Andreas P. Andreou

Andreas Andreou With FWC February 2015 - Present Title Project Coordinator Key Project(s) Cyberethics: Cyprus Safer Internet Center RiskTrack Key Interests Forensic Linguistics Filed(s) of study BA Greek Philology (Excellent), MSc Forensic Linguistics University(ies) University of Patras (Greece), Aston University (UK) Notable Achievements Four year Scholarship by Tyrimos Foundation (Cyprus) for BA studies, IKY scholarship and award (State Scholarships Foundation of Greece) in the 3rd year of BA studies (9,83/10),

With Future Worlds Center

Mr. Andreas Andreou joined Future Worlds Center as an external Research Associate with the New Media Lab in February 2015 as well as co-advisor and consultant in Policy & Communications providing assistance to Constantinos Tsiourtos in communications issues, such as:

• Development and implementation of innovative and creative communicating methods and messaging tools; Development of messages and identification of means
• Partnership with management team members to help develop and guide strategic direction, development of operational plans, and management of the overall communications plan
• Establishment of a premier communications team that will serve as a results-driven and goal-oriented component of the organization
• Structuring, setting up and preparing legal documentation for the purpose of securing IPR

In July 2016, he became employee of Future Worlds Center after accepting a position as a Coordinator Assistance in the New Media Lab. He currently serves as Project Coordinator in the Unit for the European co-funded projects RiskTrack and CyberSafety.

Short Bio

Mr. Andreas Andreou holds a BA in Greek Philology, pathways Linguistics (Excellent) from the University of Patras (Greece) and an MSc in Forensic Linguistics from Aston University, UK. Being particularly interested in the use of language in the crime, his MSc thesis focused on the analysis of text messages written in Greeklish, namely, the representation of the Greek language with the Latin alphabet, aiming at examining whether we can identify the author of an unknown Greeklish text message by merely examining its language. Having identified the key role that language plays in the cyber crime, his research interests mainly lie in the field of forensic authorship analysis aiming at (a) raising awareness for the dangers that children face on the Internet and (b) analyzing criminal evidence from a linguistic perspective.

Selected Papers & Presentations

Selected Papers:
- Milona, V, Andreou, A, Tsadiras, A. to appear. “Directive 2011/93/EU on combating sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and its integration into Cyprus law: thoughts andconcerns (in Greek)”
- Ανδρέου, Α. 2015 "Δικαστική Γλωσσολογία και Ηλεκτρονικό Έγκλημα", [1]
- Andreou, A. 2015. “Consistency in the transliteration of Greek graphemes: The case of Greeklish text messages (in Greek)”. In K. Fragkopoulou, F. Kalamida, T. Kardamas, K. Kordouli, M. Marinis, Ch. Panagiotou & N. Vassalou (eds.), Theoretical and Applied Linguistics, pp 52-59 [2]
- Andreou, A. & Grant, T. in preparation “Authorship analysis in Greeklish”
- Greek Translation of Govindarajan V. & Trimble C. (Publisher: Franklin Green Publishing) book "How Stella Saved The Farm" to appear.
- Andreou, A. “Text messaging language: examining consistencies in Greeklish”, Unpublished MSc dissertation

Presentations:
- "The human factor in cybersecurity", Conference "How S@fe is your business", Nicosia, February 2017
- “The language as evidence in the investigation of the crime: Introduction to Forensic Linguistics”, Constanteion Institute of Criminology and Forensic Sciences & CNTI, November 2016
- “Cigarette packages warning in Cyprus: Evaluating the effectiveness of their language” UCLan Cyprus, October 2014.
- “Consistency in the transliteration of Greek graphemes: The case of Greeklish text messages“ 3rd Patras International Conference of Graduate Students in Linguistics, Patras, Greece, May 2014.
- “Authorship analysis: the case of Greeklish” European University, Cyprus, March 2013
- “Authorship analysis in SMS text messages” Cyprus Linguistics Society (Cyling), University of Cyprus, November 2012