Michael Bletsas

Michail Bletsas
Born	1967 Chania
Occupation	Academic and Computer Scientist

Michail Bletsas (born March 19, 1967 in Chania, Crete) is a research scientist and the Director of Computing at the MIT Media Lab.

Education and career

Bletsas studied at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and received a masters degree in computer engineering from Boston University.^[1] Before joining the Media Lab, he was a Systems Engineer at Aware Inc.^[1] He is one of the founders of the Greek mobile advertising and marketing company Velti S.A.^[1] and he was also one of the leaders in an effort to provide wireless networking to the island of Patmos, Greece.^[2][3]

Since June 23, 2010, Bletsas is an Independent Non-Executive Director of Hellenic Telecommunications Organization SA (Athens, Greece) .^[4]

OLPC

Michail Bletsas is one of the designers of OLPC's XO laptop. ^{[5] [6]} He was one of the principals of the OLPC team ^[7] where he made various contributions, including the design and implementation of the first embedded layer-2 wifi mesh stack.^[8] From February 2006 to January 2009, he was OLPC's Chief Connectivity Officer and VP Advanced Technology ^[9] and he was member of the group which received the Community category award of the 2007 Index: Award, for the design of the OLPC XO-1 laptop computer.^[10][11]

Conferences

He was a keynote speaker at the 4th and 5th Annual IEEE Consumer Communications & Networking Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, 2007 ^[12] and 2008 ^[13] respectively, at the 8th International Conference on Computer Based Learning in Science in Heraklion, Crete, 2007,^[14] at Disruptions 2007 in Athens, Greece,^[15] and at the 4th Balkan Conference in Informatics in Thessaloniki, Greece, 2009.^[16]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Biography as a keynote speaker at the Consumer Communications & Networking Conference, 2007, retrieved 2010-06-23.
2. ^ Nortel Wireless Mesh Boosts Broadband for Patmos Islanders, Nortel, July 23, 2008.
3. ^ "Patmos, un’isola tutta wireless", Computer World Italia, July 25, 2008, http://www.cwi.it/news/2008/07/25/patmos-unisola-tutta-wireless/ .
4. ^ [1] retrieved July 11, 2010
5. ^ Laptop computer Patent
6. ^ Heater, Brian (January 18, 2008), "OLPC Exec Addresses Project's Shortcomings", PC Magazine, http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2250490,00.asp .
7. ^ Michail Bletsas, Chief Connectivity Officer, One Laptop Per Child
8. ^ US application 315042 
9. ^ OLPC's Interview: OLPC's Michail Bletsas
10. ^ "World's Largest Design Award, Top 6 Winners Announced", Digital Journal, August 25, 2007, http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/220663 .
11. ^ Index:Award > 2007 > WINNERS 2007 > OLPC XO
12. ^ CCNC 2007
13. ^ CCNC 2008 keynote speakers
14. ^ CBLIS 2007 program, retrieved 2010-06-24.
15. ^ Meet the speakers, Disruptions 2007, retrieved 2010-06-24.
16. ^ Call for participation, BCI 2009, retrieved 2010-06-24.

External links

• MIT Media Lab "http://web.media.mit.edu/~mbletsas/"

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Name	Bletsas, Michael
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Date of birth	March 19, 1967
Place of birth	Chania
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