CV

Education

  • 2025 - Present
    Ph.D. in Machine Learning and Signal Processing
    University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
    • Research interests in the intersection of Machine Learning, Signal Processing and Optimization.
    • Supervised by Prof. Georgios Giannakis.
  • 2020-2025
    M.Eng in Electrical and Electronics Engineering
    Imperial College London, London, UK
    • Thesis "Wasserstein Distributionally Robust Portfolio Optimisation with Graph Sparsification".
    • Supervised by Prof. Imad Jaimoukha
    • 4.0 GPA

Experience

  • 2024
    Research Summer Intern
    AIDA Finance Lab
    • Worked on Low-rank adaptation (LoRA) finetuning of LLMs for AI financial news sentiment analysis under the supervision of Prof. Danilo Mandic.
  • 2023
    Research Summer Intern
    UK National Heart and Lung Institute
    • Developed medical image segmentation AI algorithms under the supervision of Dr. Guang Yang.

Teaching

  • 2024
    Deep Learning
    Imperial College London, London, UK
    • Delivered weekly supplementary classes to cohorts of 400+ students.
  • 2023
    Machine Learning
    Imperial College London, London, UK
    • Presented weekly course material and hosted Q&A sessions boosting engagement.
  • 2023
    Principles of Classical and Modern Radar Systems
    Imperial College London, London, UK
    • Graded assignments, and provided detailed personalized written feedback for 55 students.
    • Class average increased by 7% comapred to previous year.

Honors and Awards

  • 2025
    • University of Minnesota Gordon Sprague Fellowship for Deserving Students.
    • University of Minnesota Kaveh Fellowship for Student Excellence.
  • 2024
    • Imperial College London UROP Bursary Prize.
  • 2024
    • Received Associateship Rank at City and Guilds of London Institute.

Languages

  • Greek (Native)
  • English (Fluent)
  • French (Advanced, DELF B2)

Music & Outdoors Activities

  • Formal Piano Study at Athens Conservatory.
  • Music Technology and Production at Berklee College of Music and Philippos Nakas Conservatory.
  • Active in Swimming and Wakesurfing at Vouliagmeni Nautical Club.
  • Co-organized the 1st Patmos Island "ChoRun" mini-marathon, 500 participants.