Publications

My publications are also indexed in orcid, CLoK, scopus, dblp, research gate, academia, loop, and google scholar.

2024

• Nearchos Paspallis, Panayiotis Panayiotou, An Assessment of ML-based Sentiment Analysis for Intelligent Web Filtering, In The PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments (PETRA) conference (PETRA '24), ACM, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, June 26-28, 2024
  [doi, CLoK, download slides ]
• Nearchos Paspallis, Andriani Piki, Panagiota Nikolaou, Christiana Varda, Widening Participation to Events that Encourage Teenagers to take an Interest in Computer Science, In 6th Summit on Gender Equality in Computing (GEC '24), Nicosia, Cyprus, June 13-14, 2024
  [CLoK]
• Nicos Kasenides, Andriani Piki, Nearchos Paspallis, The Edifying Impact of Blending Game-Based Learning with Educational Robotics: A Systematic Review of Empirical Evidence, In: Coman, A., Vasilache, S. (eds) Social Computing and Social Media. HCII 2024. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 14704. Springer, Cham.
  [doi, CLoK]
• Andriani Piki, Iraklis Tchanturia, Nicos Kasenides, Nearchos Paspallis,Susana Leal, SDG Quest: Leveraging Mobile Game-Based Learning to Foster Environmental, Social, and Economic Sustainable Development Goals In: Coman, A., Vasilache, S. (eds) Social Computing and Social Media. HCII 2024. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 14704. Springer, Cham.
  [doi, CLoK]

2023

• Nicos Kasenides, Andriani Piki, Nearchos Paspallis, Exploring the User Experience and Effectiveness of Mobile Game-Based Learning in Higher Education, In Proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, AC Bella Sky Hotel and Bella Center, Copenhagen, Denmark, 23-28 July 2023
  [doi, CLoK]

2022

• Nearchos Paspallis, Nicos Kasenides, Andriani Piki, A Software Architecture for Developing Distributed Games that Teach Coding and Algorithmic Thinking, In Proceedings of the Computers, Software & Applications in an Uncertain World (COMPSAC 2022), IEEE, Torino, Italy, Jun 27-Jul 1, 2022
  [doi, CLoK, download slides]
• Nicos Kasenides, Nearchos Paspallis, Athlos: A Framework for Developing Scalable MMOG Backends on Commodity Clouds, Software journal, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 107-145, MDPI, March 2022
  [doi, CLoK]

2021

• Nicos Kasenides, Nearchos Paspallis, aMazeChallenge: An interactive multiplayer game for learning to code, In Proceedings of the 29th International Conference on Information Systems Development (ISD2021), Valencia, Spain, Sep 8-10, 2021
  [link, CLoK]

2020

• Nicos Kasenides, Nearchos Paspallis, Multiplayer game backends: A Comparison of commodity cloud-based approaches, In Proceedings of the 8th European Conference On Service-Oriented And Cloud Computing, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS), Vol. 12054. Springer, Heraklion, Greece, Sep 28-30, 2020
  [doi, CLoK]

2019

• Nicos Kasenides, Nearchos Paspallis, A Systematic Mapping Study of MMOG Backend Architectures, Information journal, Vol. 10, No. 9; 264, MDPI, August 2019.
  [doi, CLoK]
• Nearchos Paspallis, An MDD-based method for building context-aware applications with high reusability, Journal of Software: Evolution and Process, SN 2047-7473, e2200, Wiley, August 2019.
  [doi, CLoK]
• Marios Raspopoulos, Nearchos Paspallis, Paris Kaimakis, PINSPOT: An oPen platform for INtelligent context-baSed Indoor POsiTioning, In Proceedings of the 28th International Conference on Information Systems Development (ISD2019), Tulon, France, August 28-30, 2019.
  [link, CLoK]

