About

Prof. Fotis Liarokapis is a Full Professor at CYENS - Centre of Excellence, in Nicosia, Cyprus, where he leads the Extended Experiences (EX) Research Group, focusing on advanced XR, immersive systems, and human-centred interactive technologies as well as the Director of Research at CYENS - Centre of Excellence.

Prof. Liarokapis holds a BEng in ‘Computer Systems Engineering’ from the University of Sussex, an MSc in ‘Computer Graphics and Virtual Environments’ from the University of Hull, and a DPhil with title ‘Augmented Reality Interfaces-Architectures for Visualising and Interacting with Virtual Information’ from the University of Sussex.   Before moving to Cyprus, he was an Associate Professor and the Director of the HCI Lab at Masaryk University, Czech Republic. Prior to this, he was employed as a Senior Lecturer by the department of Computing, Faculty of Engineering and Computing at Coventry University. He was also a research fellow at the ‘Serious Games Institute’ (SGI), Coventry University. Previously, he worked as a research fellow at City University and before that as a research officer at the University of Sussex.   Prof. Liarokapis (IEEE member) has contributed to more than 190 refereed publications with more than 9032 citations (h-index: 45 and i10-index: 122) in the broad areas of virtual and augmented reality, human-computer interaction, serious games, computer graphics and brain computer interfaces. In the h-index for Greek origin Computer Scientists & Engineers he is ranked in the 250th position (all over the world), whereas in the Cyprus Scientist and University Rankings 2024 he is ranked in the 74th position (across all disciplines). Also, included into the top 2% cited scientists according to Stanford University. Prof. Liarokapis has contributed to and coordinated large-scale, internationally funded research and innovation projects under Horizon 2020 / Horizon Europe, DIGITAL Europe, national research foundations, and ministerial programmes, with a cumulative portfolio exceeding €40 million in total project value. His work spans extended reality (XR), virtual worlds, AI-enabled systems, robotics, digital skills, and immersive technologies, with applications in education, industry, agriculture, cultural heritage, geospatial intelligence, and health.    Prof. Liarokapis organised multiple conferences and workshops and he was the co-founder of the International Conference on Virtual Worlds and Games for Serious Applications (VS-Games). He was the program-chair of IEEE CoG 2020 and IEEE CoG 2021 as well as the general chair of IMET 2022, the general co-chair of IMET 2023 and the publications chair of Mobile HCI 2023. He co-organized the 'Mixing Realities: Cross-reality Visualization, Interaction, and Collaboration' workshop at IEEE VR 2023, was the general co-chair of Eurographics 2024, and the general co-chair of Expressive 2025.   Bibliographies    Several bibliographies can be found below: DBLP IEEE ORCID Publons Scholar   Education Habilitation (docent) in Informatics (Mar 2015 - Mar 2016): Masaryk University, Faculty of Informatics, Department of Computer Graphics and Design, Brno, Czech Republic. Thesis Title: Interactive Virtual and Augmented Reality Environments. Ph.D. in Computer Engineering (Oct 1999 - Oct 2004): Centre for VLSI and Computer Graphics, University of Sussex, School of Science and Technology, Department of Informatics, Falmer, UK. Thesis Title: Augmented Reality Interfaces - Architectures for Visualising and Interacting with Virtual Information. MSc (Hons) in Computer Graphics and Virtual Environments (Oct 1998 - Oct 1999): University of Hull, Department of Computer Science, Hull, UK. Thesis Title: Surgical Planning For Knee Surgery. BSc (Hons) in Computer System Engineering (Oct 1995 - May 1998): University of Sussex, School of Engineering, Falmer, UK. Thesis Title: Fractal Terrain Generation. Foundation Year (Sep 1994 - Jun 1995): New College Athens, Athens, Greece. Greek 'Apolytirion' (Sep 1991 - Jun 1994): 49th Lyceum of Athens, Athens, Greece.