[Funded Research Projects]

DigiReady 2.0: Advancing Digital Readiness Across Europe’s Universities (KA220-HED-7BA59B53) [website]
Global Network on Large-Scale, Cross-domain and Multilingual Open Knowledge Graphs (COST – CA23147) [website]
Computational Techniques for Tabletop Games Heritage (COST – CA22145) [website]
TEASPILS – Teaching Environmental Awareness with Smart IoT Planters in Learning Spaces [website]
ImTech4Ed – Immersive Technologies for Education (KA203-799974A4) [website]
WeNet – Internet of Us (funded by the EU’s Horizon2020 programme under Grant Agreement number 823783) [website]
Enlivened Laboratories within STEM Education (EL-STEM / Erasmus+ 2017-1-CY01-KA201-026775) [website]
European Network for Combining Language Learning with Crowdsourcing Techniques (COST – CA16105) [website]
I-CARE Project (i-Care / Erasmus+ 2015-1-EL01-KA202-014051) [website]
EADTU EMPOWER Project
eUniversity – Development of the Open University of Cyprus’ Technological Infrastructure
Teleprometheus – E-Learning Platform of Intensive Care Units Health Professionals, Patients and their Families
Grundtvig Lifelong Learning Courses
Revit – Revitalizing Small Remote Schools for LifeLong Distance e-Learning
TICTC – Teachers’ ICT competences – a way to effective learning for children with hearing difficulties
INTERCOM: Un programme d’apprentissage pour la promotion de l’intercomprehension en Europe
OBELFA – Open Blended eLearning for Adults

[Languages]

English
Greek (native language)

[Certifications]

Certified ISO 27001 Lead Implementer (CIL)
CPT Certified Penetration Tester
Moodle Educator Certificate (MEC)
Moodle Course Creator Certification (MCCC)
The Interaction Design Foundation
Mobile User Experience Design [certificate]
Human-Computer Interaction [certificate]
Information Visualization: Getting Dashboards Right [certificate]
Web Design for Usability [certificate]
Dynamic User Experience: Ajax Design and Usability [certificate]

[Professional and Academic Service]

Chair

3rd International Workshop on User-Oriented Logic Paradigms (IULP2019)

Scientific Advisory Board

8th annual International Conference of Education, Research, and Innovation [2015]

Reviewer

Online Handbook of Argumentation for AI (Volume 4)
Online Handbook of Argumentation for AI (Volume 3)
Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence Journal
25th International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning (ICL2022)
Sustainability Journal
Information Journal
Future Internet Journal
Big Data and Cognitive Computing Journal
Heliyon Journal
Journal of Web Engineering
Online Handbook of Argumentation for AI (Volume 2)
The AAAI-21 Workshop on Explainable Agency in Artificial Intelligence
IEEE 23rd International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA)
10th annual International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation (ICERI)
9th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence (ICAART)
IJCAI 2016 Workshop on Cognitive Knowledge Acquisition and Applications (COGNITUM)
8th annual International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation (ICERI)
IEEE International Conference on Tools with Artificial Intelligence (ICTAI)
8th Hellenic Conference on Artificial Intelligence (SETN)
21st European Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ECAI)
IEEE International Conference on Tools with Artificial Intelligence (ICTAI)
International Joint Conferences on Computer, Information, and Systems Sciences, and Engineering (CIS2E)

Expert Contributor/Consultant/Evaluator

COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) – Evaluator
Member of the College of Expert Reviewers of the European Science Foundation (ESF)
Member of the Republic of Cyprus Open Science Experts Committee
Member of the group of experts’ for preparing the Republic of Cyprus National Strategy for Artificial Intelligence
Member of the Republic of Cyprus Open Data team
Member of the EADTU EMPOWER team of experts on knowledge resources

Society and Professional Body Memberships

Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
ACM Special Interest Group on Artificial Intelligence
Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and Simulation of Behaviour (AISB)
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)