2018

• Nearchos Paspallis, Panayiotis Andreou, Alberto Bullo, Design and Evaluation of a Gamification-based Information System for Improving Student Attendance, In B. Andersson, B. Johansson, S. Carlsson, C. Barry, M. Lang, H. Linger, & C. Schneider (Eds.), Designing Digitalization (ISD2018 Proceedings), Lund, Sweden: Lund University. ISBN: 978-91-7753-876-9.
  [link, CLoK, download slides]
• Nearchos Paspallis, Irene Polycarpou, Panayiotis Andreou, Josephina Antoniou, Paris Kaimakis, Marios Raspopoulos, Maria Terzi, An Experience Report on the Effectiveness of Five Themed Workshops at Inspiring High School Students to Learn Coding, In Proceedings of 23rd Annual ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (ITiCSE’18), ACM, New York, NY, USA, 6 pages
  [doi, CLoK, download slides]
• Nearchos Paspallis, Marios Raspopoulos, Henry Linger, Chris Barry, Michael Lang, Christoph Schneider (Editors), Advances in Information Systems Development: Methods, Tools and Management, Lecture Notes in Information Systems and Organisation, Vol. 26, ISBN 978-3-319-74817-7, Springer International Publishing, 2018
  [doi, CLoK]

2017

• Eliana Stavrou, Nearchos Paspallis, A classification platform for security protocols in WSNs, In N. Paspallis, M. Raspopoulos, C. Barry, M. Lang, H. Linger, & C. Schneider (Eds.), Information Systems Development: Advances in Methods, Tools and Management (ISD2017 Proceedings). Larnaca, Cyprus: University of Central Lancashire Cyprus. ISBN: 978-9963-2288-3-6.
  [link, CLoK]
• Panayiotis Andreou, George Nicou, Irene Polycarpou, Panagiotis Germanakos, Nearchos Paspallis, CodeAdventure: An Adventure Game for Computer Science Education, Learning and Collaboration Technologies. Novel Learning Ecosystems - 4th International Conference (LCT 2017), held as part of HCI International (HCI), Vancouver, BC, Canada, July 9-14, 2017
  [doi]
• Kate Chatfield, Konstantinos Iatridis, Bernd C. Stahl, Nearchos Paspallis, Innovating Responsibly in ICT for Ageing: Drivers, Obstacles and Implementation, Sustainability 2017, Vol. 9, No. 6, p. 971
  [doi (Open Access), CLoK]
• Nearchos Paspallis, Salah Eddin Alshaal, Improving QoE via Context Prediction: A Case Study of Using WiFi Radiomaps to Predict Network Disconnection, International Workshop on Autonomous Control for Performance and Reliability Trade-offs in Internet of Services (ACPROSS'17) in conjunction with the 8th ACM/SPEC International Conference on Performance Engineering (ICPE'17), L’Aquila, Italy, April 22, 2017
  [doi, CLoK, download slides]
• Nearchos Paspallis, Marios Raspopoulos, An Open Platform for Studying and Testing Context-Aware Indoor Positioning Algorithms, Complexity in Information Systems Development in Lecture Notes in Information Systems and Organisation, Vol. 22, Springer, April 19, 2017
  (A prior version of this paper has been published in the ISD2016 Proceedings)
  [doi, CLoK]

2016

• Nearchos Paspallis, Marios Raspopoulos, An Open Platform for Studying and Testing Context-Aware Indoor Positioning Algorithms, 25th International Conference on Information Systems Development (ISD2016), Katowice, Poland, August 24-26, 2016, pp. 314-321
  [link, CLoK, slides, received best paper award]

2014

• Nearchos Paspallis, A Gamification Platform for Inspiring Young Students to Take an Interest in Coding, 23rd International Conference on Information Systems Development (ISD2014), Varazdin, Croatia, September 2-4, 2014
  [link, CLoK, download slides]
• Nearchos Paspallis, George A. Papadopoulos, A pluggable middleware architecture for developing context-aware mobile applications, Personal and Ubiquitous Computing Journal, ISSN 1617-4909, Vol. 18, No. 5, June 2014, Springer London, pp. 1099-1116
  [doi, CLoK]

2013

• Nearchos Paspallis, Georgia Kapitsaki, Achilleas Achilleos Enabling context-aware HCI with reusable components, 2nd Interaction Design & Human-Computer Interaction Workshop in conjunction with the 5th International Conference on Typography and Visual Communication (ICTVC), June 4-5, 2013, Nicosia, Cyprus
  [pdf]
• Feidias Ioannides, Georgia Kapitsaki, Nearchos Paspallis, Professor2Student - connecting supervisors and students, Demo paper at 10th International Conference on Mobile Web Information Systems, Aug 26-28, 2013, Paphos, Cyprus, Springer-Verlag
  [doi]
• Jacqueline Floch, Cristina Frà, Rolf Fricke, Kurt Geihs, Michael Wagner, Jorge Lorenzo, Eduardo Soladana, Stefan Mehlhase, Nearchos Paspallis, Hossein Rahnama, Pedro A. Ruiz, Ulrich Scholz, Playing MUSIC — building context-aware and self-adaptive mobile applications, Software – Practice and Experience Journal, Vol. 43, No. 3, March 2013, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., pp. 359-388
  [doi]

