Fernando Loizides

Fernando is a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Computer Science and Informatics at Cardiff University, UK. He also holds an honorary Professorship at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid and a visiting Fellowship at the Cyprus University of Technology. His main area of research lies in Information Interaction, HCI and Digital Libraries, focusing on Information Seeking, Information Architecture and User Experience, with a special interest in user interfaces and accessibility. He has a computer science background, which combined with digital library research investigates how systems can be enhanced by state of the art technologies. He also has applied development experience, winning the digital championship social impact award and several other applications being commercialized. Some of the entities he collaborates with or worked for on projects include the European Patent Office, Microsoft, Nokia, Department for Education UK, Cyprus Broadcasting Channel and the Federal Department of Antiquities.