Research
Team
Jahna Otterbacher, Coordinator
Open University of Cyprus
Information Retrieval, Human-Computer Interaction, Artificial Intelligence
Jahna Otterbacher holds a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, USA is an Associate Professor at the Open University of Cyprus (OUC), Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences. Jahna also coordinates the Cyprus Center for Algorithmic Transparency (CyCAT) at the OUC. In addition, Jahna holds a concurrent appointment as team leader of the Transparency in Algorithms Group at RISE… Read More
Paper by Jahna:
Competent Men and Warm Women: Gender Stereotypes and Backlash in Image Search Results
Styliani Kleanthous, Assistant Professor
Open University of Cyprus
Human Computer Interaction
Styliani Kleanthous holds a Ph.D. from the University of Leeds, UK. She is an Assistant Professor at the Open University of Cyprus and collaborator with the fAIre – Fairness and Ethics in Human – AI Interaction group at CYENS CoE. Styliani’s main research interests and expertise are concentrated in the area of Human Centered AI. She specializes in exploiting psychological and social… Read More
Paper by Styliani:
Perception of fairness in algorithmic decisions: Future developers’ perspective
Evgenia Christoforou, Research Associate
CYENS CoE
Crowdsourcing
Evgenia Christoforou (female, Ph.D., Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain) is a Research Associate at the TAG MRG at CYENS. Previously, she held a postdoc position at Politecnico di Torino, Italy. In 2017 she received her PhD in Mathematical Engineering from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. During her PhD studies she was employed by IMDEA Networks Institute. Her thesis,… Read More
Paper by Evgenia:
It’s About Time: A View of Crowdsourced Data Before and During the Pandemic
Emily Theophilou, Research Associate
Open University of Cyprus
Human–AI interaction, Human-Computer Interaction
Emily Theophilou is a Research Associate at CyCAT, Open University of Cyprus. She holds a PhD in Information Technologies from the Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain. Her doctoral research, titled “Computer-Supported Mechanisms to Enhance Affective Skills towards Social Media Education,” focused on digital literacy and the development of affective skills in… Read More
Paper by Emily:
Embedding Educational Narrative Scripts in a Social Media Environment
Maria Kasinidou, PhD Candidate
Open University of Cyprus
Human Computer Interaction, AI Education, AI literacy
Maria received her B.Sc. degree in Computer Science from the University of Cyprus in 2018,
and her M.Sc. degree in Human-Computer from the University of Bath in 2019.
She is currently a researcher at the Cyprus Center for Algorithmic Transparency (CyCAT) at the Open University of Cyprus.
Maria is currently pursuing a PhD through the Open University of Cyprus. Her PhD topic focuses… Read More
Paper by Maria:
