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Katerina Fotiou joined the Future Worlds Center/Cyprus Neuroscience and Technology Institute network in July 2012, as a member of the New Media Lab. Her main task was in the programming of mobile device-based Apps for the third generation Cogniscope Software, which evolved into IdeaPrism and for "intelligent" educational games. Her responsibilities also included the development of all websites and electronic infrastructure of the organization.
Katerina worked in parallel also at Ekkotek Ltd., which operates as the technology partner and technology transfer office of Future Worlds Center. Katerina's first contributions included apps' development that supports communication and information access among people from different communities, such as names of villages and places on the island. She then engaged with Apps designed to harness the collective intelligence and collective wisdom of groups, including Cogniscope Software and IdeaPrism. She was also responsible for creating an App that helps kids to send reports when something disturbing, strange, or harmful occurs while they are surfing online. Katerina was employed as Researcher and Developer for the ManyMe project funded by the Ambient Assisted Living Program of the Research Promotion Foundation.
Biography
Katerina holds a BSc in Computer Science from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (2012). Her Thesis was: "Automatic photo annotation for mobile devices (Android)". Katerina graduated from the "Makarios Lyceum G' of Larnaca" (2008).
She is an experienced programmer in various computer languages, including Objective-C/SWIFT (XCODE), Javascript, MySQL/php, LiveCode, and has extensive experience, especially in programming smartphones.
Related Projects
Katerina served as Project Assistant Coordinator, Member, Developer of many projects. More prominent were:
- E-Hoop
- Cyberethics: Cyprus Safer Internet Center
- IdeaPrism
- WisdomApps
- CiReNews Citizens Reporting the News, which included an award to participate in the CiReNews at SLUSH
- Map Your Meal
- ManyMe
Contributions in Product Development
List of SDDs facilitated and co-facilitated
Katerina is a trained Facilitator for the Structured Dialogic Design Process and also a young leader with an interest in Reinventing Democracy and social reforms. She has served as Facilitator for many structured dialogues:
| Date | Type | Location | Participants | Project | Triggering Question | Role(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017/10 | Actions | Galway, Ireland | 16 | MARINA | What actions are needed from a policy, social/cultural, economic, and technological perspective to develop sustainable tourism ventures within Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) | CogniScope Operator, Recorder, Workshop Coordinator |
| 2017/05 | Actions | Boulogne sur Mer, France | 18 | MARINA | What types of Responsible Research and actions should be put in place so that sustainable seafood production and consumption could contribute to competitive sustainable coastal and maritime tourism in Europe? | CogniScope Operator, Recorder, Workshop Coordinator |
| 2017/04 | Actions | Venice, Italy | 22 | MARINA | What policy, social/cultural, economic, technological, legal, and environmental actions are needed for the tourism sector to be environmentally sustainable? | CogniScope Operator, Recorder, Workshop Coordinator |
| 2016/11 | Actions | Nicosia, Cyprus | 17 | MARINA | What actions (Political, Economic, Social/Cultural, Technological, Legal and Environmental) are necessary to ensure that Cyprus lives in prosperity benefiting from sustainable tourism and at the same time preserving its tangible and intangible marine cultural assets that attract its tourism?" Ποιες ενέργειες (πολιτικές, οικονομικές, κοινωνικές/πολιτιστικές, τεχνολογικές, νομικές, περιβαλλοντικές) χρειάζεται να γίνουν για να διασφαλιστεί ότι η Κύπρος θα συνεχίσει να ευημερεί, επωφελούμενη αφενός από τον τουρισμό, και περιορίζοντας αφετέρου τις αρνητικές επιπτώσεις που επιφέρει στον θαλάσσιο και παράκτιο φυσικό πλούτο της χώρας ο οποίος αποτελεί άλλωστε την κύρια πηγή προσέλκυσής του; | CogniScope Operator, Recorder, Workshop Coordinator |
| 2017/06 | Actions | Istanbul, Turkey | 19 | MARINA | What political, economic, social/cultural, technological, legal, environmental, and educational actions are needed for thriving yacht tourism while at the same time protecting the marine ecosystem? | CogniScope Operator, Recorder, Workshop Coordinator |
| 2018/04 | Actions | Larnaca, Cyprus | 15 | MARINA | What Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) actions are needed for a resilient, responsible, and sustainable maritime sector by 2030? | CogniScope Operator, Recorder, Workshop Coordinator |
| 2018/05 | Actions | Lisbon, Portugal | 31 | MARINA | How can RRI serve to bridge deep-sea mining, sustainability, and policy? | CogniScope Operator, Recorder, Workshop Coordinator |
| 2013/08 | Obstacles | Nicosia, Cyprus | 13 | SDDP Greens - Cyprus | Ποιοι είναι οι λόγοι που παρόλο που πολλοί πολίτες εκτιμούν και σέβονται τις ιδέες του Κινήματος των Οικολόγων Περιβαλλοντιστών, δεν εμπλέκονται και δε στηρίζουν με την ψήφο τους όταν χρειάζεται; | CogniScope Operator, Recorder, Workshop Coordinator |
| 2014/02 | Obstacles | Nicosia, Cyprus | 12 | E-Hoop | What are typical obstacles that limit learners from benefiting maximally from the respective educational institutions of their differences? | CogniScope Operator, Recorder, Workshop Coordinator |
| 2014/02 | Actions | 13 | E-Hoop | How can learners be supported to generate learning content | CogniScope Operator, Recorder, Workshop Coordinator | |
| 2014/01 | Obstacles | 34 | E-Hoop | What are the learning difficulties encountered by students? | CogniScope Operator, Recorder, Workshop Coordinator | |
| 2014/03 | Obstacles | 8 | E-Hoop | What are typical obstacles that limit learners from benefiting maximally from their respective educational institutions because of their differences? | CogniScope Operator, Recorder, Workshop Coordinator | |
| 2017/10 | Obstacles | Nicosia, Cyprus | 20 | SDDP Facilitators Training School | CogniScope Operator, Recorder, Workshop Coordinator | |
| 2017/10 | Challenges | Nicosia, Cyprus | 11 | Peace Education Initiative 2017 | Peace Education Initiative 2017 | CogniScope Operator, Recorder, Workshop Coordinator |
| 2017/05 | Diagnosis | St Millan, Spain | X Participants | Faro Convention Labs | What are the challenges we have to overcome to mobilise people? | CogniScope Operator, Recorder, Workshop Coordinator |
| 2017 | Action | Idea Prism | 17 Participants | Reinventing Democracy in the Digital Era (UNDEF) | What concrete action, project or product would you propose to solve a particular shortcoming of current systems of governance? | CogniScope Operator, Recorder, Workshop Coordinator |
| 2017 | Diagnosis | Idea Prism | 17 Participants | Reinventing Democracy in the Digital Era (UNDEF) | What are key shortcomings of our current systems of governance that could be improved through technology? | CogniScope Operator, Recorder, Workshop Coordinator |