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We would all like to congratulate Nicholas Trichakis and his beautiful and perceptive wife, Eleni on their marriage which took place on the 25th July. We wish them a long happy and healthy life together.

Eleni Vasilaki (2001)

Eleni Vasilaki is Lecturer (equivalent to Assistant Professor in the US system) at the department of Computer Science, University of Sheffield. She is Visiting Professor at the University of Antwerp, an active researcher in the field of Machine Learning and Computational Neuroscience, Principle Investigator (for Sheffield) on the European Marie Curie International Training Network “NAMASEN” on Neuroprosthetics and Academic editor for the scientific journal PLoS One. She has been also awarded a Royal Society International joint collaboration grant and a Divisional Directors Award (from the University of Sheffield). Eleni leads a research team that aims to advance our understanding of the brain mechanisms for learning and apply this knowledge in the design of bio-inspired intelligent machines and agents. Prior to her Academic appointment in Sheffield, Eleni was Scientific Collaborator in the world-leading group of Prof. Gerstner at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) and the group of Prof. Walter Senn at the University of Bern. She holds a PhD in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence (University of Sussex), a Masters in Microelectronics (University of Athens) and a Bachelors degree (with distinction) in Informatics & Telecommunications (University of Athens). She is Chartered Engineer, registered with of the UK Engineering Council.

Haris Tsotsos (2002)

Haris Tsotsos entered the Electrical and Computer Engineering department of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in September 1994. He followed the Electronics and Computing specialisation and his dissertation topic included the design of a neural-network-based model and the development of algorithms for the prediction of Ionosphere's Total Electrical Content (TEC). In September 2002, and after having finished with his military service, Haris moved to London, in order to pursue an MSc in Data Communication Systems in the Electronics Engineering department of Brunel University, Uxbridge. His thesis was a study on "Voice over IP (VoIP) over Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) systems" and their deployment in the enterprise market. Throughout his postgraduate studies, he has been supported both materially (a £4,000 scholarship for his 12-month course) and psychologically by the General Michael Arnaoutis Foundation and its president, Mrs Nathene Arnaoutis, personally. On completion of his MSc course, it was clear to Haris that he wanted to pursue a commercial career in the fields of technology and industrial applications. Moreover, he decided to obtain a professional experience in UK prior to returning to Greece. Therefore, he spent 3 years working as an Account Manager in "Red Commerce", a SAP recruiting agency and "Frost & Sullivan", a market research and growth consulting company (Industrial Automation and Electronics division). In April 2006, Haris returned to Thessaloniki. Between September 2006 and October 2008, he had been a Sales Engineer for Zeus S.A. (part of the Italian group SOL), responsible for the commercial activities and applications of industrial gases and welding machines in northern Greece. Since November 2008, Haris is a partner and Sales Director in ALPHAWELD, a company that imports and distributes welding machines, industrial tools and consumables in the Greek market.

Nikolaos Trichakis(2003)

Nikolaos graduated in 2003 from the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department of Aristotle University, where he came top of his class with a grade of 9.58/10. As a scholar of The General Arnaoutis Charitable Foundation, he studied at Imperial College, completing an MSc in Telecommunications and Signal Processing in 2004. Nikolaos came top of his class of 55 students with an average score of 90.4%. In the same year, his team also entered into a worldwide Software Development competition, organised by Microsoft, with 91 countries and over 11,000 students participating. They achieved first place in Eastern Europe and came third in the world. After working for 1 year in London as a Quantitative Developer, Nikolaos joined Stanford University in California in 2005 on a full fellowship, where he completed his MS in Electrical Engineering, focusing on Optimization and Financial Engineering. In 2007, Nikolaos joined the Operations Research Center at MIT, in Cambridge Massachusetts, where he is currently pursuing his Ph.D. His current research interests lie in Operations Research, Financial Engineering and applications of Convex Optimization in Finance

Maria Marinidou (2003)

Maria studied for her first degree in the department of Electrical Engineering of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. She completed a Master Degree in telecommunications with a distinction.. She is currently working as a telecommunication research engineer at University College London for French Telecom Research and Development specializing in the design and development of enhanced mobile and fixed services.

