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Katerina Alexiou
Katerina is an RCUK Academic Fellow on Design and Complexity in the Design and Innovation Group. She first joined the department as a part-time research fellow in 2004. Her design background and professional experience is in architecture. Her academic research falls in the area of design theory and methods (including design cognition, collaborative design, learning, creativity, and social aspects of design). As a background to this there is a special interest on the relationship between complexity science and design, and the exchange of theories and methodologies between the two disciplines. She is also interested in design computing, artificial intelligence, simulation, and the development of design and planning support systems. Her current role is to help develop the design and complexity research area, and create bridges with the various themes in the department - especially by investigating how complexity thinking and methods can be applied to design processes and sustainability. Katerina is also a Honorary Researcher in CASA, UCL.
Contact Information
Contact Information
Email:
a.k.alexiou@open.ac.uk
Phone: +44 (0)1908 655960
Fax: +44 (0)1908 654052
Room: N2015, Venables building
Selected Publications
Books
Alexiou, K., Johnson, J., and Zamenopoulos, T. editors (2009) Embracing Complexity in Design, Routledge.
Journal articles
Gilbert, S.J., Zamenopoulos, T., Alexiou, K., Johnson, J.H. (2010). 'Involvement of right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in ill-structured design cognition: An fMRI study', Brain Research, 1312: 79-88. [pdf]
Alexiou, K., Zamenopoulos, T., Johnson, J. and Gilbert, S. (2009) ‘Exploring the neurological basis of design cognition using brain imaging: some preliminary results’, Design Studies, 30(6): 623-647. [pdf]
Alexiou, K. and Zamenopoulos, T. (2008) ‘Design as a social process: a complex systems perspective’, Futures, 40(6): 586-595. Special Issue on Design out of Complexity, Alexiou, K., Besussi, E. and Zamenopoulos, T. (eds). [pdf]
Zamenopoulos, T. and Alexiou, K. (2007) ‘Toward an anticipatory view of design’, Design Studies, 28(4): 411-436. [pdf]
Zamenopoulos, T. and Alexiou, K. (2007) ‘Rethinking the cybernetic basis of design: the concepts of control and organisation’, Kybernetes, 36(9/10): 1570-1589. Special Double Issue on Cybernetics and Design, Glanville, R. (ed). [pdf]
Alexiou, K. and Zamenopoulos, T. (2000) 'The morphogenesis of limits in the city', In Architects the official magazine of the Architects Association in Greece, 20 (March/April): 70-77. (in Greek)
Book Chapters
Alexiou, K., Johnson, J. and Zamenopoulos, T. (2009) ‘Embracing Complexity in Design: Emerging Perspectives and Opportunities’ in Designing for the 21st Century Volume 2: Research Methods & Findings, Inns, T. (ed) forthcoming
Alexiou, K. (2009) ‘Complexity and Coordination in Collaborative Design’, in Embracing Complexity in Design, Alexiou, K., Johnson, J., and Zamenopoulos, T. editors, Routledge, pp 73-93.
Johnson, J., Alexiou, K, Creigh-Tyte, A., Chase, S., Duffy, A., Eckert, C., Gascoigne, D., Kumar, B., Mitleton-Kelly, E., Petry, M., Qin, S-F, Robertson, A., Rzevski, G., Teymur, N., Thompson, A., Young, R., Willis, M., Zamenopoulos, T. (2007) ‘Embracing complexity in design’, in Designing for the 21st Century: Questions and Insights, Innes, T. (ed), Gower Ashgate, UK, pp 129-149. ISBN-13 9780566087370
Zamenopoulos, T. and Alexiou, K. (2003) 'Structuring the plan design process as a coordination problem: the paradigm of distributed learning control coordination'. In Advanced Spatial Analysis: the CASA Book of GIS, P. Longley and M. Batty (eds), ESRI Press: US, pp 407-426. ISBN 1589480732.
