About
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Emmanouel Rovithis (Εμμανουήλ Ροβίθης), born in Athens, Greece, is a sound artist, researcher, and educator.
He holds a PhD in Electronic Music Composition (Ionian University, Dept. of Music Studies). In his thesis he designed an electronic Role-Playing Audio Game as proof of concept of an audio-interactive system for the combined purposes of entertainment, education, and music creation.
Prior to his PhD studies he had graduated from the German School of Athens, received a degree in German Literature (National Kapodistrian University of Athens), completed his studies in Classical Guitar, Harmony and Counterpoint (“Rhythmos” Conservatoir) and achieved his MA in Music Composition (Anglia Polytechnic University, Cambridge, UK).
He is currently employed as Laboratory Teaching Personnel at the Department of Audio & Visual Arts of the Ionian University teaching subjects related to Art Didactics, Audio Interaction, Music Programming and Gamification in the Departtment's graduate and postgraduate (Audiovisual Arts in the Digital Age & Master of Research in Hybrid Arts) programs of studies.
He is also member of the Department's Special Program for the Certification of Pedagogical and Didactical Sufficiency, Audiovisual Signal Processing Laboratory, and Game Hub. He has also been supervising graduate and post-graduate dissertations, serving as member of the editing and organizing committee of the Department's Digital Culture & AudioVisual Challenges Conference, and contributing to the organisation of the same institution’s annual Audiovisual Arts Festival.
Emmanouel's research interests include Audio Games, Audio Augmented Reality, Audio Interaction, Accessibility for the Visually Impaired, Gamification, Instructional Design, and Data Sonification. In his research projects his contribution comprises concept design, gamification, sound design, prototyping, experiment design, bibliographic research, results analysis and dissemination. He has published a number of articles in scientific journals and conference proceedings, and designed audio games, interactive installations, courses and workshops on behalf of institutions, such as the Ionian University, the Athens Megaron Friends of Music Society, the Hellenic-American Educational Foundation, the Panhellenic Association of the Blind, and the Mikro Polytechnio Foundation for the Arts.
Rovithis has a strong experience in music composition and sound design for theatre and cinema, collaborating with various directors and choreographers including Aris Biniaris, Mario Banushi, Justine Goussot, Georgia Mavragani, Makis Papadimitratos, Vicky Sachpazi, Esther Andre Gonzales and others.