2012

• Svein Hallsteinsen, Kurt Geihs, Nearchos Paspallis, Frank Eliassen, Geir Horn, Jorge Lorenzo, Alessandro Mamelli, George A Papadopoulos, A Development Framework and Methodology for Self-Adapting Applications in Ubiquitous Computing Environments, Journal of Systems and Software, Vol. 85, No. 12, December 2012, Elsevier, pp. 2840-2859
  [doi]

2011

• Gerhard Nussbaum, Christoph Veigl, Javier Acedo, Zdenek Barton, Unai Diaz, Tomas Drajsajtl, Alvaro Garcia, Konstantinos Kakousis, Klaus Miesenberger, George A. Papadopoulos, Nearchos Paspallis, Karol Pecyna, Aureli Soria-Frisch, Christoph Weiss, AsTeRICS - Towards a Rapid Integration Construction Set for Assistive Technologies, 11th European Conference for the Advancement of Assistive Technology (AAATE'11), Maastricht, Netherlands, August 31st - September 2nd — appears in Everyday Technology for Independence and Care, Series Assistive Technology Research Series, Gelderblom; Soede; Adriaens; Miesenberger (Eds.), Volume 29, IOS Press, 2011, pp. 766-773
  [doi]
• Achilleas Achilleos, Nearchos Paspallis, George A. Papadopoulos, Automating the Development of Device-Aware Web Services: A Model-Driven Approach, 35th IEEE Signature Conference on Computer Software and Applications (COMPSAC'11), Munich, Germany, July 18th - 21st, 2011, IEEE Computer Society Press
  [doi]
• Nearchos Paspallis, Gabriel Panis, Context awareness: Challenges and opportunities in modern smartphone use, 4th DisCoTec Workshop on Context-aware Adaptation Mechanisms for Pervasive and Ubiquitous Services (CAMPUS'11), Reykjavik, Iceland, June 9th, 2011, Electronic Communications of the EASST, Volume 29
  [doi]
• Cristina Fra, Massimo Valla, Nearchos Paspallis, High Level Context Query Processing: An Experience Report, 8th IEEE Workshop on Context Modeling and Reasoning (CoMoRea'11) in conjuction with the 9th IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communication (PerCom'11), Seattle, WA, USA, March 21-25th, 2011, IEEE Digital Library, pp. 421-426
  [doi]

2010

• Nearchos Paspallis, Achilleas Achilleos, Konstantinos Kakousis, George A. Papadopoulos, Context-aware Media Player (CaMP): Developing context-aware applications with Separation of Concerns, IEEE Globecom 2010 Workshop on Ubiquitous Computing and Networks (UbiCoNet'10), Miami, Florida, USA, December 6th, 2010, IEEE Digital Library, pp. 1741-1746
  [doi]
• Konstantinos Kakousis, Nearchos Paspallis, George A. Papadopoulos, A survey of software adaptation in mobile and ubiquitous computing, Enterprise Information Systems, Vol. 4, No. 4, November 2010, Taylor & Francis, pp. 355-389
  [doi]
• Konstantinos Kakousis, Nearchos Paspallis, George A. Papadopoulos, Pedro Antonio Ruiz, Testing self-adaptive applications with simulation of context events, 3rd DisCoTec Workshop on Context-aware Adaptation Mechanisms for Pervasive and Ubiquitous Services (CAMPUS'10), Amsterdam, Netherlands, June 10th, 2010, Electronic Communications of the EASST, Volume 28
  [doi]

2009

• Nearchos Paspallis, Middleware-based development of context-aware applications with reusable components, Ph.D. Thesis, University of Cyprus, September 2009, p. 286
  [link, pdf, download slides, view slides, more]
• Nearchos Paspallis, Frank Eliassen, Svein Hallsteinsen, and George A. Papadopoulos, Developing Self-Adaptive Mobile Applications and Services with Separation-of-Concerns, At Your Service: Service-Oriented Computing from an EU Perspective, E. Di Nitto, A-M. Sassen, O. Traverso and A. Zwegers (eds), MIT Press, June 2009, chapter 6, pp. 129-158
  [doi]
• Kurt Geihs, Paolo Barone, Frank Eliassen, Jacqueline Floch, Rolf Fricke, Eli Gjorven, Svein Hallsteinsen, Geir Horn, Mohammad U. Khan, Alessandro Mamelli, George A. Papadopoulos, Nearchos Paspallis, Roland Reichle, Erlend Stav, A Comprehensive Solution for Application-Level Adaptation, Software – Practice and Experience Journal, Vol. 39, No. 4, March 2009, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., pp. 385-422
  [doi]

