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Dr Ioannis Delikostidis

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Department: School of Earth and Environment

Email: ioannis.delikostidis@canterbury.ac.nz

Direct Dial: +64 3 3694387

Office: Beatrice Tinsley Rm 314

Languages: English, Greek

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Research / Creative works
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Fields of Research

  • Cognitive Science and environmental psychology
  • Pedestrian context-aware navigation systems
  • User-Centred Design
  • Immersive virtual environments for interaction with Geo-information
  • Crowdsourced data applications
  • Sensor network platforms
  • Physical computing

Researcher Summary

My research has been focusing on improving the usability of pedestrian navigation systems, developing context-sensitive means for interaction with geographic information and implementing sound methods and techniques to assess this interaction. For that purpose, I have evaluated current qualitative research methodologies for field-based usability testing of mobile (geo) applications and have implemented my own unique approach.
I have also done research on immersive virtual environments (IVEs) to accommodate user interactions with location-based systems inside the lab.

Subject Area: Disciplines

  • Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Sciences: Augmented Reality; Computer Graphics and Image Processing; Computer Science; Computer Vision; Human-Computer Interaction and Multimedia
  • Engineering and Technology: Computer & Software Engineering; Electrical Engineering; Signal and Image Processing
  • Human Geography: GIS
  • Science & Technology: Science & Technology

Prizes and Awards

  • Invited Expert to ERC Advanced Grant “GeoViSense" Workshop on personalized and context-responsive geographic information displays (GIDs), UZH, Switzerland ( 2018 )
  • Invited presenter at VUW (Department of Geography) ( 2015 - present )
  • IBM Fellowship for Summer Student Project: "Design and build a data capture app for a Bluetooth button using an android application.” ( 2015 - present )
  • Teaching development grant ( 2016 - present )

