Curriculum Vitae

Athanassios Protopapas

Department of Philosophy & History of Science (MITHE)
University of Athens, Ano Ilissia Campus
GR-157 71 Zografos

Tel: +30 210 727-5540
Fax: +30 210 727-5530
e-mail: aprotopapas@phs.uoa.gr
Web page: http://users.uoa.gr/~aprotopapas/

Education

Doctor of Philosophy in Cognitive Science, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA. Completed September 1996; awarded May 1997. Dissertation title: “Perspectives on syllables, stress, and interactions in speech perception: experimental and connectionist approaches.” [Brown library reference] [Dissertation]
Master of Science in Engineering, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA, 1995. Thesis title: “Performance of the LEMS HMM speech recognizer with PLP features and with multiple-window log-spaced DFT spectra.” [Brown library reference] [Thesis]
Master of Science in Cognitive Science, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA, 1993. Thesis title: “An assessment of the perceptual role of individual acoustic features of infant cries.” [Brown library reference] [Thesis]
University degree, Department of Physics, University of Patras, Greece, 1991. Thesis topic: “Design and implementation of a real-time linear prediction vocoder using the TMS320C25 digital signal processor.”

Professional experience

Associate Professor of Cognitive Science at the Department of Philosophy and History of Science, University of Athens. June 2010–present.

Director of the graduate program in “Cognitive Science” (2015–2016).
Director of the graduate program in “Basic & Applied Cognitive Science” (2013–2016).
Member of the interdepartmental executive committee of the graduate program in “Basic & Applied Cognitive Science” (2011–2016).
Member of the departmental committee for the doctoral study program (since 2012).
Associate Director of the Cognitive Science Division of the department (2010–2012).
Founder and director of “Language & Learning Lab,” a research and discussion group.

Principal Researcher, Institute for Language & Speech Processing. September 2000–June 2010.

Scientific director for ILSP participation in Long Lasting Memories (project 238904 under CIP/ICT PSP/2008/1), to integrate and validate a combination of state-of-the-art cognitive exercises with physical activity in the framework of an advanced ambient assisted living environment for elderly individuals with (or at risk for) cognitive impairment. June 2009–December 2011.
Elected member of the ILSP Scientific Advisory Board (January 2004–July 2009).
Scientific director on a grant from the Ministry of Education to develop software for automatic screening of learning disabilities in Grades 2–8, including design, implementation, and standardization. October 2006–May 2008.
Coordinator of approved proposal for “Ortho-Logo-Paedia,” a 3-year research and technological development project (under the 5^th European Framework Program “Quality of Life”) to support speech therapy by on-screen speech visualization. Coordinator of the project. January 2002–December 2004.
Recipient of a grant from the Ministry of Development to investigate the commercial viability and produce a business plan to exploit research results on automated screening of 3^rd-4^th grade children for learning disabilities. Design and supervise implementation and validation trial for assessment and evaluation. June 2003–December 2004.
Principal investigator on a grant from the Paedagogical Institute to develop software for automatic screening of 7^th grade students for possible learning problems (eMaDys). Design and supervise implementation and validation trial for assessment and evaluation. January 2000–June 2004.
Coordinator of “Combined Image and Word Spotting,” a 3-year project under the 5^th European Framework Program “Information Society Technologies” for automatic indexing, archiving, and retrieval of audiovisual material (started in March 2000; successfully completed in September 2003 after being selected as “good practice” among the sector – Adopt-IT project).

Visiting research scholar, Department of Cognitive & Neural Systems, Boston University. May–July 2005.
Visiting research scholar, LRDC, Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh. February–April 2005.
Software development consultant, Neuroscience Solutions Corporation (now PositScience corporation; San Francisco, California, USA). January-July 2004.
- Advise on design and construction of speech stimuli; provide speech signal processing code.
- Member of the Scientific Advisory Board.
Course instructor at the interdepartmental graduate program “basic and applied cognitive science” of the University of Athens (see teaching experience).
Course instructor at the graduate program “Special education – Speech therapy – Counseling” at the Department of Primary Education of the University of Athens (see teaching experience).
Course instructor at the Department of Speech Therapy of the European Educational Organisation - Metropolitan College (see teaching experience).
Course instructor and supervisor of degree theses at the Department of Psychology of the Panteion University of Athens (see teaching experience).
Postdoctoral fellow, Institute for Language & Speech Processing. February 1999–August 2000.

Coordinator of “Combined Image and Word Spotting” (European FP5 RTD project).
Contributor to software development for Greek text-to-speech synthesis on improving the existing product and on developing a diphone database for the new system.
Design and implementation of automatic text language identification software.

Course instructor at the Department of Education of the Aegean University in Rhodes (see teaching experience).
Research consultant, Scientific Learning Corporation (Berkeley, California, USA). January–December 1999.

Implement and evaluate phonetic training prototype for nonnative speakers of English.

Operations Manager, Scientific Learning Corporation, May 1997–March 1998.

Coordinate and oversee research projects.

Research scientist, Scientific Learning Corporation, July 1996–December 1998.

Design and implement phonetic training program for nonnative speakers of English.
Investigate auditory processing in normal and impaired populations with respect to language and reading abilities.
Evaluate remediation product efficacy.
Develop auditory processing screening protocol for product efficacy optimization.
Develop and evaluate speech processing algorithms for training stimuli.
Develop experiment control software for auditory perceptual testing and training.
Develop a stochastic simulation to study and optimize training exercises.

External funding

Co-proposer and research group member, Reading fluency: How does it develop and how can it be fostered? (5-year SSHRC Insight Grant #435-2016-1117, PI: George Georgiou; total budget 300,126$CAN). Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (2016–2021).
Co-proposer and research group member, Affective and behavioral modeling of early childhood lexicalizations and communicative functions with application to autism spectrum disorders and language delay detection (babyAffect) (18-month Project #3610 under “Aristeia II”/National Strategic Reference Framework; PI: Alexandros Potamianos; total budget 236 k€). General Secretariat for Research & Technology, Ministry of Education (2014–2015).
Co-proposer and leader of the “Language” group (group budget: 173,500 €), Cognitive Mechanisms in the Perception, Representation, and Organization of Knowledge (COGMEK) (36-month Project #892 under “Thales”/National Strategic Reference Framework; PI: Stella Vosniadou; total budget: 520k€). Ministry of Education (2012–2015).
Co-proposer and member of the “Neuropsychology” group (group budget: 165,700 €), Levels of impairment in Greek Aphasia: Relationship with Processing Deficits, Brain Region, and Therapeutic Implications (APHASIA) (36-month Project #977 under “Thales”/National Strategic Reference Framework; PI: Spyridoula Varlokosta; total budget: 520k€). Ministry of Education (2012–2015).
Co-proposer and director of ILSP participation (ILSP grant: 160,972 €), Long Lasting Memories (30-month Project 238904 under CIP/ICT PSP/2008/1; total budget: 4.7 m€). European Commission, 2009–2011.
Proposer and project director of a 170,000 € contract to develop software for automatic screening of learning disabilities (EPEAEK II, action 1.1.3.a, through the University of Patras). Ministry of Education. 2006–2007.
Proposer and project director of a 44,000 € contract to investigate commercial viability of automated screening for learning disabilities (Operational Programme “Competitiveness,” sub-project 02PRAXE39, through the General Secretariat for Research & Technology). Ministry of Development, 2003–2004.
Lead proposer, project director, and director of ILSP participation (ILSP grant: 205,734 €), Ortho-Logo-Paedia (36-month contract QLG5-CT-2001-01971 under FP5; total budget: 2.1 m€). European Commission, 2002.
Proposer and project director of a 44,000 € contract to develop software for automatic screening of learning disabilities (EPEAEK, actions 1.1.b and 1.4.c, through the Paedagogical Institute). Ministry of Education, 2000.