Alexandros Dafkos (2004)

Alexandros Dafkos completed his studies in Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, He attended (during the academic year 2004/05) the MSc Communications and Signal Processing course at Imperial College London. As a part of this postgraduate programme, he worked out an MSc Thesis under the title "Univariate and multivariate surrogate data based tests". Since July 2006 he works as a software engineer in London for Symbian Ltd, that develops Symbian OS, a widely used operating system for mobile phones. For more than two years he has worked across the User Interface Framework and Graphics departments of the company. In January 2009 he will move to the Research and Development department of NOKIA in London.

Vasileios Exadaktylos (2004)

Vasilis graduated from the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in 2004. From October 2004 till September 2007 he was working on his PhD thesis in the area of Control Systems (thesis title: Model Predictive Control Strategies in the Non-Minimal State Space) and was awarded the PhD degree, from the University of Lancaster, UK in April 2008. Since September 2007 he is a post-doctoral researcher at the Catholic University of Leuven (division M3-BIORES) and is working on analysis of bio-signals and bio-responses, while his responsibilities also include doctoral student supervision and project management. His research interests include Precision Livestock Farming and Biological Signal Processing in relation to Cognition.

Ioannis Gousias (2005)

Dr. Ioannis Spyridon Gousias, first in rank graduate student of the Experimental High School of Anavryta and holder of a Diploma in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens, completed his postgraduate studies in Neuroscience in Imperial College London (MSc in Integrative Neuroscience) with Outstanding Distinction and ranked first among all the postgraduate students. He completed his PhD in Medicine in ICL, in collaboration with the MRC Clinical Sciences Centre and the Department of Pediatrics in Hammersmith Hospital, the Department of Computing in ICL and the Institute of Child Health in the University College London, funded by the Arnaoutis Foundation, the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council UK (EPSRC) and the Medical Research Council UK (MRC). Ioannis works on anatomical modeling and brain mapping of premature infants, infants of normal gestational period and children up to the age of 6 years, implementing, improving and developing the algorithms and methods he has already established and has been using for adult brain mapping and probabilistic anatomical brain atlasing. Also, combining brain atlasing with probabilistic tractography and networks theory, he monitors the development of the “network” of the brain and its components. Basic aim of his research is the linkage between anatomical findings and clinical and neuropsychological examinations, the combination of anatomical and functional brain imaging, as well as the monitoring of the normal or abnormal development of the brain from the age of birth till adulthood, based on clinical, qualitative and quantitative data. He continues his postdoctoral research as a research fellow in ICL, winning a very competitive grant from the organization Action Medical Research. He won the first prize during the Young Scientist’s Day in London for 2007. He was awarded as Neuroscientist of the Year in the United Kingdom for 2007. Ηe was the official representative of the United Kingdom in the annual meeting of the Nobel Laureates with the world’s most talented and ingenious young scientists, after national selection and final world judgment by the Council of the Nobel Laureates. He was awarded as New Investigator in the Annual World Conference on Paediatrics of 2007. His research was on the front cover of the scientific journal NeuroImage in April 2008. In June 2008, STATUS magazine included him in the “Winners” of the year. In 2009 he won the “NOBELini” prize for young scientists. In February 2010 he presented in the Science Museum of London the first allegoric prototype installation “Albert in Neuroplastic Land”, inspired by his research on neonatal brain neuroplasticity and his big affection for his brother Alvertos (Albert). He is an advanced violin player, speaks five languages and has served as President in the European Youth Parliament.

