CURRICULUM VITAE
PERSONAL INFORMATION
NAME Dr Eirini MavritsakiDATE OF BIRTH
13/03/1975
ADDRESS
Behavioral Brain Sciences Centre
School of Psychology
University of Birmingham
Birmingham, Edgbaston, B15 2TT / ETHNIC ORIGIN
Greek
PHONE
+44 (0) 7967158979
E-MAIL ADDRESS
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
TRANSLATIONS
August 2004 – present (freelance translator)
Greek to English
English to Greek
Example of translation,
o “Acoustic Mode Recognition in Shallow Water Environment”
o “Motoneuronal control of the nictitating membrane response in classical conditioning:
A modelling and EMG study”
RESEARCH
October 2004 – present (Postodoctoral Fellow)
Behavioral Brain Sciences Centre,
School of Psychology, University of Birmingham
April 2003 – October 2004 (Departmental RA)
Department of Psychology, University of Sheffield
April 1999 – September 1999 (Research Associate)
Foundation of Research and Technology (FORTH), Institute of Computational and Applied Mathematics (IACM) Island of Crete, Greece
Research in mathematical modeling in Inverse Problems in Underwater Acoustics
(It included the development of programs using Matlab, Fortran and some C++)
April 1998 – September 1998 (Research Assistant, Training)
Foundation of Research and Technology (FORTH), Institute of Computational and Applied Mathematics (IACM)
Crete, Greece
Research in Radius Theory in Underwater Acoustics.
(It included the development of programs using Matlab, Fortran and some C++)
TEACHING
February 2000 – May 2004 (Tutor)
Psychology, Psychology Department, University of Sheffield
Plan and teach tutorials in Neuroscience, Research Methods, and Statistics, and mark assignments.
February 2002 – May 2002 (Teaching Assistant)
Psychobiology of Language, Human Communication Department, University of Sheffield.
September 1998 – February 1999 (Teaching Assistant)
Department of Mathematics, University of Crete.
Tutorials to undergraduates in-group and individuals in Numerical Linear Algebra, Mathematical Modeling and Programming to Matlab and Fortran.
September 1994 – August 1999 (Private Tutor in Mathematics)
Private tutorial in Mathematics in College Students
COURSES ATTENTED
30 of July 2001 – 24 of August 2001
EU Advanced Course in Computational Neuroscience (an IBRO Neuroscience School) in the International Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy.
EDUCATION
POSTGRADUATE
October 1999 – April 2005 (Ph.D.)
Computational neuroscience
University of Sheffield, Psychology Department
UNDERGRADUATE
September 1994 – March 1999 (B.Sc. (Hons)) (1st class)
Dissertation mark: 10/10
Second highest graduation mark in year group.
University of Crete, Department of Mathematics, Greece
PUBLICATIONS
Refereed Journals
8. Mavritsaki E., Heinke D., Deco G. and Humphreys G.W. (in press) “A computational model of visual marking using an interconnected network of spiking neurons: The spiking search over time & space model (sSoTS).” Journal of Physiology Paris.
7. Mavritsaki E., Heinke D., Deco G. and Humphreys G.W. (in press) “Suppressive effects in visual search: A neuron-computational analysis of preview search” Neurocomputing
6. Mavritsaki E, Lepora NF, Porrill J, Yeo CH, Dean P (available online) “Response linearity determined by recruitment strategy in detailed model of nictititating membrane control.” Biological Cybernetics.
Refereed Proceedings
5. Heinke D., Mavritsaki E., Deco G. and Humphreys G.W. (2006). “A neuron-computational model for the visual marking effect.” In proceedings of the XXVIII symposium international computational neuroscience, p. 94, Mondreal, Canada.
4. Mavritsaki E., Heinke D. (2004) Spike response model performing winner take all computation. Working Paper
3. Lepora NF, Mavritsaki E, Porrill J, Dean P, Yeo CH, Evinger LC (2005) “Evidence for linearity in control of nictitating membrane responses by retractor bulbi motor units.” In: Proceedings of the the 35th Annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, 35, 869.863. Washington DC,USA.
