Date: Tue, 26 Nov 1996 03:45:37 GMT Server: NCSA/1.4.1 Content-type: text/html Last-modified: Tue, 28 May 1996 15:26:13 GMT Content-length: 3370 Aris Floratos

Aris Floratos

Ph.D. student
Department of Computer Science
Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
New York University
251 Mercer Street
New York, NY 10012, U.S.A.

Rm #523
Phone: 212-998-3120
Email: floratos@cs.nyu.edu

Brief Biography

I was born in Greece and bred under the glorious mediterranean sun (for those unaware of the experience, seeing the movie "Il Postino" might be a good introduction). As I grew older I came to realize that people actually expected of me to get an education (what a nerve!). Lacking the guts to go against established beliefs, I decided that the least I could do was choose something fun. So, I entered the Computer Science and Engineering Department at the University of Patras and, somehow, I managed to get a Bachelor's degree (1991). After that I stayed around for a couple of years, mainly working in EEC-funded research projects (if you are in the mood you can check my resume for more info). At some point, though, I developed an uncontrollable desire to learn more about CS and I thought that pursuing graduate studies at the US was the only medicine. Following my insticts, I arrived in NY at the beggining of 1993 and, since then, I have been attending the PhD program of the Computer Science Dept. in NYU - getting a MSc degree (1995) in the way. The whole experience has been a great trip up to now and I hope that it will continue along the same tracks. One thing I can say for sure is this: WOW! IT CAN REALLY SNOW IN THIS COUNTRY.....

Research Related Stuff

I spend a good part of my time working (under the supervision and with the help of my advisor Prof. Ravi Boppana) in the area of on-line algorithms. We mostly look at scheduling problems and try to quantify (in the framework of competitive analysis) the performance of various algorithms. I am particularly interested in exploiting the power (and understanding the limits) of randomization in the context of both on-line and off-line problems.
Some other parts of Computer Science that I find exiting and I am trying to explore further are:

Bookmark List

A friend once told me that the shortest way into someone's mind is through his/her bookmark list.... Very conveniently, it is also the most effortless (no trying to come up with clever lines about exquisite hobbies and unbelievably cool extra-cirricular activities). So, see if you can figure me out from mine.....


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