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Summary

Mr Nick Droutsas is a graduate of the MA in Game Design (120 credits) at Uppsala University and the BSc (Hons) in Informatics and Computer Engineering (240 credits) at the University of West Attica, who joined the Department of Computer Science at ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ in 2022 as a Doctoral Researcher. His PhD research focuses on exploring Purposeful Game Solutions for the Enjoyable Construction of Linguistic Resources to Improve Web Accessibility.

Alongside his PhD research, Mr Droutsas has also been working as a Lecturer at ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ Pathway College (BPC), where he teaches Interactive Learning Skills and Communication (ILSC), and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Skills. At the same time, Nick has been working as a Teaching Contributor to undergraduate and postgraduate modules in Computer Science at ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½, and has also served as a Research Assistant to a plurality of research projects including:

• Simul8: An interactive tool for simulating and integrating accessibility support in the design and development pipeline of creative media applications
• Healthy Ageing Practices Serious Games
• Physiological Based Evaluation in Virtual Environments and 360 Video 

Qualifications

• MA in Game Design (120 credits) - Uppsala University
  • Master’s Thesis: Gamers with the Purpose of Language Resource Acquisition: Personas and Scenarios for the players of Language Resourcing Games-With-A-Purpose                                                                        Grade: Pass with distinction
• BSc (Hons) in Informatics and Computer Engineering (240 credits) - University of West Attica (former Technological Educational Institute of Athens)
  • Bachelor’s Dissertation: Alternative Approaches and Tools in Automatic Morphological Processing for Morphologically Rich Languages                                                                                                                         Grade: 10.00/10.00