Biography

Dimitris Mylonas is an Associate Professor and Head of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence at Northeastern University London, UK. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from University College London. His research explores the intersection of perceptual, cognitive, and linguistic aspects of colour communication. With over 15 years of interdisciplinary experience, his work spans visual communication design, colour management, experimental psychology, cognitive neuroscience, cross-cultural studies, crowdsourcing, and computing. Dimitris is Senior Editor of Color Research and Application, Co-editor of the Progress in Color Studies book series, and Chair of the International Color Association’s Study Group on the Language of Color.

Qualifications

PhD in Computer Science, University College London (2020)

MRes in Media and Arts Technology, Queen Mary University of London (2014)

MSc in Digital Colour Imaging, London College of Communication, University of the Arts London (2009)

Professional affiliations

Chairman of the study group ‘Language of Color’ of the International Color Association (AIC).

Member of Applied Vision Association (AVA)

Member of the International Colour Vision Society (ICVS)

Member of the Colour Group (GB)

Languages

English and Greek

Selected publications

Mylonas, D., Koliousis, A., Stutters, J., Katemake, P., Stockman, A., & Eskew, R. T. (2023). Augmenting colour communication in English, Greek and Thai. 15th AIC Congress, Chiang Rai.

van Leeuwen, J. E. P., McDougall, A., Mylonas, D., Suárez-González, A., Crutch, S. J., & Warren, J. D. (2023). Pupil responses to colorfulness are selectively reduced in healthy older adults. Scientific Reports, 13(1), A1.

Mylonas, D., Caparos, S., & Davidoff, J. (2022). Augmenting a colour lexicon. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 9(1), 1–12.

Mylonas D., Griffin L.D. (2020) Coherence of achromatic, primary and basic classes of colour categories, Vision Research 175:14-22.

Griffin, L. D., & Mylonas, D. (2019). Categorical colour geometry. PLOS ONE, 14(5), e0216296.

Zeki S., Cheadle S., Pepper J., Mylonas, D. (2017). The constancy of colored after-images. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 11: 229.

Mylonas, D., MacDonald, L.W. (2016). Augmenting Basic Color Terms in English. Color Research & Application, 41(1), 32–42.

Mylonas, D., Paramei, G., MacDonald, L.W. (2014). Gender differences in colour naming. In Progress in Colour Studies v.3, John Benjamins Publishing. Amsterdam, Netherlands.

A full list of publications can be found at: Google Scholar [https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=I7W_IuYAAAAJ&hl=en] and ResearchGate [https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Dimitris-Mylonas-2].