Kostas Bavelis (2005)

Kostas Bavelis graduated from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in 2005. Afterwards with the financial and moral support of the General Michael Arnaoutis Foundation continued his studies in postgraduate level at United Kingdom. In 2006 he successfully completed his MSc degree in Advanced Photonics and Communications at University of Warwick with an average of 82%. He was then accepted by the University of Warwick as a PhD student and is currently working to his PhD degree. His research interests include Smart Arrays, Computational Electromagnetics and Numerical Analysis.

Anna Chroni (2005)

Anna Chroni graduated from the University of Macedonia in Greece with a degree in Business Administration in 2004. During the academic years 2000-2004 of her undergraduate studies she received scholarships for academic excellence from the State Scholarships Foundation (Greece). In May 2003 she was awarded a scholarship by the “Rotary Club of Thessalonica” for academic excellence during the first two years of undergraduate studies. She graduated first in class with a grade of 8.67/10 (Excellent). In October 2005 she commenced her postgraduate studies at the London School of Economics, doing a masters degree in Operational Research. She graduated from L.S.E. with a distinction. She is currently a middle manager in London Underground's Transport Modelling team offering technical expertise on transport strategy projects.

Ioannis Sarras (2005)

Ioannis Saras graduated from the Technological Educational Institute of Piraeus, Automation Department (2000-2004). Following my undergraduate studies, I completed the Master of Research in Automatic Control at the University Paul-Sabatier at Toulouse and effectuated my thesis at the laboratory LAAS-CNRS, which concerned the robust control of a satellite formation using differential drag, in collaboration with the French Space Agency (CNES). Since October 2006 I am a PhD student at the “Laboratory of Signals & Systems” of the University Paris-Sud XI. My research project deals with the nonlinear control of mechanical systems and passivity theory (Passivity-based control). Special classes of systems to be considered are under actuated mechanical systems and mechanical systems with impacts (e.g. biped robots).

Maria Angelopoulou (2006)

Maria E. Angelopoulou received the M.Eng. degree from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Patras, Greece, and the PhD degree from the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Imperial College London, UK, in 2005 and 2008 respectively. Upon completion of her PhD, she became a postdoctoral research associate with the Circuits and Systems Research Group of the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering of Imperial College London, and worked on FPGA-based vision methods for real-time UAV navigation. In October 2009, she joined the Products Development Department of Intracom Defense Electronics, Athens, Greece, as an R&D engineer on hardware-based wireless multimedia communications. Since April 2011, she has been a researcher with the Communications and Signal Processing Research Group of the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering of Imperial College London, working on robotic vision and 3D surface reconstruction. Her main interests are in computer vision, digital signal processing, and real-time reconfigurable architectures.

George B. Mertzios (2006)

George B. Mertzios during his school studies was awarded a number of Distinctions and Awards in National and International Mathematical Competitions and among them the Gold Medal in the Balkan Mathematical Olympiad in 1998. He studied for the first three years in the School of Applied Mathematics and Physical Sciences in the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), achieving an average grade of 9.5/10 (Excellent). During his studies in NTUA he has been awarded a number of scholarships and distinctions (Greek Scholarship Foundation, Technical Chamber of Greece etc.), and among them the Thomaidion Award that is conferred to the students who achieve the highest average grade in all semesters of their School. He continued and completed in 2005 his Studies in the Faculty of Mathematics in the Technische Universität of Munich with specialization in Computer Science achieving average grade 1.2/1 (Excellent). After his graduation from the Technische Universität of Munich, he served for 12 months in the Greek Navy. In 2009 he received his PhD in Computer Science from the RWTH Aachen University. The title of his PhD thesis was "Combinatorial Optimization and Recognition of Graph Classes with Applications to Related Models". During 2010-11 he worked as a postdoctorate researcher at the Department of Computer Science in Technion - Israel Institute of Technology and at the Caesarea Rothschild Institute for Computer Science in the University of Haifa, Israel. Since September 2011 he is a Lecturer in Computer Science in Durham University, England. His research areas include Efficient Graph Algorithms, Computational and Parameterized Complexity, Evolutionary Graph Theory, and Algorithmic Game Theory.