Peer-reviewed journal publications

Altani, A., Protopapas, A., & Georgiou, G. K. (in press). The contribution of executive functions to naming digits, objects, and words. Reading and Writing. doi: 10.1007/s11145-016-9666-4 [Abstract] [Corrected proof]
Protopapas, A., Panagaki, E., Andrikopoulou, A., Gutiérrez Palma, N., & Arvaniti, A. (in press). Priming stress patterns in word recognition. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception & Performance. doi:10.1037/xhp0000259 [Abstract] [Corrected proof]
Protopapas, A., Orfanidou, E., Taylor, J. S. H., Karavasilis, E., Kapnoula, E. C., Panagiotaropoulou, G., Velonakis, G., Poulou, L. S., Smyrnis, N., & Kelekis, D. (2016). Evaluating cognitive models of visual word recognition using fMRI: Effects of lexical and sublexical variables. NeuroImage, 128, 328–341. [Abstract] [Published article]
Protopapas, A., & Kapnoula, E. C. (2016). Short-term and long-term effects on visual word recognition. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition 42 (4): 542–565. [Abstract] [Published article]
Protopapas, A, Parrila, R., & Simos, P. G. (in press). In search of Matthew effects in reading. Journal of Learning Disabilities. doi:10.1177/0022219414559974 [Abstract] [Corrected proof]
Protopapas, A., Cheimariou, S., Economou, A., Kakavoulia, M., & Varlokosta, S. (2016). Functional categories related to verb inflection are not differentially impaired in Greek aphasia. Language and Cognition 8 (1): 124–141. doi:10.1017/langcog.2014.46 [Abstract] [Published article]
Anastasiou, D., & Protopapas, A. (2015). Difficulties in lexical stress versus difficulties in segmental phonology among adolescents with dyslexia. Scientific Studies of Reading 19: 31–50. [Abstract] [Published article]
Protopapas, A., Vlahou, E. L., Moirou, D., & Ziaka, L. (2014). Word reading practice reduces Stroop interference in children. Acta Psychologica 148: 204–208. [Abstract] [Published article]
Protopapas, A. (2014). From temporal processing to developmental language disorders: Mind the gap. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 369 (1634): 20130090. [Abstract] [Published article]
Fotiadis, F. A., & Protopapas, A. (2014). The effect of newly trained verbal and nonverbal labels for the cues in probabilistic category learning. Memory and Cognition 42 (1): 112–125. [Abstract] [Published article]
Protopapas, A., Altani, A., & Georgiou, G. K. (2013). Development of serial processing in reading and rapid naming. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology 116 (4): 914–929. [Abstract] [Published article]
Protopapas, A., Altani, A., & Georgiou, G. K. (2013). RAN backward: A test of the visual scanning hypothesis. Scientific Studies of Reading 17 (6): 453–461. [Abstract] [Published article]
Nikolinakos, D., Georgiadou, A., Protopapas, A., Tzavaras, A., & Potagas, C. (2013). A case of color-taste synesthesia. Neurocase 19 (3): 282–294. [Abstract] [Published article]
Protopapas, A., Fakou, A., Drakopoulou, S., Skaloumbakas, C., & Mouzaki, A. (2013). What do spelling errors tell us? Classification and analysis of spelling errors of Greek schoolchildren with and without dyslexia. Reading & Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal 26 (5): 615–646. [Abstract] [Published article] [Supplementary information]
Protopapas, A., Mouzaki, A., Sideridis, G. D., Kotsolakou, A., & Simos, P. G. (2013). The role of vocabulary in the context of the simple view of reading. Reading & Writing Quarterly 29 (2): 168–202. [Abstract] [Published article]
Protopapas, A., Tzakosta, M., Chalamandaris, A., & Tsiakoulis, P. (2012). IPLR: An online resource for Greek word-level and sublexical information. Language Resources & Evaluation 46 (3): 449–459. [Abstract] [Published article]
Vlahou, E., Protopapas, A., & Seitz, A. R. (2012). Implicit training of non-native speech stimuli. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General 141 (2): 363–381. [Abstract] [Published article]
Protopapas, A., Simos, P. G., Sideridis, G. D., & Mouzaki, A. (2012). The components of the simple view of reading: A confirmatory factor analysis. Reading Psychology 33 (3): 217–240. [Abstract] [Published article]
Simos, P. G., Sideridis, G. D., Protopapas, A., & Mouzaki, A. (2011). Psychometric evaluation of a receptive vocabulary test for Greek elementary students. Assessment for Effective Intervention 37 (1): 34–49. [Abstract] [Published article]
Protopapas, A., Sideridis, G. D., Mouzaki, A., & Simos, P. G. (2011). Matthew effects in reading comprehension: myth or reality? Journal of Learning Disabilities 44 (5): 402–420. [Abstract] [Published article]
Georgiou, G. K., Protopapas. A., Papadopoulos, T. C., Skaloumbakas, C., & Parrila, R. (2010). Auditory temporal processing and dyslexia in an orthographically consistent language. Cortex 46 (10): 1330–1344. [Abstract] [Published article]
Seitz, A. R., Protopapas, A., Tsushima, Y., Vlahou, E. L., Gori, S., Grossberg, S., & Watanabe, T. (2010). Unattended exposure to components of speech sounds yields same benefits as explicit auditory training. Cognition 115 (3): 432–443. [Abstract] [Published article]
Protopapas, A., & Gerakaki, S. (2009). Development of processing stress diacritics in reading Greek. Scientific Studies of Reading 13 (6): 453–483. [Abstract] [Published article]
Protopapas, A., & Vlahou, E. L. (2009). A comparative quantitative analysis of Greek orthographic transparency. Behavior Research Methods 41 (4): 991–1008. [Abstract] [Published article]
Protopapas, A., Skaloumbakas, C., & Bali, P. (2008). Validation of unsupervised computer-based screening for reading disability in the Greek elementary Grades 3 and 4. Learning Disabilities: A Contemporary Journal 6 (1): 45–69. [Abstract] [Published article]
Protopapas, A. (2007). CheckVocal: A program to facilitate checking the accuracy and response time of vocal responses from DMDX. Behavior Research Methods 39 (4): 859–862. [Abstract] [Published article]
Protopapas, A., Gerakaki, S., & Alexandri, S. (2007). Sources of information for stress assignment in reading Greek. Applied Psycholinguistics 28 (4): 695–720. [Abstract] [Published article]
Protopapas, A., Archonti, A., & Skaloumbakas, C. (2007). Reading ability is negatively related to Stroop interference. Cognitive Psychology 54 (3): 251–282. [Abstract] [Published article]
Protopapas, A., Sideridis, G. D., Simos, P. G., & Mouzaki, A. (2007). Development of lexical mediation in the relation between reading comprehension and word reading skills in Greek. Scientific Studies of Reading 11 (3): 165–197. [Abstract] [Published article]
Protopapas, A., & Skaloumbakas, C. (2007). Traditional and computer-based screening and diagnosis of reading disabilities in Greek. Journal of Learning Disabilities 40 (1): 15–36. [Abstract] [Published article]
Protopapas, A., Gerakaki, S., & Alexandri, S. (2006). Lexical and default stress assignment in reading Greek. Journal of Research in Reading 29 (4): 418–432. [Abstract] [Published article]
Sideridis, G. D., Mouzaki, A., Simos, P., & Protopapas, A. (2006). Classification of students with reading comprehension difficulties: The roles of motivation, affect, and psychopathology. Learning Disability Quarterly 29 (3): 159–180. [Published article]
Varlokosta, S., Valeonti, N., Kakavoulia, M., Lazaridou, M., Economou, A., & Protopapas, A. (2006). The breakdown of functional categories in Greek aphasia: Evidence from agreement, tense and aspect. Aphasiology 20 (8): 723–743. [Abstract] [Published article]
Protopapas, A. (2006). On the use and usefulness of stress diacritics in reading Greek. Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal. 19 (2): 171–198. [Abstract] [Published article]
B. D. McCandliss, J. A. Fiez, A. Protopapas, M. Conway, & J. L. McClelland (2002). Success and failure in teaching the [r]-[l] contrast to Japanese adults: Tests of a Hebbian model of plasticity and stabilization of spoken language perception. Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience 2 (2): 89–108. [Abstract] [Published article]
R. M. Uchanski, A. E. Geers, & A. Protopapas (2002). The intelligibility of modified speech for young listeners with normal and impaired hearing. The Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research 45 (5): 1027–1038. [Abstract] [Published article]
E. Ahissar, S. Nagarajan, M. Ahissar, A. Protopapas, & M. M. Merzenich (2001). Speech comprehension is correlated with temporal response patterns recorded from auditory cortex. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the U.S.A. 98 (23): 13367–13372. [Abstract] [Published article]
R. A. Poldrack, E. Temple, A. Protopapas, S. Nagarajan, P. Tallal, M. M. Merzenich, & J. D. E. Gabrieli (2001). Relations between the neural bases of dynamic auditory processing and phonological processing: Evidence from fMRI. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience 13: 687–697. [Abstract] [Published article]
E. Temple, J. D. E. Gabrieli, A. Protopapas, S. Nagarajan, T. Salz, P. Tallal, M. M. Merzenich, & R. A. Poldrack (2000). Disruption of the neural response to rapidly transient acoustic stimuli in dyslexia: Evidence from fMRI. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the U.S.A. 97 (25): 13907–13912. [Abstract] [Published article]
M. Ahissar, A. Protopapas, M. Reid, & M. M. Merzenich (2000). Auditory processing parallels reading abilities in adults. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the U.S.A. 97 (12): 6832–6837. [Abstract] [Published article]
A. Protopapas (1999). Connectionist modeling of speech perception. Psychological Bulletin 125 (4): 410–436. [Abstract] [Published article]
A. Protopapas, S. A. Finney, & P. D. Eimas (1999). Baseline conditions in structural induction: Comments on Pitt, Smith, & Klein (1998). Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance 25 (5): 1472–1475. [Abstract] [Published article]
E. R. Pickett, E. Kuniholm, A. Protopapas, J. Friedman, & P. Lieberman (1998). Selective speech motor, syntax, and cognitive deficits associated with bilateral damage to the putamen and the head of the caudate nucleus: a case study. Neuropsychologia 36 (2): 173–188. [Abstract] [Published article]
A. Protopapas & P. D. Eimas (1997). Perceptual differences in infant cries revealed by modifications of acoustic features. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 102 (6): 3723–3734. [Abstract] [Published article]
A. Protopapas & P. Lieberman (1997). Fundamental frequency of phonation and perceived emotional stress. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 101 (4): 2267–2277. [Abstract] [Published article]
S. A. Finney, A. Protopapas, & P. D. Eimas (1996). Attentional allocation to syllables in American English. Journal of Memory and Language 35: 893–909. [Abstract] [Published article]
P. Lieberman, A. Protopapas, & B. G. Kanki (1995). Speech production and syntax comprehension deficits on Mt. Everest. Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine 66: 857–864. [Abstract] [Published article]
P. Lieberman, A. Protopapas, B. G.Kanki, E. Reed, & J. W.Youngs (1994). Cognitive defects at altitude. Nature 372: 325. [Published article]

