Stratis Ioannidis

Stratis Ioannidis is a Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Northeastern University, with a courtesy appointment in the Khoury College of Computer Sciences. His research focuses on distributed systems, networking, machine learning, big data, and privacy. He earned his B.Sc. from the National Technical University of Athens, and M.Sc. and Ph.D. from the University of Toronto. Prior to Northeastern, he worked at Technicolor and Yahoo Labs.

Education: B.Sc. in Electrical and Computer Engineering (2002, National Technical University of Athens); M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Computer Science (2004, 2009, University of Toronto).

Research interests span machine learning, distributed systems, optimization, and privacy. Key projects include the NSF AI Institute for Future Edge Networks and Distributed Intelligence (AI-EDGE), and work on federated learning, continual learning, and privacy-preserving algorithms. His research has been supported by NSF, Google, and Facebook grants.

Recent publications emphasize federated learning, continual learning, and edge computing. Awards include the NSF CAREER Award, Søren Buus Outstanding Research Award, and multiple best paper awards. He advises numerous PhD students and collaborates across disciplines, including healthcare and wireless networks.

Lab activities include SPIRAL and WIoT labs, focusing on machine learning at the edge and network optimization. Grants include the NSF AI Institute and multiple collaborative projects with industry and academia.