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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.

Edward Karavakis
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

Early life and education edit

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 edit

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] 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 edit

  1. ^ "Edward Karavakis at BNL". bnl.gov. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
  2. ^ "NPPS Group at BNL: Eddie Karavakis". bnl.gov. Retrieved October 25, 2023.
  3. ^ "Leading Edge, Research at Brunel University: Winter 2007". issuu.com. Retrieved October 25, 2023.
  4. ^ ""A distributed analysis and monitoring framework for the compact Muon solenoid experiment and a pedestrian simulation" PhD Thesis". bura.brunel.ac.uk. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
  5. ^ "ORCID: Edward Karavakis". orcid.org. Retrieved November 13, 2023.
  6. ^ "Interview by the Athens News Agency". newsbomb.gr (in Greek). Retrieved October 24, 2023.
  7. ^ "PanDA project website - Team members". pandawms.org. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
  8. ^ "Utilizing Distributed Heterogeneous Computing with PanDA in ATLAS" (PDF). cern.ch. Retrieved October 25, 2023.
  9. ^ "Integrating the PanDA Workload Management System with the Vera C. Rubin Observatory". jlab.org. Retrieved October 25, 2023.
  10. ^ "Running Science Pipelines using PanDA". lsst.io. Retrieved November 13, 2023.
  11. ^ "The Social Scientist: Edward Karavakis". thesocialscientist.org. Retrieved October 25, 2023.
  12. ^ "FTS project website". cern.ch. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
  13. ^ "FTS improvements for LHC Run-3 and beyond". epj-conferences.org. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
  14. ^ "WLCG project website". cern.ch. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
  15. ^ "Experiment Dashboard for Monitoring Computing Activities of the LHC Virtual Organizations". springer.com. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
  16. ^ "User-centric monitoring of the analysis and production activities within the ATLAS and CMS Virtual Organisations using the Experiment Dashboard system". sissa.it. Retrieved October 25, 2023.
  17. ^ "MONIT project website". cern.ch. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
  18. ^ "Unified Monitoring Architecture for IT and Grid Services". iop.org. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
  19. ^ "MONIT: Monitoring the CERN Data Centres and the WLCG Infrastructure". epj-conferences.org. Retrieved October 25, 2023.
  20. ^ "CERN & Society Foundation Annual Reviews". cernandsocietyfoundation.cern. Retrieved November 2, 2023.
  21. ^ "CERN & Society Foundation LinkedIn page". linkedin.com. Retrieved November 2, 2023.
  22. ^ "CERN & Society Foundation LinkedIn page". linkedin.com. Retrieved November 2, 2023.

External links edit

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