2. Mavritsaki E, Porrill J, Ivarsson M, Yeo CH, Dean P (2001) Recruitment if retractor bulbi motor units in a population model of the nictitating membrane response. In: Proceedings of the 31st Annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, 31, 405.404. San Diego CA, USA.
1. Taroudakis M.I., Markaki M and Mavritsaki E. (2000) "Matching modal arrivals in shallow water for tomographic inversions" In: Proceedings of the 5th European Conference on Underwater Acoustics, edited by M.E.Zakharia, P. Chevret and P. Dubail, pp 1317-1322.
PRESENTATIONS
Mavritsaki Eirini, Heinke Dietmar, Humphreys Glyn, Deco Gustavo. “Visual marking effect in a model for visual search over time and space: The Spiking Search over Time and Space (SSoTS) model.” In Cross Council Brain Sciences Workshop organized by Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), Oxford, UK (14-15/09/06).
Mavritsaki Eirini, Dietmar Heinke, Humphreys Glyn and Deco Gustavo. “Suppressive effects in visual search: A neurocomputional analysis of preview search.” In the CNS*2006, Edinburgh, UK (16-20/07/06)
Mavritsaki Eirini, Dietmar Heinke, Humphreys Glyn and Deco Gustavo. “A neuron-computational analysis of preview search”. In the ARIADNE06 symposium, Santorini, Greece (21-25/06/06)
Mavritsaki Eirini, Dietmar Heinke, Humphreys Glyn and Deco Gustavo. “Computational modelling of visual marking” in the Research Forum, University of Birmingham. (05/05/05)
Mavritsaki Eirini. “Modeling the NMR during classical conditioning” in the Final Symposium: Establishing Synapses to the Future, Belgais, Portugal. (30-1/09/2002)
Mavritsaki Eirini, Porrill John, Yeo Christopher and Dean Paul. “Recruitment of motor units in eyeblink conditioning” in the Departmental Seminar Series, Department of Psychology, University of Sheffield. (10/05/2002)
Mavritsaki Eirini. “Modeling a DCN neuron” EU Advanced Course in Computational Neuroscience (an IBRO Neuroscience School), International Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy. (24/08/2001)
Mavritsaki Eirini.” Classical Conditioning of the Rabbit Nictitating Membrane Response: A motor unit model tested with EMG data” Psypag Conference, Department of Psychology, University of Sheffield. (24/07/2001)
Mavritsaki Eirini, Porrill John, Yeo Christopher and Paul Dean. “The trouble with data: Testing a model of the nictitating membrane response” in the Departmental Seminar Series, Department of Psychology, University of Sheffield. (10/05/2001)
Mavritsaki Eirini, Porrill John, Yeo Christopher and Dean Paul. “Distributed model of Brainstem Circuitry underlying classical conditioning of the nictitating membrane response” in the Departmental Seminar Series, Department of Psychology, University of Sheffield. (30/06/2000)
AWARDS
· BBSRC (Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council) funded Postdoctoral Fellow (present research)
· Fellowship for the EU Advanced Course in Computational Neuroscience (an IBRO Neuroscience School), in the International Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy.
· BBSRC Special Research Studentship Grant (Ph.D. research).
· Studentship from the Department of Psychology, University of Sheffield (Ph.D. research).
ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES
· December 2005 – present (Personal Tutor)
Pastoral role for undergraduate students.
It also includes marking of assignments and final exam papers.
School of Psychology, University of Birmingham
· (July 2006 – present) Member of the Hellenic Society for Neuroscience
· (March 2001 – present) Member of the Society for Neuroscience
· (September 2001–present) Member of the International Brain Research Organization (IBRO)
· (July 2001) Member of the organizing committee for the Psypag Conference, Sheffield, UK
· (October 2000 – October 2001) Faculty of pure science committee student member, University of Sheffield
· (May 1999) Member of the organizing committee for the 1st Workshop on Inverse Problems in Underwater Acoustics, Heraklion, Crete, Greece