Charis Kouzinopoulos
Assistant Professor at Maastricht University
Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolCharis Kouzinopoulos is an Assistant Professor and seasoned computer scientist with 26 years of experience specializing in scientific and high-performance computing, GPGPU programming (CUDA/OpenCL), and parallel/distributed algorithms. He combines academic rigor—PhD in Computer Science—with hands-on contributions to large-scale experimental software such as the ALICE O2 project at CERN, where he developed core ITS simulation geometry code. A Linux enthusiast and open-source advocate, he has balanced research, teaching, and R&D leadership roles across European universities and research centers, including CERN and CERTH. His work blends practical system-level engineering (data distribution for terabyte-per-second detectors) with algorithmic innovation (GPU Hough Transform for fast track reconstruction). Based in the Netherlands, he is known for making complex parallel platforms interoperable and for grounding theoretical algorithmics in production-grade scientific workflows.
26 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Science and Telecommunications, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Science and Telecommunications at Technologiko Ekpaideutiko Idrima, SerronDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science at University of MacedoniaMaster of Science (MSc), Data Communication Systems, Master of Science (MSc), Data Communication Systems at Brunel University
Greek, English
Github Skills (8)
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Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
AliceO2Group/AliceO2
Oct 2014 - Dec 2016
O2 software project for the ALICE experiment at CERN
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:30 commits, 22 PRs, 13 comments in 2 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Charis primarily contributed to the initial implementation of the ITS simulation code, including core components such as the AliITSUGeomTGeo class, which is central to querying the TGeo ITS geometry. Their work involved setting up the foundational elements for the simulation, specifically related to the geometry. The changes demonstrate a focus on the simulation aspects of the ALICE experiment at CERN.
c-plus-plusalice-experimentalicecern
kouzinopoulos/AliceO2
Jan 2015 - Dec 2016
Contributions:67 pushes, 37 branches in 1 year 11 months
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