Note: In the following sections, titles in square brackets indicate works in the Greek language.

Books

Mouzaki, A., & Protopapas, A. (Eds.) (2010). [Spelling: Learning and disorders]. Athens: Gutenberg. ISBN: 978-960-01-1389-1. [Contents] [Glossary] [Order from the publisher]
Vosniadou, S., Kayser, D., & Protopapas, A. (Eds.) (2007). Proceedings of the European Cognitive Science Conference 2007. Lawrence Erlbaum/Taylor & Francis. ISBN: 978-1-84169-696-6. [Contents] [Order from Amazon]
Palmer, R.L., & Protopapas, A. (2008). The Lemon and Lime Library. London, UK: Speechmark. ISBN 978-0-86388-548-8. [Order from Amazon]

Book chapters

Parrila, R., & Protopapas, A. (to appear). Dyslexia and word reading problems. In K. Cain, D. Compton, & R. Parrila (Eds.), Theories of reading development. John Benjamins. [Final draft]
Protopapas, A. (in press). Learning to read Greek. In L. T. W. Verhoeven & C. A. Perfetti (Eds.), Reading acquisition across languages and writing systems: An international handbook. Cambridge University Press. [Corrected final draft]
Protopapas, A. (2016). From diacritics to the mental lexicon: Where is the stress? In J. Thomson & L. Jarmulowics (Eds.), Linguistic rhythm and literacy (pp. 237–264). John Benjamins. [Final draft]
Protopapas, A. (2016). [An unfortunate collusion: Neuropsychology and English language in word recognition.] In C. Potagas & M. Petrides (Eds.), Neuropsychology|Psychoanalysis|Borderland: Discontinuities|Continuity (for Athanase Tzavaras) (pp. 145–157). Athens: nesos. [Printer's proof]
Protopapas, A. (2014). [Language.] In P. Roussos (Ed.), Cognitive psychology: The higher cognitive processes (pp. 13–80). Athens: Topos.
Terkourafi, M., Kapnoula, E.C., Panagiotopoulou, P., & Protopapas, A. (2013). Triangulating the GRID: A corpus-based cognitive linguistic analysis of five Greek emotion terms. In J. Fontaine, K. R. Scherer, & C. Soriano (Eds.), Components of emotional meaning: A sourcebook (pp. 437–449). Oxford University Press. [Final draft]
Panagiotopoulou, P., Terkourafi, M., & Protopapas, A. (2013). Familiarity and disappointment: A culture-specific dimension of emotional experience in Greece? In J. Fontaine, K. R. Scherer, & C. Soriano (Eds.), Components of emotional meaning: A sourcebook (pp. 467–472). Oxford University Press. [Final draft]
Protopapas, A. (2011). [A story about cats (and other instances).] In C. Potagas & I. Evdokimidis (Eds.) Glossa kai mnimi [Language and memory] (pp. 256–260). Thessaloniki: Synapseis/Koinos Topos. [Printer's proof]
Protopapas, A. (2010). [The transparency of the Greek orthographic system]. In A. Mouzaki & A. Protopapas (Eds.), Spelling: Learning and disorders (pp. 67–104). Athens: Gutenberg.
Protopapas, A., & Skaloumbakas, C. (2010). [Classification of spelling errors]. In A. Mouzaki & A. Protopapas (Eds.), Spelling: Learning and disorders (pp. 181–197). Athens: Gutenberg.
Protopapas, A., Drakopouloy, S., & Fakou, A. (2010). [Calculation of the relative frequency of spelling errors]. In A. Mouzaki & A. Protopapas (Eds.), Spelling: Learning and disorders (pp. 198–207). Athens: Gutenberg.
Drakopouloy, S., Fakou, A., Skaloumbakas, C., & Protopapas, A. (2010). [Relative frequency of spelling errors in the general population]. In A. Mouzaki & A. Protopapas (Eds.), Spelling: Learning and disorders (pp. 208–220). Athens: Gutenberg.
Fakou, A., Drakopouloy, S., Skaloumbakas, C., & Protopapas, A. (2010). [Comparison of the relative frequency of spelling errors between schoolchildren with and without dyslexia]. In A. Mouzaki & A. Protopapas (Eds.), Spelling: Learning and disorders (pp. 286–304). Athens: Gutenberg.
Skaloumbakas, C., & Protopapas, A. (2010). [Computerized screening of spelling difficulties]. In A. Mouzaki & A. Protopapas (Eds.), Spelling: Learning and disorders (pp. 359–374). Athens: Gutenberg.
Protopapas, A. (2008). [Reading: from image to word]. In I. Evdokimidis & C. Potagas (Eds.) Sizitiseis gia to logo (pp. 199––218). Thessaloniki: Synapseis/Koinos Topos. [Printer's proof]
Protopapas, A. (2008). [The development of speech perception.] In D. Nikolopoulos (Ed.) Glossiki anaptyksi kai diatarahes [Language development and disorders] (pp. 65–133). Athens: Topos. [Published chapter]
Papageorgiou, H., Prokopidis, P., Protopapas, A., & Carayannis, G. (2005). Multimedia indexing and retrieval using natural language, speech and image processing methods. In G. Stamou & S. Kollias (Eds.) Multimedia Content and Semantic Web: Methods, Standards and Tools (Chapter 11, pp. 279–297). Wiley. [Printer's proof]
Merzenich, M.M., Miller, S.L., Jenkins, W.M., Saunders, G., Protopapas, A., Peterson, B., & Tallal, P. (1998). Amelioration of the acoustic and speech reception deficits underlying language-based learning impairments. In C. von Euler, I. Lundberg, & R. Llinas (Eds), Basic Mechanisms in Cognition and Language (Amsterdam: Elsevier), pp. 143–172. [Published chapter]

