Yannis A. Phillis:

Printing museums – records of civilization

If you didn’t make it to Chania for this year’s annual AEPM conference, Yannis A. Phillis’ talk is now available on-line HERE.

Yannis A. Phillis received his diploma in electrical and mechanical engineering from the National Technical University of Athens, Greece in 1973 and his Ph.D. in control systems from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 1980. He has held academic positions at UCLA, Boston University, Escuela Superior Politecnica de Chimborazo in Ecuador, and the Technical University of Crete, Greece, where he is professor and was Rector for more than 12 years. In 2008 he was Onassis Foundation Senior Visiting Fellow in the US.
He is recipient of numerous awards from Boston University, the Academy of Athens, and the Municipalities of Chania and Assini, Greece, for his service to society, science, and letters, recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award, at the World Automation Congress 2010, and Alumni Achievement Award in Academia from UCLA in 2013. He is an award-winning poet and novelist in Greece and the US. He is Fellow of AAAS and member of Poets and Writers, USA, and the P.E.N. Club.