Dr. Emmanouil Zidianakis holds a PhD in “Information Systems and Human–Computer Interaction” and an MSc in “Information Systems/e-Commerce” from the Computer Science Department of the University of Crete. He has been a member of the Human–Computer Interaction Laboratory of FORTH-ICS since 2005 and is actively engaged in the Ambient Intelligence (AmI) Programme of ICS-FORTH. His research interests fall in the field of universal access, adaptive and intelligent distributed user interfaces, Extended Reality (XR), Internet of Things (IoT), and ambient intelligence. He is experienced in the design, development, and evaluation of the AmI technological framework capable of monitoring and evaluating young children’s skills and abilities while, on the other hand, enhancing children's playing experience as it adapts to meet the continuously changing playing maturity. He has participated in a number of European research projects, including FP7-ICT-ASK-IT, H2020-ADASANDME, etc.