Publications in conference proceedings

Panagiotaropoulou, G., Koutras, Katsamanis, A., Maragos, P., Zlatintsi, A., Protopapas, P., Karavasilis, E., & Smyrnis, N. (2016). fMRI-based perceptual validation of a computational model for visual and auditory saliency in videos. IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP 2016). Phoenix, Arizona, 25–28 September. [Article] in proceedings.
Vinos, M. Andrikopoulou, A. Papaeliou, C. F., & Protopapas, A. (2016). Modeling impairments in lexical development. 38th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 10–13 August. [Article] in proceedings.
Fotiadis, F. A., & Protopapas, A. (2016). No effect of verbal labels for the shapes on Type II categorization tasks. 38th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 10–13 August. [Article] in proceedings.
Vinos, M., Tsilionis, E., & Protopapas, A. (2015). A connectionist semantic network modeling the influence of category member distance on induction strength. 13th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling. Groningen, Netherlands, 9–11 April 2015. [Paper] in proceedings, N. A. Taatgen, M. K. van Vugt, J. P. Borst, & K. Mehlhorn (Eds.), pp. 1–6.
Protopapas, A., & Kapnoula, E. C. (2013). Exploring word recognition with selected stimuli: The case for decorrelated parameters. 35th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Berlin, Germany, 31 July–1 August. [Abstract] [Paper] in proceedings, M. Knauff, M. Pauen, N. Sebanz, & I. Wachsmuth (Eds.), pp. 1169–1174.
Ziaka, L., Moirou, D., Vlahou, E. L., & Protopapas, A. (2013). Word reading practice reduces Stroop interference in children. 35th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Berlin, Germany, 31 July–1 August. [Abstract] [Paper] in proceedings, M. Knauff, M. Pauen, N. Sebanz, & I. Wachsmuth (Eds.), pp. 1659–1663.
Katidioti, I., Simpson, I. C., & Protopapas, A. (2012). Dual-route connectionist model of Greek spelling. ICCM 2012 – 11th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling. Berlin, Germany, 13–15 April. [Paper] in proceedings, N. Rußwinkel, U. Drewitz, & H. van Rijn (Eds.), pp. 315–316. [Poster]
A. Protopapas & A. Markatou (2011). Asymmetry in Stroop interference arising from naming practice: shape beats color. 33rd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Boston, MA, July 20–23. [Abstract] [Paper] in proceedings, L. Carlson, C. Hölscher, & T. Shipley (Eds.), pp. 2150–2155. [Poster]
A. F. Fotiadis, A. Protopapas, & A. Vatakis (2011). The effect of cue naming in probabilistic category learning. [Brief paper] in B. Kokinov, A. Karmiloff-Smith, & N. J. Nersessian (Eds.), European Perspectives on Cognitive Science: Proceedings of the European Conference on Cognitive Science – EuroCogSci 2011. Sofia, Bulgaria: New Bulgarian University Press.
K. D. Outos & A. Protopapas (2009). Reading aloud multisyllabic words: A single-route connectionist model for Greek. 9th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling. Manchester, UK, 24–26 July. [Abstract] [Article] for Proceedings. [Poster]
A. Protopapas & E. Nomikou (2009). Rules vs. lexical statistics in Greek nonword reading. 31st Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Amsterdam, Netherlands, 29 July–1 August. [Abstract] [Published article] in Proceedings, N.A. Taatgen & H. van Rijn (Eds.), pp. 1030–1035.
A. Protopapas (2007). [Dimensions of reading skills and difficulties in the Greek language]. 11th Conference of the Panhellenic Accosiation of Logopedists. Athens, Greece, 23–25 November. [Abstract] [Published article] in M. Vlassopoulou, A. Giannetopoulou, M. Diamanti, L. Kirpotin, E. Levanti, K. Leftheri, & G. Sakellariou (Eds.), [Language difficulties and written language in the context of school learning] (pp. 164–179).
A. Economou, S. Varlokosta, A. Protopapas, & M. Kakavoulia (2007). Factors affecting the production of verb inflections in Greek aphasia. Annual Meeting of the Academy of Aphasia, Washington, DC, October 21–23. [Article] in Brain and Language 103 (1–2): 53–54.
A. Protopapas, C. Skaloumbakas, S. Gerakaki, S. Alexandri, A. Grigoriadou, & C. Tsagkaraki (2006). [Software for automated screening of primary education students with possible learning difficulties: Development and application.] 5th Hellenic Conference with International Participation on “Information and Communication Technologies in Education.” Thessaloniki, 5–8 October. [Abstract] [Submitted article] [Published article] in proceedings, D. Psyllos & V. Dagdilelis (Eds.), pp. 156–163.
A. Protopapas, S. Varlokosta, A. Economou, & M. Kakavoulia (2006). Towards empirical dimensions for the classification of aphasic performance. ISCA Tutorial and Research Workshop on Experimental Linguistics, Athens, Greece, 28–30 August. [Abstract] [Article] in proceedings, A. Botinis (Ed.), pp. 205–208.
A. Chalamandaris, A. Protopapas, P. Tsiakoulis, & S. Raptis (2006). All Greek to me! An automatic Greeklish to Greek transliteration system. 5th International Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC 2006). Genoa, Italy, 24–26 May. [Abstract] [Article] in proceedings, E. Hinrichs, N. Ide, M. Palmer, & J. Pustejovsky (Eds.), pp. 1226–1229.
A. Mouzaki, A. Protopapas & I. Spantidakis (2005). The role of oral language development in reading comprehension: Evidence from Greek elementary school students. 14th Annual World Congress on Learning Disabilities, Boston, MA, 28–29 October. [Abstract] [Article] in proceedings, D. Scanlon & G. D. Sideridis (Eds.), pp. 65–74.
D. Tsantoula, A. Protopapas, & A. Mouzaki (2004). [Indices of literacy readiness at preschool age]. European Congress on “The European Dimension of Special Education.” Thessaloniki, 19–21 November 2004. [Abstract] [Poster] [Article] in proceedings, M. Tzouriadou (Ed.), pp. 208–217. University Studio Press..
A. Protopapas, C. Skaloumbakas, M. Iliopoulou, & P. Vrontos (2004). [Software-based screening for learning disabilities: Reliability test with repeated administration.] 4th Hellenic Conference with International Participation on “Information and Communication Technologies in Education.” Athens, 29 September–3 October 2004. [Abstract] [Article] in proceedings, M. Grigoriadou, A. Raptis, S. Vosniadou, & C. Kinigos (Eds.), Vol. 1, pp. 229-238.
H. Papageorgiou & A. Protopapas (2004). The CIMWOS multimedia indexing system. 3rd International Conference on Image and Video Retrieval. Dublin, Ireland, 21–23 July. [Article ] in proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science 3115, Springer), Article in proceedings, P. Enser, Y. Kompatsiaris, N.E. O'Connor, A.F. Smeaton, & A.W.M. Smeulders (Eds.), pp. 619– 627.
H. Papageorgiou & A. Protopapas (2003). CIMWOS: A multimedia, multimodal and multilingual indexing and retrieval system. 4th European Workshop on Image Analysis for Multimedia Interactive Services. London, UK, 9–11 April. [Article] in E. Izquierdo (ed.) Digital Media Processing for Multimedia Interactive Services, pp. 563–568. World Scientific Publishing Co.
H. Papageorgiou, A. Protopapas & T. Netousek (2003). Retrieving video segments based on combined text, speech and image processing. 2003 Broadcast Engineering Conference. Las Vegas, NV, 5–10 April. [Article] in NAB 2003 Broadcast Engineering Conference Proceedings, pp. 177–182.
A. Protopapas, C. Skaloumbakas, & D. Nikolopoulos (2003). [Automatic screening for learning disabilities with the eMaDys software: Validity and prospects]. 9th Conference of the Panhellenic Association of Logopedists. Athens, 17–18 January. [Article] submitted for Proceedings] [As published] in M. Glykas & G. Kalomiris (Eds.) [Communication and speech disorders: Prevention, research, intervention, and new technologies in health] (pp. 71–91). Athens: Ellinika Grammata.
C. Skaloumbakas, A. Protopapas, & D. Nikolopoulos (2003). [Presentation of a learning assessment scale to examine learning disabilities and data from its administration to 7th grade students]. 9th Conference of the Panhellenic Association of Logopedists. Athens, 17–18 January. [Article] submitted for Proceedings] [As published] in M. Glykas & G. Kalomiris (Eds.) [Communication and speech disorders: Prevention, research, intervention, and new technologies in health] (pp. 55-70). Athens: Ellinika Grammata.
A. Protopapas, C. Skaloumbakas, D. Nikolopoulos, A. Archondi, & T. Triandafyllakos (2002). [Screening software for students with possible learning difficulties: preliminary results from trial application to 7th grade students]. 3rd Panhellenic Conference with international participation “Information and communication technologies in education.” Rhodes, Greece, 26–29 September. [Article] in proceedings, A. Dimitrakopoulou (Ed.), Vol. 1, pp. 433–442.
A.-M. Öster, D. House, A. Protopapas & A. Hatzis (2002). Presentation of a new EU project for speech therapy: OLP (Ortho-Logo-Paedia). 2002 Annual Swedish Phonetics Meeting. Stockholm, Sweden, 29–31 May. [Article] in Proceedings from Fonetik 2002, Speech Music and Hearing Quarterly Progress and Status Report, TMH-QPSR, Vol. 44., pp. 45-48.
A. Protopapas, M. Karamanis, C. Skaloumbakas, D. Nikolopoulos, & A. Kriba (2001). A distributed computer-based screening system for learning disabilities with centralised data processing. EdMedia 2001. Tampere, Finland, June 25–30. [Brief article] in Proceedings of ED-MEDIA 2001, vol. 2 pp. 1436-1441. ISBN 1-88-0094-42-6.
A. Protopapas, D. Nikolopoulos, C. Skaloumbakas, M. Karamanis, & A. Kriba (2001). [Design and implementation of a system to automatically screen students for possible learning problems]. 8th Panhellenic Conference on Psychological Research. Alexandroupoli, Greece, May 24–27. [Article] for proceedings, [Reprinted] in Logoploigisi 9: 24–33, September 2002.
A. Protopapas & B. Calhoun (2000). Adaptive phonetic training for second language learners. 2nd International Workshop on Integrating Speech Technology in Language Learning (InSTIL). Dundee, UK, August 29–30. [Article] in proceedings pp. 31–38.
S.-E. Fotinea, A. Protopapas, D.Dimitriadis & G.Carayannis (2000). Perceptual evaluation of text-to-speech implementation of enclitic stress in Greek. 2nd International Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC). Athens, Greece, May 31–June 2. [Brief article in Proceedings of LREC 2000, Vol. 1, pp. 311–314] [Abstract]
A. Protopapas, S. Finney, & P. D. Eimas (1995). Effects of syllabic position in the perception of spoken English. 5th European Conference on Speech Communication and Technology. Madrid, Spain, September 18–21. [Brief article in Proceedings of EUROSPEECH'95 (Vol. 3), pp. 2301–2304]
A. Protopapas & P. Lieberman (1995). Effects of vocal F₀ manipulations on perceived emotional stress. ESCA/NATO Tutorial and Research Workshop on Speech under Stress. Lisbon, Portugal, September 14–15. [Brief article in proceedings, pp. 1–4]

