About me

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, Javascript, Tcl/Tk
- Fortran, Pascal in the good old days
Experience
- 2011-present: ΙΤ Manager & editor in iefimerida.gr
- 2010-present: Editor-in-chief for «Linux Inside» magazine. Fully responsible for the magazine’s print and online content and layout. So, if you find any errata, you know who to blame!
- 2010-present: Design, creation and administration of www.linuxinside.gr
- 2009-2011: Web project manager in C & C International Group of Companies
- 2005-2011: Teaching mathematics to youngsters
- 2006-2010: 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…
- 2004-2005: Served as Second Lieutenant (reserve) 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.linuxinside.gr: Build on LAMP with Drupal 6 and the 960px rule, the magazine’s official site serves as incubator of future linux addicts.
As of Feb 2011, the site’s forum is currently the biggest Linux forum in Greek internet boasting more than 4500 users. - 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.
- www.linuxformat.gr: Together with Manolis Mavrikakis, we have built the (now defunct) magazine’s portal on Drupal 5 and MySQL.
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