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    I'm Elisjana

    UX/UI Designer, Software Engineer, and R&D Engineer

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About Me

Who Am I?

I am a Software Engineer with more than 7+ years of work experience in Analysis, Design and Development of online Products and Services. I hold a Master of Science (MSc) in Information Systems (2017) and a Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Computer Science (2012), from the University of Crete.

During my professional career, i have served many roles of software engineering (i.e., Full Stack Developer, UI/UX Designer, WordPress/CMS Developer). As Senior Software Engineer, i am involved and participated in all stages of Web Design and Development of applications in several National and European funded projects. Currently, i am working as UX/UI Designer & Web Developer and i am also affiliated with the Information Systems Laboratory of the Institute of Computer Science in FORTH (2014-2023).

My expertise and research interests lie mainly in the broad area of Computational Argumentation, Knowledge Representation, Data Analysis, Information Visualization, Semantic Web and Artificial Intelligence.

I always try allocating efficiently time, energy, and resources in order to meet the desired goals.

My Skills

My Technical Skills

A list of different skill set is given to present the gained knowledge, or expertise required to perform job-related tasks in the field of software engineering.
These skilles are learned on-the-job experience through various founded projects and academic studies.

Java
C
Python
Javascript
jQuery
HTML5
CSS3
XML
JSON
AJAX
WordPress/CMS
RestFul API
MAVEN
PostgreSQL
MySQL
Linux/Unix

My Professional Skills

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These skilles are personal traits obtained through life experience.

TeamWork
Communication
Critical Thinking
Multitasking
Creativity
Attention to Detail
Problem Solving
Decision Making
Fellowship

Fellowship

Trainee / Associated Researcher Fellowship (2016-2017)

A one-year program that provides high quality research training in the field of Information Systems at the Institute of Computer Science in FORTH. The full-time program is eligable for graduate students who has completed at least two years of postgraduate training in the area of interest.

Post Graduate Fellowship (2014 - 2016)

A two-year post graduate program for supporting post graduate students to complete their studies in the field of Computer Science. The fellowship is eligable for students who attend postgraduate studies in the field of Computer Science.

Education

Education

Master in Information Systems (2014 - 2016)

I received my Master Thesis (MSc) in the field of Information Systems from the Computer Science Department of the University of Crete. My MSc thesis was affiliated with the design and development of a web-based debating platform for modelling, analyzing and representing online and contradictory discussions. The platform is called APOPSIS and offers an automated opinion analysis that determines and extracts the most useful opinions expressed in an ongoing dialogue. See more on the work [Link]

Bachelor in Computer Science (2007 - 2012)

I received my Bachelor Degree (BSc) in the field of Computer Science from the Computer Science Department of the University of Crete. My BSc thesis was affiliated with the design and development of an e-commerce auction system for buying items. The system was built online and used a simple and familiar mechanism for online auction of products. The system is no more available.

My Work

Relevant Work

UX/UI Designer (2018 - Present)

  • - Requirement analysis specification (i.e., what is required)
  • - Create, organize, and develop mockups and prototypes (i.e., justinmind prototyper)
  • - Adhere to style standards on colors, fonts and images
  • - Identify and troubleshoot UX problems (e.g. responsiveness)
  • - Analyze and evaluate usability

Front-End Developer (2020 - Present)

  • - Consume backend services
  • - Using front-end languages (i.e., HTML5, CSS3, javascript)
  • - Using appropriate libraries and frameworks (i.e., jQuery, SASS, Bootstrap)
  • - Develop and maintain a user-friendly interface
  • - Fixing bugs and testing for usability

Backend Developer (2020 - 2021)

  • - Using a programming language to build services (i.e., JAVA, Python)
  • - Build and maintain databases (i.e., Virtuoso/jdbc, MySQL, PostgreSQL)
  • - Implementing APIs and using Restful services (i.e., swagger)
  • - Third-party integration of applications
  • - Testing and debugging code

Full Stack Developer (2018 - 2023)

  • - Build the client-side of a system
    • - Using HTML5, CSS3, jQuery to build UI interfaces
    • - Using AJAX to consume services
    • - Testing and fixing bugs
  • - Build the server-side of a system
    • - Using JAVA language to built services
    • - Using Swagger API to implement services
    • - Testing and debugging code

Wordpress/CMS Developer (2020 - 2023)

  • - Design and develop new features
  • - Keep updated with the latest plugins, themes or modules
  • - Testing and debugging code
My Projects

Relevant Projects

HTML5 Bootstrap Template by colorlib.com

The DebateLab Project

The DebateLab project is designed to deal with real arguments, extracted from existing sources and corpora. The aim of DebateLab is to conduct research towards devloping the required thoeoretical infrastructure for representing, mining and reasoning with online arguments, and develop and deliver a suite of tools and services supporting the uptake and initial exploitation of the related technologies... See more

HTML5 Bootstrap Template by colorlib.com

The CAP-A Project

CAP-A offers a socio-technical solution based on collective awareness and informed consent, where by data collection and use by digital products are driven by the expectations and needs of the consumers themselves, through a collaborative participatory process and the configuration of collective privacy norms... See more

