Alexandros Tzannes

A picture is worth 1K words right ? So this is already a lot. To top that I was born in Athens, Greece, but I am half French on my mother's side. I went to undergrad at NTUA, got my degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering with a Thesis in Complexity Theory under S.Zachos, and came to the University of Maryland to pursue a Ph.D.

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Research

I am doing research in the area of compilers for parallel architectures, and specifically for XMT. I am co-advised by Dr. Rajeev Barua and Dr. Uzi Vishkin. So far I have implemented a basic but stable compiler for the XMTC language, a small extension of C for XMT. This compiler was used with big success in the class of Parallel Algorithms taught at the University of Maryland in Spring '07. I am now working with G. Caragea to add language and target specific optimizations and functionality.

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Coursework

• Spring 07

  • CMSC838F Advanced Topics in Programming Languages: Language-Based Techniques for Concurrent & Distributed Systems, Jeff Foster
  • (Auditing) CMSC838D Advanced Topics in Programming Languages: Compiler Optimizations for Modern Architectures and Embedded Systems, Rajeev Barua

• Fall 2006

  • (Auditing) ENES460 Fundamentals of Technology Start-Up Ventures, Scott Magids.

• Spring 2006

  • CMSC 631 Program Analysis and Understanding, Jeff Foster

• Fall 2005

  • CMSC 722 AI Planning, Dana S. Nau
  • CMSC 652 Complexity Theory, Jonathan Katz

• Spring 2005

  • CMSC 751 Parallel Algorithms, Uzi Vishkin
  • CMSC 724 Database Management Systems, Nick Roussopoulos
  • CMSC 711 Computer Networks, Neil Spring

• Fall 2004

  • CMSC 858S Advanced Topics in Theory of Computing: Algorithms in Networking, Aravind Srinivasan
  • CMSC 858K Advanced Topics in Theory of Computing: Approximation Algorithms, Samir Khuller

Teaching

• CMSC311 Computer Organization (Spring '08) with M.Hugue
• CMSC723 Computational Linguistics I (Fall '07) with B.Dorr
• CMSC751 Parallel Algorithms (Spring '07) with U.Vishkin
• CMSC311 Computer Organization (Fall '05) with M.Hugue
• CMSC311 Computer Organization (Spring '05) with M.Hugue
• CMSC311 Computer Organization (Fall '04) with M.Hugue

Fun Stuff

Here's a webpage I made about what to do if you are visiting Athens for a few days.

And here are some links:

• Digenis
• Scholarship Resource
• Live Shows in DC,MD,VA