Academic Position
Lecturer in the area of Website Usability and E-commerce
Studies
1997-2001: UMIST – University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Computation Department (Grade: A). PhD Title: A Usability Evaluation Technique for Retail Sites. - Prof. Linda A. Macaulay
1996-1997: V.U.B. – Vrije Universiteit Brussel – MSc (Master of Science) in Appplied Computing.
1995-1996: SOLVAY BUSINESS SCHOOL / U.L.B. - Université Libre de Bruxelles – Master of Business Administration
1992-1995: UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND – BSc in Information Systems and Management.
Scientific Areas of Interest
Human Computer Interaction and E-commerce, The role of Usability Evaluation in the provision of E-government services, The role of usability and the user as a learner in the design of e-learning courses.
Contact
Office: 5.4
Tel.: +30 210 9549403
e-mail:
Indicative Publications (2003 –Today)
- Keeling, K., Vassilopoulou, K., McGoldrick, P. J., and Macaulay, L. A., (2000). Marketing Realities and Innovation in Small to Medium Sized Enterprises: Facilitators and Barriers to the Use Of electronic Commerce. International Journal of New Product Development & Innovation Management, 2(1), pp. 57-70.
- Keeling, K., McGoldrick, P. J., Macaulay, L. A., and Vassilopoulou, K. (2001). Electronic Kiosk Provision of Public Information: Toward Understanding and Quantifying Facilitators and Barriers of Use. In Constantine Stephanidis (ed.), Proceedings of HCI International 2001, vol. 3, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, 5-10 August, pp. 680-684.
- Vassilopoulou, K., Keeling, K., Macaulay, L. A., and McGoldrick, P. (2001). Measuring Purchasing Intentions for Internet Retail Sites Against Usability Attributes. In Proceedings of the Eighth IFIP Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, INTERACT ‘01, Tokyo, JAPAN July 9-13, pp.76-83.
- Zaharias, P., Vassilopoulou K. and Poulymenakou,A. (2002). Designing On-Line Learning Courses: Implications for Usability. Scientific Journal on Applied Information Technology, Vol 1, 1. [http://www.telab.tuwien.ac.at/japit/i12002_elearning_frames.html].
- Zaharias, P., Vassilopoulou K. and Poulymenakou,A. (2003). Designing On-Line Learning Courses: Implications for Usability. Scientific Journal on Applied Information Technology, Vol 1, 1. [http://www.telab.tuwien.ac.at/japit/i12002_elearning_frames.html].
- Livaditi, J., Vassilopoulou, K., Lougos, C. and Konstantinos Chorianopoulos, K. (2003). Needs and Gratifications for Interactive TV Applications: Implications for Designers. In Proceedings of HICSS ’36: the Thirty-Sixth Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-36), Waikoloa, Hawaii, USA, 6-9 January.
- Pouloudi, A., Vassilopoulou, K. & Ziouvelou, P. (2003). A Societal Perspective on E-Business Adoption. Journal of Information, Communication & Ethics in Society 1(3) 149-165.
- Vassilopoulou, K., Keeling K. A., and Macaulay, L. A. (2009). Theoretical Framework Measuring the Usability of Retail Sites. To appear in Integrating Usability Engineering for Designing the Web Experience: Methodologies and Principles. Edited by Tasos Spiliotopoulos, Panagiota Papadopoulou, Drakoulis Martakos and Georgios Kouroupetroglou.