Marios Papachristou

Short Summary

Marios was born in Athens (GR) in 1997. He is currently a high school student. He has been contributing in open-source and open-hardware projects since 2010, being an ardent open-source fan. He's also awarded with several distinctions for his scholar performance and two distinctions by the Hellenic Mathematical Society. He is currently developing a three-dimensional LEGO Printing Machine, focusing, apart from the technic part, on its social benefits. He also cooperates with Vasilis Kostakis in "Commons-based peer production and digital fabrication: The case of a RepRap-based, Lego-built 3D printing-milling machine". His hobbies include basketball, cycling and sketching

Full CV

Education

• Senior high school student (graduates 2015)
• Distincted student for his scholarly performance (8 distinctions: 2 in each year)
• Two times distincted by the Hellenic Mathematical Society (School years: 2007-08 / 2008-09)

Language Skills

• Greek: Native Language
• English: Michigan Certificate of Proficiency in English (C2 Level)
• German: GOETHE Institut A1 Zeugnis

FOSS-OSHWA Projects

• LEGO 3D Printing Machine & G-Code LeJOS NXJ Controller (secondary project)
• Java controller for Arduino
• Ubuntistas.gr (contributes as author & publisher)
• The Kefalaspis Helmet project (stands for a 3D printable polycarbonate helmet for cyclists)

Memberships-Collaborations

• P2P Lab Collaborator & Remote Member
• P2P Foundation Member & Collaborator
• FabLab Athens Memeber & Collaborator

Articles

• Η ανάδειξη των Κοινών μέσω της Άμεσης Δημοκρατίας στην Αρχαία Αθήνα (Greek), The emergence of the Commons through Direct Democracy in Ancient Athens

Scientific Publications

• : Kostakis, V., Papachristou, M. Commons-based peer production and digital fabrication: The case of a

RepRap-based, Lego-built 3D printing-milling machine. Telemat. Informat. (2013)

Presentations at Conferences

• FOSSCOMM 2013, Harokopion University of Athens. Attended as main speaker and presenter. (April 2013)
• Google Computer Science for High Schools (GCS4HS). Attended as Guest Speaker and remote fellow. (September 2013) Video

Contact: mpapachristou [at] freemail [dot] gr || mrmarios97 [at] gmail [dot] gr