Patents

B. A. Wright, M. M. Merzenich, S. Nagarajan, & A. Protopapas (2002). Method and apparatus for diagnosing and remediating language-based learning impairments. US patent no. 6,349,598 issued on February 26 and US patent no. 6,457,362 issued on October 1st.
S. L. Miller, B. E. Peterson, & A. Protopapas (2001). Apparatus for enhancing phoneme differences according to acoustic processing profile for language learning impaired subject. US patent no. 6,289,310 issued on September 11.
A. Protopapas (2000). Aural training method and apparatus to improve a listener's ability to recognize and identify similar sounds. US patent no. 6,119,089 issued on September 12.
B. A. Wright, M. M. Merzenich, S. Nagarajan, & A. Protopapas (2000). Method and apparatus for diagnosing and remediating language-based learning impairments. US patent no. 6,109,107 issued on August 29.
S. L. Miller, B. E. Peterson, & A. Protopapas (2000). Universal screen for language learning impaired subjects. US patent no. 6,036,496 issued on March 14.
A. Protopapas (2000). Method and apparatus that exaggerates differences between sounds to train listener to recognize and identify similar sounds. US patent no. 6,021,389 issued on February 1.
A. Protopapas, M. M. Merzenich, & M. Ahissar (1999). Techniques for predicting reading deficit based on acoustical measurements. US patent no. 5,868,683 issued on February 9.

Course notes

A. Protopapas (2012). [Instructions for using R] (in Greek), part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4. Supporting material for undergraduate introductory course in statistics. Department of Philosophy & History of Science, University of Athens.
A. Protopapas (2003/2016). [Introduction to the theory and methodology of cognitive science] (in Greek; pp. vi+132; class notes for “Cognitive Science”). Department of Methodology, History, and Theory of Science, Interdepartmental Graduate Program on Basic and Applied Cognitive Science, University of Athens. [2016 revision]
A. Protopapas (2003/2004). [Introduction to phonetics] (in Greek; pp. 54+iv; class notes for “Perception and Production of Speech – Phonetics”). Department of Primary Education, University of Athens. [2003 draft]
A. Protopapas (2004). [Lab notes for phonetic analysis with Speech Analyzer] (in Greek; pp. 53+iii). Department of Primary Education, University of Athens. [2004 revision]
A. Protopapas (2000/2001). [Class notes for Current Topics in Neuroscience] (in Greek; pp. 107+vi). Department of Psychology, Panteion University of Athens. [2001 revision]