2008

• Nearchos Paspallis, Romain Rouvoy, Paolo Barone, George A. Papadopoulos, Frank Eliassen, Alessandro Mamelli, A Pluggable and Reconfigurable Architecture for a Context-aware Enabling Middleware System, 10th International Symposium on Distributed Objects, Middleware, and Applications (DOA'08), Monterrey, Mexico, Nov 10 - 12, 2008, Springer Verlag LNCS 5331, pp. 553-570
  [doi]
  
• Konstantinos Kakousis, Nearchos Paspallis, George A. Papadopoulos, Optimizing the Utility Function-based Self-adaptive Behavior of Context-aware Systems using User Feedback, 10th International Symposium on Distributed Objects, Middleware, and Applications (DOA'08), Monterrey, Mexico, Nov 10 - 12, 2008, Springer Verlag LNCS 5331, pp. 657-674
  [doi]
• Xiaoming Hu, Yun Ding, Nearchos Paspallis, Pyrros Bratskas, George A. Papadopoulos, Yves Vanrompay, Manuele Kirsch Pinheiro, Yolande Berbers, A Hybrid Peer-to-Peer Solution for Context Distribution in Mobile and Ubiquitous Environments, 17th International Conference on Information Systems Development (ISD'08), Paphos, Cyprus, August 25-27, 2008, Springer Verlag, pp. 501-510
  [doi]
• Pyrros Bratskas, Nearchos Paspallis, Konstantinos Kakousis, George A. Papadopoulos, Applying Utility Functions to Adaptation Planning for Home Automation Applications, 17th International Conference on Information Systems Development (ISD'08), Paphos, Cyprus, August 25-27, 2008, Springer Verlag, pp. 529-537
  [doi]
• Nearchos Paspallis, Konstantinos Kakousis, George A. Papadopoulos, A Multi-dimensional Model Enabling Autonomic Reasoning for Context-aware Pervasive Applications, Workshop for Human Control of Ubiquitous Systems (HUCUBIS'08) in conjunction with the 5th Annual International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems: Computing, Networking and Services (Mobiquitous'08), Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, July 21-25, 2008, ACM Press
  [doi]
• Nearchos Paspallis, George A. Papadopoulos, An Optimization of Context Sharing for Self-adaptive Mobile Applications, 8th International Conference on Algorithms and Architectures for Parallel Processing (ICA3PP'08), Ayia Napa, Cyprus, 9-11 June, 2008, Springer Verlag LNCS 5022, pp. 157-168
  [doi]
• Michael Wagner, Roland Reichle, Mohammad Ullah Khan, Kurt Geihs, Jorge Lorenzo, Massimo Valla, Cristina Fra, Nearchos Paspallis, George A. Papadopoulos, A Comprehensive Context Modeling Framework for Pervasive Computing Systems, 8th IFIP International Conference on Distributed Applications and Interoperable Systems (DAIS'08), 4-6 June, 2008, Oslo, Norway, Springer Verlag LNCS 5053, pp. 281-295
  [doi]
• Roland Reichle, Michael Wagner, Mohammad Ullah Khan, Kurt Geihs, Massimo Valla, Cristina Fra, Nearchos Paspallis, George A. Papadopoulos, A Context Query Language for Pervasive Computing Environments, 5th IEEE Workshop on Context Modeling and Reasoning (CoMoRea'08) in conjunction with the 6th IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communication (PerCom'08), Hong Kong, 17–21 March 2008, IEEE Computer Society Press, pp. 434-440
  [doi]

