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==About me==
==About me==


My name is Marios Isaakidis. I was born and spent my first years in Thessaloniki, a warm and relaxed city in northern Greece. Currently, I am studying Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering and Information Technology at Cyprus University of Technology.
My name is Marios Isaakidis. I was born and spent my first years in Thessaloniki, a relaxed city in northern Greece. Currently, I am studying Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering and Information Technology at Cyprus University of Technology.
During the summer, I am working as an android developer and researching how we could use multi-touch surfaces for collaborative learning, ideas mapping and brainstorming at Cyprus Interaction Lab. For my final thesis I am working with the [http://www.serval-arch.org/ Serval Architecture], questioning if a DHT service resolution system could be useful to it's incremental deployment.
During last summer, I was working as an android developer and was researching how we could use multi-touch surfaces for collaborative learning, ideas mapping and brainstorming at Cyprus Interaction Lab. For my final thesis I am working with the [http://www.serval-arch.org/ Serval Architecture], questioning if a DHT service resolution system could be useful to it's incremental deployment.
In cooperation with New Technologies Club of Cyprus University of Technology we are preparing a FOSS team in Limassol.
 
I believe and spread the word based on the idea of showing why fedora (and open source in general) is so good to use and has a great community and philosophy supporting it, instead of highlighting "opponents' drawbacks". They do their own work; we are planning for the future. And yes it works!
 
Until now, I have contributed mainly by acting as the "people person", attending and organizing events, making presentations and workshops, recommending FOSS and helping friends and university students, translating and providing help through irc. This is going to change, as my knowledge in programming, validating and testing software, database and server maintenance and web design is improving via university courses and personal research. Strong will to get involved and true interest IMHO are the most important qualifications for a contributor and I truly support the idea of open source software in my every-day life.




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*Member of Ubuntucy (Cypriot Linux and open source community)
*Member of Ubuntucy (Cypriot Linux and open source community)
*Translator of projects like Limewire, Ubuntu, MeTV, Firefox...
*Translator of projects like Limewire, Ubuntu, MeTV, Firefox...
*Member of Ubuntu Gaming Team (follow me on [https://launchpad.net/~misaakidis launchpad])
*Fedora Ambassador of Cyprus
*Fedora Ambassador of Cyprus
 
*Mozilla Rep


==Relative Events==
==Relative Events==
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*[Co-Organized, presented Workshop] [Free/Open Source Software Workshop 2011 (reloaded!), (Limassol, Cyprus) (21/10/2011), Presentation [http://www.slideshare.net/MariosAntegeia/make-install $ make install])]
*[Co-Organized, presented Workshop] [Free/Open Source Software Workshop 2011 (reloaded!), (Limassol, Cyprus) (21/10/2011), Presentation [http://www.slideshare.net/MariosAntegeia/make-install $ make install])]
*[Organized] [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Arcadeparty1111 11/11/11 Arcade Marathon], with 8bit music, Arcade games and free beers (Limassol, Cyprus) (11/11/2011)]
*[Organized] [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Arcadeparty1111 11/11/11 Arcade Marathon], with 8bit music, Arcade games and free beers (Limassol, Cyprus) (11/11/2011)]
*[Participated] [[http://networkcultures.org/wpmu/unlikeus/past-events/1-cyprus/ Unlike Us] (Limassol, Cyprus)  (23/11/2011)]
*[Volunteered, Fedora booth]    [FOSDEM 2012 (Brussels, Belgium)]
*[Volunteered, Fedora booth]    [FOSDEM 2012 (Brussels, Belgium)]
*[Participated] [[http://hackcyprus.com/ Hack Cyprus] won best hardware hack, building a submarine based on raspberry pi (running fedora ARM!) and controlled by android over wifi (Limassol, Cyprus) (1-2/9/2012)]
*[Participated] [[http://www.openworldforum.org/ Open World Forum] (Paris, France) (11-13/11/2012)]
*[Participated] [[https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon:Paris_2012 FUDCon Paris 2012] (Paris, France) (13-15/11/2012)]
*[Volunteered, Fedora booth]    [FOSDEM 2013 (Brussels, Belgium)]
*[Co-Organized] [Ιnitiative to promote FOSS in municipalities and ministries in Cyprus (Limassol, Cyprus) (22/2/2013)]


==Future Activities==
==Future Activities==
*Linux Day 2012?
*[https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Hackcyprus2012 hack{cyprus}*12] September 1-2, 2012
*Join a developing/packaging team
*Join a developing/packaging team
*Host a FAD event in Cyprus (bidding for FUDCon was proposed on EMEA meeting, but doesn't seem to be the best idea)
*Host a FAD event in Cyprus (bidding for FUDCon was proposed on EMEA meeting, but doesn't seem to be the best idea)
*Help more students of my university contribute and use linux and open source software in general! [it works!]
*Help more students of my university contribute and use linux and open source software in general! [it works!]
==BubbleBoard==
Still an idea, though:
*BubbleBoard is a platform for interactive boards totally based on Free Open Source Software designed specially for primary and elementary school students. It is designed to promote collaboration among students and their teachers. BubbleBoard should be compatible with OLPC and cover a wide range of applications, varying from Mathematic and Physic to Music and Astronomy related ones. This project aims to improve the standards of classic teaching and contribute to the enhancement of students' technological literacy and their reasoning about the Open Source movement.


