dimitris kalamaras

A Greek mathematician interested in Linux, free software programming and Social Network Analysis.

Studies

• M.Sc. in Computational Mathematics and Informatics, 2003,  Univ. Patras, Greece
• B.Sc. in Mathematics, 2001, Univ. Patras, Greece

Research

• Mobilize: a research group, lead by Drs Boudourides and Botetzagias, focusing on contemporary mobilizations and the organization process of the 4th European Social Forum.
• STAGE: An FP5 thematic Network focusing on Science, Technology and Governance in Europe . See our case studies.
• Equal-Andromeda: a Greek research and training programme focusing on the men-women inequalities inside work spaces.

Associations

• International Network for Social Network Analysis (INSNA)
• European Association for the Study of Science and Technology (EASST)

Programming (in descending order of know-how)

• C++/Qt
• Bash Shell, HTML
• Python, Perl, PHP,
• Fortran, Pascal in the good old days

Experience

• 2009-present: Web project manager in CIP
• 2005-present:  Teaching mathematics to youngsters
• 2006-present:  Administrator of Greek Linux Format’s portal and forum
• 2005 – 2008:  Editor-in-chief for the Greek edition of “Linux Format” magazine. Fully responsible for issues 6 to 23 so, if you have found errors, you know who to blame!
• 2004-2005:  Second Lieutenant at Greek Army Tanks
• 2001-2003: Junior researcher at University of Patras
• 1999:  Technical support at Computer Line Patras

Projects

• Social Networks Visualiser (SocNetV):  A scientific yet user-friendly tool for the analysis and visualization of social networks, available for Linux, Mac and Windows. It is free software (GPL3), developed in C++ with the Qt4 GUI toolkit, and is hosted at Sourceforge.net with Subversion VCS.
• www.apeiro.gr: Apeiro.gr is an Moodle-based educational portal with lots of K-12 Math resources (theory and exercises) for Greek students.
• www.linuxformat.gr: Together with Manolis Mavrikakis, we have built the magazine’s portal on Drupal and MySQL. That was a successful combination: the site’s forum has become the biggest Linux forum in Greek (3000 members and counting!).
• www.supersyntages.gr: Together with my girlfriend Eleni Kazani, we are building the first community-based, non-profit website for cooking recipes (”συνταγές μαγειρικής” in Greek). Check it out!
• QDiskCatalog, a new  project which aims to be a modern media catalog application. It is free software (GPL3) and is hosted at Launchpad (Bazaar VCS). It’s nowhere stable yet, but we’re getting to it!
• Sxolinux, a Greek remaster/ecdoche of Ubuntu, targeting High School kids, incorporating lots of educational software and Greek high school ebooks, along with full multimedia support.

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