Vitae: Yiannis Laouris
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Membership in Associations
Membership in Professional Societies and Associations
| Organization | Years |
|---|---|
| Cypriot Students Association, President '78, GDR | 1981-83 |
| Pre-registration Doctors’ Association, President, '86, Limassol, Cyprus | 1985-86 |
| Physiology Seminar Committee, UA | 1988-89 |
| Co-Coordinator, "PSIO 818: Neurophysiology for Neurologists", UA | 1988-89 2007-present |
| German Physiological Society | 1988-1992 |
| International Society of Biomechanics | 1989 |
| Society for Neuroscience | 1990-1994 2007-present |
| American Physiological Society | 1990-1995 |
| Cyprus Designers and Inventors Association, Secretary '94), Cyprus | 1992-93 |
| Cyprus Neuroscience Association, Appointed President, '91, Cyprus | 1991-96 |
| Cyprus MacUsers Group, Founding Member and President, '92, Cyprus | 1991-94 |
| Cyprus Society of Medical Informatics, Cyprus | 1997-2005 |
| Peace Center, Cyprus | 1994-present |
| Center for Systemic Studies, Founding Member, Cyprus | 1994-96 |
| Technology For Peace, Founding Member and Project Leader | 1997-present |
| IDA: International Dyslexia Association | 2002-present |
| ISSS: International Society for the Systems Sciences | 2003-present |
| ISTE: International Society Technology in Education | 1993-1997 2004-present |
| IADIS: International Association for Development of the Information Society | 2005-present |
| EARLI: European association for Research on Learning & Instruction | 2005-present |
| AERA: American Educational Research Association | 2006-present |
| HSSS: Hellenic Society for Systemic Studies | 2008-present |
| American Society for Cybernetics | 2014-present |
Membership in Bi-communal Peace Initiatives in Cyprus
| Group | Years |
|---|---|
| Executive Committee of the Westminster Group | 1995-2000 |
| Member of the Core Trainers Group | 1994-1997 |
| Member and Facilitator of the Young Business Leaders Bicommunal Group | 1997-1999 |
| Facilitator of the Technology for Peace Group (Greek Cypriot Side) | 1997-2003 |
| Facilitator for the Bicommunal Investment Company Group | 1997-2000 |
| Member of the Secretariat of the Coordinating Initiative | 1998-2000 |
| Member of the Communication Initiative | 1998-2000 |
| Facilitator of the Y2P (Youth Promoting Peace) Group | 1999-2003 |
| Founding Member and Board Member of Cyprus Community Media Centre | 2010-present |
| Founding member of CINDEP | 2010 |
Honors and Awards
During the ceremony Dr Erato Kozakou-Markoullis was honoured and appointed “Honorary Fellow” in the Law School of UCLan Cyprus while Dr Yiannis Laouris was honoured and appointed “Honorary Fellow” in the School of Sciences.Organization of international meetings and symposia
Laouris has been chair and/or key organizer of the following conferences:
| Name and description of the award | Year |
| Leistungstippendien, Leipzig, Germany Financial award given to students with very high grades |
1979-1984 |
| Salvador Allende Stippendium, Leipzig, Germany Prize given to two best students of each university in the country |
1985 |
| Leistungshau, Leipzig, GDR Competition for selection of research achievements by young scientists |
1984 & 1985 |
| Summa cum laude, Leipzig, Germany PhD received the most unusual distinction having being graded with 5 A’s |
1985 |
| Υποτροφία Παγκύπριας Πορείας Αγάπης Αρχιεπισκόπου Μακαρίου Γ, Nicosia, Cyprus Scholarship given by Makarios Foundation exempting rules to support a young scientist's dream to follow a humanistic research career |
1986 |
