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Ifigeneia Mavridou is a Researcher at Bournemouth University's Faculty of Media and Communication, affiliated with the Centre of Digital Entertainment and collaborating with Emteq Ltd. Her work focuses on Virtual Reality and Affective Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), leveraging physiological signals like EEG, EMG, and PPG for emotion detection.
- Education: MA in Art, Virtual Reality and Multi-user Systems (University Paris-8 & Athens School of Fine Arts, 2014); PhD in Affective State Recognition in Virtual Reality (Bournemouth University, 2021)
Her research explores the intersection of New Media Art and VR to identify emotional features that enhance immersive experiences and VR content re-playability. Current projects involve developing OCOsense™ smart glasses for facial expression recognition and AVEL (Affective Virtual Environment Library) for emotion analysis.
Recent publications highlight trends in VR-based emotion detection, wearable sensor integration (optomyography, EMG, PPG), and applications in mental health and clinical research. She is supported by an EPSRC grant for her work on affective VR systems.
Collaborative efforts include supervision by Dr. Emili Balaguer-Ballester, Dr. Alain Renaud, Dr. Anna Troisi, Dr. Ellen Seiss, and Dr. Charles Nduka. She has participated in over 20 new media art exhibitions across Europe since 2005.
