Publications

Awards

Selected Recent Publications (last 5 years):

• Evangelou S.M., Xenos M., “Peer assessment in education: A seven-year implementation and iterative development of a customizable digital tool”, Next Research, Volume 2, Issue 4, December 2025.
• Fotopoulos A., Xenos M., Zotos C., “Immersive Smart Education for Sustainable Urban Mobility: A VR-Based Study on Traffic Systems, EVs, and Sensor-Enabled Crosswalks”, Proceedings of the 11^th IEEE International Smart Cities Conference, ISC2 2025, Patras, Greece, 6-9 October 2025.
• Fotopoulos, A., Metsi, F., Xenos, M., “Enhancing Path Testing with Eye-Tracking: A Human-Centric Approach to Functional Software Testing”, Proceedings of the 37^th International Conference on Testing Software and Systems, ICTS2025, Limassol, Cyprus, 17-19 September 2025.
• Konstantinos Roumpas, Eleftheria Lito Michanetzi, Dimosthenis Minas, Angelos Fotopoulos, and Michalis Xenos, “A comparative study of physics-informed and conventional neural networks for predicting on-screen gaze points from eye-tracking data,” Expert Systems with Applications, vol. 281, p. 127655, Jul. 2025.
  DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2025.127655
• Minas D., Tews L., Fotopoulos A., Xenos, M., Cordoba A.D., Vidal M.R., “Eye-Tracking Technologies for Facilitating Multimodal Interaction in Aviation Environments”, Engineering Proceedings, Volume 90, Issue 1, pp. 110-119, April 2025.
• Minas D., Theodosiou E., Roumpas K., Xenos M., “Adaptive Real-Time Translation Assistance Through Eye-Tracking”, Special Issue Machine Learning for HCI: Cases, Trends and Challenges, AI Journal, Volume 6, Issue 1, pp. 5-28, 2025.
  DOI: 10.3390/ai6010005
• Balaskas S., Rigou M., Xenos M., Mallas A., “Behavioral Intentions to Donate Blood: The Interplay of Personality, Emotional Arousals, and the Moderating Effect of Altruistic versus Egoistic Messages on Young Adults”, Behaviorial Sciences, Volume 14, Issue 8, pp. 731-762, 2024.
  DOI: 10.3390/bs14080731
• Xenos, M., Mallas, A., Minas, D., “Using Eye-Tracking for Adaptive Human-Machine Interfaces for Pilots: A Literature Review and Sample Cases”, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2716 (2024), 012072, March 2024.
  DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/2716/1/012072
• Komninos A., Simou I., Minas D., Fotopoulos A., Michanetzi E. L., Xenos M., “Towards LLM-Generated Affective Phrase Sets for Text Entry Evaluation”, 23^rd International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia, MUM 2024, pp. 457-460, Stockholm, Sweden, 1-4 December 2024.
  DOH: 10.1145/3701571.3703384
• Komninos A., Feit A. M., Leiva L. A., Lehmann F., Simou I., Minas D., Fotopoulos A., Xenos M., “An LLM-driven Transcription Task for Mobile Text Entry Studies”, 23^rd International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia, MUM 2024, pp. 264-279, Stockholm, Sweden, 1-4 December 2024.  
  DOH: 10.1145/3701571.3701586
• Roumpas K., Xenos M., “Design of an AI-Assisted Platform that will Facilitate Educators in Creating Minecraft Education Courses”, 6^th International Workshop on Artificial Intelligence and Education, WAIE 2024, Tokyo, Japan, 28-30 September 2024.
  DOI: 10.1109/WAIE63876.2024.00043
• Evangelou S.M., Michanetzi E. L., Xenos M., “Exploring the impact of negative online feedback on well-being: A comprehensive analysis incorporating Big-Five personality traits and physiological responses”, Computers in Human Behavior Reports, Volume 15, Issue 100457, August 2024.
• Guerra-Mota M., Xenos M., Sá M.M., Minas D., “Development of a 3D Virtual World Tool for Sustainable Energy Education”, International Conference on Sustainable Energy Education, SEED 2024, pp. 646-654, Valencia, Spain, 3-5 July 2024.  
  DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2410.10586   
  Best paper award for the SEED 2024 Conference
• Vrettis P., Mallas A., Xenos M., “An Affect-Aware Game Adapting to Human Emotion”, Proceedings of the 6^th International Conference, HCI-Games 2024, Held as Part of the 26th HCI International Conference, HCII 2024, pp. 307-322, Washington, DC, USA, June 29 – July 4, 2024.  
  DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-60692-2_21   
  Best paper award for the 6^th HCI-Games track of the HCII 2024
• Minas D., Xenos M., Papatheodorou D., “A Serious Game for Environmental Education Utilizing 3D Virtual Worlds”, IEEE CTSoc Gaming, Entertainment and Media Conference, GEM 2024, Torino, Italy, 5-7 June 2024.  
  DOI: 10.1109/GEM61861.2024.10585526