Other publications

Protopapas, A. (2015). Linear mixed-effects modeling considerations. Rpub posted online at http://rpubs.com/protopap/118909.
A. Protopapas (2015). [Mind as machine: Theory, neuroimaging, and phenomenology in cognitive science] (target article). Noesis 8: 11–73. [Final draft]. Response to commentaries, pp. 149–158.
Protopapas, A. (2014). An introductory explanation of contrast coding in R linear models. Rpub posted online at http://rpubs.com/protopap/84177
Kakavoulia, M., Economou, A., Stamouli, S., Protopapas, A., Foka-Kavalieraki, G., & Varlokosta, S. (2014). [A protocol of narrative elicitation in Greek for persons with aphasia: Principles, methodological issues, and preliminary results]. GLoSSoLoGia [Linguistics] 22: 41–60. [English abstract] [Published article]
A. Protopapas (2014). Visual word recognition volumes 1 and 2 (book review). International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders 49 (2): 274–274. [Abstract] [Corrected proof]
A. Protopapas (2012). Foundations for a coherent science of the mind: Review of “Cognitive Science” by José Luis Bermúdez (book review). Metascience 21 (2): 449–453. doi:10.1007/s11016-011-9611-8 [Published review]
Vogindroukas, I., Protopapas, A., & Stavrakaki, S. (2011). [Action pictures: A test of informational and grammatical adequacy] (Greek version of the Renfrew Action Picture test). Chania, Crete: Glafki. ISBN: 378-960-99659-2-7. [Order from Glafki]
A. Protopapas (2010). [The theory-ladenness of the philosophy of perception] (Commentary on Raftopoulos). Noesis 6: 183–195. [Published article]
A. Protopapas (2009). [The research program on neural correlates of consciousness: Complete ignorance or pessimism?] (commentary on Moutoussis & Logothetis). Noesis 5: 97–114. [Published article]
I. Vogindroukas, A. Protopapas, & G. Sideridis (2009). [Expressive vocabulary test] (Greek version of Renfrew Word Finding Vocabulary Test). Chania, Crete: Glafki. ISBN: 378-960-86663-6-8. [Order from Glafki]
A. Protopapas & C. Skaloumbakas (2008). [Assessment of reading fluency for the identification of reading difficulties.] Psychologia 15 (3): 267–289. [Abstract] [Published article]
G. D. Sideridis, A. Mouzaki, A. Protopapas, & P. Simos (2008). [Psychometric evaluation of a spelling test for elementary school students]. Psychologia 15 (3): 290–315. [Abstract] [Published article]
A. Mouzaki, A. Protopapas, & D. Tsantoula (2008). [Preschool indices predicting the development of reading skills in 1st grade]. Epistimes tis Agogis [Education Sciences] 1/2008: 71–88. [Published article]
A. Protopapas & C. Skaloumbakas (2007). [Software for screening learning skills and difficulties (LAMDA): Tester’s guide.] EPEAEK II Action 1.1.3a, Ministry of Education and Foreign Affairs. [Final draft]
C. Skaloumbakas & A. Protopapas (2007). [Software for screening learning skills and difficulties (LAMDA): Description of instrument.] EPEAEK II Action 1.1.3a, Ministry of Education and Foreign Affairs. [Final draft]
A. Mouzaki, A. Protopapas, & G. D. Sideridis (2007). [Investigation of the psychometric properties of a spelling skill test for primary education students in the 2nd through 5th grade]. Epistimes tis Agogis [Education Sciences]. 1/2007: 129–146. [Published article]
A. Protopapas (2007). apa.cls: A genuine LaTeX solution for psychological research articles. Eutypon 16–19: 33–52. [Published article]
S. Varlokosta, N. Valeonti, M. Kakavoulia, M. Lazaridou, A. Economou & A. Protopapas (2005). Verbal inflection in Greek aphasia. Reading Working Papers in Linguistics 8: 245–270. [Published article]
A. Protopapas (2005). [Cognitive neuroscience, a revolution in psychology]. Noesis [Cognition] 1: 197–207. [Published article]
A. Protopapas (2004). [Dyslexia as a biological-cultural phenomenon and purely educational problem.] Synhroni Ekpedefsi [Contemporary Education] 134: 144–159. [Published article]
A. Protopapas & P. Tallal (1998). On the ontogeny of combination sensitive neurons in speech perception (commentary). Behavioral and Brain Sciences 21 (2): 280–281. [Abstract] [Published commentary]
A. Protopapas (1998). [The apa document class: A genuine LaTeX solution to a modern document preparation problem] (in Greek). Eutupon 1: 23–26. [Published article]

Conference presentations - Listed separately

Articles in progress (in preparation, submitted, or under revision)

Protopapas, A., Markatou, A., Samaras, E., & Piokos, A. Shape and color naming are inherently asymmetrical: Evidence from practicebased interference. Under review.
Altani, A., Georgiou, G. K., Ciping, D., Cho, J.-R., Katopodi, K., Wei, W., & Protopapas, A. Is processing of symbols and words influenced by writing system? Evidence from Chinese, Korean, English, and Greek. Under review.
Ziaka, L., & Protopapas, A. Within-task ego depletion in Stroop interference. Under revision.
Loui, S., & Protopapas, A. Morphological processing of inflected and derived verbs and nouns in Greek. In preparation.
Protopapas, A., Mitsi, A., Tsitsopoulou, S. M., Koustoumbardis, M., Leventi, M., & Seitz, A. R. Incidental orthographic learning during a color detection task. Under revision.
Grimani, A., & Protopapas, A. Derivational suffixes as cues to stress position in reading Greek. Under review.
Kapnoula, E. C., Protopapas, A., Saunders, S., & Coltheart, M. Lexical and sublexical effects on visual word recognition in Greek: Comparing human behavior to the Dual Route Cascaded (DRC) model. Under revision.

Unpublished manuscripts

A. Protopapas (2009). [The freedom of will as a physical-mental phenomenon.] Lecture delivered at the Goudi seminar series on Biomedical Sciences and Philosophy.
A. Protopapas (2007). [The role of intuition in the study of consciousness.] Lecture delivered at the Goudi seminar series on Biomedical Sciences and Philosophy.
A. Protopapas (2007). [I, robot: The return of the robotophiles.] Lecture delivered in the 2007 symposium on consciousness. [Online version]
A. Protopapas (2006). [Preconditions and hypotheses in the study of consciousness: Will and the construction of the self.] Lecture delivered in the 2006 symposium on consciousness. [Online version]
I. Vogindroukas, I. Tsamourtzi, V. Papageorgiou, & A, Protopapas (2004). [The development of oral language in preschool children: Frequency and consequences of disorders]. Older draft.
A. Protopapas (2004). OLP User’s Manual (version 1r4). [OLP document] QL1971-ILS-IN-C-097-a4.
A. Protopapas (2004). [The construction of experience by the brain: Implications for phenomenology and neuroimaging]. Lecture delivered at the Goudi seminar series on Biomedical Sciences and Philosophy.
A. Protopapas & M. Volioti (2003). [OLP: A program to supplement speech therapy using speech processing in the computer.] Written for the newsletter of the Panhellenic Logopedists Association. [Draft]
A. Protopapas. [Language recognition of electronic text.] Written for the newsletter of ILSP Logoploigisi. [Draft]
A. Protopapas. On the special value of stressed and initial syllables for speech perception. [Older draft]
A. Protopapas, S. A. Finney, & P. D. Eimas. Attentional allocation to syllabic boundaries in English first-syllable stress words. [Older draft]
A. Protopapas & G. H. Saunders. Auditory backward masking and language in normally developing children. [Older draft]
A. Protopapas & B. D. McCandliss. Modified LPC resynthesis for increased speech stimulus discriminability. [Older draft]

Committees and working groups

Member of the Scientific Committee for the 4th Panhellenic Cognitive Psychology Conference, held in Athens, Greece, in April 2016.
Member of evaluation committee for promotion: to Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Crete, 2014-2015; to Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy & History of Science, University of Athens, 2013-2014; to tenured Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Athens, 2015.
External evaluator for promotion to Associate Professor, Department of Speech Therapy, Technological Educational Institute of Patras.
Member of PhD dissertation examination committees: Eleni Sofroni, July 2012; Eleftheria Nirgianaki, February 2013.
Member of the Organizing and Scientific Committee of the 4th Panhellenic Cognitive Science Conference, held in Athens in June 2013.
Member of the Scientific Committee for the 3rd Panhellenic Cognitive Psychology Conference, held in Ioannina, Greece, in March 2012.
Member of the Organizing Committee for the 48th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Aphasia, held in Athens in October 2010.
Member of the Organizing Committee and Chair of the Scientific Committee for the 2nd Panhellenic Cognitive Psychology Conference, held in Thessaloniki, Greece, in November 2008.
Organizer of the 1st South European Workshop on Stress Assignment in Reading. Institute for Language & Speech Processing, Athens, 1–2 September 2008.
Member of the Organizing Committee for the 2nd European Cognitive Science Conference (EuroCogSci 07), in charge of the submission review process.
Member of the Ministry of Education experts’ committee on drafting program specifications and calls for proposals in the special educational needs sector. September 2004–March 2005.
Member of the International Relations Committee of the Hellenic Psychological Association. 2003–2004.
Member of the organizing committee for the 18th Annual Meeting of the Hellenic Society for Neuroscience, October 2003.
National representative for the General Secretariat of Research and Development of the Ministry of Development in the “Working group on Health and Persons with special needs” of the IST Committee. Contributor to “European Telemedicine Glossary” (Luciano Beolchi, Ed.; European Commission DG INFSO). 2000–2002.
National representative in the European COST Action 278 (“Spoken Language Interaction in Telecomunication”) as member of the management committee. 2001–2003.
National representative in the European COST Action 249 (“Continuous Speech Recognition over the Telephone”) as member of the management committee. January–May 2000.