Dimitrios Mavroeidis (2006)

Dimitris Mavroeidis is a Computer Science graduate of the Department of Informatics of the Athens University of Economics and Business. The title of his final year's project was "Automatic classification of natural language questions into categories". He served in the Greek Army and has also worked as a programmer for several years. He received the MSc in Artificial Intelligence from the University of Edinburgh in 2007. The title of his master's thesis reads "Automatic Domain Adaptation in Statistical Machine Translation". His research interests include Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, and Machine Translation. He speaks Greek, English and French.

Lina Vlachopoulou (2007)

Lina completed successfully her undergraduate studies in computer science obtaining a 2:1 grade (7.46/10), in the Piraeus Graduate School of Industrial Sciences. She always wanted to attend a master and live in London. The combination of the high academic standards at the University College London and the “Arnaoutis Foundation” scholarship, which funded part of her studies, induced her to study at a master level. She has just graduated from the University College London, in which she attended an MSc in Software Systems Engineering. Part of the Master was taught at the London Business School which gave her a priceless insight of the trading mechanisms and tools. Along with her undergraduate studies she also held a part-time position as a Computer teacher in Computer Science training Institutes and she also dealt with Managerial Support for the Government Employment Agency and Information System Operation for the Social Insurance Foundation. During last summer she did an internship in Citigroup. Working for a top investment bank was a great challenge for her and helped her gain priceless experience by making her fully aware of real-life responsibilities she will face in the future. Currently, she has been employed by Sungard, a software and IT services company and she is looking forward to excel in her field by using the techniques she was taught throughout her Master degree and work out the best way of implementing the acquired knowledge using innovative technologies.

Georgios Giannelis (2008)

Georgios Giannelis completed his studies in Dentistry at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH) in June 2007. He graduated 2nd and was given a distinction from the Association of Graduates of the Dental School of AUTH. In June 2008, he began his postgraduate studies at the University of British Columbia-Faculty of Dentistry (Vancouver, Canada). He is attending the Combined MSc/Diploma in Periodontics. It is a three year program, which combines clinical practice in Periodontology and Implantology, research and teaching. He has published scientific articles in dental journals and he has participated in Greek and International Dental Student Congresses with oral presentations and posters.

Konstantinos Manolakis (2008)

Konstantinos Manolakis graduated from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in 2004. During 2006-2007 he attended a postgraduate (M.Sc.) course on telecommunications at the Technische Universtät Berlin, and graduated with distinction. Since 2008 he is pursuing a Ph.D. degree on mobile communications at the same university with the support of the General Michael Arnaoutis Foundation. Currently he is research associate at the Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute in Berlin. His research interests include next generation mobile communications and multi-antenna cellular networks.

Pavlos Antoniou (2008)

Pavlos Antoniou graduated as top student from the 2nd High School of Thessaloniki in 2001. He was admitted, 4th in the rank, in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki having received a scholarship from the Greek State Scholarships Foundation. By handing in his diploma thesis titled "Microstrip Antenna Optimization Using Genetic Algorithms" he graduated in 2006 with a degree specialization in Telecommunications. He has worked as a systems engineer in Greece as well as a researcher at the Harbin Institute of Technology in Harbin, China and at The Polytechnic Univ ersity of Hong Kong where he participated in various projects in the field of telecommunications engineering. In 2008 he enrolled in the MSc in Telecommunications programme at Universtity College London as a scholar of the Arnaoutis Foundation. Since graduating with a distinction from UCL he is employed as an engineer in the field of network development for 2G/3G/4G mobile telephony infrastructure.

