Awards


University of California, Berkeley


2023Invited Speaker

Engaged as a speaker for workshops on Learning and Games at Google, NUS/IMS, and CANADAM during my postdoctoral research. Participated in vital intellectual exchanges in Singapore and Canadian academic hubs.

2023ICLR 2023 Oral Presentation

Presented our collaborative work titled "Efficiently Computing Nash Equilibria in Adversarial Team Markov Games." Recognized among the top 1% at NeurIPS 2022 and ICLR 2023.

2022NeurIPS 2022 Oral Presentation

Highlighted our research on "First-Order Algorithms for Min-Max Optimization in Geodesic Metric Spaces." Recognized as one of the top 1% papers under Game Theory and Optimization theme.

2022-2024FODSI Postdoctoral Fellowship

Excited to be a FODSI postdoc fellow at UC Berkeley from August 2022 to July 2024.


Columbia University


2022Ph.D. Thesis Defended

I earned my PhD from the Computer Science Department at Columbia University under the esteemed guidance of Mihalis Yannakakis & Rocco Servedio.

2021Simons-Google Fellowship

After publishing 6 papers in COLT/NeurIPS in a single year, I was honored with the Simons-Google Fellowship for the Spring 2022 Workshop in "Learning and Games".

2020Spotlight Talks at NeurIPS 2020

Two of our papers, "Optimal Private Median Estimation under Minimal Distributional Assumptions" & "No-Regret Learning and Mixed Nash Equilibria: They Do Not Mix," were among the top 2% selected for spotlight presentations at NeurIPS 2020.

2019Spotlight Talk at NeurIPS 2019

Our paper "Poincaré Recurrence, Cycles and Spurious Equilibria in Gradient-Descent-Ascent for Non-Convex Non-Concave Zero-Sum Games" was spotlighted as a top 2% selection at NeurIPS 2019.

2018Invited Speaker at Economist Youth Summit

In a rapidly evolving world with new challenges and career paths, I had the opportunity to discuss the adaptability and skills needed in the current job market. This timely conference featured insights from experts both from Greece and internationally.

2018First Prize in Database Design Competition

Our semester project, "Dancing in Databases," clinched the top award in the Columbia Database System Design Competition.

2017Onassis Foundation Fellowship

This fellowship honored Greek students exhibiting academic excellence to support their doctoral studies.


National Technical University of Athens


2016Limmutstang Award

Awarded for securing the 2nd rank in the 2016 graduating class of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

2015Paris Kanellakis Award

Conferred for achieving the 1st rank among Computer Science students.

2012National Foundation of Scholarships Award

Recognized for being in the top 1% of undergraduate students in Electrical and Computer Engineering.

2011Papakyriakopoulos, N. Critikos & Tzafestas Awards

Honored for exemplary academic performance in undergraduate mathematics studies.


High School


2010Eurobank EFG Group Fellowship

Recognition for excellence in university entrance exam.

2009Bronze Medal in NASA Fundamental Aeronautics International Student Competition

For my aeronautical study/proposal about Next Generation Supersonic Aircraft Design.

2005-2010National Mathematical Olympiad

Honorable mentions at the held by the Hellenic Mathematical Society

2007-2008Special Award at Municipal Drama competition

Recognition for outstanding acting in Street of Dreams.