Research/Scholarly/Creative Works

Journal Articles
  • Saputra A., Gomez C., Delikostidis I., Zawar-Reza P., Hadmoko DS. and Sartohadi J. (2021) Preliminary identification of earthquake triggered multi-hazard and risk in Pleret Sub-District (Yogyakarta, Indonesia). Geo-Spatial Information Science 24(2): 256-278. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10095020.2020.1801335.
  • Watts G., Pearse J., Delikostidis I., Kissick J., Donohue B. and Dalley J. (2020) Tranquillity mapping in New Zealand national parks - a pilot study. Noise Mapping 7(1): 303-315. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/noise-2020-0025.
  • Saputra A., Gomez C., Delikostidis I., Zawar-Reza P., Hadmoko DS. and Sartohadi J. (2018) Earthquake Triggered Multi-Hazard and Risk Study Based on Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System. http://dx.doi.org/10.20944/preprints201812.0213.v1.
  • Saputra A., Gomez C., Delikostidis I., Zawar-Reza P., Hadmoko DS., Sartohadi J. and Setiawan MA. (2018) Determining earthquake susceptible areas southeast of Yogyakarta, Indonesia - outcrop analysis from structure from motion (SfM) and geographic information system (GIS). Geosciences (Switzerland) 8(4) 132: 31. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/geosciences8040132.
  • Saputra A., Rahardianto T., Revindo MD., Delikostidis I., Hadmoko DS., Sartohadi J. and Gomez C. (2017) Seismic vulnerability assessment of residential buildings using logistic regression and geographic information system (GIS) in Pleret Sub District (Yogyakarta, Indonesia). Geoenvironmental Disasters 4(11): 1-33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40677-017-0075-z.
  • Delikostidis I., van Elzakker CPJM. and Kraak M-J. (2016) Overcoming challenges in developing more usable pedestrian navigation systems. Cartography and Geographic Information Science 43(3): 189-207. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15230406.2015.1031180.
  • Delikostidis I., Engel J., Retsios V., van Elzakker CPJM., Kraak MJ. and Döllner J. (2013) Increasing the Usability of Pedestrian Navigation Interfaces by means of Landmark Visibility Analysis. Journal of Navigation 66(4): 523-537. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0373463313000209.
  • Delikostidis I., Fechner T., Fritze H., AbdelMouty AM. and Kray C. (2013) Evaluating Mobile Applications in Virtual Environments: A Survey. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction 5(4): 1-19. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijmhci.2013100101.
  • van Elzakker CPJM., Delikostidis I. and van Oosterom PJM. (2008) User-Centered Design of Mobile Geo-Applications. The Cartographic Journal 45(2): 139-149. http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/174327708X305139.
  • Delikostidis I., van Elzakker CPJM. and van Oosterom PJM. (2007) Usability testing dynamic maps - Overcoming limitations of mobile devices. GIM International, The Global Magazine for Geomatics 21(12): 16-19.
Chapters
  • Delikostidis I., Fritze H., Fechner T. and Kray C. (2015) Bridging the Gap Between Field- and Lab-Based User Studies for Location-Based Services. In Gartner G; Huang H (Ed.), Progress in Location-Based Services 2014: 257-271. Switzerland: Springer Link. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-11879-6_18.
  • Van Elzakker CPJM. and Delikostidis I. (2014) User-centered design of mobile geo-applications. Software Design and Development: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications: 772-787. Hershey: IGI Global. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-4301-7.ch037.
  • Delikostidis I. and van Elzakker CPJM. (2009) Geo-Identification and Pedestrian Navigation with Geo-Mobile Applications: How Do Users Proceed? In Gartner G; Rehrl K (Ed.), Location Based Services and TeleCartography II: From Sensor Fusion to Context Models: 185-206. Berlin: Springer-Verlag.
Conference Contributions - Published
  • Goodhue P. and Delikostidis I. (2017) Modelling Information Quality and Source Reliability to Improve the Trust Of Volunteered Geographic Information. In Proceedings of International Symposium on Location-based Social Media Data and Tracking Data: 1-5. Washignton DC, USA.
  • Hartato E., Delikostidis I. and De Roiste. (2016) Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) for Disaster Management (DM): A Case Study for Floods in Jakarta. In Proceedings of 8th National Cartographic Conference, GeoCart'2016: 1-5.
  • Bröring A., Delikostidis I., Fries K., Heitmann S., Koalick S. and Krüger T. (2013) Live & Web-based Parcel Monitoring with Low-cost Sensors. In Proceedings of 16th AGILE Conference on Geographic Information Science: 1-2.
  • Kray C. and Delikostidis I. (2013) Evaluating location-based services (a position paper). In Proceedings of Workshop in Geographic human-computer interaction, CHI 2013 Conference: 1-2. Paris, France.
  • Delikostidis I. and van elzakker CPJM. (2011) Usability testing of a prototype mobile navigation interface for pedestrians. In Proccedings of 25th International Cartographic Conference (ICC2011): 1-10. Paris, France.
  • Blok CA., van Elzakker CPJM., Razeghi R. and Delikostidis I. (2010) Usability of mobile eye tracking for the design of a pedestrian navigation system. In : 1-6.
  • Van Elzakker CPJM. and Delikostidis I. (2010) Use, user, and usability research for mobile geo-applications for personal orientation and navigation. In Proceedings of Professional Communication Conference (IPCC 2010), IEEE International: 121-130. IEEE. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/IPCC.2010.5529824.
  • Delikostidis I. and van Elzakker CPJM. (2009) Designing a more usable cartographic interface for personal geo-identification and pedestrian navigation. In Proceedings of 6th International Conference on Location Based Services & TeleCartography: 1-9.
  • Delikostidis I. and van Elzakker CPJM. (2009) User-centred geo-mobile application interface development for improved personal geo-identification and navigation. In Proceedings of 24th International Cartographic Conference (ICC 2009): 1-13.
  • van Elzakker CPJM., van Oosterom PJM. and Delikostidis I. (2007) Testing the usability of well scaled mobile maps for consumers. In Proceedings of 23rd International Cartographic Conference (ICC 2007): 1-10.
Conference Contributions - Other
  • Goodhue P. and Delikostidis I. (2017) Crowdsourcing Geographic Information with Free and Open-source Software – a technical overview. Christchurch: NZ Geospatial Research Conference 2017, 4-5 Dec 2017.
  • McNair H. and Delikostidis I. (2017) Sensibel – the opportunities and challenges of crowdsourced point/comment spatial information. Christchurch: NZ Geospatial Research Conference, 4-5 Dec 2017.
  • Mutambo L., Delikostidis I., Dombroski K. and Reitsma F. (2017) Exploring potentials of Crowdsourcing for Spatial Data Infrastructures in Developing Countries. Christchurch: NZ Geospatial Research Conference, 4-5 Dec 2017.
  • Delikostidis I. (2015) Promoting sustainable urban environments using sensing technologies. YMCA Conference Room, Christchurch: New Zealand ESRI Users Group Christchurch Regional conference (NZEUG) 2015, 30 Mar 2015.
Oral Presentations
  • Delikostidis I. (2015) Usability issues in geoinformation science research. Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand: VUW GED Seminar, 15 Oct 2015.
  • Looije R., te Brake M., van Elzakker CPJM. and Delikostidis I. (2008) Onderzoek van de bruikbaarheid van mobiele kaarten. Apeldoorn, the Netherlands: GIN - RGI symposium 2008, 27 Nov 2008.
Theses / Dissertations
  • Delikostidis I. (2011) Improving the usability of pedestrian navigation systems. Enschede, the Netherlands. University of Twente.
  • Delikostidis I. (2009) Methods and techniques for field-based usability testing of mobile geo-applications. Enschede, the Netherlands. ITC.

Review and Refereeing

  • 19th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services (MobileHCI '17), September 4th-7th, Vienna, Austria ( 2018 - 2017)
  • ACM SIGCHI 19th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services (MobileHCI 2017). September 4th - 7th, Vienna, Austria ( 2017 - 2023)
  • ACM SIGCHI 20th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services (MobileHCI 2018). September 3rd - 6th, Barcelona, Spain ( 2018 )
  • EICS PACM Q4 2018 - The 10th ACM SIGCHI Symposium on Engineering Interactive Computing Systems ( 2018 )
  • Locate 2018 Conference, April 9th-11th, Adelaide, Australia ( 2018 )
  • Research @ Locate 2018 ( 2018 )
  • Cartography and Geographic Information Science ( 2016 - 2023)
  • Cartography and Geographic Information Science ( 2016 - 2023)
  • Cartography and Geographic Information Science ( 2017 )
  • Computers, Environment and Urban Systems ( 2016 )
  • IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems ( 2017 - 2023)
  • International Journal of Digital Earth ( 2015 - 2023)
  • ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information ( 2016 )
  • Journal of Geographical Systems ( 2016 )
  • Journal of Spatial Science ( 2016 )
  • Spatial Cognition and Computation ( 2016 )

Future Research

  • Understanding human orientation and wayfinding strategies and issues
  • Implementing new techniques for interaction with geospatial information
  • Developing new UAV power management and sensing technologies
  • Reducing the impact of human activities on the environment and promoting sustainable methods of transportation
  • Investigating usable methods for collecting, sharing and utilising participatory sensor data for environmental awareness and action

Key Methodologies

  • Methods and Techniques for usability testing of navigation systems
  • User-Centred Design (UCD)
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