Katerina Argyraki

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Associate Professor

katerina.argyraki@epfl.ch +41 21 693 81 32 http://nal.epfl.ch

EPFL IC IINFCOM NAL
BC 126 (Bâtiment BC)
Station 14
CH-1015 Lausanne

+41 21 693 81 32
Office: BC 126
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Web site: Web site: https://nal.epfl.ch/

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BI A2 435 (Bâtiment BI)
Station 7
CH-1015 Lausanne

+41 21 693 81 32
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Fields of expertise

Network systems

Biography

I'm an associate professor of Computer Science at EPFL, heading the Network Architecture Lab. My focus is network transparency and predictability. Prior to joining EPFL, I was an early employee at Arista Networks and I got my PhD from Stanford University (2007).

Awards

IRTF Applied Networking Research Prize

Recognizes the best recent results in applied networking, interesting new research ideas of potential relevance to the Internet standards community, and upcoming people that are likely to have an impact on Internet standards and technologies.

2020

N2Women Stars in Networking and Communications

2020

Polysphère IC Teaching Award

By the student association, for excellence in teaching.

2019

IC Teaching Award

By the department, for excellence in teaching.

2018, 2014

Jochen Liedke Young Researcher Award

Recognizes junior European researchers who have demonstrated exceptional creativity and innovation in systems research.

2016

NSDI Best Paper Award

For the "Software Dataplane Verification" paper, with Mihai Dobrescu.

2014

Starting Grant

By the Swiss National Science Foundation.

2014

SOSP Best Paper Award

For the "RouteBricks" paper, with Dobrescu et al.

2009

Research

My lab works on fundamental questions regarding network system design. What keeps me awake is Internet transparency and neutrality. I am also interested in how to design network functions such that we can accurately reason about their behavior and performance. See my lab page for more.

Teaching & PhD

Teaching

Communication Systems

Computer Science

PhD Programs

Doctoral program in computer and communication sciences

PhD Students

Abdullah Muhammad, Alvarez Inostroza Catalina Paz, Shmeis Zeinab,

Past EPFL PhD Students

Dobrescu Mihai , Fietz Jonas , Fragkouli Georgia , Ghita Denisa Gabriela , Ioannidis Georgios , Mara Ovidiu Sebastian , Nikolopoulos Pavlos , Primorac Mia , Safaka Iris , Zaostrovnykh Arseniy ,

Courses

Computer networks

This course provides an introduction to computer networks. It describes the principles that underly modern network operation and illustrates them using the Internet as an example.

Program: MINEUR

Principles of computer systems

This advanced graduate course teaches the key design principles underlying successful computer and communication systems, and shows how to solve real problems with ideas, techniques, and algorithms from operating systems, networks, databases, programming languages, and computer architecture.

Program: Section of Computer Science

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