Research Interests
- Design of digital cultural and cultural heritage applications
- Use of digital culture in education and tourism
- Multicriteria systems and decision making algorithms
- Mapping and spatial representation of Sites
- Digital links of tangible and intangible cultural heritage
- Immersive technologies (augmented / mixed / virtual reality)
- 2012 PhD - School of Architecture / Urban and Regional Planning, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) / Greece
- 2012 Master “Environmental Design of Cities and Buildings”
- School of Sciences and Technology / Hellenic Open University (HOU)
- 2002 Master “Restoration, Conservation and Protection of Monuments and Sites”
- Faculty of Engineering / Department of Architecture, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh) / Greece
- 1998 Bachelor Civil Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh) / Greece
- 2015-2017, “Marie Curie” Postdoc Researcher in “Digital Heritage Research Lab”, Cyprus University of Technology
- 2011 – 2017, Founding Member of “Syros Institute – Research Centre in Sustainable Cultural Development and Traditions”, active member of the Research Team, Board Member, CEO (2014-2016)
- 2004 – 2012, Research Member of the “Urban Design Research Lab” in National Technical University of Athens, School of Architecture
- 2002 - 2004, “Research on Urban Planning of the Historic city of Hermoupolis", Supervisor of the Research conducted by National Technical University of Athens
- 2002, “System Driver Training and Assessment using Interactive Evaluation tools and reliable methodologies", member of Research Team in Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh)
- 2001, “Creating a travel guide", member of Research Team in Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh)
- 2001, “Information Systems for travellers and transportation: How to improve integrated systems for information", member of Research Team in Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh)
- 2000, “Research on the Labour Market in the Prefecture of Thessaloniki", Field researcher, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh)
- Chatzigrigoriou, P.; Nikolakopoulou, V.; Vakkas, T.; Vosinakis, S.; Koutsabasis, P. Is Architecture Connected with Intangible Cultural Heritage? Reflections from Architectural Digital Documentation and Interactive Application Design in Three Aegean Islands. Heritage 2021, 4, 664-689. https://doi.org/10.3390/heritage4020038
- P. Chatzigrigoriou and E. Mavrikas, "Saving historic buildings with multi-criteria GIS tool: The case of Hermoupolis — Cyclades," 2013 Digital Heritage International Congress (DigitalHeritage), Marseille, 2013, pp. 53-59. doi: 10.1109/DigitalHeritage.2013.6744729
- Chatzigrigoriou P. (2016) Taking the Next Step in Digital Documentation of Historic Cities. In: Ioannides M. et al. (eds) Digital Heritage. Progress in Cultural Heritage: Documentation, Preservation, and Protection. EuroMed 2016. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 10058. Springer, Cham
- M. Ioannides, P. Chatzigrigoriou, V. Bokolas, V. Nikolakopoulou, V. Athanasiou, "Educational use of 3D models and photogrammetry content: the Europeana space project for Cypriot UNESCO monuments," Proc. SPIE 9688, Fourth International Conference on Remote Sensing and Geoinformation of the Environment (RSCy2016), 96880W (12 August 2016); DOI: 10.1117/12.2247936
- Pavlos Chatzigrigoriou, "Can we use GIS as a historic city's heritage management system? The case study of Hermoupolis-Syros," Proc. SPIE 9688, Fourth International Conference on Remote Sensing and Geoinformation of the Environment (RSCy2016), 96880S (12 August 2016);
- Ioannides M. et al. (2016) Towards Monuments’ Holistic Digital Documentation: the Saint Neophytos Enkleistriotis Case Study. In: Ioannides M. et al. (eds) Digital Heritage. Progress in Cultural Heritage: Documentation, Preservation, and Protection. EuroMed 2016. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 10058. Springer, Cham
Διακρίσεις και Βραβεύσεις
- 2017-2021: Jury member: European Union Cultural Heritage Prize – Europa Nostra Awards
Jury member appointed from 2017 to 2021 in category “Education, Training and Raising Awareness” (First -and only- Greek member in the EU jury committee).
- 2016: “The Best in Heritage” – Invited Member of the Excellence in (digital) Heritage Club
The excellence club: To qualify for the invitation to “The Best in Heritage”, projects have to be winners of prestigious prizes attributed to them by the professional and other distinguished award schemes. HERMeS was invited and added to the Excellence Club of “The Best in Heritage” in 2016.
- 2015-2016: Marie Curie Experienced Researcher Fellowship
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) is a set of major mobility research grants created by the European Union/European Commission to support research in the European Research Area (ERA). These grants promote interdisciplinary research and international collaborations, supporting scientists from not only within Europe but also across the globe. MSCA fellowships are among Europe’s most competitive and prestigious awards, aimed to support the best, most promising scientists. For more information, please visit: Cyprus University of Technology – (Project IAPP – 4D in Cultural Heritage World).
- 2015: European Union Cultural Heritage Prize, Europa Nostra Award
In 2015 HERMeS won the prestigious European Union Cultural Heritage – EUROPA NOSTRA Award, in category “Research & Digitization” between 263 projects. During the award ceremony in Oslo, it was mentioned about HERMeS: “The scientific and technical sophistication of this project commended it strongly to the Jury. The project is a model to promulgate the value of digitisation in the collection and maintenance of intelligence about Europe’s architectural heritage, and ways in which our understanding of the complexity of the past and our response to it in future can be developed and become a basis for action.”
- 2013: Best Paper Award in the IEEE Conference “Digital Heritage” (Marseille, France)
“Saving Historic buildings with multi-criteria GIS tool: The case of Hermoupolis — Cyclades”, DOI: 10.1109/DigitalHeritage.2013.6744729. (Chatzigrigoriou & Mavrikas, 2013).