Eleni Stroulia

Eleni Stroulia is a Greek and Canadian computer scientist whose research concerns artificial intelligence, social computing, smart buildings, the internet of things, and software engineering for real-world applications. She is a professor of computing science at the University of Alberta, where she has been a McCalla Professor and the holder of the NSERC/AITF Industrial Research Chair in Service Systems Management.

Education and career

Stroulia was born in Larissa,[1] and graduated from the University of Patras in 1989. She completed her Ph.D. at the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1994.[2] At the University of Alberta, she helped found Ada's Team, a support group for women and people from other disadvantaged groups among computing students.[3] She held the NSERC/AITF Industrial Research Chair in Service Systems Management from 2010 to 2016.[1] She was named one of nine McCalla Professors for 2018–2019.[4]

Research

Her research has included work on algorithms recognizing depression from recordings of people's voices,[5] and the use of virtual reality to assist older people with in-home exercise.[6] She is also associated with the Far-Play project for augmented reality research at the University of Alberta.

References
  1. Invited speaker profile and invited talks from the 21st Pan-Hellenic Conference on Informatics (PCI 2017), retrieved 2019-08-10.
  2. "Eleni Stroulia", Faculty Directory, University of Alberta Faculty of Science, retrieved 2019-08-10
  3. Condon, Kristy (October 28, 2016), I am woman, hear me code, University of Alberta Faculty of Science, retrieved 2019-08-10
  4. Brodie, Hallie (April 12, 2018), "Congratulations: Presenting the 2018–2019 McCalla Professorships", The Quad, University of Alberta, retrieved 2019-08-10
  5. Johnson, Lisa (July 11, 2019), "U of A researchers detecting depression through voice", Edmonton Journal
  6. Mertz, Emily (September 30, 2018), VirtualGym would offer Alberta seniors access to customized in-home exercises, Global News
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