Dr. Nikolaos Gazepidis

• Certificate in Tertiary Teaching and Learning (CTTL)
• Fellow of Higher Education Academy (FHEA), UK
• Applying QM Rubrics (APPQMR)

Area of Research Interest

Multimodal Interfaces, Avatars, Facial Expressions, Body Gestures, HCI, Web 2.0

1. Dimitrios Rigas, Nikolaos Gazepidis (2006): “Facial Expressions and Body Gestures as Metaphors for B2C Interfaces: An Empirical Study”, Proceedings of the International Conference on e-Business, Setúbal, Portugal, pp. 275-282, ISBN: 972-8865-62-7
2. Dimitrios Rigas, Nikolaos Gazepidis (2007): “A Further Investigation of Facial Expressions and Body Gestures as metaphors in E-Commerce”, Proceedings of the 7th Conference on 7th WSEAS International Conference on Applied Informatics and Communications – Volume 7, Vouliagmeni, Athens, Greece, pp. 148-153, ISBN: 978-960-6766-01-5, ISSN:1790-5117
3. Dimitrios Rigas, Nikolaos Gazepidis (2008): “An Empirical Investigation for the Role of Facial Expressions and Body Gestures in Interactive Environments”, Proceedings of WSEAS International Conference on Applied Computer & Applied Computational Science, Hangzhou, China, pp. 672-677, ISBN: 978-960-6766-49-7, ISSN: 1790-5117
4. Nikolaos Gazepidis, Dimitrios Rigas (2005): “A Case for investigating Multi-Modal Interaction in E-Business”, Proceedings of the Sixth Informatics Workshop for Research Students, University of Bradford, UK, ISBN: 1 85143 220 5
5. Nikolaos Gazepidis, Dimitrios Rigas (2006): “Multi-Modal Interaction in E-Business: Initial Results”, Proceedings of the Seventh Informatics Workshop for Research Students, University of Bradford, UK, ISBN: 1 85143 232 9
6. Nikolaos Gazepidis, Dimitrios Rigas (2007): “Multi-Modal Interaction in E-Business: Initial Experimental Results”, Proceedings of the Eighth Informatics Workshop for Research Students, University of Bradford, UK, ISBN: 978 1 85143 246 9
7. Nikolaos Gazepidis, Dimitrios Rigas (2008): “Identifying Facial Expressions and Body Gestures in Multimodal Interfaces”, Proceedings of the Ninth Informatics Workshop for Research Students, University of Bradford, UK, ISBN: 978 1 85143 251 6
8. Nikolaos Gazepidis, Vasileios Paliktzoglou (2021): “Students’ Perception Regarding E-learning During Covid-19 at Bahrain Polytechnic”, IEEE Xplore, Sustainable Leadership and Academic Excellence International Conference (SLAE), DOI: 10.1109/SLAE54202.2021.9788074

Journal

Nikolaos Gazepidis, Dimitrios Rigas (2008): “Evaluation of Facial Expressions and Body Gestures in Interactive Systems”, NAUN International Journal of Computers, Issue 1, Volume 2, pp. 91-97, ISSN: 1998-4308

Book Chapter

Dimitrios Rigas, Nikolaos Gazepidis (2009): “The Role of Facial Expressions and Body Gestures in Avatars

for e-Commerce Interfaces”, Human-Computer Interaction, InTech Education and Publishing

1. Member of the validation panel for external visits & review of Web Media Program.
2. Member of the panel for the Educational & Training Quality Authority (BQA) Institutional Review (2024)
3. Member, World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society (WSEAS)
4. Member, EDICT Research Faculty, Bahrain Polytechnic
5. Member, Web Media Programme Committee, Bahrain Polytechnic
6. Coordinator of Research Discussion Group, Bahrain Polytechnic
7. Member, Organizing Committee of Bahrain Game Jam
8. Member, Hellenic Federation of Enterprises (SEV)