About the Author
Vasilis Tzivaras is a software developer and hardware engineer who lives in
Ioannina, Greece. He is currently an undergraduate student of the Department of
computer science and Engineering at Ioannina. Alongside his studies, he is working
on many projects relevant to robotics, such as drones, home automation, and smart
home systems using Arduino and the Raspberry Pi. Furthermore, he is enthusiastic
about clean energy solutions and cultural innovation ideas.
He has worked for the University Hospital of Ioannina as an assistant for various
computer issues, and he has been part of the support team of his CSE department
for over a year. He has participated in IEEE UOI Student Branch and other big
organizations, such as FOSSCOMM, with personal presentations for website
designing, programming, Linux systems, and drones.
As a member of IEEE University of Ioannina Student Branch, he has proposed
many projects and solutions to automate homes and many other life problems by
reducing the time of everyday routines. In addition to this, he has come up with
ideas to entertain kids with funny and magical projects using Arduino-like hardware
and open source software. Many of the projects can be found at his GitHub account
under the name of BillyTziv.
Apart from this book, he has also worked on another book Programming in C, which
is not yet published. In addition to this, he has written for blogs, forums, guides,
and small chapters, explaining and sharing his knowledge of computers, networks,
and programming.
Firstly, I would like to thank my entire family and my close
friends, Joe Polenakis, Marios Balamatsias, and Kostis Karantias
for supporting me every single day. Secondly, I could do nothing
without Vasilis Megas who stood by me from the rst day, assisting
me while building my rst drone and giving me instructions about
safe ights. Furthermore, I would like to thank my advisor, Kostas
Vlaxos, for helping me out with my research about drones. Lastly,
everyone else who said that I could not do this; they set me a
challenge, which I nally accepted.
