September 2022 - Current: University of Wisconsin–Madison - PhD in Mathematics | Doctoral Minor in Statistics
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Key: [A] = Audited course
GPA: 3.969 / 4
Courses:
Methods of Applied Mathematics I (Electron-Beam Lithography: The Backwards-In-Time Heat Equation in the Production of Microprocessors) & Methods of Applied Mathematics II (Modelling the Cooking of Souvla)
Methods of Computational Mathematics I (Numerical simulations of the lid-driven cavity flow problem in 2D using finite differences and Thom’s formula for the boundary conditions) & Methods of Computational Mathematics II
Topics in Applied Mathematics: Computational Fluid Dynamics (Modelling the Cooking of Souvla)
Stochastic Computational Methods
Randomized Linear Algebra and Applications
Theory of Probability II [A]
Mathematical Statistics II [A]
Topics in Probability: Theory of Stochastic Partial Differential Equations and Quantum Field Theory
Partial Differential Equations I & Partial Differential Equations II
Graduate Course on Ordinary Differential Equations [A]
Topics in Applied Mathematics: Dynamical Systems and Applications in Reaction Networks
Theory and Application of Regression and ANOVA I & Theory and Application of Regression and ANOVA II (Final Project in Applied Statistical Analysis)
Nonlinear Optimization I
May 2025: University of Wisconsin–Madison - MA in Mathematics (Mathematics: Foundations for Research)
Acquired through completed coursework and qualifying exams during PhD studies.
September 2018 - May 2022: University of Cyprus - BSc in Mathematics and Statistics (Applied Mathematics Track)
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GPA: 9.72 / 10
Noteworthy Courses:
Approximation Theory
Functional Analysis
Real Analysis
Complex Analysis
Numerical Analysis I & Numerical Analysis II (High-Order Piecewise Polynomial Interpolation)
Classical and Quantum Mechanics
Differential Geometry
Partial Differential Equations
Probability II: Measure-Theoretic Probability
Linear Models I (Modelling the Montesinho Forest Fires) & Linear Models II
Statistics II: Theory of Statistical Point Estimation
Independent Research (Continuous Galerkin Finite Element Method and Hemker's Problem)
Research assistant in Nan Chen's research group.
Teaching assistant for MATH 221 (Calculus & Analytic Geometry I) during Fall 2022.
Teaching assistant for MATH 340 (Elementary Matrix and Linear Algebra) during Spring 2023.
June 2021 - July 2021: Bank of Cyprus - Summer Internship in the Risk Analytics & Capital Risk Department
Developed a command-line interface web scraping tool using Python libraries (BeautifulSoup and Selenium) that extracts real estate and job listing data from Cypriot websites and then conducts data analysis using pandas and Matplotlib.
Performed data analysis using Base SAS and SQL on customer data, applying linear and nonlinear statistical models for predictive scoring.
November 2018 - May 2022: University of Cyprus - Office Assistant at the Fixed Assets Management Office
Tracked the university’s fixed assets and logged new purchases using the office’s specialized web-based portal.
Created monthly and annual report forms using Microsoft Excel.
Conducted routine on-site inspections of the university’s fixed assets.
November 2024: John Nohel Prize in Applied Mathematics Award. "The John Nohel Prize in Applied Mathematics recognizes a graduate student who writes an outstanding Ph.D. thesis in applied mathematics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison".
May 2024: Accommodation Scholarship for early-career researchers to attend the "Applied Nonlinear Dynamical Systems and Chaos Conference" (ANDSC 2024 - Celebrating Stephen Wiggins' 65th birthday), held at the Royal Academy of Sciences in Madrid, Spain, on July 1-3, 2024.
October 2023: 3-Year State Scholarship for doctoral studies from the Cyprus State Scholarship Foundation (Ίδρυμα Κρατικών Υποτροφιών Κύπρου - ΙΚΥΚ).
December 2022: Elli Panagioti Malli Award from the Panagioti and Elli Malli Foundation "Η Παναγία της Λύσης", awarded to the UCY graduate with the highest academic achievements from a displaced family due to the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus. Articles about the award ceremony, which was attended by the then-Rector of UCY, Prof. Tasos Christofides (in Greek): UCY Student Affairs Facebook, UCY Student Affairs Instagram and UCY Voice Article.
June 2022: Award of the President of the Republic of Cyprus for "the highest academic performance and ethos demonstrated during [the student's] undergraduate studies" (Valedictorian Award). Article about UCY's graduation ceremonies (in Greek), where the award was bestowed.
Here you can watch the valedictorian speech I gave during the graduation ceremony for the Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences of UCY (in Greek): YouTube.
I also took part in a radio interview which was conducted by the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (ΡΙΚ) for the program "Λόγος και Αντίλογος", as the valedictorian of the University of Cyprus, alongside other UCY graduates who received the highest honours during their undergraduate studies (in Greek): Article and Radio Interview.
June 2022: Award in memory of Prof. Pantelis Damianou, awarded to the graduating student with the highest GPA in courses from the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at UCY. Article about the award ceremony (in Greek).
June 2022: EY (Ernst & Young Cyprus Ltd.) Award, awarded to the graduating student with the highest GPA from the Mathematics and Statistics Department of UCY. Article about the award ceremony (in Greek).
June 2022: Cyprus Mathematical Society (CMS) Award, awarded to the graduating student with the highest GPA from the Mathematics and Statistics Department of UCY. Article about the award ceremony (in Greek).
June 2022: Excellence Award, granted to the student graduating with distinction (“Άριστα”) from the Mathematics and Statistics Department of UCY, and Outstanding Final-Year Undergraduate Student Award - Applied Mathematics Track, given to the fourth-year undergraduate with the highest GPA in the applied mathematics track. Article about the award ceremony (in Greek).
June 2020: Rose and Irving Saff Award, awarded to the second-year undergraduate student with the highest GPA from the Mathematics and Statistics Department of UCY. Articles about the award ceremony (in Greek): Paideia-News and UCY Voice.
October 2018: 4-Year State Scholarship for undergraduate studies from the Cyprus State Scholarship Foundation (Ίδρυμα Κρατικών Υποτροφιών Κύπρου - ΙΚΥΚ).
September 2018: Started as an Officer Designate after completing a four-month training period at Greece’s associated infantry military school (ΣΕΑΠ - Σχολή Εφέδρων Αξιωματικών Πεζικού), and completed my 14-month military service in the National Guard of Cyprus with the rank of Second Lieutenant.