==Contact==
==Contact==

Revision as of 17:52, 23 February 2013

Marios Isaakidis
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Marios Isaakidis
Personal Information
Home: Limassol, Cyprus
Fedora-specific Information
FAS-Name: misaakidis
Fedora-Mail: misaakidis@fedoraproject.org
Miscellaneous Information
GPG-Key: 6D5999D6
IRC: Prometheas on Libera.Chat, in:
#fedora-el #fedora-ambassadors #ubuntucy #ubuntu-gr #ellak
Badges (16)
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About me

My name is Marios Isaakidis. I was born and spent my first years in Thessaloniki, a relaxed city in northern Greece. Currently, I am studying Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering and Information Technology at Cyprus University of Technology. During last summer, I was working as an android developer and was researching how we could use multi-touch surfaces for collaborative learning, ideas mapping and brainstorming at Cyprus Interaction Lab. For my final thesis I am working with the Serval Architecture, questioning if a DHT service resolution system could be useful to it's incremental deployment.


Open Source Software Activities

  • Member of ΕΛΛΑΚ (greek Open Source community) and of campaign OneLaptopPerChild for Greece (do you know about Sugar?)
  • Member of Ubuntucy (Cypriot Linux and open source community)
  • Translator of projects like Limewire, Ubuntu, MeTV, Firefox...
  • Fedora Ambassador of Cyprus
  • Mozilla Rep

Relative Events

  • [Participated] [Infosystem 2007, 2008 (Thessaloniki, Greece)]
  • [Participated] [Free Software Conference 2009 (Nicosia, Cyprus)]
  • [Co-Organized] [Free Software Conference 2010 (Limassol, Cyprus) (29/04/2010)]
  • [Presented] [Seminars: Introduction to programming and C programming language (Cyprus University of Technology) (October - December 2010)]
  • [Organized] [Fedora 14 Release party + 2 Billion Firefox Downloads (Limassol, Cyprus) (18/11/2010)]
  • [Volunteered, Fedora booth] [FOSDEM 2011 (Brussels, Belgium)]
  • [Presented] [Workshop: "Installing Software in Linux" (Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, 2011)]
  • [Participated] [THATCamp Cyprus 2011, Proposed Open Source Software as a way to ensure accessibility and universality of information and tehcnological literacy (Limassol, Cyprus) (3-4/9/2011)
  • [Participated] [Campus Party Milenio (Granada, Spain) (12-16/10/2011) Promoted FOSS among campuseros and hosted campushare, an FTP server based on fedora and proftpd)]
  • [Co-Organized, presented Workshop] [Free/Open Source Software Workshop 2011 (reloaded!), (Limassol, Cyprus) (21/10/2011), Presentation $ make install)]
  • [Organized] 11/11/11 Arcade Marathon, with 8bit music, Arcade games and free beers (Limassol, Cyprus) (11/11/2011)]
  • [Participated] [Unlike Us (Limassol, Cyprus) (23/11/2011)]
  • [Volunteered, Fedora booth] [FOSDEM 2012 (Brussels, Belgium)]
  • [Participated] [Hack Cyprus won best hardware hack, building a submarine based on raspberry pi (running fedora ARM!) and controlled by android over wifi (Limassol, Cyprus) (1-2/9/2012)]
  • [Participated] [Open World Forum (Paris, France) (11-13/11/2012)]
  • [Participated] [FUDCon Paris 2012 (Paris, France) (13-15/11/2012)]
  • [Volunteered, Fedora booth] [FOSDEM 2013 (Brussels, Belgium)]
  • [Co-Organized] [Ιnitiative to promote FOSS in municipalities and ministries in Cyprus (Limassol, Cyprus) (22/2/2013)]

Future Activities

  • Join a developing/packaging team
  • Host a FAD event in Cyprus (bidding for FUDCon was proposed on EMEA meeting, but doesn't seem to be the best idea)
  • Help more students of my university contribute and use linux and open source software in general! [it works!]

Contact

  • IRC Channels: #fedora-el #fedora-ambassadors #ubuntucy #ubuntu-gr #ellak @ freenode (nickname Prometheas)
  • Email: misaakidis (@) fedoraproject.org
  • sip: misaakidis (@) fedoraproject.org
  • Jabber: Prometheas@jabber.org (you can also add me to your googletalk account)
  • Subscribe to my blog posts about Fedora
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