| Provost's Teaching Award, Arizona, USA For development of computer-based undergraduate instruction in neuroscience |
1990 |
| Medical Innovation Award, Arizona, USA For development of computer-based undergraduate instruction in neuroscience |
1992 |
| IPDF, Arizona, USA1992
For activities in International Program Development |
1992 |
| ISO 9001/2, London, UK Among the first few companies in Cyprus to get this award from a UK Board |
1996 |
| Silver Award, INPEX 95, Pittsburgh, USA Innovation Competition Fair with thousands of participants from all over the world |
1995 |
| The Elected of the Year '96, Jerusalem, Israel The CYBER Kids company in Israel chosen as the most promising new company of the Year |
1996 |
| Qualidat, Geneva, Switzerland Distinction given to companies that demonstrate high standards of quality |
1996 |
| CYBER KIDS Award for Creativity by the Employers and Industrialists Federation (1998) | 1998 |
| Civil Society Award
First Award to NGOs pioneering in social transformation |
2008 |
| Silver Award Hellenic Society for Systemic Studies Award to distinguished scientists |
2008 |
| Anna Lindh Award Honourable Mention, to Future Words Center for the highly-esteemed work on intercultural dialogue for the promotion of freedom and citizenship | 2011 |
| Digital Champion Cyprus Award 2015 for his role and support in establishing an award process for innovations in digital economy | 2015 |
| UCLAN Award 2015 honoured and appointed “Honorary Fellow” in the School of Sciences for his societal contributions | 2015 |
| Global Education Innovation Award 2017 One of 12 awarded by GENE – Global Education Network Europe to Future Worlds Center for its innovative Map Your Meal project. | 2017 |
| Digital Champion Award: 2nd Prize; awarded to GNOUS Labs Ltd. as start-up. | 2017 |
| Industry Disruptors-Game Changers Award by Disrupt Cyprus awarded to GNOUS Labs Ltd., for MAPS' disruptive ability; 3rd Prize | 2017 |
| Get In The Ring awarded to GNOUS Labs Ltd. as start-up. 1st Prize | 2018 |
| Year | Event | # | Role/Co-organizers | Organizations | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Perspectives in Motor Control: Brainstorming on the State of Affairs and Future Developments |
25 | Co-Chair Chairs: H.-D. Henatsch Uwe Windhorst |
Georg-August University Goettingen |
Paphos, Cyprus |
| 1992 | Innovation-Technology Social Progress 92 | 120 | Chair: Yiannis Laouris Co-Chair: George Christodoulides |
CNTI Institute of Technology Cyprus Development Bank CYBER KIDS |
Nicosia, Cyprus |
| 1993 | Innovation-Technology Social Progress 93 | 135 | Chair: Yiannis Laouris Co-Chair: George Christodoulides |
CNTI Institute of Technology Cyprus Development Bank CYBER KIDS |
Nicosia, Cyprus |
| 1995 | Computers and Dyslexia 1995 Seminar | 90 | Chair Co-Chair: Pantelis Makris and the Dyslexia Group |
CNTI Cyprus Dyslexia Association CYBER KIDS |
Nicosia, Cyprus |
| 1996 | Computers and Dyslexia 1996 Conference | 120 | Chair Co-Chair: Despo Minaidou and the Dyslexia Group |
CNTI Cyprus Dyslexia Association CYBER KIDS |
Lefkosia, Cyprus |
| 1997 | Computers and Dyslexia 1997 Conference | 105 | Chair Co-Chair: Christiane El-Haddad and the Dyslexia Group |
CNTI Cyprus Dyslexia Association CYBER KIDS |
Lefkosia, Cyprus |
| 1998 | Computers and Dyslexia 1998 Conference | 133 | Chair Co-Chair: Petroula Petrou and the Dyslexia Group |
CNTI Cyprus Dyslexia Association CYBER KIDS |
Lefkosia, Cyprus |
| 2001 | Computers and Dyslexia 2001 Conference | 145 | Chair Co-Chair: Mira Ioannou and the Dyslexia Group |
CNTI Cyprus Dyslexia Association CYBER KIDS |
