Ioannis Chatzigiannakis
Professor at Sapienza Design Research
Rome, Lazio, Italy
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Top SchoolIoannis Chatzigiannakis is a professor and hands-on engineering leader with 15+ years building high-performance distributed systems and driving technology transfer between academia and industry. He combines a strong research background (PhD in Computer Engineering and Informatics) with operational leadership as VP of Engineering at Spark Works and co-founder roles in multiple startups, delivering IoT and Future Internet solutions across multinational projects. Based in Rome, he has progressed through academic ranks at Sapienza University and steers design research as Deputy Director while teaching at graduate and undergraduate levels. His portfolio spans research institutes, industry engineering, and EU-level service in the theoretical computer science community, reflecting rare fluency in both rigorous analysis and product delivery. Less obvious: he repeatedly toggles between roles in startup founding, university leadership, and engineering management, which helps him translate novel research into deployable systems.
15 years of coding experience
27 years of employment as a software developer
High School, High School at Moraitis SchoolPhD Computer Engineering and Informatics, PhD Computer Engineering and Informatics at University of PatrasMetavallonBEng Computer Systems Engineering, BEng Computer Systems Engineering at University of Kent
Github Skills (38)
software-update10
internet10
freertos9
iot9
python8
rtos8
pandas8
coap8
data-science7
bioinformatics7
manipulation7
internet-of-things7
riot-os7
frame7
data-analysis7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
ichatz/riotos-apps
Jan 2021 - Mar 2021
Contributions:44 commits, 27 pushes, 3 branches in 1 month
EaW1805/www
Jan 2015 - Aug 2016
Contributions:7 commits, 9 pushes, 4 comments in 1 year 7 months
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