Edited Proceedings and Journal Issues
Johnson, J. H., Zamenopoulos, T., Alexiou, K. eds. (2005) Proc. European Conference on Complex Systems (ECCS’05) Satellite Workshop: Embracing Complexity in Design, Open University: UK. ISBN 978-0-74921545-3. [pdf]
Alexiou, K., Besussi, E. and Zamenopoulos, T. eds. (2008) Special Issue on Design out of Complexity in Futures 40(6).
Refereed Papers in Conference Proceedings and Workshops
Zamenopoulos, T. and Alexiou, K. (2005) ‘Linking Design and Complexity: a review’, In ECCS’05 Satellite Workshop Proceedings: Embracing Complexity in Design, Open University: UK, pp 91-102.
Zamenopoulos, T. and Alexiou, K. (2003) ‘Computer-aided creativity and learning in distributed cooperative human-machine networks’. In Digital Design: research and practice, Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on CAAD Futures 2003, Chiu, M-L., Tsou, J-Y., Kvan, T., Morozumi, M. and T. Jeng (eds), Kluwer Academic Publishers: Dordrecht, The Netherlands, pp 191-201.
Zamenopoulos, T. and Alexiou, K. (2002) ‘Learning to be creative and the creative memory – a discussion motivated by a control-based coordination model’. In Learning and Creativity Workshop notes, Seventh International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Design (AID’02), Cambridge: UK.
Alexiou, K. and Zamenopoulos, T. (2002) ‘A Control Based Approach to Artificial Design and Plan Generation’. In Proceedings of the Conference Common Ground, Design Research Society International Conference, D. Durling and J. Shackleton (eds), Staffordshide University Press: UK, pp 13.
Alexiou, K. and Zamenopoulos, T. (2002) ‘Artificial Design and Planning Support: Interactive Plan Generation and Coordination in Distributed Decision-Making’. In Design and Decision Support Systems in Urban Planning, Proc. of the 6th International Conference, Eindhoven University of Technology: The Netherlands, pp 1-11.
Alexiou, K. and Zamenopoulos, T. (2001) 'A Connectionist Paradigm in the Co-ordination and Control of Multiple Self-Interested Agents' in the Proceedings of the 2nd National Conference Input 2001: Democracy and Technologies, Tremiti Islands, Italy, 27-29 June 2001.
PhD Thesis
Alexiou, A. (2007) Understanding Multi-Agent Design as Coordination PhD Thesis, University College London, University of London. [pdf]
Projects
Pilot study on the neurological basis of design cognition
A study funded initially by the Embracing Complexity in Design project and carried out in collaboration with cognitive neuroscientists from UCL and Goldsmiths College. It is part of a larger research programme aimed at understanding the neurological basis of individual and social cognition, using advanced neuro-imaging techniques like fMRI and EEG. The project involves Katerina Alexiou, Theodore Zamenopoulos, Jeff Johnson, Sam Gilbert (UCL), Joydeep Bhattacharya (Goldsmiths College). See publications for more details.
Embracing Complexity in Design
Embracing Complexity in Design (ECiD for short) is a research project funded by EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council) and AHRC (Arts and Humanities Research Council) under the Designing for the 21st Century initiative. The project is funded for 18 months starting from October 2006 and continues the work of a research cluster with the same name funded in the previous year. The objective of ECiD is to understand the part played by complexity science in design, and increasingly the potential for design to play a major role in the emerging science of complex systems.
Open Network of Centres of Excellence in Complex Systems
The Open Network of Centres of Excellence in Complex Systems (ONCE-CS) is a project funded by the European Commission under FP6. The purpose of ONCE-CS is to strengthen European research in complex systems, and to assist people in business and public services to use the new science effectively. After ONCE-CS ends it will hand over to the Complex Systems Society to continue the work of servicing the complex systems community.
Curriculum Vitae
Education
2007. PhD in Architecture. Bartlett School of Graduate Studies and the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis, University College London, UK
1999. Professional Degree in Architectural Engineering (Dip.Arch.Eng). Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Professional Qualifications
Registered architect in Greece since June 1999 (Member of the Technical Chamber of Greece).
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