Nikos Pagonas

Hi! I am Nikos, an incoming PhD student in Computer Science at Columbia University, advised by Prof. Kostis Kaffes. I am also a member of the ATLAS research group at Brown CS, where I work on PaSh—a Linux Foundation project—advised by Prof. Nikos Vasilakis. I hold a Master’s degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from NTUA.

My research interests are in distributed systems and cloud computing. Right now, I am working on accelerating shell programs by automatically scaling them out to serverless infrastructure, and providing fault tolerance for distributed shell execution.

In my free time, I hunt down concerts that convey a mix of proficiency and humanity, and test the patience of fellow concert-goers by air-drumming.