Hackathons/Competitions

Expert on Web Technologies for the EuroSkills Herning 2025 Competition, 9-13 September, Herning, Denmark
Team of Experts Coordinator for the 8th National Competition Skillcyprus 2024 on Web Development, 28-30 November, Nicosia
Judge and Mentor @ Cyprus Open Data Hackathon, 15-16 September, 2018, Limassol
Mentor @ Cyta Smartcity Crowdhackathon, 23-25 February, 2018, Nicosia

[Publications]

Digital Readiness in Higher Education: A Multi-Institutional Evidence Study and AI-Assisted Approach

Zisis Manouskos, Nikolaos Avouris, Sophia Daskalaki, Christos Rodosthenous, Vasos Papageorgiou, Dimitris Daskopoulos, Eftychios Protopapadakis, Nikolaos Samaras, Pantelis Balaouras, Konstantinos Tsibanis, "Digital Readiness in Higher Education: A Multi-Institutional Evidence Study and AI-Assisted Approach." Proceedings of EUNIS 2026 annual congress in Timisoara (Under Review), 2026.

Applications of Large Language Models in Human Resource Management Recruitment and Selection: A Systematic Literature Review

Christos Rodosthenous, Evangelia Siachou, "Applications of Large Language Models in Human Resource Management Recruitment and Selection: A Systematic Literature Review." International Journal of Selection and Assessment (Under Review), 2026.

Unlocking the Potential of IoT for Interactive and Collaborative Learning: Case Studies in Higher Education

Bernardo Tabuenca, Alejandro Leo-Ramirez, Manuel Uche-Soria, Edmundo Tovar, Wolfgang Greller, Christos Rodosthenous, Efstathios Mavrotheris, "Unlocking the Potential of IoT for Interactive and Collaborative Learning: Case Studies in Higher Education." Towards a Hybrid, Flexible and Socially Engaged Higher Education (ICL 2023), 2024.

High School Teachers' Reflections on the Design and Implementation of STEAM Education Scenarios in Their Classrooms

Efstathios Mavrotheris, Ioanna Vekiri, Maria Meletiou-Mavrotheris, Leoni Hadjithoma, Angelos Lazoudis, Christos Rodosthenous, "High School Teachers' Reflections on the Design and Implementation of STEAM Education Scenarios in Their Classrooms." The European Conference on Education 2023: Official Conference Proceedings, 2023.

Enabling Publishing and Reuse of Government Data Through the Republic of Cyprus OpenData Portal

Christos Rodosthenous, Dimitris Michail, "Enabling Publishing and Reuse of Government Data Through the Republic of Cyprus OpenData Portal." Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Metadata and Semantics Research (MTSR 2021), 2022.

Creating Environmental Awareness in Education through IoT and Gamification [Best Paper Award]

Christos Rodosthenous, Efstathios Mavrotheris, Wolfgang Greller, Bernardo Tabuenca, "Creating Environmental Awareness in Education through IoT and Gamification [Best Paper Award]." Proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning (ICL 2022), 2022.

Applying Gamification Mechanics in an Environmental Education SPOC

Christos Rodosthenous, Stathis Mavrotheris, "Applying Gamification Mechanics in an Environmental Education SPOC." Proceedings of the 14th Annual International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies (EDULEARN 2022), 2022.

An Experiment on Implicitly Crowdsourcing Expert Knowledge about Romanian Synonyms from Language Learners

Lionel Nicolas, Lavinia Aparaschivei, Verena Lyding, Christos Rodosthenous, Federico Sangati, Alexander {König}, Corina Forascu, "An Experiment on Implicitly Crowdsourcing Expert Knowledge about Romanian Synonyms from Language Learners." Proceedings of the 10th Workshop on Natural Language Processing for Computer Assisted Language Learning (NLP4CALL 2021), 2021.

A Crowdsourcing Methodology for Improved Geographic Focus Identification of News-Stories

Christos Rodosthenous, Loizos Michael, "A Crowdsourcing Methodology for Improved Geographic Focus Identification of News-Stories." Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence (ICAART 2021), 2021.

