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Anastasios Ntourmas


Ph.D. candidate, 

Human-Computer Interaction, Learning Analytics, Big data analysis, Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), Python programming

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emaila.ntourmas@upnet.gr

 

 

Projects

Anastasios has designed and developed an extendable game server for location-based multiplayer mobile games. This project was his diploma thesis as a pre-graduate student during 2016-2017 period at the Electrical and Computer engineering department, University of Patras. The diploma thesis can be found here.

Education

2017 – Now, Ph.D. candidate, at the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department of the University of Patras.

Area of interest: Learning Analytics, Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), e-Learning design, Big data analysis

2012 – 2017, studies in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department of the University of Patras. Degree: 8.13
Thesis title: “Design and development of an extendable game server for location-based multiplayer mobile games” in collaboration with Dr. Nikolaos Avouris.

Work Experience

2017 – Now, software developer on the project “Development and maintenance of the SERIES database”.

15/7/2019 – 19/7/2019, Worked as the course instructor at the Natural Language Processing with Python programming language session at ‘PowerPython Summer School 2018, Zakinthos’ and as a teaching assistant at the rest of the sessions of the summer school. Summerschool main instructors: Dr. Nikolaos Avouris and Dr. Stavros Demetriadis.

2/7/2018 – 13/7/2018, worked as istructor on the introductory level of programming language Python (2/7/2018-6/7/2018) at ‘PowerPython Summer School 2018, Zakinthos’ and as a teaching assistant on the advanced level (9/7/2018-13/7/2018). Instructors on advance level: Dr. Nikolaos Avouris and Dr. Stavros Demetriadis.

15/5/2014 – 5/10/2014, practical training, Voice@net.

  • Practical training on the following areas:
    • Practise in the IT and application development department
    • Practise on database technologies (MySQL, mongodb)
    • Practise on online programming technologies (javascript, php, html, nodejs)
    • Study and analysis of SIP protocol

Publications

Journals

Ntourmas, A., Dimitriadis, Y., Daskalaki, S., & Avouris, N. (2022). Assessing Learner Facilitation in MOOC Forums: A Mixed-Methods Evaluation Study. IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, 1–1. https://doi.org/10.1109/TLT.2022.3166389
Ntourmas, A., Daskalaki, S., Dimitriadis, Y., & Avouris, N. (2021). Classifying MOOC forum posts using corpora semantic similarities: a study on transferability across different courses. Neural Computing and Applications, 1–15. https://doi.org/10/gjq3b9

Conference papers

Gari, C. M., Chounta, I.-A., Avouris, N., Daskalaki, S., Dimitriadis, Y., Dorner, H., Martínez-Mones, A., Ntourmas, A., Ortega-Arranz, A., Tsimpanis, K., & Yiannoutsou, N. (2022). Towards a Data-driven Framework for the Assessment of Digital Readiness in Higher Education Institutions. EDEN 2022 Annual Conference, Tallinn.
Ntourmas, A., Dimitriadis, Y., Daskalaki, S., & Avouris, N. (2021). Classification of Discussions in MOOC Forums: an Incremental Modeling Approach. Eighth ACM Conference on Learning@ Scale, 183–194. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1145/3430895.3460137
Ntourmas, A., Avouris, N., Daskalaki, S., & Dimitriadis, Y. (2021, August 30). Exploring the “distance” between MOOCs: A comparative study on forum discussion topics. 21th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies. ICALT 2021.
Ntourmas, A., Avouris, N., Daskalaki, S., & Dimitriadis, Y. (2019). Teaching Assistants in MOOCs forums: Omnipresent Interlocutors or Knowledge Facilitators. 14th European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning, 236–250.
Ntourmas, A., Avouris, N., Daskalaki, S., & Dimitriadis, Y. (2019, September). Evaluation of a Massive Online Course forum: design issues and their impact on learners' support. 17th IFIP TC.13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction. INTERACT 2019, Paphos, Cyprus.
Ntourmas, A., Avouris, N., Daskalaki, S., & Dimitriadis, Y. (2019, July). Comparative study of two different MOOC forums posts classifiers: analysis and generalizability issues. 10th International Conference on Information, Intelligence, Systems and Applications. IISA 2019, Patras, Greece.
Ntourmas, A., Avouris, N., Daskalaki, S., & Dimitriadis, Y. (2018). Teaching Assistants' Interventions in Online Courses: A Comparative Study of Two Massive Open Online Courses. 22nd Pan-Hellenic Conference on Informatics, 288–293. https://doi.org/10.1145/3291533.3291563
Ntourmas, A., Avouris, N., Daskalaki, S., & Dimitriadis, Y. (2018). Comparative study of MOOC forums: Does course subject matter? 11th Pan-Hellenic and International Conference "ICT in Education," 8.