Vangelis Markakis

Vangelis Markakis is an Associate Professor at the Department of Informatics, Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB), where he has been a faculty member since 2009. He holds a PhD in Theoretical Computer Science from Georgia Institute of Technology (2005), an M.Sc. in Computer Science (Georgia Tech 2004), and a Diploma in Electrical and Computer Engineering from NTUA (2000). His academic career includes postdoctoral research at the University of Toronto and CWI (Amsterdam).

• Research Interests: Theoretical computer science, algorithm design, game theory, mechanism design, social networks, combinatorial optimization
• Awards: Recipient of the 2025 ACM SIGecom Test of Time Award for foundational work on fair allocations (2004) and the 2003 ACM EC Best Student Paper Award

His work bridges algorithmic game theory, fair division, and computational economics, with notable contributions to approximation algorithms for Nash equilibria and auction mechanisms. He has supervised numerous PhD and MSc students, including prominent researchers now at institutions like University of Essex, NTU Singapore, and Yale.

Scientific activities include extensive program committee memberships (ACM EC, AAAI, AAMAS, SAGT, WWW) and organizing conferences like ISCO 2012 and ACAC 2009. His teaching portfolio covers game theory, data structures, and advanced algorithms.