Vitae: Yiannis Laouris

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 Parts of Ph.D. work selected for both the 1984 "Leistungsshau" of the University and for the 1985 "Leistungsshau" from all Universities in the GDR	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

Name	Status during training	Period
Isaac Kastellano	Masters Student in the FWC - PSU Exchange Program	Second Summer Semester, 2003
Alexander Kuhnd	Doctoral student in the FWC - PSU Exchange Program	Fall Semester, 2003
Robin Porter	Masters Student in the FWC - PSU Exchange Program	Two weeks; Summer Semester 2005
Larry Fergeson	Masters Student in the FWC - PSU Exchange Program	Summer/Fall Semester 2005
Jenine Alexander	Masters Student in the FWC - PSU Exchange Program	Jan-Jul 2006
Brooke Galloway	Masters Student in the FWC - PSU Exchange Program	Sep 2008-present
Mary Olin	Masters Student in the FWC - PSU Exchange Program	Oct 2006 – Nov. 2006.
Matthew Pfeiffer	Masters Student in the FWC - PSU Exchange Program
Demetris Desylas	Masters Student in the FWC - PSU Exchange Program
Adira Zwelling	Masters Student in the FWC - PSU Exchange Program	Sep 2010-May 2011
Elicia Reed	Masters Student in the FWC - PSU Exchange Program
Randolph Dilday	Masters Student in the FWC - PSU Exchange Program
Vasiliki Katrivanou	Masters Student in the FWC - PSU Exchange Program
Rachel Joy	Masters Student in the FWC - PSU Exchange Program
Randolph Dilday	Masters Student in the FWC - PSU Exchange Program

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