• Tsakalerou M., Evangelou S.M., Xenos M., “Unlocking the Secrets of Student Success in Low-Code Platforms: An In-Depth Comparative Analysis”, Proceedings of the ASEE 2024, Oregon, Portland, USA, 23-26 June 2024.  
  CorpusID:271712064
• Evangelou S.M., Fotopoulos A., Minas D., Xenos M., “Exploring Computer Engineering Students’ Perceptions When Introduced to Low-Code Platforms: A Study Using Inquiry Methods and Eye-Tracking Data”, Proceedings of the IEEE EDUCON2024 Conference, Kos, Greece, 8-11 May 2024.  
  DOI: 10.1109/EDUCON60312.2024.10578587
• Balaskas S., Rigou M., Xenos M., Mallas A., “Behavioral Intentions to Donate Blood: The Interplay of Personality, Emotional Arousals, and the Moderating Effect of Altruistic versus Egoistic Messages on Young Adults”, Behaviorial Sciences, Volume 14, Issue 8, pp. 731-762, 2024.
• Xenos, M., Mallas, A., Minas, D., “Using Eye-Tracking for Adaptive Human-Machine Interfaces for Pilots: A Literature Review and Sample Cases”, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2716 (2024), 012072, March 2024.
• Mallas A., Papadatou H., Xenos M., “Maintaining Text Legibility Regarding Font Size Based on User Distance in Mobile Devices: Application Development and User Evaluation”, ISM 2023, 25^th IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia, Laguna Hills, California, 11-13 December 2023.
  DOI: 10.1109/ISM59092.2023.00051
• Vazaios S., Mallas A., Xenos M., “Eye-Tracking Based Automatic Summarization of Lecture Slides”, IEEE ICCA 2023, 5^th International Conference on Computer & Applications, Cairo, Egypt, 28-30 November 2023.  
  DOI: 10.1109/ICCA59364.2023.10401718  
• Dritsa S., Mallas A., Xenos M., “Screen Reading Regions in Social Media Comments: An Eye-Tracking Analysis of Visual Attention on Smartphones”, Proceedings of the 27^th Panhellenic Conference on Informatics, PCI2023, pp. 95-101, Lamia, Greece, 24-26 November 2023. 
  DOI: 10.1145/3635059.3635074
• Evangelou S.M., Xenos M., “An Experimental Study of the Relationship Between Static Advertisements Effectiveness and Personality Traits: Using Big-Five, Eye-Tracking, and Interviews”, 25^th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, LNCS Vol 14039 Springer, pp. 285-299, Copenhagen, Denmark, 23-28 July 2023.  
  DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-36049-7_22
• Mallas A., Xenos M., Margosi M., “Users’ Opinions When Drawing with an Eye Tracker”, 25^th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, LNCS Vol 14020 Springer, pp. 428-439, Copenhagen, Denmark, 23-28 July 2023.  
  DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-35681-0_28
• Evangelou S.M., Kapsoulakis V., Xenos M., “Evaluation of a Serious Game for Young Software Engineering Graduates: Interviewing Skills and Soft Skills”, Proceedings of the IEEE EDUCON2023 Conference, pp 1-7, Salmaira, Kuwait, 1-4 May 2023.  
  DOI: 10.1109/EDUCON54358.2023.10125205
• Mallas A., Rigou M., Xenos M., “Comparing the Performance and Evaluation of Computer Experts and Farmers when Operating Agricultural Robots: A Case of Tangible vs Mouse-Based UIs”, Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies Volume 2022, Article ID 6070285, August 2022.
  DOI: 10.1155/2022/6070285
• Mallas A., Samanta M., Xenos M., “Evaluating a Game-based and a Web-based User Interface Using Skin Conductivity Signals and Gamers and Non-Gamers Preferences”, 8^th International Conference on Engineering and Emerging Technologies (ICEET 2022), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 27-28 October 2022.   
  DOI: 10.1109/ICEET56468.2022.10007413
• Mallas, A., Xenos, M., Katsanos, C., “A Descriptive Model of Passive and Natural Passive Human-Computer Interaction”, 24^th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, In: Kurosu, M. (eds) Human-Computer Interaction. Theoretical Approaches and Design Methods. HCII 2022. LNCS Vol 13302, Springer, pp. 104-116, held online, 26 June-1 July 2022.  
  DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-05311-5_7
• Mallas A., Evangelou S.M., Xenos M., “Software Engineering Students’ Perceptions for a 3D Learning Environment Regarding Anxiety”, Proceedings of the IEEE EDUCON2022 Conference, pp. 1074-1081, Tunis, Tunisia, 28-31 March 2022.  
  DOI: 10.1109/EDUCON52537.2022.9766819
• Zarkadoula K., Xenos M. “Evaluating Usability and Educational Effectiveness of a Serious Game for Programmers Using Alternative Interfaces and Types of Activities”, Proceedings of the IEEE EDUCON2022 Conference, pp. 645-652, Tunis, Tunisia, 28-31 March 2022.  
  DOI: 10.1109/EDUCON52537.2022.9766768     
  Best paper award for the area “Serious Games, Game-Based Learning and Gamification for Engineering Education”