Dimitrios Karaiskos is a Research Fellow at the WRC of the Department of Management Science and Technology of Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB).

He holds a BSc Degree in Informatics and Telecommunications from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece and an MSc in Information Systems from the Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece. His doctoral dissertation investigates user acceptance of pervasive information systems taking into account technology-specific traits, human behaviour, physical and social environment. His work has been presented in several academic conferences and published in International Journal of Mobile Computing, Journal of Information Technology and several book chapters.

His main research interests lie in the area of pervasive information systems and technology acceptance. Mainly, he is studying acceptance of pervasive systems in the context of promotion and exploitation of cultural heritage. Moreover, he is interested in the design and implementation of pervasive services involving mobile and wireless technologies. He is also investigating usage trends and perceptions regarding mobile internet and data services through his participation in the Worldwide Mobile Data Services Survey.

He uses analytical tools such as variance and covariance-based Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) and survey and experimental design as research methodologies. Finally, he has great experience in software development on both desktop and mobile devices in various platforms and programming languages.