Yiorgos Chrysanthou

Yiorgos L. Chrysanthou is the General Director of the CYENS Centre of Excellence and a Professor at the Computer Science Department of the University of Cyprus. Yiorgos received his PhD from Queen Mary College, University of London and worked for several years as a research fellow and a lecturer at University College London before coming to Cyprus in 2001. He has published over 100 papers in journals and international conferences on computer graphics and virtual reality and is a co-author of the book “Computer Graphics and Virtual Environments: From Realism to Real-Time”, (Addison-Wesley 2001+ China Machine Press 2004). Yiorgos has been the supervisor of 11 doctoral students and has served as the local or overall coordinator of over 25 research projects, including a Widening Teaming grant – as scientific coordinator (over 35 mil Euro). Yiorgos is currently on the Executive Committee of the European Association of Computer Graphics (Treasurer). His research interests lie in the general area of 3D Computer Graphics, AR/VR and computer animation & simulation.