Raspberry Pi is now available!
The Raspberry Pi (or RasPi) is a single-board computer developed in the UK by the Raspberry Pi Foundation. The foundation has released two versions, priced at GBP £16 and £22 and (USD ~$25 and ~$35.) The £22 ($35) model was released first on 29 Febuary 2012. The Raspberry Pi is intended to stimulate the teaching of basic computer science in schools. This board is intended to run Linux kernel based operating systems.[2] It supports the Python programming language, BBC BASIC, C and Perl.
For more visit : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raspberry_Pi
Things that can lead to an interviewer rejecting you
The following article found in the link below lists a few must-look reasons for which an interviewer will refrain from hiring you.
In a sum up those would be:
Stanford and Corallia in…search of the best!
Αγαπητοί Συνεργατές,
Σας ενημερώνουμε με το παρόν για το φοιτητικό διαγωνισμό Ε-Bootcamp, που διοργανώνει το Business Association of Stanford Entrepreneurial Students (BASES) και υποστηρίζει ενεργά το Corallia ως διεθνής συνεργάτης.
Το Ε-Βootcamp είναι ένα διεθνές γεγονός προώθησης της νεανικής επιχειρηματικότητας, που στοχεύει να συγκεντρώσει λαμπρές ιδέες ταλαντούχων προπτυχιακών και μεταπτυχιακών φοιτητών από όλο τον κόσμο και να τις μετατρέψει σε επιχειρηματικά σχέδια μέσα σε μια εβδομάδα. Οι συμμετέχοντες, στο πλαίσιο του bootcamp, θα έχουν την ευκαιρία να γνωρίσουν από κοντά ιδρυτές εταιρειών, επιχειρηματίες και επενδυτές, και να ωριμάσουν την επιχειρηματική τους ιδέα στην Καλιφόρνια.
The Best Of CES 2012
With more than four decades of success, the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) reaches across global markets, connects the industry and enables CE innovations to grow and thrive.
11 Who Died in 2011 (And Were Not Named Steve)
This article is not about Steve Jobs. He died this year -- yes, we all know that -- but gone too is Dennis Ritchie, one of the creators of the Unix operating system that powers Apple's computers. Also departed are Jack Goldman, the man who came up with the idea to start Xerox PARC, where Jobs got his graphical user interface, Paul Baran, an important Internet pioneer who developed packet switching, and Nobutoshi Kihara, who was known as Sony's "Mr. Walkman," long before Jobs was flogging the iPod.
A few things on Manolis (Kellis) Kamvysselis and his research on the Human Genome.
When Manolis Kamvysselis was 12 years old, he and his family moved from Athens to a small town in southern France. "My dad just woke up one morning and said, 'Let's go.'" His father, who grew up in a village in Greece, wanted his children to be bilingual—a skill he regretted never having gained himself. So they hit the road.
Four years after the move to France, Kamvysselis was one of the top 100 students in the country. "People said, 'Oh, he's good at math because he's Greek,'" Kamvysselis laughs. "But really it was because I had to overcome the language barrier."
Although Kamvysselis loved math, he yearned to find a practical application for his skills. So, after having learned English as a foreign language in high school, he enrolled as a computer science major at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
From an engineer's perspective, looking at life and how life works really makes sense," he says. After all, a cell is like a robot that evolution has designed and assembled. The information encoded in its DNA is like the program that runs the machine.
A.I.T Alumni Club Invitation
The AIT Alumni Club in collaboration
with the Alumni Clubs of MIT nad Columbia
Invite you at the presentation
HACKING THE HUMAN GENOME
Keynote Speaker
Dr. Manolis Kamvysselis
Associate Professor with tenure
MIT Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Department
A call for PhD candidates.
Dear AIT alumni and graduates,
A call for PhD candidates is now open!
Please visit AIT’s website at http://www.ait.gr/ait_web_site/phd.jsp and learn more on admissions criteria, applications deadlines and many more.
The Program is jointly offered by the Doctoral School of Aalborg University in Denmark and AIT.
The deadline for applications is on December 31, 2011.
Career Days 2011 at AIT
Career Days 2011 are to take place on September 20 & 21 at AIT.
This year’s master level career fair include the following:
§ CV writing session for Resume Booklet on July 7th Amphitheatre 2B, 16:00
§ Scheduled individual appointments for Career Days preparation July 4-15
Just as during previous years, employers participate in these events to meet students and examine recruitment possibilities.
Presentation Skills Workshop
AIT Alumni & Student Half Price: Attendance @ € 495
July 11 12 13 2011
AIT, Athens Greece
AIT, for the fifth time proudly presents 'Power Presentations' Executive Education Program, a three-day interactive workshop for planning, preparing and presenting with impact.
Business leaders, top executives and advisors come together to practice their presentation skills and improve their technique by incorporating new directions, trends, and strategies.
The class is designed to accommodate various levels and expertise: upper middle management, external and internal company presenters all benefit from the course drills and sales personnel find the program very well suited to their needs as well.
Key topics include:
- what makes a good introduction
- how to organize a presentation
- when to use humor
- where notes are essential
- how to handle tough questions
