Nikos Pagonas

Hi! I am Nikos, a PhD student in Computer Science at Columbia University and member of the Nebula Lab, 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 received my Master’s degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens, where I was advised by Prof. Georgios Goumas.

My research interests are in distributed systems, cloud computing, and systems for machine learning. Currently, I am working on:

• Improving the performance of LLM inference systems
• Accelerating shell programs by automatically scaling them out to serverless infrastructure
• 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.