Paraskevi Papoula (2009)

Paraskevi Papoula completes her MSc degree in Information Technology and Electrical Engineering from ETH Zurich on November 2011. She is currently conducting her Master thesis in IBM Research Zurich on Signal Processing Algorithms for Localization and Time Synchronization in Wireless Sensor Networks. During her master studies she was a teacher assistant in Computer Engineering and worked as intern in Security Communications in Ascom for 7 months. She received her diploma in Electrical and Computer Engineering from National Technical University of Athens in 2009 with a major in Communications. She joined the family of General Arnaoutis Foundation Scholars in 2009 and enjoys their support ever since.

Maria Theodorou (2009)

Maria Theodorou graduated in June 2009 from the “School of Applied Mathematical and Physical Sciences” of the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA). Her Diploma Thesis title is “Theoretical analysis and simulation of a physical ferromagnetic substance using the Ising model”. With the support of the General Michael Arnaoutis Foundation she will pursue postgraduate studies at Imperial College London in the field of bioengineering (MSc in Biomedical Engineering with Neurotechnology) in October 2009; accomplishing her dream to acquire knowledge in this revolutionary scientific area and study at a world class University in London.

Marina Georgia Arvanitidou (2009)

Marina Georgia Arvanitidou graduated from the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in 2006. After working as a research associate on medical signal processing at the same university she joined the Communication Systems Group of the Technische Universtät Berlin in 2007, where she is currently pursuing a PhD degree with the support of the Arnaoutis Foundation. Her research interests lie in object segmentation within video sequences and video analysis.

Ioannis Paparrizos (2009)

Ioannis Paparrizos was admitted 5th in September of 2005 at the Computer Science Department of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and graduated with Highest Honors (Top 1%) in June 2009. At his B.Sc Thesis, the title of which is "Web mining algorithm based on structure, content and usage data of World Wide Web", he pursued novel research and proposed a new algorithm. During his studies he worked at the Network Operating Center of A.U.TH and as Microsoft Student Partner. As Founder and Chairman of A.U.TH ACM Student Chapter he co-organized the 8th International Student Spring Symposium in Thessaloniki. With the generous support of General Arnaoutis Foundation he will pursue M.Sc in Computer Science at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne - EPFL).

Orestis Kostakis (2009)

Orestis Kostakis graduated in 2004 from the 1st High School of Glyfada. He was admitted, 7th in rank, to the Department of Informatics & Telecommunications, University of Athens, were he received his BSc in February 2009 with a GPA of 8,65/10. His thesis' title was "Stackelberg strategies for selfish routing in general multicommodity networks". During the summer of 2009 he had the chance to work as a research assistant within the Laboratory of Theoretical Computer Science of the Helsinki University of Technology (HUT/TKK). Supported by a scholarship from the General Arnaoutis Foundation, Orestis will have the opportunity to pursue a MSc in Theoretical Computer Science for the next two years. His research interests include computational complexity & computer security. He speaks Greek, English, French and little Finnish & Turkish.

Nikolaos I. Lioulis (2009)

He has graduated with a degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering. He has very successfully completed his studies at the school of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), with emphasis on communication. He has been accepted for admission at Imperial College London for postgraduate study in course module for Master of Science (MSc) in « Communications and Signal Processing » of Electrical and Electronic Engineering department. He was granted a scholarship by « The General Michael Arnaoutis Foundation » for funding the mentioned post graduated study in the academic year 2009 – 2010.

Theodosios Tzoutzas (2010)

Theodosios Tzoutzas graduated from the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the National Technical University of Athens, with a specialisation in Information Technology. During his last year of studies he completed his diploma thesis with a focus on security issues in wireless ad hoc sensor networks. In the Fall 2010, with the invaluable support of Τhe General Michael Arnaoutis Foundation, he will pursue a two-year Masters programme from the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of Waterloo (Ontario, Canada). His research area lies in Communication and Information Systems and includes mainly the analysis, design, and optimatisation of wireless and communication networks.