Lefkosia, Cyprus |
| 2002 | Building an innovation based Economy | 34 | Chair Co-Chair: Panikos Michael |
Commonwealth Science Council WAITRO |
Pafos, Cyprus |
| 2002 | Computers and Dyslexia 2002 Conference | 220 | Chair Co-Chair: Stella Ioannides and the Dyslexia Group |
CNTI Cyprus Dyslexia Association CYBER KIDS |
Lefkosia, Cyprus |
| 2003 | International Conference on Innovation Grand Bay, 24 – 28 February 2003 |
85 | Chair | Commonwealth Science Council WAITRO |
Mauritius |
| 2005 | Multilingual and Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Dyslexia; 3rd International Multilingualism and Dyslexia Conference |
223 | Vice President of Local Organizing Committee |
IDA EDA CDA |
Limassol, Cyprus |
| 2005 | Accessibility for All to Services and Terminals for Next Generation Networks - The Ambient Intelligence Perspective |
44 | Vice President of Local Organizing Committee |
CNTI Cost219ter secretariat |
Ayia Napa, Cyprus |
| 2005 | IADIS International Conference Mobile Learning | 155 | Member of Review- & Organizing Committees |
Qawra, Malta | |
| 2007 | Insafe Meeting | 56 | Chairs; Yiannis Laouris and Janice Richardson |
Insafe CNTI |
Limassol, Cyprus |
| 2008 | Safer Internet Day Conference 2008 | >600 | Organizing Committee | CYTA CNTI Cyprus Pedagogical Institute Cyber Crime |
Nicosia, Cyprus |
| 2009 | Safer Internet Day Conference 2009 | >600 | Organizing Committee | CYTA CNTI Cyprus Pedagogical Institute Cyber Crime |
Nicosia, Cyprus |
| 2010 | Safer Internet Day Conference 2010 | >600 | Organizing Committee | CYTA CNTI Cyprus Pedagogical Institute Cyber Crime |
Nicosia, Cyprus |
| 2010 | Cyprus Peace Makers Act Beyond Borders Conference |
>200 | Organizing Committee | FWC | Nicosia, Cyprus |
| 2011 | Connecting Generations - Discover the digital world together…safely! |
>100 | Chair | CNTI Frederick University |
Nicosia, Cyprus |
| 2011 | Safer Internet Day Conference 2011 | >650 | Organizing Committee | CYTA CNTI Cyprus Pedagogical Institute Cyber Crime |
Nicosia, Cyprus |
| 2011 | Mobile Learning as the future of education | >60 | Organizing Committee | CYTA CNTI |
San Sebastian, Spain |
| 2012 | Safer Internet Day Conference 2012 | >750 | Organizing Committee | CYTA CNTI Cyprus Pedagogical Institute Cyber Crime |
Nicosia, Cyprus |
Collaborative research and visiting scientists
Department of Neurophysiology, Georg-August University, Göttingen, Germany
Doctoral Students
Serving as mentor for doctoral students of Prof. Uwe Windhorst.
| Name | Status during training | Period |
|---|---|---|
| Uli Kuipers | Dipl. Biol. in PhD program | 1986-1988 |
| Theodoros Kokkoroyiannis | Dipl. Biol. in PhD program | 1986-1988 |
University of Arizona, Tucson, USA
Undergraduate and Masters Students; Across campus
The following Undergraduate and Masters students collaborated for the development of Hypercard-based courses in neuroscience, which were eventually honored with the Provost's Teaching Award and the Medical Innovation Award.
| Name | Status during training | Period |
|---|---|---|
| Elisa M. Chernov | Undergraduate at Systems and Industrial Engineering, Research Assistant | 1990-1991 |
| Beili Wing | Undergraduate at Computer Science, Research Assistant | 1990 |
| Nicos Stylianou | M.S. Electrical Engineering, Research Assistant | 1990-1992 |
| Xenon Xenophontos | M.S. Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Research Assistant | 1990-1992 |
| Amit Vyas | M.S. MIS Engineering, Research Assistant | 1990-1991 |
Doctoral Students; Department of Neurophysiology
Serving as mentor for doctoral students of Prof. Douglas G. Stuart.
