Marco Zennaro received his M.Sc. Degree in Electronic Engineering from University of Trieste in Italy. He defended his PhD thesis on “Wireless Sensor Networks for Development: Potentials and Open Issues” at KTH-Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden. His research interest is in ICT4D, the use of ICT for Development. In particular, he is interested in Wireless Networks and in Wireless Sensor Networks in developing countries. He has been giving lectures on Wireless technologies in more than 20 countries.
When not traveling, he is the editor of wsnblog.com. He is coauthor of the book “Wireless Networking for the Developing World”. Marco can be reached at mzennaro@ictp.it.
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. EsLaRed was awarded the 2008 Jonathan B.Postel Service Award by the Internet Society.
Ermanno has been deploying wireless data communication networks focusing on low cost technology, and has participated in the planning and building of wireless data networks in Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador, Italy, Lesotho, Malawi, Mexico, Morocco, Nicaragua, Peru, Trinidad, U.S.A. and Venezuela. He has presented in many conferences and published several papers related to wireless data communication and is coauthor and technical reviewer of the book “Wireless Networking for the Developing World” freely available from http://wndw.net. Ermanno holds a Master’s Degree from Stanford University and was Professor of Telecommunications at Universidad de los Andes in Venezuela from 1970 to 2000. Ermanno can be reached at ermanno@ictp.it.
Sebastian Büttrich, PhD., Sebastian 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.