Stavros Kolliopoulos

Stavros Kolliopoulos is a Professor in the Department of Informatics and Telecommunications at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. He has held this position since 2016, following progression from Assistant Professor (2004-2010) to Associate Professor (2010-2016) within the same department.

His educational background includes:

• Diploma in Computer Engineering and Informatics from University of Patras (1993)
• MS in Computer Science from Dartmouth College (1995)
• PhD in Computer Science from Dartmouth College (1998)

Professor Kolliopoulos specializes in algorithm design and analysis and combinatorial optimization, with teaching expertise spanning Graph Theory, Computer Science Mathematics, Approximation Algorithms, and Linear Programming Theory. His research bridges theoretical computer science with practical optimization problems.

Prior academic appointments include:

• 1999-2004: Assistant Professor, Department of Computing and Software, McMaster University, Canada
• 1998-1999: Postdoctoral Researcher, NEC Research Institute, Princeton, USA
• Spring 2012 & 2013: Visiting Associate Professor, IEOR Department, Columbia University, New York

He has served on program committees for major conferences including APPROX 05, ACM-SIAM SODA 06, CAAN 06, ISCO 12, ICALP 13, and COCOON 16.

Contact information:

• Office: B6, Informatics building
• Phone: +30 210 7275108
• Email: sgk@di.uoa.gr