{"id":3640,"date":"2012-11-02T18:02:55","date_gmt":"2012-11-02T22:02:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cs\/?page_id=3640"},"modified":"2018-08-14T17:01:37","modified_gmt":"2018-08-14T21:01:37","slug":"people","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cs\/research-groups\/data-group\/dblab\/people\/","title":{"rendered":"DBLab People"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<h2>Faculty<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<table class=\"aligncenter\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\" style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"aligncenter\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"middle\">\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cs.bu.edu\/fac\/gkollios\/\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/cs\/files\/2012\/11\/gk.jpg\" width=\"135\" height=\"193\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3491\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cs.bu.edu\/fac\/gkollios\/\">George Kollios<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" valign=\"middle\">My interests lie in indexing in spatial, spatio-temporal, and multi-media <span style=\"color: black;\"><strong>databases<\/strong><\/span>, approximation algorithms for database management systems, and secure data management<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"middle\">\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cs.bu.edu\/fac\/evimaria\/\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/cs\/files\/2012\/11\/et-e1353873275165.jpg\" width=\"155\" height=\"183\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3491\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cs.bu.edu\/fac\/evimaria\/\">Evimaria Terzi<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" valign=\"middle\">My research interests are in the area of algorithmic <span style=\"color: black;\"><strong>data mining<\/strong><\/span> with emphasis on social-network analysis, analysis of sequential data, ranking, clustering and bioinformatics.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"middle\">\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tsourakakis.com\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/cs\/files\/2016\/08\/Babis.jpg\" width=\"155\" height=\"183\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3491\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cs.bu.edu\/fac\/evimaria\/\">Charalampos (Babis) E. Tsourakakis<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" valign=\"middle\">My research interests are in the area of <span style=\"color: black;\"><strong>data mining<\/strong><\/span>, graphs, algorithms, machine learning and data analytics.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>Post-Docs<\/h2>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<table class=\"aligncenter\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Graduate Students<\/h2>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<table class=\"aligncenter\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dbogatov.org\"><br \/>\n<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/cs\/files\/2018\/08\/dmytro.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7201 size-thumbnail\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/dbogatov.org\"> Dmytro Bogatov <\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" valign=\"middle\"><span> I work with Prof. George Kollios. My primary interests are Data Science (databases, distributed computing, big data) and Web-development (back-end).<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a http:=\"\" cs-people=\"\" bu=\"\" edu=\"\" harshal=\"\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/cs-people.bu.edu\/harshal\/bootstrap\/img\/harshal2.jpg\" width=\"155\" height=\"183\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3491\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/cs-people.bu.edu\/harshal\/\"> Harshal Chaudhari <\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" valign=\"middle\">I work with John Byers and Evimaria Terzi. My research motivations are real world problems that can be tackled using techniques from algorithmic data mining and machine learning. Another discipline of my research focuses on problems at the intersection of marketing and computer science, involving empirical studies of large scale web platforms (eg. appstores).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cs-people.bu.edu\/chenh13\/\"><br \/>\n<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/cs\/files\/2018\/08\/hao.png\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7201 size-thumbnail\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/cs-people.bu.edu\/chenh13\/\"> Hao Chen<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" valign=\"middle\"><span> I work with Prof. Evimaria Terzi. My research interests are in the area of algorithmic graph mining.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smnikolakaki.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/cs\/files\/2016\/12\/sofia.jpg\" width=\"155\" height=\"183\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3491\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.smnikolakaki.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sofia Maria Nikolakaki<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" valign=\"middle\">I work with Prof. Evimaria Terzi. My interests lie in the broad area of Data Mining\/Machine Learning, but I am particularly fascinated by their applications on Social Networks and Graph Mining.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cs-people.bu.edu\/bashir\/\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/cs\/files\/2015\/04\/391639_2477229964899_1941356530_n-150x150.jpg\" width=\"155\" height=\"183\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3491\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/cs-people.bu.edu\/bashir\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Bashir Rastegarpanah <\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" valign=\"middle\">My research interests are in the areas of machine learning, data mining, and network science. Currently, my focus is on characterizing large and complex networks and network dynamics. My PhD research is a joint work with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cs\/groups\/nrg\/\">networking group<\/a> at BU.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cs-people.bu.edu\/isidora\/\"><br \/>\n<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/cs\/files\/2018\/08\/isidora.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7201 size-thumbnail\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/cs-people.bu.edu\/isidora\/\"> Isidora Tourni<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" valign=\"middle\"><span> I am working with Prof. Evimaria Terzi. My research interests are in the areas of algorithmic data mining, networks and machine learning. <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>Alumni<\/h2>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<table class=\"aligncenter\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cs-people.bu.edu\/cmav\/\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/cs\/files\/2012\/11\/harry.png\" width=\"155\" height=\"183\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3491\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/cs-people.bu.edu\/cmav\/\"> Charalampos (Harry) Mavroforakis <\/a><br \/>\nPhD (Now at Facebook) <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cs-people.bu.edu\/bahargam\/\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/cs\/files\/2016\/12\/sanaz2.jpg\" width=\"155\" height=\"183\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3491\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/cs-people.bu.edu\/bahargam\/\"> Sanaz Bahargam <\/a><br \/>\nPhD (Now at Twitter)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cs-people.bu.edu\/natalir\/\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/cs\/files\/2014\/09\/NataliRuchansky-copy.jpg\" width=\"155\" height=\"183\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3491\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/cs-people.bu.edu\/natalir\/\"> Natali Ruchansky <\/a><br \/>\nPhD (Now Postdoc at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cs.usc.edu\/\">USC<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cs-people.bu.edu\/behzad\/\"><br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"\/cs\/files\/2015\/04\/28933ed.