I am a PhD student in the Department of Informatics at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, under the supervision of Professor Helen Karatza. I am a member of the Parallel and Distributed Systems Group (PDSG).

I received the BSc degree in Informatics from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece in 2006 and the MSc degree in Advanced Computing from Imperial College London, UK in 2007.

My research interests include:

• Distributed Real-Time Systems
• Scheduling Algorithms
• Performance Evaluation
• Discrete-Event Simulation

• Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece (Feb 2008 - Present)
  • PhD candidate in Computer Science
    (Supervisor: Professor Helen D. Karatza)
    
    
  • Research Area: Modelling, Simulation and Performance Evaluation of Distributed Real-Time Systems
    
    
  • Participation and poster presentation in ComplexHPC Spring School 2011 (VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, May 2011)
  
  
  
• Imperial College London, UK (Sept 2006 - Sept 2007)
  • MSc in Advanced Computing
    
    
  • Thesis: Deadline Scheduling in Distributed Real-Time Systems (Grade: Distinction)
    (Supervisor: Professor Peter G. Harrison; Second Marker: Dr William J. Knottenbelt)
  
  
  
• Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece (Sept 2002 - Sept 2006)
  • BSc in Informatics
    
    
  • Thesis: Modelling, Simulation and Performance Evaluation of a Distributed Real-Time System
    (Supervisor: Professor Helen D. Karatza)
    
    
  • GPA: 8.46/10
    
    
  • Honorary Scholarship for distinction in studies during the academic years 2002-2003, 2003-2004, 2004-2005 and 2005-2006 (Greek State Scholarships Foundation - IKY)

Conference Proceedings

• G. L. Stavrinides and H. D. Karatza, The impact of input error on the scheduling of task graphs with imprecise computations in heterogeneous distributed real-time systems, In Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Analytical and Stochastic Modelling Techniques and Applications (ASMTA’11), Venice, Italy, Jun. 2011, pp. 273-287
  
  
• G. L. Stavrinides and H. D. Karatza, Performance evaluation of gang scheduling in distributed real - time systems with possible software faults, In Proceedings of the 2008 International Symposium on Performance Evaluation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems (SPECTS’08), Edinburgh, UK, Jun. 2008, pp. 1–7

Journal Publications

• G. L. Stavrinides and H. D. Karatza, Scheduling real-time DAGs in heterogeneous clusters by combining imprecise computations and bin packing techniques for the exploitation of schedule holes, Future Generation Computer Systems, Elsevier, vol. 28, no. 7, pp. 977– 988, Jul. 2012 (in press)
  
  
• G. L. Stavrinides and H. D. Karatza, Scheduling multiple task graphs in heterogeneous distributed real-time systems by exploiting schedule holes with bin packing techniques, Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory, Elsevier, vol. 19, no. 1 , pp. 540–552, Jan. 2011
  
  
• G. L. Stavrinides and H. D. Karatza, Scheduling multiple task graphs with end-to-end deadlines in distributed real-time systems utilizing imprecise computations, Journal of Systems and Software, Elsevier, vol. 83, no. 6, pp. 1004–1014, Jun. 2010
  
  
• G. L. Stavrinides and H. D. Karatza, Fault-tolerant gang scheduling in distributed real-time systems utilizing imprecise computations, Simulation: Transactions of the Society for Modeling and Simulation International, Sage Publications, Special Issue on Performance Evaluation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems, vol. 85, no. 8, pp. 525–536, Aug. 2009

• My Google Scholar profile can be found here.
  
  
• Parallel and Distributed Systems Group (PDSG):
  
  
  • Professor Helen Karatza Research Coordinator
    
    
  • Dr Stylianos Zikos (BSc, MSc, PhD) Research Collaborator
    
    
  • Dr Zafeirios Papazachos (BSc, MSc, PhD) Research Collaborator
    
    
  • Fotis Loukos (BSc, MSc) PhD Student
    
    
  • Konstantinos Karaoglanoglou (BSc, MSc) PhD Student
    
    
  • Georgios Stavrinides (BSc, MSc) PhD Student
    
    
  • Kyriaki Gkoutioudi (BSc, MSc) PhD Student
    
    
  • Ioannis Moschakis (BSc, MSc) PhD Student
    
    
  • Georgios Terzopoulos (BSc, MSc) PhD Student
    
    
  • Sofia Dimitriadou (BSc, MSc) Research Collaborator
    
    
• Department of Informatics (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece)
  
  
• Department of Computing (Imperial College London, UK)