Technical skills and experience

Programming domains: text processing; speech analysis, processing, and synthesis; scheduling and control of psychophysical experiments; hidden Markov models, digital signal processing, neural networks, numerical analysis, dynamical systems.
Programming languages: Python, C, Pascal, Fortran, Basic, Assembly (808x, 6802, TMS320xx).
Unix system administration (Irix 5 and 6, Linux 2.x).
Experience on multiple hardware and OS platforms, including Windows (3.11,95/98/NT/XP), Mac OS X (Leopard), Unix (IRIX, Linux, Ultrix, Solaris), DOS, and VMS.
Experience with special tools and interfaces, such as LaTeX, R, HTML, gle, c-shell, Matlab, SPM.
Creator of the ILSP Psycholinguistic Resource, a set of online tools and count tables for selecting and controlling Greek word and nonword stimulus properties.
Creator of CheckVocal, a program for checking the accuracy and response time of vocal responses produced with the DMDX psychological laboratory display system.
Creator of LaTeX document class (apa.cls) to typeset manuscripts according to the Manual of the American Psychological Association.
Creator (in collaboration with A. Haritsis) of the first complete Greek font set (grtex and grtt families, under foundry hrnet) for use by web browsers under X-windows.

Teaching experience

Instructor for graduate courses “Cognitive Science” (fall semester 2002–2004, 2006–2013, 2015), “Cognitive modeling laboratory” (spring semester 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014), “Memory, learning, plasticity” (fall semester 2005, spring semester 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2016), “Perception of spoken and written words” (fall semester 2011, 2013), and “Cognitive Psychology” (fall semester 2010). Interdepartmental graduate program “basic and applied cognitive science” of the National University of Athens.
Co-organizer and co-instructor (with N. Smyrnis) of graduate seminars in “functional magnetic resonance imaging” (fall semester 2012, 2014) and “eye tracking” (spring semester 2016). Interdepartmental graduate program in basic and applied cognitive science of the National University of Athens.
Instructor for undergraduate courses “Introduction to Cognitive Science” (fall semester 2006, 2010–2013) and “Statistics” (spring semester 2012–2014). Department of Methodology, History, and Theory of Science, National University of Athens.
Instructor for brief course in “Theoretical cognitive models” (spring semester 2016). Joint graduate program in Clinical Neuropsychology - Cognitive Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine, National University of Athens.
Master’s theses supervisor. Interdepartmental graduate program “basic and applied cognitive science” of the National University of Athens. 2003–present (see [Students]).
Supervisor of doctoral students, Department of Methodology, History, and Theory of Science, National University of Athens (see [Students]).
Member of doctoral dissertation examinations committees (2012, 2013).
Master’s theses supervisor. Graduate program “Technoglossia,” Institute for Language & Speech Processing. 2006–2007 (see [Students]).
Instructor for graduate course “speech perception and production – phonetics.” Graduate program on “Special education, Speech therapy & Counseling” of the Faculty of Primary Education, National University of Athens. Spring semester 2004, 2007.
Instructor for undergraduate course “Phonetics & Practical Phonetics” (fall semester 2002, 2003). Department of Speech Therapy of the European Educational Organisation – Metropolitan College.
Co-instructor (with A. Economou) for “Cross-linguistic perspectives in acquired and developmental language disorders.” taught at the 2002 Summer Institute on “Language and the brain” of the Vivian Smith Advanced Studies Institute of the International Neuropsychological Society.
Co-instructor (with A. Economou) for graduate course “Memory, learning, plasticity.” Interdepartmental graduate program “basic and applied cognitive science” of the National University of Athens. Spring semester 2001, 2003.
Instructor for undergraduate courses “psychophysiology I” (fall semester, 1999–2001), “psychophysiology II” (spring semester, 2000–2002), and “current topics in neuroscience” (spring semester 1999–2002; fall semester 2002). Department of Psychology of the Panteion University of Athens.
Degree theses supervisor. Department of Psychology of the Panteion University of Athens. 2000–2003 (see [Students]).
Instructor for undergraduate course “introduction to cognitive psychology.” Department of Education of the Aegean University at Rhodes. Fall semester 1999.
Teaching assistant for CG145 “Research in psycholinguistics” (spring semester 1995), CG123 “The production, perception, and analysis of speech” (fall semester1994), CG48 “Human thinking and problem solving” (spring semester 1993), and CG1 “Introduction to cognitive science” (fall semester 1992). Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
Undergraduate teaching assistant for “Microcomputers II: Hardware.” Laboratory of Electronics, Department of Physics, University of Patras. Spring semester 1991.
Certificate of completion from the Center for the Advancement of College Teaching. Brown University, May 1992.

Reviewer for journals, conferences, grant proposals

Scientific Studies of Reading (2006, 2008, 2009; member of the editorial board since 2010)
Reading & Writing (2005, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012; member of the editorial board since 2013)
Cognitive Science (2015)
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance (2014, 2015)
Journal of Cognitive Psychology (2014, 2015, 2016)
Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology (2015)
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition (2014, 2016)
Cognition (2014)
Neuropsychology (2015)
Written Language and Literacy (2013)
Memory and Cognition (2012, 2013)
Journal of Experimental Child Psychology (2012, 2013, 2015)
PLoS One (2013, 2016)
Research in Developmental Disabilities (2013).
Dyslexia (2011, 2012)
Vision Research (2011)
Writing Systems Research (2011)
NSF (National Science Foundation of the U.S.A.) (2010)
Journal of Research in Reading (2010–2012)
Psychonomic Bulletin & Review (2009, 2013)
Learning and Individual Differences (2009, 2015)
Journal of Phonetics (2009)
Behavior Research Methods (2009)
Acta Psychologica (2008)
European Journal of Cognitive Psychology (2007)
General Secretariat for Research and Technology, Ministry of Development (2006)
Psychologia (Hellenic Journal of Psychology) (2006–2012)
Neuroscience Letters (2005)
Research Promotion Foundation of Cyprus (2000–2006)
Language Learning (2004, 2012)
Registered in the National List of Reviewers (minister's decision 4593 265/10-4-2003, published in goverment journal 483/B/21-4-2003)
Psychological Science (2002)
Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (2000, 2001, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011–2015)
Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (1997–2001, 2007, 2011)
Journal of Memory and Language (1999, 2014)
Biological Psychiatry (1997)

