Prof. Nikolaos M. Freris, University of Science and Technology of China

Nikolaos M. Freris教授，中国科学技术大学

Nick Freris is Professor in the School of Computer Science at USTC, and Vice Dean of the International College. He received the Diploma in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Greece, in 2005, and the M.S. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering, the M.S. degree in Mathematics, and the Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering all from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) in 2007, 2008, and 2010, respectively. His research lies in AIoT/CPS/IoT: machine learning, distributed optimization, data mining, wireless networks, control, and signal processing, with applications in power systems, sensor networks, transportation, cyber security, and robotics. Dr. Freris has published several papers in high-profile conferences and journals held by IEEE, ACM, and SIAM and holds three patents. His research has been sponsored by the Ministry of Science and Technology of China, Anhui Dept. of Science and Technology, Tencent, and NSF, and was recognized with the USTC Alumni Foundation Innovation Scholar award, the IBM High Value Patent award, two IBM invention achievement awards, and the Gerondelis foundation award. Previously, he was with the faculty of NYU and, before that, he held senior researcher and postdoctoral researcher positions at EPFL and IBM Research, respectively. Dr. Freris is a Senior Member of ACM and IEEE, and a member of CCF and SIAM.

Nikolaos Freris（尼克），男，特任教授，博士生导师,IEEE高级会员。2005年获得雅典国家技术大学高级学士学位，同年赴美国伊利诺伊大学厄巴纳-香槟分校学习，获得电气与计算机工程硕士学位（2007），数学专业硕士学位（2008）及电气与计算机工程博士学位（2010）。2010年至2012年在瑞士IBM研究院担任博士后学者，2012年至2014年在瑞士洛桑联邦理工学院担任高级研究员，2014年至2018年在纽约大学阿布扎比分校担任轨道制助理教授，并兼任纽约大学坦顿工学院助理教授。2019年1月加入中国科学技术大学计算机科学与技术学院担任特任教授。主持多项国家级及国际级科研项目，在IEEE TACON、VLDB journal、SIMAX、CDC、Allerton、ICASSP等高水平学术期刊与会议发表学术论文30余篇，并多次受邀于国内外高校、会议等做研究报告。目前发明美国专利2项，中国专利1项。参与组织并主持如BigCom、IJCAI、Allerton、EUCCO、IRAV等国际会议，在IEEE TACON、ToN、TIT、TSP、Automatica、VLDBJ、KDD、SIOPT、IJCAI等多个知名期刊审稿人，并担任Neurocomputing 2017的客座编辑。