| Name | Status during training | Period |
|---|---|---|
| John M. Spielmann | B.S., M.S.; PhD student in Neuroscience | 1986-1990 |
| Leslie Bevan | B.A., M.S.; PhD student in Neuroscience | 1986-1990 |
| Katalin M. Gothard | M.D.; PhD student in neuroscience | 1990-1991 |
Postdoctoral Fellows; Department of Neurophysiology
Collaborative experimental work with post-doctoral students in the context of the Robotics/Prosthetics/Motor Control Group.
| Name | Status during collaboration | Period |
|---|---|---|
| Grant A. Robinson | Ph.D., Post-doc, Research Associate in Physiology/School of Medicine | 1986-1989 |
| Michael A. Nordstrom | DDS, Ph.D., Research Associate in Physiology, College of Medicine | 1989-1992 |
| Robert J. Callister | Ph.D., Research Associate in Physiology, College of Medicine | 1990-1992 |
| Jane Garland | Ph.D., Research Associate in Physiology, College of Medicine | 1990-1991 |
Visiting Scholars; Robotics/Prosthetics/Motor Control Group
Collaborative experimental work with international visiting scientists in the context of the Robotics/Prosthetics/Motor Control Group.
| Name | Status during collaboration | Period |
|---|---|---|
| Nicolina I. Radicheva | M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biophysics Visiting from Central Laboratory of Biophysics Bulgarian Academy of Sciences |
1988-1989 |
| Lubomir V. Gerilovsky | M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Physiology, visiting from Central Laboratory of Biophysics Bulgarian Academy of Sciences |
1988-1989 |
| Konstantin G. Kostov | Research Associate, visiting from Central Laboratory of Biophysics Bulgarian Academy of Sciences |
1988-1989 |
Higher Technical Institute, Cyprus, 1991-1994
Mentoring students while teaching a number of classes at the Higher Technical Institute.
- Supervisor for approximately 20 HTI students
- More than 30 worked at the CNTI between 1991-1994.
Philips College, Cyprus, 1992-1994
Mentoring and supervising students while teaching at Philips College.
Supervising theses of three BS in Psychology students
| Name | Status during training | Period |
|---|---|---|
| Demetra Kalopedi | Psychology Student working on her Thesis | 1993 |
| Costas Constanti | Psychology Student working on his Thesis | 1993 |
| Christiane El-Haddad | Psychology Student working on her Thesis | 1993 |
CYBER School of Instructors
Full-time CYBER KIDS Instructors, Cyprus, 1992-2001
- More than 50 instructors attended the practical training of the CYBER School of Instructors (ca. 40h) between 1993-2001.
Part-time Instructors
- A total of 186 CYBER KIDS Instructors attended my practical training classes at the CYBER School of Instructors (ca. 40h each) between 1993-2001.
Full-time Senior Scientists
| Name | Status during collaboration | Period |
|---|---|---|
| Harry Anastasiou | Head of Cyberkids Curriculum Development Unit | 1006-2001 |
| Philip Snyder | Professor of Conflict Resolution | 9/1998-9/1999 |
Bicommunal Peace Movement, Cyprus, 1994-present
Collaborations with a number of international scholars the context of activities related to the Bicommunal Peace Movement.
