Manias Ekaterini

Ekaterini Manias is a Professor at the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Technical University of Crete. She specializes in perception-based computer graphics, virtual reality, and haptic technologies, leading the SURREAL research group.

• Education: Ph.D. in Computer Science (University of Bristol, 2001), M.Sc. in Computer Science (University of Bristol, 1996), B.Sc. in Mathematics (University of Crete, 1994).

Research Interests span 3D spatial cognition, distributed graphics, human-computer interaction, and gaze-contingent displays. Her work integrates psychophysics, usability engineering, and real-time rendering techniques.

Professional Roles:

• Professor at Technical University of Crete (since Dec 2005)
• Assistant Professor (tenure 2004) and Lecturer at University of Sussex
• Researcher at Hewlett Packard Research Laboratories (1996-1998)
• Coordinator of SURREAL research group
• Associate Editor for ACM Transactions on Applied Perception and Presence, Teleoperators and Virtual Environments
• Chair/co-chair roles at ACM Siggraph, Eurographics, and other international conferences