Understanding Stories Using Crowdsourced Commonsense Knowledge

Christos Rodosthenous, "Understanding Stories Using Crowdsourced Commonsense Knowledge." Online Handbook of Argumentation for AI, 2020.

Substituto - A Synchronous Educational Language Game for Simultaneous Teaching and Crowdsourcing

Marianne Araneta, Gülsen Eryigit, Alexander König, Ji-Ung Lee, Ana Luís, Verena Lyding, Lionel Nicolas, Christos Rodosthenous, Federico Sangati, "Substituto - A Synchronous Educational Language Game for Simultaneous Teaching and Crowdsourcing." Proceedings of the 9th Workshop on Natural Language Processing for Computer Assisted Language Learning (NLP4CALL 2020), 2020.

Language Teachers and Crowdsourcing: Insights from a Cross-European Survey.

Špela Holdt, Rina Zviel-Girshin, Elżbieta Gajek, Isabel Durán-Muñoz, Petra Bago, Karën Fort, Ciler Hatipoğlu, Ramunė Kasperavičienė, Svetla Koeva, Ivana Konjik, Lina Miloshevska, Antonia Ordulj, Christos Rodosthenous, Elena Volodina, Tassja Weber, Lorenzo Zanasi, "Language Teachers and Crowdsourcing: Insights from a Cross-European Survey.." Rasprave, 2020.

Creating Expert Knowledge by Relying on Language Learners: a Generic Approach for Mass-Producing Language Resources by Combining Implicit Crowdsourcing and Language Learning

Lionel Nicolas, Verena Lyding, Claudia Borg, Corina Forascu, Karën Fort, Katerina Zdravkova, Iztok Kosem, Jaka Čibej, Špela Holdt, Alice Millour, Alexander König, Christos Rodosthenous, Federico Sangati, Umair Hassan, Anisia Katinskaia, Anabela Barreiro, Lavinia Aparaschivei, Yaakov HaCohen-Kerner, "Creating Expert Knowledge by Relying on Language Learners: a Generic Approach for Mass-Producing Language Resources by Combining Implicit Crowdsourcing and Language Learning." Proceedings of The 12th Language Resources and Evaluation Conference, 2020.

v-trel: Vocabulary Trainer for Tracing Word Relations - An Implicit Crowdsourcing Approach

Verena Lyding, Christos Rodosthenous, Federico Sangati, Umair Hassan, Lionel Nicolas, Alexander König, Jolita Horbacauskiene, Anisia Katinskaia, "v-trel: Vocabulary Trainer for Tracing Word Relations - An Implicit Crowdsourcing Approach." Proceedings of the International Conference Recent Advances in Natural Language Processing (RANLP 2019), 2019.

Web-STAR: A Visual Web-Based IDE for a Story Comprehension System

Christos Rodosthenous, Loizos Michael, "Web-STAR: A Visual Web-Based IDE for a Story Comprehension System." Theory and Practice of Logic Programming, 2019.

Using Generic Ontologies to Infer the Geographic Focus of Text

Christos Rodosthenous, Loizos Michael, "Using Generic Ontologies to Infer the Geographic Focus of Text." Agents and Artificial Intelligence, 2019.

Designing a Prototype Architecture for Crowdsourcing Language Resources

Christos Rodosthenous, Verena Lyding, Alexander {König}, Jolita Horbacauskiene, Anisia Katinskaia, Umair Hassan, Nicos Isaak, Federico Sangati, Lionel Nicolas, "Designing a Prototype Architecture for Crowdsourcing Language Resources." Proceedings of the Poster Session of the 2nd Conference on Language, Data and Knowledge (LDK 2019), 2019.

A Platform for Commonsense Knowledge Acquisition Using Crowdsourcing

Christos Rodosthenous, Loizos Michael, "A Platform for Commonsense Knowledge Acquisition Using Crowdsourcing." Proceedings of the enetCollect WG3 & WG5 Meeting 2018, 2019.

