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PhD in Computer Science

• Dissertation: Accelerating I/O using Data Labels: A Contention-Aware, Multi-Tiered, Scalable, and Distributed I/O Platform.
• Advisor: Dr. Xian-He Sun

M.Sc. in Computer Science

• Thesis advisor: Dr. Maria Virvou

B.Sc. in Military Leadership

Guest Research Faculty

• Investigating and optimizing new I/O principles, algorithms, and data representations to support diverse and conflicting I/O workloads on leadership-class supercomputers.
• Utilizing state-of-the-art computing facilities to perform advanced simulations and data-intensive computations, ensuring the effective convergence of HPC, AI, and Big Data analytics.
• Contribute to the advancement of fault tolerance, resilience, and quality-of-service guarantees in I/O operations, ensuring the robustness of data-intensive workflows.

Assistant Research Professor

• Spearheading comprehensive research initiatives, including fundraising, at the Gnosis Research Center, focusing on High-Performance Computing (HPC) and data management for scientific ML/AI.
• Conducting high-impact, original research that contributes to peer-reviewed publications and advances the field.
• Managed computational resources and strategically secured new cyberinfrastructure, utilizing a combination of in-house, publicly-funded computer clusters and nationally available resources like ChameleonCloud, to enable competitive research and a high rate of software artifact production.

Graduate Research Assistant

• LABIOS: Label-based I/O System to Bridge Storage Semantics using Asynchronous I/O
• IRIS: Convergence of HPC and BigData via a Unified Storage Access Layer
• Hermes: Heterogeneous-aware Deep Memory and Storage Hierarchy I/O buffering for HPC
• Harmonia: An Interference-aware Dynamic I/O Scheduler for Shared Burst Buffers
• KV2FS: Leveraging Key-Value Stores to Enhance Parallel I/O Performance for Complex Workloads (e.g. images and videos for ML training algorithms)

Graduate Research Aide

• BBIO: A new framework mitigating cross-application I/O interference by redirecting traffic to burst buffers.

Deputy Director

• Leading the center's research and development activities, including the design and implementation of innovative software systems for data management and storage in HPC and AI/ML applications.
• Overseeing the center's strategic planning, budgeting, and fundraising efforts to secure external funding and support the center's research agenda.
• Mentoring and advising graduate students and junior researchers, fostering a collaborative and inclusive research environment that promotes creativity and innovation.

Associate Director of Research and Student Development

• Coordinated research activities and mentored graduate students, postdocs, and junior researchers to ensure the successful completion of research projects.
• Developed and maintained relationships with industry partners, funding agencies, and other stakeholders to secure funding and support the lab's research agenda.
• Organized workshops, seminars, and other events to promote collaboration and knowledge sharing among researchers and students.

Officer of the Hellenic Armed Forces (rank Captain)

• Served in various leadership positions, including platoon leader, company commander, and staff officer, responsible for planning and executing military operations.
• Collected, analyzed, interpreted and distributed military information through secure networks.
• Head of security systems and processes in a widely ranged military network, administered all access to the network and coordinated the flow of information.

• CCGRID 21 Best Paper Award

• HPDC 19 Best Paper Award
• Illinois Tech Commencement Graduate Speaker

• Illinois Tech Best Student Paper Award

• Illinois Tech Best Teaching Assistant
• Tsao Fund Scholarship for Outstanding Academic Performance

• Univ of Piraeus Fellowship for Academic Excellence top 3 of the class