Prof. Nikolaos Freris

Nick Freris is Professor in the School of Computer Science at USTC, and Vice Dean of the International College. 

He received the Diploma in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Greece, in 2005, and the M.S. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering, the M.S. degree in Mathematics, and the Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering all from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) in 2007, 2008, and 2010, respectively.

His research lies in AIoT/CPS/IoT: machine learning, distributed optimization, data mining, wireless networks, control, and signal processing, with applications in power systems, sensor networks, transportation, cyber security, and robotics. Dr. Freris has published several papers in high-profile conferences and journals held by IEEE, ACM, and SIAM. He holds three patents and two patent applications. His research has been sponsored by the Ministry of Science and Technology of China, Anhui Dept. of Science and Technology, Tencent, and NSF, and was recognized with the USTC Alumni Foundation Innovation Scholar award, the IBM High Value Patent award, two IBM invention achievement awards, and the Gerondelis foundation award.

Previously, he was with the faculty of NYU and, before that, he held senior researcher and postdoctoral researcher positions at EPFL and IBM Research, respectively. Dr. Freris is a Senior Member of ACM and IEEE, and a member of CCF and SIAM.

Education:

PhD Electrical & Computer Engineering – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2010)

MS Mathematics – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2008)

MS Electrical & Computer Engineering – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2007)

Diploma Electrical & Computer Engineering – National Technical University of Athens (2005)

Awards & Recognition:

2021 USTC Alumni Foundation Innovation Scholar award (中国科大新创校友基金会“新创学者奖”）

2020 ACM Senior Member

USTC Alumni Foundation Innovation Scholar award (中国科大新创校友基金会“新创学者奖”）

2019 USTC Alumni Foundation Innovation Scholar award (中国科大新创校友基金会“新创学者奖”）

2016 IEEE Senior Member

2014 IBM High Value Patent award

2012 SDM travel award

2011 IBM Invention Achievement award

2010 Gerondelis Foundation Scholarship

2008 Vodaphone graduate fellowship

2001-2004 Papakyriakopoulos award; Tziafetas award; Scholarship from the Greek National Scholarship Foundation

Personal Homepage: http://staff.ustc.edu.cn/~nfr/