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), an MSc in computer science (2000), and a Ph.D. in computer science (2005, dissertation: “Effective Algorithms for Web Personalization based on Web Mining”), all from the Dept. of Computer Engineering,and Informatics of
the University of Patras; she also holds a Master in Arts (2011, Hellenic Open University, School of Humanitarian Studies, “Graphic Arts-Multimedia”). She has taught courses at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, including on software design, object-oriented programming, databases, human–computer interaction, IT project management, e-government, 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 20 years of experience designing, developing, and technically managing national and international R&D IT projects. Her research interests lie primarily in the fields of modern web applications with an emphasis on web mining techniques and interaction design, where she has a significant number of publications in international journals, books, and conference proceedings.
