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|name= George Vakanas | |name= George Vakanas | ||
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|period=1991 - 1996 | |period=1991 - 1996 | ||
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|achievements= Founding Member of [[CYBER KIDS]], | |achievements= Founding Member of [[MISnTED Ltd.]], [[CYBER KIDS]], [[The Multimedia Factory]], and [[Cyprus Neuroscience and Technology Institute]]. | ||
|external_links= https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/George-Vakanas-2046925323 | |external_links= https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/George-Vakanas-2046925323 | ||
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George and Yiannis met in Tucson, where Yiannis was an Assistant Professor at the medical school, and George was in a double-major program studying mechanics and aerospace engineering on a Fulbright scholarship. Together they envisioned the founding of [[CYBER KIDS]] and [[Cyprus Neuroscience and Technology Institute]]. They interrupted their US careers to follow their vision, soon joined by [[Maria Symeonides]] and a year later by [[Dinos Georgiades]]. In a very short period of time, their team started with virtually zero capital and evolved into a team of 60+, 30+ branches, and dozens of educational and promotional multimedia productions. | George and Yiannis met in Tucson, where Yiannis was an Assistant Professor at the medical school, and George was in a double-major program studying mechanics and aerospace engineering on a Fulbright scholarship. Together they envisioned the founding of [[CYBER KIDS]] and [[Cyprus Neuroscience and Technology Institute]]. They interrupted their US careers to follow their vision, soon joined by [[Maria Symeonides]] and a year later by [[Dinos Georgiades]]. In a very short period of time, their team started with virtually zero capital and evolved into a team of 60+, 30+ branches, and dozens of educational and promotional multimedia productions. | ||
George left the group in 1996, first to found a competitive company, CYBERnet, and subsequently to move to the United States to complete a PhD at Stanford University. He served as Head of a Lab for Intel. He died in | George left the group in 1996, first to found a competitive company, CYBERnet, and subsequently to move to the United States to complete a PhD at Stanford University. He served as Head of a Lab for Intel. He died in December, 2021. | ||