Iason N. Paterakis is a California-based media artist and licensed Architect–Engineer (TEE/Technical Chamber of Greece) creating biodata-driven immersive installations that merge neurobiology and cognitive science with media architectures and creative AI. He is currently pursuing a PhD in Media Arts & Technology at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and is a member of transLAB under Professor Marcos Novak. Since 2012, he has also been a researcher at the Transformable Intelligent Environments Laboratory (TIE Lab) at the Technical University of Crete, collaborating with Vice Dean Professor Konstantinos-Alketas Oungrinis.
His work treats AI as an agent in the making -shaping behavior, aesthetics, and cyber-physical structures across XR, real-time audiovisual environments, and large-venue projection installations. Recent projects translate signals from neurobiology and brain organoids into real-time generative visuals and responsive tangible architectures. This direction includes the Global Organoid Orchestra, an initiative linking labs internationally and using brain organoid data as “conductors” for distributed media art performances and installations.
He has held lead creative roles in internationally presented works, including SIGGRAPH 2023, where he led creative development for the Synaptic Time Tunnel, a 130-foot Autodesk-funded large-scale installation. In Greece (2021), he served in a lead creative role for one of Europe’s most expansive projection-mapping initiatives, spanning 18 cities simultaneously. He also serves as Art Director for Brave New Works, a new AI and urban projection conference/symposium featuring works by internationally recognized media artists in public space. He is currently an Artist-in-Residence at the Santa Barbara Center for Art, Science & Technology, and has contributed to a novel Antarctica research project exploring AI-driven countermeasures to the negative effects of isolated and extreme environments with relevance to long-duration space missions.
PUBLICATIONS
Journal articles
[1] N. Manoudaki, I. Paterakis, D. Flatley, and M. Novak, “Digital morphogenesis and bioAffective data: A computational framework for multisensory design,” International Journal of Architectural Computing, 2025.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/14780771251356527
PDF: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/14780771251356527
[2] I. Paterakis and N. Manoudaki, “Osmosis: Generative AI and XR for the real-time transformation of urban architectural environments,” International Journal of Architectural Computing, vol. 23, no. 4, pp. 821–836, 2025.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/14780771251356526
PDF: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/14780771251356526
Conference proceedings
[3] N. Manoudaki, M. Toka, I. Paterakis, and D. Flatley, “Simulacra Naturae: Generative Ecosystem driven by Agent-Based Simulations and Brain Organoid Collective Intelligence,” arXiv preprint, 2025.
arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.02924
PDF: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2509.02924.pdf
[4] I. Paterakis, N. Manoudaki, G. Wakefield, H. Ji, D. Flatley, R. Millett, W. Qiu, and M. Novak, “Composing Complexity: A Case Study of Integrating Multi-Layered Audio-Visual Systems in Large-Scale Interactive Installations,” in Proc. ISEA 2025, 2025.
PDF: https://isea-symposium-archives.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/2025_Paterakis_Composing-complexity.pdf
[5] S. H. Ahn, N. Manoudaki, R. Millett, I. Paterakis, and Y. Oh, “Exploring Human Emotional Perception Through the Gut Microbiota,” in Proc. ISEA 2025, 2025.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.23362/KOEN2025.07.25.2.174
[6] C. Balomenaki, K. Chamilothori, K. Biniakou, I. Paterakis, N. Manoudaki, et al., “Enhancing Psychological Well-being in Extreme Environments: Customized Environmental Projection System applied at the ‘St. Kliment Ohridski’ Bulgarian Base in Antarctica,” in Proc. 76th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), 2025. Link: IAF Astro Directory
[7] C. Balomenaki, I. Paterakis, N. Manoudaki, K. Biniakou, K. Chamilothori, and K.-A. Oungrinis, “Emotional Landscapes: Enhancing Well-Being in Antarctica Through Personalized Audio-Visual Projections and Generative AI,” in Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture (ANFA) Conference, 2025.
Link: TU/e Research Portal
[8] I. Paterakis and N. Manoudaki, “Osmosis: Designing immersive urban environments using generative Artificial Intelligence,” in Proc. SIGraDi 2024 (Biodigital Intelligent Systems), 2024, pp. 2659–2670.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.sigradi.2024.2659
PDF: https://papers.cumincad.org/data/works/att/sigradi2024_382.pdf
[9] N. Manoudaki, I. Paterakis, D. Flatley, and M. Novak, “Alloplex BioAffective Worlds XR ‘Hydnum’,” in Proc. SIGraDi 2024 (Biodigital Intelligent Systems), 2024, pp. 2671–2682.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.sigradi.2024.2671
PDF: https://papers.cumincad.org/data/works/att/sigradi2024_513.pdf
[10] M. Christoulakis, N. Manoudaki, I. Paterakis, M. Liapi, and K.-A. Oungrinis, “Hybrid Environmental Projection Platform (HEPP). An extended reality platform that combines the sense of place with the palimpsest of the city’s space to promote local cultural heritage,” in ArchitectureMPS / AMPS: Urban Futures – Cultural Pasts (Proceedings Series 40.3), 2024.
