Famous Greeks
Greeks are a special example in history they have a glorious past but they dont live in the past. They are powerful, even today. And they will always be. Greeks distinguished everywhere and always be FAMOUS and useful citizens of the world.
Inspired by the unfulfilled dream of homecoming
When Eleni Delidimitriou- Tsakmaki- born in Thessaloniki- left for Germany with her husband in June 1961, she was convinced that her stay abroad would be brief. In 1967, the couple returned to Greece, but the difficulties they faced drove them away again, this time for...
Leader in the field of Artificial Intelligence
John Zakos is a computer scientist, the Co-Founder, Chief Information Officer, and Director of MyCyberTwin. He holds a PhD in Artificial Intelligence and he is a Research Fellow at Griffith University, Australia. His experience spans both managing business development and leading technical teams in the...
He charms and be charmed by acting
[:el] He was born and raised in Paris, while he still remains a resident of Paris. He speaks fluent French, English and Spanish, while the continuing proposals for cooperation in international productions, quickly made him a «global citizen». From his experience and interests he draws...
Physics flows in his Gene
[:el] Born in Athens on 13th of September in 1948 and he is origin is from Argos. He studied physics at the Athens University and continued his studies at the University of Sussex in England where he obtained his Ph.D. in 1973 in High Energy...
The first immigrant to become a member of the Swiss Parliament
Born in Istanbul to a Greek father and a Jewish mother, Josef Zisyadis was the first immigrant elected to the Swiss Parliament. His membership in the Labor Party did not affect his capacity as head of the department of Justice, Police and Military affairs; in...
The Greek surgeon who “kills” tumours
The so-called “lung laser machine”, used by the Greek scientist, costs approximately 120,000 pounds and shortens both the treatment’s duration and the length of hospital stay, while allowing for speedier patient recovery. An innovative method, used by the senior consultant thoracic surgeon at the Royal...
New earthquake model saves human lives
This particularly interesting model was designed by Alexander- Dimitrios Tsonos, professor of Earthquake Engineering and Seismic Pathology at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Civil Engineering Department. Its purpose is to prevent the collapse both of modern buildings made from concrete and of older buildings that...
Coordinates the research in soft matter physics
[:el]A new European network for research and training in the filed of soft matter physics, COMPLOIDS was created by an international group of scientists and is coordinated by Christos Likos, a Greek professor of physics at the University of Vienna. The network’s focus is on...
A genius and one of the brightest minds in the world
Konstantinos Daskalakis, an assistant professor at MIT, is the scientist who solved within a year Nash’s “riddle” (John Forbes Nash), the equation all mathematicians around the world had been trying to solve for 60 years without success. For his thesis, he has been honored by...
The long and tireless journey towards the better understanding of human genes
[ Manolis Kellis studied Electrical Engineering & Computer Science at MIT, where he now teaches as adjunct Professor. He works at the famous Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and teaches “Computational Biology: Genomes, Networks, Evolution (6.895/6.085)”. His research looks into better comprehending human genes...