HTML5 Bootstrap Template by colorlib.com

The Heraklion Smart City Project

The ecosystem is the implementation of the internet Of Thinks (IoT) and open data infrastructure in a specific Greek smart city, the city of Heraklion, Crete. The project offers a web portal which is available to the municipality and the public through the Heraklion Smart City portal. The system was developed with the State-Of-Art technologies... See more

My Publications

Research Work

Peer-Reviewd Conference and Workshop Publications

2022

  • Elisjana Ymeralli, Giorgos Flouris, Vasilis Efthymiou, Katerina Papantoniou, Theodore Patkos, George Petasis, Nikiforos Pittaras, Giannis Roussakis, and Elias Tzortzakakis. Representing Online Debates in the Context of E-Journalism, Best Paper Award 2022 In Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Advances in Semantic Processing, 2022. [Link]
  • Giorgos Flouris, Vasilis Efthymiou, Katerina Papantoniou, Theodore Patkos, George Petasis, Nikiforos Pittaras, Giannis Roussakis, Elias Tzortzakakis, and Elisjana Ymeralli. DebateLab Tools for E-Journalism and Informed Citizenship, the 4th Summit on Gender Equality in Computing (GEC 2022). [Link]
  • Yannis Roussakis, Giorgos Flouris, Dimitra Zografistou, and Elisjana Ymeralli Extending the ArgQL Specification In Proceedings of the 6th International Joint Conference on Rules and Reasoning (RuleML+RR 2022). [Link]

2021

  • Ioannis Chrysakis, Giorgos Flouris, Maria Makridaki, Theodore Patkos, Yannis Roussakis, Georgios Samaritakis, Nikoleta Tsampanaki, Elias Tzortzakakis, Elisjana Ymeralli, Tom Seymoens, Anastasia Dimou, Ruben Verborgh. A Rewarding Framework for Crowdsourcing to Increase Privacy Awareness In Proceedings of the 35th Annual IFIP WG 11.3 Conference on Data and Applications Security and Privacy (DBSec-21), 2021. [Link]

2020

  • Ioannis Chrysakis, Giorgos Flouris, George Ioannidis, Maria Makridaki, Theodore Patkos, Yannis Roussakis, Georgios Samaritakis, Alexandru Stan, Nikoleta Tsampanaki, Elias Tzortzakakis, Elisjana Ymeralli, Evaluating the data privacy of mobile applications through crowdsourcing In Proceedings of the 33rd International Conference on Legal Knowledge and Information Systems (JURIX-20), Short Paper, 2020. [Link]
  • Ioannis Chrysakis, Giorgos Flouris, George Ioannidis, Maria Makridaki, Theodore Patkos, Yannis Roussakis, Georgios Samaritakis, Alexandru Stan, Nikoleta Tsampanaki, Elias Tzortzakakis, Elisjana Ymeralli, CAP-A: A Suite of Tools for Data Privacy Evaluation of Mobile Applications. In Proceedings of the 33rd International Conference on Legal Knowledge and Information Systems (JURIX-20), Demo Paper, 2020. [Link]
  • Alexandru Stan, Konstantina Geramani, George Ioannidis, Ioannis Chrysakis, Giorgos Flouris, Maria Makridaki, Theodore Patkos, Yannis Roussakis, Georgios Samaritakis, Nikoleta Tsampanaki, Elias Tzortzakakis, Elisjana Ymeralli, CAP-A: A community-driven approach to privacy awareness, In Proceedings of the NEM Summit 2020, B’ Smart – European Media Science and Technology Meets Arts, Application, Experimental and Business Track, 2020. [Link]

2018

  • Manos Kalaitzakis, Manousos Bouloukakis, Pavlos Charalampidis, Manos Dimitrakis, Giannis Drossis, Alexandros Fragkiadakis, Irini Fundulaki, Katerina Karagiannaki, Antonis Makrogiannakis, Georgios Margetis, Athanasia Panousopoulou, Stefanos Papadakis, Vassilis Papakonstantinou, Nikolaos Partarakis, Stylianos Roubakis, Elias Tragos, Elisjana Ymeralli, Panagiotis Tsakalides, Dimitris Plexousakis and Constantine Stephanidis. Building a Smart City Ecosystem for Third Party Innovation in the City of Heraklion A chapter available in the "Meditetarranean Cities and Island Communities Smart, Sustainable, Inclusive and Resilient", 2018. [Link]
  • Elisjana Ymeralli, Giorgos Flouris, Theodore Patkos, and Dimitris Plexousakis. APOPSIS: A Web-Based Platform for the Analysis of Structured Dialogues Invited poster for the Researchers Night, 2018. [Link]

2017

  • Elisjana Ymeralli, Giorgos Flouris, Theodore Patkos, and Dimitris Plexousakis. APOPSIS: A Web-Based Platform for the Analysis of Structured Dialogues In Proceedings of the 16th Internacional Conference on Ontologies, Databases, and Applications of Semantics (ODBASE-17) in Rhodes, 2017. [Link]
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Contact

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yelisjana@gmail.com