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'''Yiannis Laouris''' is a social-, science-, and business entrepreneur. He is a trained medical doctor, a neurophysiologist, and a systems engineer. He was trained in Germany and the US. Laouris interrupted his academic career in the mid-90s to work for a better world. Most of his social contributions were conducted through [[CYBER KIDS]] and [[Future Worlds Center]]. He is mostly known today for his socially responsible work and scientific contributions in the fields of peace and development through the application of modern technology and the science of Structured dialogic design. | '''Yiannis Laouris''' is a social-, science-, and business entrepreneur. He is a trained medical doctor, a neurophysiologist, and a systems engineer. He was trained in Germany and the US. Laouris interrupted his academic career in the mid-90s to work for a better world. Most of his social contributions were conducted through [[CYBER KIDS]] and [[Future Worlds Center]]. He is mostly known today for his socially responsible work and scientific contributions in the fields of peace and development through the application of modern technology and the science of Structured dialogic design. | ||
==Education== | ==Education== | ||
Laouris graduated the medical school of the University of Leipzig in Germany. His studies were supported by three parallel scholarships; one given to him by the Government of Cyprus; a second for top grades, and a third for being among the top 5 of his school year. He was awarded a PhD in Neurophysiology with summa cum laude by the Carl Ludwig Institute of Physiology a few weeks before graduating the medical school. This achievement was publicized in many district and national German and Greek newspapers as he was the first student to be awarded a PhD before graduation<ref>[https://www.futureworlds.eu/wiki/Vitae/Yiannis_Laouris/Newspaper_coverage_of_the_Doctorate Media coverage of PhD award]</ref>. 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, Motor Control Group at the University of Arizona, where he collaborated with Douglas G. Stuart. In the US, he also completed a Master's in Systems and Industrial Engineering. | |||
==Childhood and early life== | |||
Son of teacher Christodoulos Laouris, he lived attended schools in various districts of Cyprus including The English School, Nicosia, the Pancyprian Gymnasium and the Acropolis Gymnasium. He served in the Cypriot National Guard as the first Cypriot senior cryptographer in the Headquarters after the Military coup in Cyprus of the Greek military junta and the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974. | |||
==Current and Previous Notable Posts== | ==Current and Previous Notable Posts== | ||
Laouris was one of the Founding Members of Future Worlds Center, where he now serves as CEO and Lead Scientist. He is also the Founder and CEO of two startup companies, [[GNOUS Labs Ltd.]] and [[Concertina Enterprises]]. He has previously founded [[CYBER KIDS]] and [[Ekkotek Ltd.]]. | Laouris was one of the Founding Members of Future Worlds Center, where he now serves as CEO and Lead Scientist. He is also the Founder and CEO of two startup companies, [[GNOUS Labs Ltd.]] and [[Concertina Enterprises]]. He has previously founded [[CYBER KIDS]] and [[Ekkotek Ltd.]]. | ||
* Executive Board Member of the [[Institute of 21st Century Agoras]] since 2010. | |||
* Invited Expert of the [[Core Foresight 2050]], think tank groups created by the Digital Futures Task Force of the European Commission to anticipate global changes on the planet and to advice the EC on how ICT could facilitate shape those futures by 2050. | |||
* Invited Expert of the [[The Onlife Initiative]], a high profile Think Tank of 12 philosophers and natural scientists created by the [[Digital Futures Task Force]] of the European Commission to anticipate changes in the concepts humans use to explain the world, draft [[The Onlife Manifesto]], and to advice the EC whether concept re-engineering might be necessary. | |||
* Member of the Wisdom Research Network of the University of Chicago<ref>[http://wisdomresearch.org/members/laouris.aspx Wisdom Research Network of the University of Chicago]</ref>. | |||
* Represents Cyprus as Delegate of the [[Commonwealth Cybercrime Initiative|Cybercrime Initiative]] launched by the Commonwealth in 2011. | |||
==Notable Awards== | ==Notable Awards== | ||