Philippos Pouyioutas

Biography

Philippos Pouyioutas is Professor of Computer Science and Vice Rector for Academic Affairs at the University of Nicosia. He studied Computer Science at the University of London (BSc, MSc, PhD) and holds a CertEd from the University of North London (UNL). He worked as full-time lecturer (1992-1996) and the Director of the BSc programme in Business Information Systems (1993-1996) at UNL, teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate level. He also worked at Intercollege (1996-2007) where he served as co-ordinator of the Computer Science and Multimedia programmes, Director and Associate Academic Dean of Academic Affairs and as chairperson of the Research Committee. He is in charge of the accreditation/quality assurance processes at the University of Nicosia. He served as a chair, editor of proceedings and member of scientific committees of International Conferences and International Journals, and as supervisor of PhD students in the area of Database Systems and e-learning. His research interests include Databases, Graphical and Visual Interfaces, Intranets and Information Technology and Multimedia in Education (E-Learning) and Cultural Heritage. His research record includes 2 books and more than 80 conference proceedings and journal papers. His current applied research work focuses on developing ICT tools to support the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) reforms. He served from May 2007 to September 2014 as a Bologna Expert/Promoter for Cyprus and has been invited in Cyprus and abroad (Greece, Malta, Israel, UK) to deliver presentations on the Bologna Process and the EHEA reforms

Research Interest

His research interest includes the mapping the National Qualifications Frameworks, for measuring the commitment of Higher Education institutions to teaching/learning quality and for measuring the commitment of EU member states to e-learning