Maria Rigou was elected Assistant Professor at the Department of Management Science and Technology at the University of Patras in 2019 (discipline: “Analysis, Design and Mining Techniques for Web Applications”). She holds a Diploma in Computer Engineering and Informatics (1997, University of Patras, School of Engineering), an MSc in Computer Science (2000, Dept. of Computer Engineering and Informatics, thesis: “Interactive Systems Evaluation”), a Ph.D. in Computer Science (2005, Dept. of Computer Engineering and Informatics, dissertation: “Effective Algorithms for Web Personalization based on Web Mining”) and a Master in Arts (2011, Hellenic Open University, School of Humanitarian Studies, “Graphic Arts-Multimedia”, thesis: “Learning and Entertainment by Casual Gaming”). She has taught courses at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, including Software Design, Object-oriented Programming, Databases, Human-Computer Interaction, IT Project Management, eGovernment, and e-Business. She has been a tutor at the Hellenic Open University for more than 15 years (Postgraduate Programme in Information Systems, “Software Design and Management” course). She has over 18 years of experience designing, developing and technically managing national and international R&D IT projects. Her research interests lie primarily in the fields of web applications with an emphasis on web mining techniques, digital marketing technology and interaction design, where she has a significant number of publications in international journals, books, and conference proceedings.
Webpage: https://dept.upatras.gr/en/maria-rigou/
Google Scholar profile: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=tMwtXM0AAAAJ
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3743-3777
Indicative recent publications
Scientific journals
Leonardou, A., Rigou, M., Panagiotarou, A., & Garofalakis, J. (2021). The case of a multiplication skills game: Teachers’ viewpoint on MG’s dashboard and OSLM features. Computers, 10(5), 65.
Balaskas, S., & Rigou, M. (2021). Effect of Personality Traits on Banner Advertisement Recognition. Information, 12(11), 464.
Mallas, A., Rigou, M., & Xenos, M. (2022). Comparing the Performance and Evaluation of Computer Experts and Farmers when Operating Agricultural Robots: A Case of Tangible vs Mouse-Based UIs. Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies, 2022.
Leonardou, A., Rigou, M., Panagiotarou, A., & Garofalakis, J. (2022). Effect of OSLM features and gamification motivators on motivation in DGBL: pupils’ viewpoint. Smart Learning Environments, 9(1), 1-26.
Balaskas, S., Panagiotarou, A., & Rigou, M. (2022). The Influence of Trustworthiness and Technology Acceptance Factors on the Usage of e-Government Services during COVID-19: A Case Study of Post COVID-19 Greece. Administrative Sciences, 12(4), 129.
Balaskas, S.; Panagiotarou, A.; Rigou, M. (2023). Impact of Personality Traits on Small Charitable Donations: The Role of Altruism and Attitude towards an Advertisement. Societies, 13, 144. https://doi.org/10.3390/soc13060144
Balaskas, S.; Panagiotarou, A.; Rigou, M. (2023). Impact of Environmental Concern, Emotional Appeals, and Attitude toward the Advertisement on the Intention to Buy Green Products: The Case of Younger Consumer Audiences. Sustainability, 15, 13204. https://doi.org/10.3390/su151713204
Sofronas, D.; Margounakis, D.; Rigou, M.; Tambouris, E.; Pachidis, T. (2023). SQMetrics: An Educational Software Quality Assessment Tool for Java. Knowledge, 3, 557-599. https://doi.org/10.3390/knowledge3040036
Balaskas, S.; Koutroumani, M.; Komis, K.; Rigou, M. FinTech Services Adoption in Greece: The Roles of Trust, Government Support, and Technology Acceptance Factors. FinTech 2024, 3, 83-101. https://doi.org/10.3390/fintech3010006
Balaskas, S.; Zotos, C.; Koutroumani, M.; Rigou, M. Effectiveness of GBL in the Engagement, Motivation, and Satisfaction of 6th Grade Pupils: A Kahoot! Approach. Educ. Sci. 2023, 13, 1214. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci13121214
Conference proceedings
Zacharopoulos, E., & Rigou, M. (2021, December). “Measuring personal branding in social media: a tool for visualizing influence”. In 2021 International Conference on Electrical, Computer and Energy Technologies (ICECET) (pp. 1-6). IEEE.
Dimitrios, Krallis, Stefanos, Balaskas and Maria, Rigou. 2022. Flat vs Skeuomorphic Design for Smart Home Devices: An Exploratory Eye-Tracking Study. In 26th Pan-Hellenic Conference on Informatics PCI 2022), November 25-27, 2022, Athens, Greece. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 11 Pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3575879.3575965
- Katsis, P. Papadatos, M. Rigou, S. Sirmakessis and D. Vossos, “Harnessing Skills for Sustainable Development: A Skills Matchmaking System for Smart Cities, Green Energy, Blue Economy and Precision Agriculture,” 2023 International Conference on Control, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics & Optimization (ICCAIRO), Crete, Greece, 2023, pp. 86-93, doi: 10.1109/ICCAIRO58903.2023.00021.
- Katsis, P. Papadatos, M. Rigou, S. Sirmakessis and D. Vossos, “Skills matching to support Europe’s Blue Economy Skills Passport,” 2023 3rd International Conference on Electrical, Computer, Communications and Mechatronics Engineering (ICECCME), Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, 2023, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/ICECCME57830.2023.10253415.
Koutroumani, M., Balaskas, S., Leonardou, A., & Rigou, M. (2023, September). An Eye-Tracking Study of GBL Motivators and Learner Behavior. In European Conference on Games Based Learning (Vol. 17, No. 1, pp. 344-350).
Stefanos Balaskas, Maria Rigou (2023). The effects of emotional appeals on visual behavior in the context of green advertisements: An exploratory eye-tracking study. In 27th Pan-Hellenic Conference on Informatics (PCI 2023), November 25-27, 2022, Athens, Greece. ACM, New York, NY, USA, in press.