Aliki Perdikari (2010)

Aliki Perdikari graduated in April 2009 from the Department of Biology of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens after completing her Bachelor Thesis with the title : "Diptera (Insects) Oogenesis as a Cytobiological Platform for the Illumination of the Apoptotic Potency of Chemotherapeutic Drugs". From September of 2009 she has been admitted to the two - year Master program Biology (with Major Cell Biology) in ETH Zurich and she will obtain her Master Degree in the academic year 2010 - 2011 with the support of the "General Michael Arnaoutis Foundation".

Konstantinos Chaloulos (2010)

Konstantinos Chaloulos completed his main education in Athens College, where he was granted a full scholarship. He then studied in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department of National Technical University of Athens, and graduated in June 2010 with a GPA of 8.42. His work on his diploma thesis, entitled "Fuzzy Power Control of LMDS Networks" was presented at 16th Ka and Broadband Communications, Navigation and Earth Observation Conference in October 2010, Milan, Italy and at the IEEE symposium on Computers and Communications in June 2011, Corfu, Greece. Moreover it was extended and accepted (June 2011) to be published at IEEE communication letter with title “Climate-Driven Fuzzy Inference System for Downlink Power Control in CDMA Millimeter Wireless Access Networks”. He is currently a student of Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich), attending the graduate program "Master in Electrical Engineering and Information Technology", achievement which would not be possible without the support of the General Arnaoutis Foundation. From Oktober 2011 Konstantinos is doing his obligatory internship at Albis Technologies in Zurich. During school years Konstantinos has won numerous awards in national and international mathematical competitions, including the silver medal in the Junior Balkan Mathematical Olympiad in 2001. Apart from Greek, he fluently speaks English, German and French. Since 1992, his favorite hobby is basketball, practicing it as a member of basketball teams participating in local championships in Athens.

Panoraia Manesi (2010)

Manesi Panoraia graduated in 2007 from the Department of Management Science and Technology of the Athens University of Economics and Business, with a specialisation in strategy and human resources. In 2005 she took part in Erasmus (an exchange students program) and she attended some courses in Universita' Carlo Cattaneo, Castellanza, Italy. Some of the projects that accomplished during her studies are: developing of an e-learning platform, co-leadership, the role and autonomy of subsidiary companies, Greece and European Union. In 2008 she started and developed her own company in the field of e-business services. During the last 2 years she has been working in a commercial company, in the National Telecommunications Company (OTE) and in a consultants company (internship). In the following academic year (2010-2011) she is going to follow a master course in the field of e-business technology at the Manchester University with the support of the Arnaoutis Foundation.

Ypatia Tsavliri(2010)

Ypatia Tsavliri graduated in 2010 from the department of Electrical & Computer Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens, with specialisation in Software and Computer Systems. Her Diploma thesis, entitled "Parallelizing Dialyzer: a Static Analyzer that Detects Bugs in Erlang Programs", gave her the opportunity to perform one year of research on various aspects of modern technology, such as multi-core programming models, memory management and performance tuning in parallel computing. Supported by the scholarship of the General Arnaoutis Foundation, Ypatia had the opportunity to continue her studies at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), pursuing a Master in Computer Science. She is currently in the second year of her Master with specialization in Information Security. She is fluent in Greek, English, French and Spanish.

Christina Morfopulou(2010)

Christina entered the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering of National Technical University of Athens(NTUA) in 2003 and graduated in 2008 with a grade of 8.3/10. She was selected to conduct her diploma thesis at the Institute of Communications and Navigation of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) near Munich, where she worked for 6 months in the Free-Space Optical Communications group. In 2008-2009 she attended the MSc course of Communications and Signal Processing at Imperial College London and was awarded a distinction. Since November 2009 she is working towards the PhD degree in the Intelligent Systems and Networks group of Imperial College London, for which studies she received the support of the Michael Arnaoutis Foundation.