2007

• Xiaoming Hu, Yun Ding, Nearchos Paspallis, Pyrros Bratskas, George A Papadopoulos, Paolo Barone, Alessandro Mamelli, Yves Vanrompay, Yolande Berbers, A Peer-to-Peer based Infrastructure for Context Distribution in Mobile and Ubiquitous Environments, 3rd International Workshop on Context-Aware Mobile Services (CAMS'07) in conjunction with the On The Move to Meaningful Internet Systems (OTM'07), Vilamoura, Algarve, Portugal, November 25-30, 2007, Springer Verlag LNCS 4805, pp. 236-239
  [doi]
• Pyrros Bratskas, Nearchos Paspallis, George A. Papadopoulos, An Evaluation of the State-of-the-Art in Context Aware Architectures, 16th International Conference on Information Systems Development (ISD'07), Galway, Ireland, August 29-31, 2007, Springer, pp. 1-12
  [doi]
• Nearchos Paspallis, Avraam Chimaris, George A. Papadopoulos, Experiences from Developing a Distributed Context Management System for Enabling Adaptivity, 7th IFIP International Conference on Distributed Applications and Interoperable Systems (DAIS'07), Paphos, Cyprus, June 5-8, 2007, Springer Verlag LNCS 4531, pp. 225-238
  [doi, slides]
• Mourad Alia, Svein Hallsteinsen, Nearchos Paspallis, Frank Eliassen, Managing Distributed Adaptation of Mobile Applications, 7th IFIP International Conference on Distributed Applications and Interoperable Systems (DAIS'07), Paphos, Cyprus, June 5-8, 2007, Springer Verlag LNCS 4531, pp. 104-118
  [doi]
• Mourad Alia, Viktor S. W. Eide, Nearchos Paspallis, Frank Eliassen, Svein Hallsteinsen, George A. Papadopoulos, A Utility-based Adaptivity Model for Mobile Applications, 21st International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications Workshops (AINAW'07), Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, May 21-23, 2007, IEEE Computer Society Press, pp. 556-563
  [doi]

2006

• Nearchos Paspallis, George A. Papadopoulos, Distributed Adaptation Reasoning for a Mobility and Adaptation Enabling Middleware, 8th International Symposium on Distributed Objects and Applications (DOA'06), Montpellier, France, Oct 30 - Nov 1, 2006, Springer Verlag LNCS 4277, pp. 17-18
  [doi]
• Nearchos Paspallis, George A. Papadopoulos, An Approach for Developing Adaptive, Mobile Applications with Separation of Concerns, 30th IEEE Signature Conference on Computer Software and Applications (COMPSAC'06), Chicago, IL, USA, September 17-21, 2006, IEEE Computer Society Press, pp. 299-306
  [doi, slides]
• Nearchos Paspallis, George A. Papadopoulos, An Architecture for Highly Available and Dynamically Upgradeable Web Services, 15th International Conference on Information Systems Development (ISD'06), Budapest, Hungary, August 31-September 2, 2006, Springer Verlag, pp. 147-160
  [doi, slides]
• Marius Mikalsen, Nearchos Paspallis, Jacqueline Floch, George A. Papadopoulos, Pedro Antonio Ruiz, Putting Context in Context: The Role and Design of Context Management in a Mobility and Adaptation Enabling Middleware, International Workshop on Managing Context Information and Semantics in Mobile Environments (MCISME'06) in conjunction with the 7th International Conference on Mobile Data Management (MDM'06), Nara, Japan, May 9-12, 2006, IEEE Computer Society Press, pp. 76-83
  [doi]
• Marius Mikalsen, Nearchos Paspallis, Jacqueline Floch, Erlend Stav, Akis Chimaris, George A. Papadopoulos, Distributed Context Management in a Mobility and Adaptation Enabling Middleware (MADAM), 21st Annual ACM Symposium of Applied Computing, Track of Dependable and Adaptive Systems (SAC'06), Dijon, France, April 23 -27, 2006, ACM Press, pp. 733-734
  [doi]

2001

• Ioannis Chatzigiannakis, Sotiris E. Nikoletseas, Nearchos Paspallis, Paul G. Spirakis, Christos D. Zaroliagis, An Experimental Study of Basic Communication Protocols in Ad-hoc Mobile Networks, 5th International Workshop on Algorithm Engineering (WAE'01), Aarhus, Denmark, August 28-30, 2001, Springer Verlag LNCS Vol. 2141, pp.159-171
  [doi, slides]
• Nearchos Paspallis, Implementation and Experimental Evaluation of Routing Algorithms for Ad-hoc Mobile Networks, BSc Thesis, Department of Computer Engineering and Informatics, University of Patras, June 2001
  [pdf in Greek]