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 is currently attending the Hellenic Centre for Marine Research Institute for Marine Resources and Island Waters as a research fellow, where he is developing computer vision applications for bioinformatics. He published his first paper at the age of 16, while he remains active by contributing to many projects.

Contact: papachristoumarios [at] gmail [dot] com

Full CV

Language Skills

Greek, English, German

Programming

Java, Python, Logo, Pascal, C, C++, Sketch, Processing, Bash, Scilab, CSG

Areas of interest

• Digital Fabrication
• Computer Vision
• Scientific Computing
• Bioinformatics

FOSS-OSHWA Sample Projects

• LEGO 3D Printing Machine & G-Code LeJOS NXJ Controller (secondary project)
• A ~12$ mobile projective three-dimensional scanner
• Ubuntistas.gr (contributes as author & publisher)
• A mini computer vision project for laser curve detection
• and many others! For more info, check out my GitHub account

Memberships-Collaborations

• Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Research Fellow / Triton FPR Development
• P2P Lab / P2P Foundation Collaborator & Remote Member
• attendant to other FOSS and OSHW communities

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) DOI:[1]

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