SUSTAIN-ALL Language Learning

Rina Zviel-Girshin, Christos Rodosthenous, Nathan Rosenberg, "SUSTAIN-ALL Language Learning." Proceedings of the 12th Israel Association for Information Systems (ILAIS) Conference, 2018.

GeoMantis: Inferring the Geographic Focus of Text using Knowledge Bases

Christos Rodosthenous, Loizos Michael, "GeoMantis: Inferring the Geographic Focus of Text using Knowledge Bases." Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence (ICAART 2018), 2018.

Web-STAR : Towards a Visual Web-Based IDE for a Story Comprehension System

Christos Rodosthenous, Loizos Michael, "Web-STAR : Towards a Visual Web-Based IDE for a Story Comprehension System." 2nd International Workshop on User-Oriented Logic Paradigms (IULP2017), 2017.

The 7 Steps to Support Teaching, Learning and Research From Digital Libraries

Gema Santos-hermosa, Christos Rodosthenous, "The 7 Steps to Support Teaching, Learning and Research From Digital Libraries." The Envisioning Report for Empowering Universities, 2017.

Inferring the Geographic Focus of Stories Using Crowdsourced Knowledge Bases

Christos Rodosthenous, Loizos Michael, "Inferring the Geographic Focus of Stories Using Crowdsourced Knowledge Bases." Cognition and Artificial Intelligence for Human-Centred Design (CAID2017), 2017.

Library's Knowledge Resources for Students and Teaching Staff in Digital Universities from EADTU

Gema Santos-hermosa, Paul Basich, Christos Rodosthenous, Evagelia Lappa, Marlies Bitter-Rijpkema, Fred Truyen, "Library's Knowledge Resources for Students and Teaching Staff in Digital Universities from EADTU." Proceedings of the Online, Open and Flexible Higher Education Conference (OOFHEC 2016), 2016.

Developing An Academic Institutional Repository. The Case Of The Open University Of Cyprus

Christos Rodosthenous, Panagiotis Themistocleous, Stathis Mavrotheris, Christopher Christodoulides, "Developing An Academic Institutional Repository. The Case Of The Open University Of Cyprus." Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies (EDULEARN 2016), 2016.

Building an Infrastructure for Empowering Distance Education in the Open University of Cyprus

Christos Rodosthenous, Petros Christoforou, Michalis Epiphaniou, Georgia Matheou, Stathis Mavrotheris, Christopher Christodoulides, "Building an Infrastructure for Empowering Distance Education in the Open University of Cyprus." Proceedings of the Online, Open and Flexible Higher Education Conference (OOFHEC2016), 2016.

A Hybrid Approach to Commonsense Knowledge Acquisition [Best Presentation Award]

Christos Rodosthenous, Loizos Michael, "A Hybrid Approach to Commonsense Knowledge Acquisition [Best Presentation Award]." Proceedings of the 8th European Starting AI Researcher Symposium, 2016.

Plagiarism Detection and Prevention – Experiences From the Open University of Cyprus

Christos Rodosthenous, Petros Christoforou, Michalis Epiphaniou, Georgia Matheou, Stathis Mavrotheris, Christopher Christodoulides, "Plagiarism Detection and Prevention – Experiences From the Open University of Cyprus." Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies (EDULEARN 2015), 2015.

Engaging Users in Distance Education – The case of the Open University of Cyprus

Michalis Epiphaniou, Christos Rodosthenous, Petros Christoforou, Stathis Mavrotheris, Christopher Christodoulides, "Engaging Users in Distance Education – The case of the Open University of Cyprus." Proceedings of the 9th International Technology, Education and Development Conference (INTED 2015), 2015.

Deploying New Services in the Open University of Cyprus eLearning Platform – Our Experiences

Petros Christoforou, Christos Rodosthenous, Michalis Epiphaniou, Stathis Mavrotheris, Christopher Christodoulides, "Deploying New Services in the Open University of Cyprus eLearning Platform – Our Experiences." Proceedings of the 9th International Technology, Education and Development Conference (INTED 2015), 2015.