Proceedings PDF: https://amps-research.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Amps-Proceedings-Series_40.3-1.pdf
[11] M. Liapi, N. Manoudaki, I. Paterakis, M. Christoulakis, M. Ioannidis, and K.-A. Oungrinis, “Interfacing Heritage and Technology: The ‘Desire for Freedom’ Project as a Paradigm of Extended Reality in Architecture,” in ArchitectureMPS / AMPS: Urban Futures – Cultural Pasts (Proceedings Series 40.3), 2024.
Proceedings PDF: https://amps-research.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Amps-Proceedings-Series_40.3-1.pdf
[12] S.-F. Neamoniti, M. Pavlopoulou, A. Argyraki, M. Ioannidis, N. Manoudaki, I. Paterakis, and K.-A. Oungrinis, “A Connectionist Approach in Creating Cultural Heritage Content: The Open City Museum App,” in CONNECTIONS: Exploring Heritage, Architecture, Cities, Art, Media (AMPS Proceedings Series 20.1), pp. 344–354, 2021.
Proceedings PDF: https://amps-research.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Amps-Proceedings-Series-20.1.pdf
[13] G. Kallergis, M. Christoulakis, A. Diakakis, M. Ioannidis, I. Paterakis, N. Manoudaki, M. Liapi, and K.-A. Oungrinis, “Open City Museum: Unveiling the Cultural Heritage of Athens Through an Augmented Reality Based Time Leap,” in Culture and Computing (HCII 2020), pp. 156–171, 2020.
Springer (chapter): https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-50267-6_13
Book: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-50267-6
[14] M. Christoulakis, M. Liapi, I. Paterakis, N. Manoudaki, and K.-A. Oungrinis, “Interactions in Spatially Augmented Places,” in Proc. S.ARCH 2020, 2020.
PDF (ResearchGate): https://www.researchgate.net/publication/342880601_INTERACTIONS_IN_SPATIALLY_AUGMENTED_PLACES
[15] I. Paterakis, N. Manoudaki, M. Christoulakis, M. Liapi, and K.-A. Oungrinis, “VISUAL NARRATIVES: A methodology for layering and deconstructing digital projections,” in Proc. S.ARCH 2020, 2020.
PDF (ResearchGate): https://www.researchgate.net/publication/342880767_VISUAL_NARRATIVES_A_METHODOLOGY_FOR_LAYERING_AND_DECONSTRUCTING_DIGITAL_PROJECTIONS
[16] K.-A. Oungrinis, M. Liapi, M. Christoulakis, I. Paterakis, and N. Manoudaki, “HYBRID ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTION PLATFORM (HEPP). AN ENHANCED-REALITY INSTALLATION THAT FACILITATES IMMERSIVE LEARNING EXPERIENCES,” in Proc. EDULEARN, 2018.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21125/edulearn.2018.1914
[17] K.-A. Oungrinis, M. Liapi, M. Christoulakis, S. Ntzoufras, E. Lionaki, I. Paterakis, and O. Bannova, “Fabrication and Self-Assembly processes on the Mars surface,” in Proc. IAC 2015, 2015.
PDF (ResearchGate): https://www.researchgate.net/publication/334173628_Fabrication_and_Self-Assembly_processes_on_the_Mars_surface
[18] K.-A. Oungrinis, M. Liapi, M. Christoulakis, A. Klothakis, I. Paterakis, et al., “Hybrid Environmental Projection Platform: An Interactive Educational Tool,” in Architecture, City and Information Design | EuropIA.14, 2014.
PDF (Academia): https://www.academia.edu/14728240/Hybrid_Environmental_Projection_Platform_An_Interactive_Educational_Tool
[19] K.-A. Oungrinis, I. Paterakis, A. Klothakis, D. Vidalis, M. Dimopoulou, G. Voradaki, and A. Tralo, “The Airpotition Project,” in Proc. SGEM 2013 (Nano, Bio and Green Technologies), 2013.
PDF (ResearchGate): https://www.researchgate.net/publication/269058004_THE_AIRPOTITION_PROJECT