Mr Kostas Kavoussanakis

Project Manager

k.kavoussanakis@epcc.ed.ac.uk

Tel +44 (0)131 650 5021
Fax +44 (0)131 650 6555

I joined EPCC in June 1998 and I work as a Project Manager. I am currently managing the following project:

  • BEinGRID: Business Experiments in Grid

In the past I have managed the following projects:

  • EGEE-NPM: Network Performance Monitoring for the Enabling Grids for E-sciencE project
  • Oncology: Genome Scan To Identify Common Low Penetrance Alleles Contributing to Colorectal Cancer Aetiology
  • EGEE-JRA4: Network Services Development activity for the Enabling Grids for E-sciencE project
  • PGPGrid: The Peppers Ghost Productions Grid Project
  • 3D-Pathology: A real time system for quantitative diagnostic pathology and visualisation in 3D
  • Autoscreen: automation of cervical cancer screening.
  • GridWeaver: investigation of the problem of automating the configuration and management of Grid computing fabrics.
  • Elektrobit: modelling of 3G mobile telephony networks.
  • Seesaw: performance optimisation of sawmills through the use of visual inspection.
  • ITBase: development of a tool for courseware maintenance.

Even longer ago, I worked as a developer on the following projects:

  • Intersim: development of a tool for the simulation of differentiated services.
  • Colombo: development of a tool for the programming and seamless parallel execution of CA models.

I graduated in 1994 from the University of Crete with a BSc in Mathematics. I then moved on to Edinburgh University and graduated in 1995 with an MSc in Computer Science, following the “Parallel Systems” course theme.

My first employment was at Heriot-Watt University, where I worked as a Research Associate in the Department of Computing and Electrical Engineering. In September 1996 I enlisted in the Hellenic Navy for my compulsory National Service.

In my free time I like watching football and I am also keen on gardening. In the last 5 years I have developed an interest in photography and photographic equipment.