{"id":222,"date":"2024-04-10T17:36:46","date_gmt":"2024-04-10T15:36:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kth.se\/blogs\/ultra\/?p=222"},"modified":"2024-05-31T09:53:03","modified_gmt":"2024-05-31T07:53:03","slug":"massimo-girondis-licentiate-defense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kth.se\/blogs\/ultra\/2024\/04\/massimo-girondis-licentiate-defense\/","title":{"rendered":"Massimo Girondi&#8217;s Licentiate Defense"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post-content-wrapper\"><p>We are happy to announce that Massimo Girondi successfully defended his licentiate thesis (licentiate is a degree at KTH half-way to a PhD)! Marco Chiesa\u00a0 has done an excellent job as a co-advisor and as is customary we are very grateful to Prof. Gerald Q. Maguire Jr. for his key insights. Giuseppe Siracusano was a superb opponent at the licentiate seminar, with Amir Payberah as the examiner. Massimo\u2019s thesis (second licentiate thesis of this project) is available online:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"displayFields\"><span class=\"subTitle\">&#8220;Toward Highly-efficient GPU-centric Networking&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"formSmash:some\" class=\"ui-accordion ui-widget ui-helper-reset ui-hidden-container displayFields\" role=\"tablist\" data-widget=\"widget_formSmash_some\">\n<h3 class=\"ui-accordion-header ui-helper-reset ui-state-default ui-state-active ui-corner-top authorPanel\" title=\"KTH, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), Computer Science, Software and Computer systems, SCS.\" role=\"tab\" aria-expanded=\"true\"><a style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'garamond pro', garamond, 'times new roman', times, serif;font-size: 1rem;font-weight: 400\" href=\"https:\/\/urn.kb.se\/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-344316\">https:\/\/urn.kb.se\/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-344316<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p>A few shots from the celebration are below.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-221\" style=\"font-weight: bold;background-color: transparent;text-align: inherit;color: #1a1a1a;font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kth.se\/blogs\/ultra\/files\/2024\/04\/IMG_5642ps-625x417.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kth.se\/blogs\/ultra\/files\/2024\/04\/IMG_5642ps-625x417.jpg 625w, https:\/\/www.kth.se\/blogs\/ultra\/files\/2024\/04\/IMG_5642ps-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.kth.se\/blogs\/ultra\/files\/2024\/04\/IMG_5642ps-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.kth.se\/blogs\/ultra\/files\/2024\/04\/IMG_5642ps.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Group shot of Networked Systems Laboratory members (Massimo is beneath the KTH logo). Image taken by Voravit Tanyingyong<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_220\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-220\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-220\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kth.se\/blogs\/ultra\/files\/2024\/04\/20240410_130505s-625x417.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kth.se\/blogs\/ultra\/files\/2024\/04\/20240410_130505s-625x417.jpg 625w, https:\/\/www.kth.se\/blogs\/ultra\/files\/2024\/04\/20240410_130505s-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.kth.se\/blogs\/ultra\/files\/2024\/04\/20240410_130505s-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.kth.se\/blogs\/ultra\/files\/2024\/04\/20240410_130505s.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-220\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dejan highlighting Massimo&#8217;s work (image taken by Marco Spanghero)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-227\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kth.se\/blogs\/ultra\/files\/2024\/05\/DKRA8257-Enhanced-NRps-625x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kth.se\/blogs\/ultra\/files\/2024\/05\/DKRA8257-Enhanced-NRps-625x500.jpg 625w, https:\/\/www.kth.se\/blogs\/ultra\/files\/2024\/05\/DKRA8257-Enhanced-NRps-900x720.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.kth.se\/blogs\/ultra\/files\/2024\/05\/DKRA8257-Enhanced-NRps-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.kth.se\/blogs\/ultra\/files\/2024\/05\/DKRA8257-Enhanced-NRps.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Dejan hands the gift to Massimo a few weeks later in the hallway that Massimo chose for the shot. Definitely looks better than the opposite side we used in the past! (image taken by Voravit Tanyingyong)<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are happy to announce that Massimo Girondi successfully defended his licentiate thesis (licentiate is a degree at KTH half-way to a PhD)! Marco Chiesa\u00a0 has done an excellent job as a co-advisor and as is customary we are very grateful to Prof. Gerald Q. Maguire Jr. for his key insights. 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