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"155\" height=\"183\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7193 size-thumbnail\" src=\"\/cs\/files\/2015\/04\/28933ed-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/cs-people.bu.edu\/behzad\/\"> Behzad Golshan<\/a><br \/>\nPhD (Now at <a href=\"http:\/\/recruit.ai\/\" target=\"_blank\">R.I.T<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.xianruimeng.org\/\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.xianruimeng.org\/images\/pics\/3.jpg\" width=\"155\" height=\"183\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3491\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.xianruimeng.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Xianrui Meng<\/a><br \/>\nPhD (Now at Apple)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/zhuhaohan.com\/\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/cs\/files\/2012\/11\/zhu.jpg\" width=\"155\" height=\"183\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3491\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/zhuhaohan.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Haohan Zhu <\/a><br \/>\nPhD (Now at Facebook)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cs-people.bu.edu\/edori\/\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/cs\/files\/2012\/11\/dora-e1353873153636.jpg\" width=\"155\" height=\"183\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3491\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/cs-people.bu.edu\/edori\/\"> Dora Erdos <\/a><br \/>\nPhD (Now PostDoc at <a href=\"http:\/\/compbio.cs.brown.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">Brown<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cs.helsinki.fi\/u\/galbrun\/web\/\"><br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"\/cs\/files\/2015\/04\/galbrun.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/cs\/files\/2015\/04\/galbrun-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7194 size-thumbnail\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cs.helsinki.fi\/u\/galbrun\/web\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Esther Galbrun <\/a><br \/>\nPost-Doc<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tedlappas.com\/\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/cs\/files\/2012\/11\/ted-e1353873367117.jpg\" width=\"155\" height=\"183\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3491\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/tedlappas.com\/\"> Theodoros Lappas <\/a><br \/>\nPost-doc (Now at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stevens.edu\/sit\/\">Stevens<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/vlm1.uta.edu\/~athitsos\/\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/cs\/files\/2012\/12\/vassilis.jpg\" width=\"155\" height=\"183\" class=\"aligncenter size-small wp-image-3491\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/vlm1.uta.edu\/~athitsos\/\"> Vassilis Athitsos <\/a><br \/>\nPost-Doc (Now at UT Arlington)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a><br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"\/cs\/files\/2015\/04\/gb.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"149\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-7191\" src=\"\/cs\/files\/2015\/04\/gb.jpeg\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a> George Brova <\/a><br \/>\nBA (Now at UIUC)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a><br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"\/cs\/files\/2015\/04\/138e747.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7192 size-thumbnail\" src=\"\/cs\/files\/2015\/04\/138e747-150x150.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cs\/files\/2015\/04\/138e747-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cs\/files\/2015\/04\/138e747.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a> Bogdan Buricea <\/a><br \/>\nMA (Now at IBM Romania)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/cs\/files\/2012\/12\/ching.jpeg\" width=\"155\" height=\"183\" class=\"aligncenter size-small wp-image-3491\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a> Ching Chang <\/a><br \/>\nMA (Now at Microsoft)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/cs\/files\/2012\/12\/justin2-e1355090911913.jpg\" width=\"155\" height=\"183\" class=\"aligncenter size-small wp-image-3491\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a> Justin Davis <\/a><br \/>\nMA<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hadjieleftheriou.com\/\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/cs\/files\/2012\/12\/marioh3.gif\" width=\"155\" height=\"183\" class=\"aligncenter size-small wp-image-3491\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/hadjieleftheriou.com\/\"> Marios Hadjieleftheriou <\/a><br \/>\nPost-Doc\u00a0(Now at\u00a0<span>Lion Cave Capital, LLC<\/span>)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cs.utah.edu\/~lifeifei\/\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/cs\/files\/2012\/12\/li-e1355091395989.jpg\" width=\"155\" height=\"183\" class=\"aligncenter size-small wp-image-3491\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cs.utah.edu\/~lifeifei\/\"> Feifei Li<\/a><br \/>\nPhD (Now at U of Utah)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cis.hut.fi\/panagpap\/\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/cs\/files\/2012\/12\/panagiotis_papapetrou.jpg\" width=\"155\" height=\"183\" class=\"aligncenter size-small wp-image-3491\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cis.hut.fi\/panagpap\/\"> Panagiotis Papapetrou <\/a><br \/>\nPhD ( Now at Aalto University)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cs-people.bu.edu\/mp\/index.html\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/cs\/files\/2012\/12\/michalis3.jpg\" width=\"155\" height=\"183\" class=\"aligncenter size-small wp-image-3491\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/cs-people.bu.edu\/mp\/index.html\"> Michalis Potamias <\/a><br \/>\nPhD (Now at Google)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a><br \/>\n<img width=\"155\" height=\"183\" class=\"aligncenter size-small wp-image-3491\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a> Yangui Tao<\/a><br \/>\nMA (Now at EBay Inc)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a><br \/>\n<img width=\"155\" height=\"183\" class=\"aligncenter size-small wp-image-3491\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"h\"> Lisi Wand <\/a><br \/>\nMA<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/cs\/files\/2012\/12\/XuanZhangPic.jpg\" width=\"155\" height=\"183\" class=\"aligncenter size-small wp-image-3491\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a> Xuan Zhang <\/a><br \/>\nMA (Now at Oracle)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Faculty George Kollios My interests lie in indexing in spatial, spatio-temporal, and multi-media databases, approximation algorithms for database management systems, and secure data management Evimaria Terzi My research interests are in the area of algorithmic data mining with emphasis on social-network analysis, analysis of sequential data, ranking, clustering and bioinformatics. 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