Dimosthenis Pasadakis

Dimosthenis Pasadakis is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Computing (CI) of the Università della Svizzera italiana (USI), where he serves as the Principal Investigator (PI) of the Huawei Research Center Zürich-funded project on Directed Acyclic Graph Partitioning for Scheduling Tasks. His research focuses on graph learning, combinatorial optimization, and large-scale algorithms for clustering, anomaly detection, and data analysis. He also holds the role of Chief Operating Officer (COO) at Panua Technologies Sagl, a Lugano-based software company specializing in high-end solutions for graph analytics and optimization.

His academic journey includes a PhD successfully defended in 2023, supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) project on Balanced Graph Partition Refinement. He has organized minisymposia at SIAM LA 24 and PASC 24, and his work has been recognized with awards such as the IEEE HPEC Outstanding Paper Award (2024) and the IEEE SDS24 Best Poster Award (2024).

Key research interests include spectral clustering, graph-based fraud detection, and high-performance computing. He actively collaborates with industry through grants and maintains an academic-industrial bridge through Panua Technologies.