Theodora Apostolou(2010)

With the support of family and friends, Dora successfully graduated from the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department of National Technical University of Athens (2004-2009). Then, she decided to enhance her knowledge in the Production and Energy Management sector by pursuing post-graduate studies in one of the most renowned technical universities. With the valuable contribution of Mrs Arnaouti, Dora will complete the interdisciplinary Master program, “Energy Science and Technology”, in the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich by 2011. Having a clear view of her objectives and being highly motivated, she focuses her interest on the field of energy production and saving via Sustainable Development and Renewable Energy Sources. One of the future challenges Dora would like to take on is to acquire experience and practical knowledge by working in Switzerland, a country with high level of environmental consciousness. Finally, she hopes to return soon in Greece with the essential background so that she can promote viable energy solutions that will contribute to the technological progress of the country.

Pavlos Efstathopoulos(2011)

Pavlos Efstathopoulos was born in 1987 in Athens. His interest in the mathematical sciences was evident from an early age when he eagerly took part in many Greek mathematical contests. As a teenager he was awarded 3 years in a row the title of the Greek Chess Champion both individually and as a member of a team. In 2003 he was chosen as a member of the Olympic Computer Science team among many contestants. He graduated with an honors degree from the Department of Informatics and Telecommunications of the Kapodistrian University of Athens. During his studies he was asked by the National Technical University to establish the wireless network of the Civil Engineers Department. After completing his obligatory military duties he decided to continue his studies in the field of Computer Science abroad. In 2011 he was accepted in Bath University, in England to study Internet Systems and Security as a master’s degree. During the same period he was awarded a scholarship by the General Arnaoutis Foundation which played a key role to the continuation of his studies.

Thaer Alexandros Imseeh (2011)

In 2010, I completed my Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering and Informatics at one Greece’s top universities: The University of Patras. Its long and varied curriculum has sculpted me to become a keen and devoted scientist and engineer. Through our five years studies we combined theoretical knowledge from lectures and tutorials and applied them in practice through laboratory work and research. Course-work ranged from innovative assignments to sophisticated multi-disciplinary projects. I became creative, resourceful and adaptable in formulating solutions to challenging problems. During my undergraduate studies, I found myself most interested in the application of technology at the molecular level and was fascinated by the possibilities that this would bring to the advancement of humanity in the fields of engineering as well as medicine. I have since developed a keen interest in Nanotechnology. The Gerneral Arnaoutis Foundation gave me the chance to attend my Masters in Nanotechnology (MSc) at University College London in the department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. The course is run in conjunction with the department of Physics and Astronomy and the London Centre for Nanotechnology (LCN), which is jointly owned and run by UCL and Imperial College London.

Katerina Marinaki (2011)

Katerina graduated in 2011 from the department of Electrical & Computer Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens. Her main interest throughout her university years lay with biomedical applications of engineering. Her thesis, entitled "Implementation study of a monitoring system for patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Diabetes types I&II" along with some biomedical courses, were the first steps that enticed her to further delve into the fascinating and rapidly evolving field of bioengineering. During her studies, she had been working at Miltech Hellas S.A. at first supporting the company's production and project databases and later on as a product manager for the company's Biomedical Instrumentation division. With the support of the Arnaoutis Foundation she is currently pursuing an MSc in the University of Pennsylvania in Bioengineering.

Christina Tzanetopoulou (2011)

Christina Tzanetopoulou graduated from the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens in July 2010 with a GPA of 8.51/10. She excelled at her Bachelor Thesis entitled “Smart House by using Konnex Standard and Energy Saving” which she conducted at the Industrial Electric Devices and Decision Systems Department. She got admitted at the renowned Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH, in Zurich where she will attend the two-year interdisciplinary master program “Energy Science & Technology”. Thanks to the moral and financial support of the General Arnaoutis Foundation, she enjoys the opportunity of focusing undistracted on her studies and fully benefiting from the ETH projects which are of worldwide interest. During the forthcoming years Christina aspires to engage with the production and distribution of energy in the frame of sustainable development. She is a member of the Technical Chamber of Greece and speaks, besides Greek, English, French and German.