Christos Gkantsidis is a researcher in the Cambridge Systems and Networking Group. I am a member of the Systems and Networking Group of Microsoft Research at Cambridge, UK. My current work focuses on various topics such as content distribution, peer-to-peer networking, network coding (especially its applications for efficient content dissemination), network topologies, and modelling of large-scale complex networks. Lately, I have been involved in measurement and modeling studies of some very cool services, such as the Windows Update service, FolderShare, and XBOX live. I am also very interested in wireless networking, with a special focus on content distribution. I did my Ph.D. at the College of Computing at Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA, USA. Under the supervision of Prof. Milena Mihail, I worked on analyzing the algorithmic performance of complex communication networks. You can find a copy of my thesis here. While at Georgia Tech, I also collaborated with Prof. Mostafa Ammar, Ellen Zegura, and Constantinos Dovrolis. I did my undergrad at the Computer Engineering and Informatics Department of the University of Patras, Rio, Greece. I have also worked at Sprint Labs, CA, USA and in the Computer Technology Institute, Patras, Greece.

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Publications

• "Is High-Quality VoD Feasible using P2P Swarming?" with S. Annapureddy, S. Guha, D. Gunawardena, and P. Rodriguez [WWW 2007]
• "Decentralized Broadcasting Algorithms" with L. Massoulie, A. Twigg, and P. Rodriguez [Infocom 2007]
• "Exploring VoD in P2P Swarming Systems" with P. Rodriguez, S. Guha, S. Annapureddy, and D. Gunawardena [Infocom Mini-symposium 2007]
• "Towards Topology Aware Networks", with G. Goel, M. Mihail, and A. Saberi [Infocom Mini-symposium 2007]
• "Comprehensive View of a Live Network Coding P2P System" with P. Rodriguez and J. Miller [IMC'06]
• "Planet Scale Software Updates" with T. Karagiannis, P. Rodriguez, and Milan Vojnovic [Sigcomm'06]
• "Algorithmic Performance of large-scale distributed networks: A spectral method approach" Thesis work. Georgia Tech, May 2006
• "Anatomy of a P2P Content Distribution System with Network Coding" with J. Miller and P. Rodriguez [IPTPS'06, Santa Barbara, CA, Feb'06]
• "On the feasibility of commercial, legal P2P Content Distribution" with S.-M. Tan and P. Rodriguez [ACM/SigComm CCR, Jan'06]
• "Providing Video-on-Demand using Peer-to-Peer Networks" with S. Annapureddy and P. Rodriguez [WWW IPTV 2006]
• "Cooperative Security for Network Coding File Distribution" with P. Rodriguez [IEEE Infocom, Barcelona, Spain, Apr'06]
• "Network Coding for Large Scale Content Distribution" with P. Rodriguez [IEEE Infocom, Miami, FL, USA, Mar'05]
• "Hybrid Search Schemes for Unstructured Peer-to-Peer Networks" with M. Mihail and A. Saberi [IEEE Infocom, Miami, FL, USA, Mar'05]
• "Random Walks in Peer-to-Peer Networks" with M. Mihail and A. Saberi [IEEE Infocom, Hong Kong, Mar'04]
• "On the Effect of Large-Scale Deployment of Parallel Downloading" with M. Ammar and E. Zegura [IEEE WIAPP, San Jose, CA, USA, Jun'03]
• "Throughput and Congestion in Power Law Graphs" with M. Mihail and A. Saberi [ACM SigMetrics, San Diego, CA, USA, Jun'03]
• "Spectral Analysis of Internet Topologies" with M. Mihail and E. Zegura [IEEE Infocom, San Francisco, CA, USA, Apr'03]
• "The Markov Chain Simulation Method for Generating Connected Power Law Random Graphs" with M. Mihail and E. Zegura [SIAM Alenex, Baltimore, MD, USA, Jan'03]

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Education

Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA
Ph.D. in Computer Science (2006)

University of Patras Patras, Greece
Diploma in Computer Engineering and Informatics (1999)

Employment

Microsoft Research
Cambridge, UK
Associate Researcher
May 2005 - today

College of Computing,
Georgia Tech Atlanta, GA, USA
Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant
Aug 1999 - May 2005

Microsoft Research
Cambridge, UK
Intern
Feb'04 - Jun'04

Sprint Labs
Burlingame, CA
Intern
May'00 - Aug'00 & May'01 - Aug'01

Computer Technology Institute
Patras, Greece
Network Manager
1995-1999

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