Lectures and seminars

[Functional neuroimaging of visual word processing]. Seminar series "Sizitiseis gia to logo", Neuropsychology Unit of the Department of Neurology, University of Athens. Eginitio Hospital, May 2016.
[Neuropsychology and development: A revisionist outlook]. Invited lecture at the inaugural meeting of the Hellenic Neuropsychological Society, Athens, April 2016.
[Studying cognitive functions: Experimental and computational approaches]. Colloquium of the Institute of Informatics and Telecommunications, N.C.S.R. "Democritos", January 2016.
[In search of the representation of stress in the mental lexicon]. Invited keynote lecture at the 8th student and doctoral candidate conference of the Department of Philology, University of Athens, July 2015.
[Spelling and dyslexia]. Seminar series "Psycho-...paedia" organized by the Department of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Athens, June 2015.
Task-irrelevant learning in spoken and written language: Nonnative phonetics and orthographic patterns. Department of Psychology, University of California Riverside, July 2014.
[Memory, learning, and brain plasticity.] Discussion with E. Skoulakis and I. Skaliora. 1st Athens Science Festival, May 2014.
Can homeopathy be scientific? Debate with A. Tournier. 1st Athens Science Festival, May 2014.
Dyslexia in the Greek orthography: Definition, data, and theory (in Greek). Invited keynote lecture at the 3rd annual scientific conference of the Center of Applied Neuroscience, University of Cyprus. Nicosia, September 2013.
The study of mind as machine, using data from behavior, neuroimaging, and phenomenology (in Greek). Lecture at the summer school “Plato's academy: the development of knowledge and innovative ideas” organized by the Foundation of the Hellenic World in collaboration with the University of Athens and the Onassis Cultural Center. Hellenic Cosmos Cultural Center, Athens, July 2013 and 2014.
From temporal processing to developmental language disorders: Mind the gap. Invited lecture at the Royal Society Scientific Discussion Meeting on “Language in developmental and acquired language disorders.” London, June 2013.
The road to incorrect spelling: paved with good intentions? (in Greek). Seminar series “Sizitiseis gia to logo”, Neuropsychology Unit of the Department of Neurology, University of Athens. Eginitio Hospital, April 2013.
Effects of mind on the world: The freedom of will as a natural-cognitive phenomenon. (in Greek). Annual lecture series of the Department of Philosophy & History of Science. University of Athens, April 2013.
What is and what is not dyslexia (in Greek). Second lecture series on “Language and the Brain” organized by the Division of Linguistics (Department of Philology). University of Athens, March 2013.
Greek reading acquisition. Invited lecture at a workshop of the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences on “The cross-linguistic study of reading acquisition.” Wassenaar, The Netherlands, January 2013.
Neuroimaging in psycholinguistics: Potential and overstatement (in Greek). Invited lecture at the 1st Psycholinguistics Symposium, Department of Philology, University of Patras, June 2012.
From linguistics to psychometrics: Adaptation of language development tests (in Greek). Invited lecture at the 32nd Annual Meeting of the Department of Linguistics at AUTH. University of Thessaloniki, May 2011.
Memory (in Greek). Lecture in the open science seminar “Cognitive science: the new science of the mind.” Gutenberg continuing education series. Athens, 19 April 2011.
Language: sound and image (in Greek). Lecture delivered at an event on “Language & Brain: From language acquisition to language disorders” of the Department of Linguistics of the University of Athens and the Center for Society, Science, & Art – CAID. University of Athens, 13 April 2011.
The study of mind as machine: methodological and theoretical issues (in Greek). Annual lecture series of the Department of Philosophy & History of Science for the 2010–2011 academic year. University of Athens, 12 April 2011.
From diacritics to the mental lexicon: Where is the stress? Radcliffe workshop on linguistic rhythm and literacy. Harvard University, June 2010.
Looking into the machine of the mind (in Greek). Lecture delivered at the symposium “The search for the equation: Mind, brain, behavior” of the Department of Communication, Media, and Culture of Panteion University and the CAID-Center for Society, Science, & Art. Panteion University, February 2010.
Acoustic analysis of voice (in Greek). ENT Department of Ippokrateion Hospital, Athens, May 2009.
A voice assessment protocol for Greek. Invited presentation at the 2nd Practical Symposium on Voice and Swallowing and their Disorders. Athens Medical Center Congress Hall, Kefalari, March 2009.
What does one learn when one learns to read Greek? (in Greek). Invited lecture at an event on “Language and communication disorders in children and adults” organized by the Panhellenic Association of Logopedics as a pre-meeting of the 28th IALP congress. Agricultural Bank Convention Center, Kastri, November 2008.
Acoustic analysis of voice (in Greek). 2nd multidisciplinary workshop on voice, Pezoula, Municipality of Nevropoli Agrafon, July 2008.
Presentation of LAMDA software (in Greek). Invited lecture at an Athena Research Center event on “Digital innovation for the society of knowledge.” Evgenidis Foundation, May 2008.
Development of processing written stress diacritics: delayed decoding or precocious sight-word reading? Psycholinguistic Research Group Seminar Series, Department of Psychology, University of York, UK, March 2008.
Screening software for learning disabilities (in Greek). Continuing education lectures (5 hours) to psychologists and educators. Athens and Thessaloniki, March 2008.
Reading: from images to words (in Greek). Seminar series “Sizitiseis gia to logo”, Neuropsychology Unit of the Department of Neurology, University of Athens. Eginitio Hospital, March 2008.
Brain, genes, and dyslexia (in Greek). Seminar Series of the Society for the Mental Health of Children and Adolescents on Learning Disabilities. Evangelismos Hospital, Athens, 15 January 2007.
Implicit learning of a non-native speech contrast. Speech Group Seminar Series, Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Cambridge, MA, October 2006.
Assessment of difficulties in reading and spelling Greek. Research workshop on “Written language in transparent orthographies,” San Marino, September 2006.
Discriminability and feedback in learning phonetic categories: Old data, new questions. Speech Research Laboratory, Department of Psychology, Indiana University. July 2005.
Reading Greek. Reading & Language Group. Learning, Research, and Development Center, University of Pittsburgh. March 2005.
The personal computer in the service of the speech therapist (in Greek). Invited lecture at an event organized by the Speech Therapy Department of the Institute of Higher Technical Education of Epirus on “The role of the speech therapist in modern speech therapy education.” Ioannina, May 2003.
Automated combined indexing of multimedia material to facilitate content-based retrieval (in Greek). Invited lecture at a EUROMAP event on “Language Technology: Technological Innovation and Business Solutions.” Athens, March 2003.
Technologies for persons with special needs – Universal Access (in Greek). Invited lecture at a EUROMAP event on “New Information Processing Technologies in Public Administration.” Athens, May 2002.
Cognitive mechanisms of problem solving (in Greek). Lectures to educators as part of a seminar series organized by the Department of Computer Engineering of the University of Patras. Patras, Greece, January 2000.
Developmental and acquired language disorders (in Greek; with A. Economou). Guest lecture at the graduate seminar on cognitive science. Department of Methodology, History, and Theory of Science, National University of Athens. November 1999.
Theory and experiments on cognitive processes of reading and dyslexia (in Greek). Lectures to primary and secondary education teachers in several cities of Greece as part of a seminar series organized by the Department of Education of the University of Patras. February–June 1999.
Clinical and educational applications of digital speech signal processing (in Greek). Laboratory of Electronics, Department of Physics, University of Patras. March 1999.
Acoustic processing is related to reading and language ability. Cognitive Psychology Colloquium, Department of Psychology, University of California Santa Cruz. October 1998.
Acoustic processing is related to reading and language ability. Hearing Seminar, Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics, Stanford University. June 1998.
Syllabic structure and the perception of English. Speech Group Seminar, International Computer Science Institute, University of California Berkeley. November 1996.

Professional affiliations

Association for Psychological Science (since 2011)
Society for the Scientific Study of Reading (since 2005; voting member since 2007; board member, 2011–2013).
Hellenic Cognitive Sciences Society (founding member, 2004; board member, 2011–2014).
Hellenic Society for Neuroscience (2001–2007).
Greek Researchers' Association (2000–2010).
Behavioral and Brain Sciences Associate (1999).
Hellenic Psychological Association (since 1999; board member 2013–2015).
Cognitive Science Society (since 1998).
American Psychological Association (since 1998)
Acoustical Society of America (since 1997).
International Speech Communication Association (1995–2008).

Research Interests

Cognitive processes of reading, learning to read, reading disability, literacy assessment.
Speech perception and production, lexical access, word representations and morphological processes.
Neural bases of language, connectionist modeling of word recognition.
Greek orthography and spelling, use of stress diacritics in reading and spelling.
Acoustic phonetics, perceptual phonetic training for second language learning.
Computer-based psychoeducational assessment, screening and diagnosis of learning disabilities.

Languages

Greek (native speaker), English (near-native), Spanish (fluent), some German, some French.

Academic honors and awards

Research and teaching assistantships. Brown University 1992–1996.
Undergraduate student fellowship. Brown University, 1991–1992.
Annual scholarships from the Hellenic State Scholarship Institute (IKY) 1988–1991.

Extra-curricular and other memberships and activities

Member, Rafina Sailing Club "Alkyon" (since 2006)
Member, Sailing Club of Paleo Faliro, 2003.
Founding member, Greek TeX Friends (Greek TeX local users group).
Member, Cal Sailing Club. Berkeley, CA, 1998.
Member, Photography Center, San Francisco Recreation and Park Department, 1998.
Founding member, Hellenic Resources Network (HR-Net). Cambridge, MA, 1994–1997.
Member, Graduate Student Council, Brown University, 1992–1995.
Boyscouts of Greece, 1975–1987 (national honor 1987).

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