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 has developed 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 Proficiency
- English: Full Proficiency (C2)
- German: Intermediate (B1)
- Ancient Greek: Novice
Programming
- Java, Python, Logo, Pascal, C, C++, Sketch, Processing, Bash, Scilab
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)
- A mini computer vision project for laser curve detection
Memberships-Collaborations
- P2P Lab Collaborator & Remote Member
- P2P Foundation Member & Collaborator
- FabLab Athens Memeber & Collaborator
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
Contact: mpapachristou [at] freemail [dot] gr || mrmarios97 [at] gmail [dot] com