Vitae: Yiannis Laouris

Honors and Awards

Name and description of the award	Year
Leistungstippendien, Leipzig, Germany Financial award given to students with very high grades	1979-1984
Salvator 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
Provost's Teaching Award, Arizona, USU 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
Employers and Industrialists Federation Award, Nicosia, Cyprus First Award for Innovation and Creativity (awarded by the President of Cyprus)	1998
Civil Society Award First Award to NGOs pioneering in social transformation	2008
Hellenic Society for Systems Studies Award to distinguished scientists	2008

Membership in Professional Societies and Associations

Name association	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
German Physiological Society	1988-1992
International Society of Biomechanics	1989
Society for Neuroscience	1990-1994
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-present
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 Systems Science Society	2008-present