Paris Koutris

Paris Koutris is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he researches theoretical and practical aspects of data management. His work spans parallel query processing, data pricing, consistent query answering, and database theory. He earned his PhD from the University of Washington under Dan Suciu.

Research focuses on developing efficient algorithms for modern data processing challenges, including work on worst-case optimal join algorithms, data markets, and distributed computation models. His publications frequently appear in top database venues including PODS, SIGMOD, and VLDB.

He teaches undergraduate database systems (CS564) and graduate foundations of data management (CS784). Current PhD students include Simon Frisk, Austen Fan, and Hangdong Zhao working on query optimization and distributed algorithms.