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Periklis Andritsos is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Information (iSchool) of the University of Toronto. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Toronto and a BSc in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens. Prior to his return to Toronto, he held academic positions at the University of Lausanne (Switzerland), University of Trento (Italy), Free University of Bozen-Bolzano (Italy), and was a Visiting Professor at the Technical University of Berlin (Germany). His research focuses on large-scale data analysis, structure discovery, and applying information-theoretic and probabilistic techniques to identify redundancies and errors in evolving datasets. He developed the LIMBO algorithm for categorical data clustering, widely used in academia and industry.
Professor Andritsos has received several awards, including the Techcrunch 50 Award (2009) as co-founder of Thoora.com and Best Paper Awards at ICPM (2021), ADBIS (2019), and DSS (2017). He teaches courses such as INF1343H (Data Modeling and Database Design) and INF2190H (Introduction to Data Analytics). His current advisee is Mirai Gendi. He is affiliated with the Data Sciences Institute at the University of Toronto and has led grants from MITACS, SSHRC, and the Data Sciences Institute. His work spans customer journey mapping, process mining, and distributed data systems.
Andritsos has also contributed to industry collaborations, including co-founding Odaia Intelligence (2018–present). His media engagements include interviews on data privacy, AI ethics, and technology trends in outlets like CBC, The Toronto Star, and Voice Magazine. His research bridges theoretical foundations with practical applications in data management and analytics.
