Sarunas Girdzijauskas
PROF, DEPUTY HEAD OF DIVISION
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About me
I am a professor at the Department of Computer Science of the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) as well as a senior researcher at RISE. I lead the Graph Analytics and Network Learning group (GALE) at the SCS division. I got my PhD from Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in 2009. I was appointed as a Docent in Computer Science at KTH in 2016. My research focuses on Information Network Analytics, Decentralized Machine Learning, Data Mining, distributed systems & P2P overlays, and Blockchain technologies. I was the coordinator of H2020 Marie Curie European Training Network "RAIS" (2018-2023) as well as the coordinator of Marie Curie ITN "iSocial" (2012-2017). I was also Activity Leader of a number of EIT Digital Innovation Activities (in 2014, 2016, and 2017). From 2016 to 2019 I was running the annual EIT Digital Summer School on Big Data Analytics.
From 2019 to 2022, I was the Program Director for the doctoral program "Information and Communication Technology" at EECS. Currently, I serve as the Director of Third-Cycle Education (FA) at EECS.
I have supervised/examined more than 60 master theses at KTH.
Current PhD Students
- Adam Orucu (Main Supervisor, 2024-)
- Rémi Bourgerie (Assistant Supervisor, 2023-)
- Edvin Listo Zec (Main Supervisor, 2021-)
- Yifei Jin (Assistant Supervisor, 2020-)
- Filip Cornell (Main Supervisor, 2020-)
- Vangjush Komini (Main Supervisor, 2020-)
- Ahmed Emad Samy Youssif (Main Supervisor, 2019-)
- Susanna Pozzoli (Main Supervisor, 2019-)
- Amir Akhavanrahnama (Assistant Supervisor, 2018-)
- Martin Isaksson (Assistant Supervisor, 2018-)
Postdocs
- Dr. Lodovico Giaretta (at RISE)
Graduated PhD students
- Dr. Debaditya Roy (Main Supervisor, 2024, thesis)
- Dr. Lodovico Giaretta (Main Supervisor, 2023, thesis)
- Dr. Stefanos Antaris (Main Supervisor, 2022, thesis)
- Dr. Sana Imtiaz (Assistant Supervisor, 2021,thesis)
- Dr. Nuno Apolonia (Main Supervisor at KTH, 2018, Joint doctorate with UPC Barcelona, thesis)
- Dr. Anis Nasir (Main Supervisor, 2018,thesis)
- Dr. Amira Soliman (Main Supervisor, 2018,thesis)
- Dr. Fatemeh Rahimian (Assistant Supervisor, 2014,thesis)
Past Postdocs
- Dr. Zekarias Tilahun Kefato (2019-2022)
- Dr. Leila Bahri (funded by theSRA ICT TNG forAccountable Data Governance using Blockchain Technology project, 2017-2019)
- Dr. Amira Soliman (funded by RISE AI, 2019)
- Dr. Fatemeh Rahimian (Funded by EIT ICT Labs Innovation Activity “Large Scale Graph Processing for Big Linked Data Analytics”, 2014-2015)
Visiting Graduate Students
- Ivan Kralj, University of Zagreb (2024 Apr -May)
- Thomas Marchioro, Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH), Greece (2022 March-May)
- Sofia Yfantidou, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece (2021 May-Jul)
- Ahmed Lekssays, University of Insubria (2020 Nov – 2021 March)
- Zekarias Tilahun Kefato, University of Trento (2017 Sep - Dec)
- Nasrullah Sheikh, University of Trento (2017 Sep - Dec)
- Stefanos Antaris, University of Cyprus (2015 Apr-Jun)
- Laleh Naeimeh, University of Insubria (2014 Oct-Dec)
- Leila Bahri, University of Insubria (2014 Aug - Oct)
Visiting Postdocs
- Dr. Andrés García García, IBM Haifa Labs (2015 April - June)
- Dr.Chen Chen, IBM Haifa Labs (2015 Feb - April)
- Dr. Mikael Högqvist, Peerialism AB (2014 May - July)
Courses
Advanced course in Data-Intensive Computing (FID3019), examiner | Course web
Data Mining (ID2222), examiner, teacher, course responsible | Course web
Data Mining (FID3016), teacher | Course web
Data Mining, Basic Course (ID2211), examiner, course responsible, teacher | Course web
Degree Project in Computer Engineering, First Cycle (II142X), examiner | Course web
Degree Project in Computer Science and Engineering, specialising in Communication Systems, Second Cycle (DA246X), examiner | Course web
Degree Project in Computer Science and Engineering, specialising in ICT Innovation, Second Cycle (DA256X), examiner | Course web
Degree Project in Computer Science and Engineering, specialising in ICT Innovation, Second Cycle (DA258X), examiner | Course web
Degree Project in Computer Science and Engineering, specializing in Industrial Management, Second Cycle (DA235X), examiner | Course web
Degree Project in Computer Science and Engineering, specializing in Machine Learning, Second Cycle (DA233X), examiner | Course web
Degree Project in Computer Science and Engineering, specializing in Software Engineering for Distributed Systems, Second Cycle (DA240X), examiner | Course web
Degree Project in Electrical Engineering, specialising in ICT Innovation, Second Cycle (EA256X), examiner | Course web
Degree Project in Electrical Engineering, specialising in ICT Innovation, Second Cycle (EA258X), examiner | Course web
Degree Project in Electrical Engineering, specializing in Communication Systems, Second Cycle (EA246X), examiner | Course web
Degree Project in Electronics and Computer Engineering, First Cycle (IL142X), examiner | Course web
Degree Project in Information and Communication Technology, First Cycle (II143X), examiner | Course web
Degree Project in Information and Communication Technology, First Cycle (IA150X), examiner | Course web
Degree Project in Information and Communication Technology, Second Cycle (IA250X), examiner | Course web