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Science and Learning. Marco has taught courses about wireless technologies
for many years in numerous countries and is the main editor of the WSN
blog at http://www.wsnblog.com/.
�� Ermanno Pietrosemoli is currently a researcher at the
Telecommunications/ICT for Development Lab of the
International Centre for Theoretical Physics in Trieste,
Italy, and president of Fundación Escuela
Latinoamericana de Redes “EsLaRed”, a non-profit
organization that promotes ICT in Latin America
through training and development projects, with funding
and logistic support from NSRC (Network Startup
Resource Center).
After 30 years of teaching Telecommunications at Universidad de los Andes
in Venezuela, Ermanno has focused on the planning and deployment of
wireless data communication networks with low-cost technology in
Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador, Italy, Lesotho, Malawi, Mexico, Morocco,
Nicaragua, Peru, Trinidad, Spain, U.S.A. and Venezuela. He has presented in
many conferences and published several papers related to wireless data
communication and is co-author and technical reviewer of the book,
“Wireless Networking for the Developing World” – which is freely available
from http://wndw.net/.
�� Sebastian Buettrich works with (low-cost) wireless
technology, open source software and solar energy to
build networks, systems, skills and capacity — as a
manager, developer, architect, consultant and teacher.
This work is focused on (but not limited to) developing
countries and communities, especially in Asia and
Africa. One current focus is to help develop campus
networks for research and education, with emphasis on
global integration and sustainability.
His current affiliations are:
http://www.itu.dk – the IT University of Copenhagen, where he runs the
Research Lab http://www.nsrc.org – the Network Startup Resource Center
http://wire.less.dk – NGO and company co-founded with Tomas Krag
http://wirelessU.org – a group of dedicated professionals working towards a
world-wide, people-centered, inclusive Information Society http://wndw.net/
– Co-author of the Wireless Networking in the Developing World book.
Sebastian holds a Ph.D. in quantum physics from the Technical University of
Berlin in Germany, with a focus on optics, radio spectroscopy, photovoltaic
systems and scientific programming. He loves and plays music, is fascinated
and engaged with text, language and poetry in many forms.
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