Theodoros (Thodoris) THOMAS

Member of the Special Technical Laboratory Staff (E.T.E.P.) Multimedia Laboratory for Speech and Text Processing

Department of French Language and Literature, School of Philosophy, NKUA

Email: tthomas@frl.uoa.gr

SUMMARY

Theodoros Thomas has been a member of the Special Technical Laboratory Staff (E.T.E.P.) at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA) since 2016. He provides specialized technical and pedagogical support to the Department of French Language and Literature, focusing on Multimedia Applications, Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), and the Digital Humanities.

EDUCATION

• M.Sc. in Multimedia Systems | Trinity College Dublin, Ireland (2002 - 2003).

• Postgraduate Diploma in the Design of Multimedia Instructional Materials for Virtual Learning Environments | Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain (2001 - 2002).

• B.A. in French Language and Literature | National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (1994 - 1999).

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Digital Humanities & Textometry (Quantitative/Qualitative Text Analysis).

• Computational Analysis of Cultural Data.

• Agile Frameworks in Education and Research (Scrum, EduScrum).

• ICT Integration in Foreign Language Teaching.

ACADEMIC & LABORATORY WORK

Department of French Language and Literature, NKUA (2016 – Present):

• Conducts laboratory workshops and seminars integrated into undergraduate and postgraduate courses:

  • Corrective Phonetics (utilizing Audacity & Praat).

  • Academic Writing and Research Methodology (LibreOffice, Mendeley).

  • Qualitative Research Methods (utilizing NVivo, Quirkos, Tableau).

• Organizes autonomous digital literacy workshops for students (Les lundis au labo) and technical training seminars for the faculty (eClass, Introduction to Textual Analysis via R).