Biography:Edward Karavakis

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Edward Karavakis
Edward Karavakis at the ATLAS experimental cavern at CERN.jpg
Edward Karavakis in 2023
Born (1983-10-29) October 29, 1983 (age 40)
Thessaloniki, Greece
EducationBSc, University of East London
MSc, Brunel University
Ph.D., 2010, Brunel University
Alma materBrunel University
Scientific career
FieldsComputer Science
Grid Computing
InstitutionsBrookhaven National Laboratory, CERN
ThesisA distributed analysis and monitoring framework for the compact muon solenoid experiment and a pedestrian simulation (2010)
Websitehttps://cern.ch/Edward.Karavakis

Edward Karavakis (Greek: Εδουάρδος Καραβάκης; born October 29, 1983) is a Greek computer scientist working as a Senior Applications Engineer [1][2] at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) stationed at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research in Geneva, Switzerland.

Early life and education

Karavakis completed his bachelor's degree in Computer Science in 2005 from the University of East London and his master's degree in Data Communication Systems in 2006 from Brunel University. He was then awarded a three years of funding for his PhD research from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council[3] (EPSRC) in UK. In 2008, Karavakis started collaborating with the IT department of CERN for his doctoral research. He completed his doctorate degree [4] in 2010 from Brunel University.

Career

Upon completing his PhD, Karavakis was hired as a post-doctoral researcher in the IT department of CERN in 2010 [5] and then hired as a CERN staff in 2013.[6] In May 2022, Edward joined Brookhaven National Laboratory. Based at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland, he is a core member of the PanDA (Production and Distributed Analysis)[7] project team. This project plays an important role in supporting the ATLAS experiment[8] at CERN, the Vera Rubin Observatory[9] [10] in Chile, and sPHENIX at BNL.

Before joining Brookhaven National Laboratory, Karavakis was the project leader [11] of the File Transfer Service [12][13] (FTS), the grid data transfer service used at the Worldwide LHC Computing Grid[14] (WLCG). The WLCG project is a global computing infrastructure of more than 180 data centres in 42 countries scattered around the world that produce a massive distributed computing infrastructure with about 1,000,000 CPU cores, providing more than 10,000 physicists around the world with near real-time access to the LHC data, and the power to process it. Other projects that Karavakis was involved with include the Experiment Dashboard Monitoring System [15][16] for the WLCG and the MONIT [17][18][19] monitoring project at CERN.

Edward Karavakis has been a supporter of the CERN & Society Foundation since 2019.[20] His commitment to the charitable branch of CERN is exemplified by his active involvement in promoting its mission. In an internal campaign [21][22][23] aimed at raising awareness among CERN personnel, Edward was invited to share his insights about the Foundation through a video interview. This initiative sought to highlight the Foundation's pivotal role in extending the reach and impact of CERN's activities beyond its core research, benefiting the wider public.

References

  1. ↑ "Edward Karavakis at BNL". https://www.bnl.gov/staff/ekaravaki. 
  2. ↑ "NPPS Group at BNL: Eddie Karavakis". https://npps.bnl.gov/people/karavakis.html. 
  3. ↑ "Leading Edge, Research at Brunel University: Winter 2007". https://issuu.com/leadingedgebruneluni/docs/leadingedgeiswinter2007. 
  4. ↑ ""A distributed analysis and monitoring framework for the compact Muon solenoid experiment and a pedestrian simulation" PhD Thesis". https://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/4409. 
  5. ↑ "ORCID: Edward Karavakis". https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5729-5167. 
  6. ↑ "Interview by the Athens News Agency" (in el). https://www.newsbomb.gr/bombplus/fun/story/766980/h-elliniki-kardia-xtypa-dynata-sta-adyta-toy-cern-photos. 
  7. ↑ "PanDA project website - Team members". https://pandawms.org/team.html. 
  8. ↑ "Utilizing Distributed Heterogeneous Computing with PanDA in ATLAS". https://cds.cern.ch/record/2869561/files/ATL-SOFT-PROC-2023-022.pdf. 
  9. ↑ "Integrating the PanDA Workload Management System with the Vera C. Rubin Observatory". https://indico.jlab.org/event/459/contributions/11488/. 
  10. ↑ "Running Science Pipelines using PanDA". https://dmtn-168.lsst.io/. 
  11. ↑ "The Social Scientist: Edward Karavakis". https://www.thesocialscientist.org/post/edward-karavakis. 
  12. ↑ "FTS project website". https://fts.web.cern.ch. 
  13. ↑ "FTS improvements for LHC Run-3 and beyond". https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202024504016. 
  14. ↑ "WLCG project website". https://wlcg.web.cern.ch/. 
  15. ↑ "Experiment Dashboard for Monitoring Computing Activities of the LHC Virtual Organizations". https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10723-010-9148-x. 
  16. ↑ "User-centric monitoring of the analysis and production activities within the ATLAS and CMS Virtual Organisations using the Experiment Dashboard system". https://pos.sissa.it/162/110/pdf. 
  17. ↑ "MONIT project website". https://monit.web.cern.ch/. 
  18. ↑ "Unified Monitoring Architecture for IT and Grid Services". https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/898/9/092033. 
  19. ↑ "MONIT: Monitoring the CERN Data Centres and the WLCG Infrastructure". https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201921408031. 
  20. ↑ "CERN & Society Foundation Annual Reviews". https://cernandsocietyfoundation.cern/page/annual-reviews. 
  21. ↑ "CERN & Society Foundation LinkedIn page". https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6993227067743948801. 
  22. ↑ "CERN & Society Foundation LinkedIn page". https://www.linkedin.com/posts/cern-society-foundation_testimonies-of-cern-employees-activity-6913120262422982656-DVjZ. 
  23. ↑ "CERN & Society Foundation LinkedIn page". https://www.linkedin.com/posts/cern-society-foundation_cernandsociety-donors-activity-6928352820672790528-4ih0. 

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