About Me

Technology is my passion. I am always excited to amplify my knowledge in diverse subjects like science, biology, neurology, math and technical things. I chose to study Computer Science, at the University of Crete. In parallel with my Bachelor studies, I was also working as a Research Assistant in the Computer Architecture and VLSI Systems Laboratory. Currently I am pursuing my PhD in Pervasive Parallelism at the University of Edinburgh.

My interests include systems, networking and computer architecture.
For my Ph.D. I am rethinking distributed memory systems in the context of high-end smart datacenter networks (RDMA). I am currently focused on data replication for high performance and safety (i.e., consistency and fault-tolerance).

In my own time, I enjoy swimming, meditating, listening to audiobooks and music.
Contact details: me {at} antonis {dot} io

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Publications

Hermes: A Fast, Fault-Tolerant and Linearizable Replication Protocol
[ pdf] [ site] [ bibtex] [ video] [ slides] [ poster] [ code] [ Q&A]

ASPLOS '20
A. Katsarakis, V. Gavrielatos, M. Katebzadeh, A. Joshi, A. Dragojevic, B. Grot, and V. Nagarajan

Kite: Efficient and Available Release Consistency for the Datacenter
[ pdf] [ bibtex] [ slides] [ code]

PPoPP '20
V. Gavrielatos, A. Katsarakis, V. Nagarajan, B. Grot, and A. Joshi

Scale-Out ccNUMA: Exploiting Skew with Strongly Consistent Caching
[ pdf] [ bibtex] [ video] [ slides] [ poster] [ code]

Eurosys '18
•A. Katsarakis*, V. Gavrielatos*, A. Joshi, N. Oswald, B. Grot, and V. Nagarajan
* Equal contribution to this work.

Education

PhD in Computer Science

Center for Doctoral Training in Pervasive Parallelism , The University of Edinburgh
• Semptember 2017 - Present | Supervised by Boris Grot

• Topic: "Data Replication for the Modern Datacenter"
• Sponsored by Microsoft Research and EPSRC

MScR in Computer Science

Center for Doctoral Training in Pervasive Parallelism , The University of Edinburgh
• Semptember 2016 - 2017 | Supervised by Boris Grot

• Merit: With Distinction
• Thesis: "Symmetric Caching: Exploiting Skew for High-Performance Data Serving" [pdf]

BSc in Computer Science

Department of Computer Science, University of Crete
• Semptember 2012 - June 2016 | Supervised by Angelos Bilas

• Grade: 9.16 / 10
• Thesis: "Design, Implementation and Performance Analysis of a High-Performance Application for Stock Exchange Trading System"

Experience

Research Consultant - Systems and Networking

Microsoft Research (Cambridge)
• May 2019 - Present

• Focused on Virtual Network Functions, transactions and their reliability.

Teaching Assistant / Demonstrator / Marker

The University of Edinburgh (Informatics)
• Sep 2017 - Present

• Courses: "Extreme Computing", "Introduction to Computer Systems", "Computer Architecture"

Research Intern - Systems and Networking

Microsoft Research (Cambridge)
• Sep 2018 - Nov

• High performance Key-Value Store(KVS) over DPDK with fault-tolerance & strong consistency. (mentored by Bozidar Radunovic)

High-Performance stock trading system

Research Assistant at FORTH (ICS)
• January 2016 - July 2016

• High-Performance multithreaded stock trading system for Athens Stock Exchange.

Teaching Assistant: CS100

University of Crete (CS - Department)
• September 2015 - January 2016

• Course: "Intoduction to Computer Science" (CS100). Essentials in programming and C.

Internship: Big Data Acceleration

Research Assistant at FORTH (ICS)
• June 2015 - September 2015

• Near-data processing in analytics frameworks (Spark, Hadoop, HBase)

Web interface for cluster monitoring

Research Assistant at FORTH (ICS)
• June 2014 - January 2015

• Back and front-end interface for cluster monitoring via NodeJs, jQuery and HTML5/CSS3

Honors & Awards

Microsoft Research PhD Fellowship

Microsoft Research (advised by Aleksandar Dragojevic)
• October 2016

Pervasive Parallelism CDT Award

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
• September 2016

Research Fellowship

Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH)
• July 2016 - August 2016

Distinguished Undergraduate Scholarship - "Orfanoudakis"

Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH)
• September 2015
Top 3 students of the year in Computer Science department

Distinguished Undergraduate Scholarship - "Orfanoudakis"

Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH)
• September 2014

Distinguished Undergraduate Scholarship - "Orfanoudakis"

Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH)
• September 2013

Distinguished Undergraduate Scholarship - "Karidi"

Computer Science Department, University of Crete (CS - Department)
• July 2013
Highest entrance marks in Computer Science department.

Greek National Scholarship - "IKY"

State Scholarship Foundation of Greece (IKY)
• September 2012
High grades on greek national exams.

Favorite Quotes


Antonis bookshelf

How to Win Friends and Influence People
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business
Think and Grow Rich
Rich Dad, Poor Dad
The 4-Hour Workweek
Man's Search for Meaning
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
The Power of Positive Thinking
Awaken the Giant Within: How to Take Immediate Control of Your Mental, Emotional, Physical and Financial Destiny!
Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time
The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari: A Fable About Fulfilling Your Dreams and Reaching Your Destiny
The Magic of Thinking Big
Inner Engineering: A Yogi's Guide to Joy
Outliers: The Story of Success