Andreas P. Andreou

Andreas Andreou Period at FWC February 2015 - Present Field of Study BA Greek Philology (Excellent), MSc Forensic Linguistics Sending University University of Patras (Greece), Aston University (UK) 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),

Mr. Andreas Andreou joined Future Worlds Center as an intern in February 2015.

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:
- Andreou, A. to appear. “Consistency in the transliteration of Greek graphemes: The case of Greeklish text messages”
- 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- Andreou, A. “Text messaging language: examining consistencies in Greeklish”, Unpublished MSc dissertation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:
- “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.
- “How you can protect your child from “friends” who meet online through Facebook”. Lecture given as part of the training activities of the Pancyprian School for Parents which has been given to public and private schools in Cyprus in audience ranging from students, parents and teachers during the academic years 2013-2015.
- “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