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{{BoardMembers | {{BoardMembers | ||
|name=Yiannis Laouris | |||
|image=Yiannis_Laouris_Profil2011.jpg | |image=Yiannis_Laouris_Profil2011.jpg | ||
|period=1991=today | |||
|service=Founding member of[[Future Worlds Center]] | |||
|previous_posts= Pre-registration Doctor, Limassol Hospital, 1985-1986<br>Post-Doctoral, Georg August, Neurophysiology, Univ. of Goettingen, 1986-1988<br>Post-Doctoral and Res. Ass. Prof., Univ. of Arizona, 1988-1992<br>CEO [[CYBER KIDS]], 1992-1999<br>Manag. Director Ekkotek Ltd., 2001-2003<br>[[Head of New Media Lab]] 2006-2010 | |||
|current_post=CEO, [[Future Worlds Center]]<br>President Elect, [[International Society for the Systems Sciences|ISSS]]<br>[[N.E.T.S. Academic Staff]] | |||
|degrees= Medical Degree<br>PhD (Neurophysiology)<br>MSc (Systems and Industrial Engineering)<br>PhD (Systems Engineering) | |||
|fields= Medicine<br>Neurophysiology<br>Systems and Complexity Science<br>Technology and Innovation<br>Education<br>Conflict Resolution<br>Dialogic Design Science | |||
|universities= University of Leipzig<br>Carl Ludwig Institute of Physiology<br>University of Arizona<br>Portsmouth University | |||
|specializations= Peace Initiatives, Conflict Resolution, Sociology & Technology, AI, Programming. | |||
|socioacademic=Work focused on the interface between science, technology and social entrepreneurship | |||
|achievements=[[Vitae/Yiannis Laouris/Honors and Awards|See Full List of Awards]] | |||
|external_links= External Link(s) | |||
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'''Yiannis Laouris''' is a neurophysiologist and systems scientist trained in Germany and the US, who has become known for his socially responsible work and scientific contributions in the fields of peace and development through the application of modern technology and [[Dialogic Design Science]]. Laouris currently serves as CEO of [[Future Worlds Center]] and [[Head of Unit|Head]] of the [[New Media Lab]] and also the [[Futures Design Unit]]. He is | '''Yiannis Laouris''' is a medical doctor, neurophysiologist and systems scientist trained in Germany and the US, who has become known for his socially responsible work and scientific contributions in the fields of peace and development through the application of modern technology and [[Dialogic Design Science]]. | ||
Laouris currently serves as CEO and Lead Scientist of [[Future Worlds Center]] and [[Head of Unit|Head]] of the [[New Media Lab]] and also the [[Futures Design Unit]]. | |||
He is President 2024/26 for [[International Society for the Systems Sciences]], and Director of [[Ekkotek High-tech business incubator]] and [[GNOUS Labs Ltd.]]. | |||
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==Academic== | ==Academic== | ||
Laouris graduated from the medical school of the Karl Marx University (today known as the University of Leipzig, in Leipzig, Germany enjoying three parallel scholarships because of his top grades, and completed a PhD in Neurophysiology with [[summa cum laude]] with Prof. [[Peter Schwartze]] at the Carl Ludwig Institute of Physiology in the years of the cold war. He continued his research in neurophysiology at the Georg-August University Göttingen with cyberneticists and systems physiologists Professors [[Hans Diedrich Henatsch]] and [[Uwe Windhorst]]. He then joined the Robotics, Prosthetics, and Motor Control Group | Laouris graduated from the medical school of the Karl Marx University (today known as the University of Leipzig, in Leipzig, Germany enjoying three parallel scholarships because of his top grades, and completed a PhD in Neurophysiology with [[summa cum laude]] with Prof. [[Peter Schwartze]] at the Carl Ludwig Institute of Physiology in the years of the cold war. He continued his research in neurophysiology at the medical school of Georg-August University Göttingen with cyberneticists and systems physiologists Professors [[Hans Diedrich Henatsch]] and [[Uwe Windhorst]]. He then joined the Department of Physiology at the medical school of the University of Arizona, with a joint appointment at the Robotics, Prosthetics, and Motor Control Group, where he collaborated with [[Douglas G. Stuart]]. While being in the US, he also completed a Masters in Systems and Industrial Engineering (GPA 4.0). Between 2020-2023 he pursed a PhD in Systems Engineering (by publication) with Portsmouth University in the UK (awarded Dec 2023). | ||
==Early contributions in neuroscience== | ==Early contributions in neuroscience== | ||
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The [[N.E.T.S. Mediterranean Graduate School of Applied Social Cognition]] was founded in 2019 but has never started operations. | The [[N.E.T.S. Mediterranean Graduate School of Applied Social Cognition]] was founded in 2019 but has never started operations. | ||
[[Yiannis Laouris|Laouris]] is also credited for leading the founding of several bicommunal organizations, including: | [[Yiannis Laouris|Laouris]] is also credited for his leading role in the founding of several bicommunal organizations, including: | ||
* [[Youth Promoting Peace]] | * [[Youth Promoting Peace]] | ||
* [[CYINDEP: Cyprus NGO Platform "Development"]] | * [[CYINDEP: Cyprus NGO Platform "Development"]] | ||