Visiting Scholars
| Name | Status during training | Period |
|---|---|---|
| Benjamin Broome | Professor of Conflict Resolution, Fulbright Scholar | 1994-96 |
| Philip Snyder | Professor of Conflict Resolution, Fulbright Scholar | 1996-98; (Since 2000, visiting every year) |
| John Ungerleider | Professor of Conflict Resolution, Fulbright Scholar | 1997-98 |
| Gary Gumpert | Professor of Communication Visiting periodically to collaborate in technology related issues |
1997- 2005 (visiting every year) |
| Suzan Drucker | Professor of Communication Visiting periodically to collaborate in technology related issues |
1997- 2005 (visiting every year) |
| Hrach Gregorian | Professor of Peace Studies Visiting periodically to collaborate in technology related issues |
1997- present (visiting almost every year) |
Cyprus Neuroscience and Technology Institute, Cyprus, Years:1991-2001
Full-time Research Associates
| Name | Status during training | Period |
|---|---|---|
| George Vakanas | Research Associate, Depts. of Neural Control, CNTI | 1991-1995 |
| Stelios Stylianou | Research Associate, Depts. of Neural Control, CNTI | 9/1992-7/1994 |
| Jack Kyriakou | Research Assistant, Dept. of Neural Control | 9/1992-3/1993 |
| Irina Nicolaou | Research Assistant, Dept. Dept. of Neural Control | 10/1992-4/1993 |
| Yiannos Constantinou | Programmer for MAPS and Technician | 1998-2001 |
Undergraduate Students
8 HTI- and 3 Philips College students completed their practical training with me at the Institute. 1991-94
Masters students working on their theses
| Name | Status during training | Period |
|---|---|---|
| Eleni Vakanas | Masters Student, CYBER Kids R&D Unit | 1993-94 |
| Christiane El-Haddad | Research Associate, Special Education Unit | 1993-1997 |
Cyprus Neuroscience and Technology Institute, Cyprus, Years: 2001-present
Full-time Associates funded through EU or international grants
| Name | Status during training | Period |
|---|---|---|
| George Tziapouras | MS in Political Science, Coordinator of Technology for Peace | 3/2001-7/2004 |
| Nikoletta Koutsakou | MS in Political Science, Coordinator of Youth Promoting Peace | 2001-2002 |
| Xenia Constantinou | MS in Political Science, Coordinator of Youth Promoting Peace | 9/2002-3/2005 |
| Natasa Xenophontos | MS in International Studies, Coordinator of HasNa-funded projects | 9/2002-12/02 |
| Synthia Pavlou | BS in Journalism, Coordinator of HasNa-funded projects | 2/2003- 9/2003 |
| Elia Petridou | BS in Economics, Coordinator of HasNa-funded projects | 11/2003-12/2004 |
| Elia Petridou | MS in International Studies, Coordinator of EU Citizenship project | 9/2005-8/2008 |
| Kerstin Wittig | MA in Political Science | 10/2005-present |
| Tonia Loizidou | MS in Cognitive Psychology | 5/2006-2/2008 |
| Vipar Uthenpong | MS in Computer science | 5/2006-8/2007 |
| Christos Xenophontos | MA in European Studies | 5/2006-10/2006 |
| Reinhard Eckert | Coordinator of Everybody's Song | 5/2006-5/2008 |
| Tatjana Taraszow | MS Psychology | 9/2006-present |
| Nikolas Kasparis | MS Artificial Intelligence | 10/2007-9/2008 |
| Elena Aristodemou | MA Psychological Research Methods | 2/2008-present |
| Georgina Siitta Achilleos | BS Psychology | 2/2008-4/2012 |
Visiting Senior Scientists
| Name | Status during training | Period |
|---|---|---|
| Peter Gerjets | Assistant Professor of Psychology, Germany | 1 week in 1992 &1993 |
| Peter Schwartze | Professor of Physiology Germany | Short visits in 1993 & 2000 |
| Douglas G. Stuart | Professor of Physiology, USA | Short visits in 1994 & 1995 |
| Rasim Arikan | PhD Candidate of Physiology, Turkey | 1 month in 1993 |
Future Worlds Center
Interns visiting from Portland State University
Short term research fellowships and international interns
| Name | Status during training | Period |
|---|---|---|
| Björn Rohde-Liebenau | Masters Student from Germany visiting Technology for Peace | Spring Semester 2003 |
| Christina Simokat | Masters Student, USA | Fall Semester, 2003 |
| Demetris Desylas | Masters Student | Spring Semester 2004 |
| Vasiliki Katrivanou | Masters Student | Spring Semester 2004 |
| Melaina Spitzer | BSc Student, USA | Summer Semester 2004 |
| Astrid Blümlein | Masters Student, Greece | Spring & Summer Semester 2005 |
| Eleni Messiou | Masters Student, Cyprus | Oct 2008-Dec 2008 |
| Christina Montanios | Masters, Cyprus | Oct 2008--Dec 2008 |
| Pelin Aksoy | Masters Student, from Turkey | Spring Semester 2005 |
| Lucia Fetzer | Masters Student from University of Hannover, Germany | Sep 2008-present |
