Dimitrios Akestoridis
Software Engineer at Google
Sunnyvale, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDimitrios Akestoridis is a software engineer based in Sunnyvale with a decade of experience at the intersection of research and applied security engineering. He focuses on smart home network security, specializing in Zigbee and Thread protocols and building IoT security tools that include proof-of-concept attacks and packet-analysis methods. Currently at Google, he brings hands-on experience from SmartThings where he led development of a Go-based risk management tool and contributed to cloud security auditing. His background blends rigorous academia—holding a PhD from Carnegie Mellon—with practical system administration from roles in the Hellenic Army and university IT labs. Dimitrios has a track record of turning large-scale data analyses (e.g., CRAWDAD datasets) into actionable insights and automating operational workflows to keep complex labs and networks running smoothly. He pairs deep protocol-level expertise with a pragmatic engineering mindset for producing auditable, research-grounded security tools.
10 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Science, 8.20 out of 10.0, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Science, 8.20 out of 10.0 at University of IoanninaDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Electrical and Computer Engineering, 4.0 out of 4.0, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Electrical and Computer Engineering, 4.0 out of 4.0 at Carnegie Mellon University
English, Greek
Github Skills (27)
pcap10
network-visualization10
python10
scapy10
network-analysis10
feature-selection10
packet10
dtw10
levenshtein-distance10
resampling10
edit-distance10
manipulation10
security10
packet-capture10
network10
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
akestoridis/scapy
May 2020 - Apr 2022
Scapy: the Python-based interactive packet manipulation program & library. Supports Python 2 & Python 3.
Contributions:23 pushes, 4 branches, 1 tag in 1 year 11 months
manipulationorangepythonnetwork-visualizationpython-3
akestoridis/mcdm
Jan 2020 - May 2022
Python implementation of multiple-criteria decision-making algorithms
Contributions:4 releases, 94 commits, 57 pushes in 2 years 4 months
decision-makingdtwlevenshtein-distancepythonprincipal-component-analysis
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