Athina Markopoulou

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Athina Markopoulou
Alma mater Stanford University
National Technical University of Athens
Scientific career
Institutions University of California, Irvine
Stanford University
Sprint Applied Research & Advanced Technology Labs
Arista Networks
Thesis Assessing the quality of multimedia communications over Internet backbone networks  (2002)

Athina Markopoulou is a Greek-American engineer who is Professor, Chancellor's Fellow, and chair at the University of California, Irvine. Her research considers internet privacy, data transparency and mobile data analytics. She was elected Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in 2020.

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Early life and education

Markopoulou was born in Greece. She attended the National Technical University of Athens for undergraduate studies, where she worked toward a diploma in electrical engineering. [1] She graduated in the top percentile of her class,[ citation needed ] and moved to the United States for her graduate studies. Markopoulou completed her doctoral research under the supervision of Fouad Tobagi, in which she explored Internet backbone networks. [2] After finishing her doctorate, Markopoulou joined the Sprint Applied Research & Advanced Technology Labs, where she worked on the technical staff. She returned to Stanford University as a postdoctoral researcher in 2003. Markopolou joined the technical staff at Arista Networks in 2005.[ citation needed ]

Research and career

In 2012, Markopoulou was appointed to the faculty at the University of California, Irvine. Her research group, the UCI Networking Group, considers mobile data analytics, privacy and the internet of things. [3] Markopoulou has looked to understand advertising and tracking services, and train machine learning models for the detection and blocking of advertising. [4] [5] She co-founded Shoelace Wireless, an app that speeds up mobile internet by combining Wi-Fi and cellular networks. [6]

In 2020, Markopoulou was awarded $10 million from the National Science Foundation to study personal information, data and security. [7] The program, ProperData: Protecting Personal Data Flow on the Internet, seeks to protect personal data on mobile devices. [8] [9] She was the first Samueli School of Engineering researcher to be appointed Chancellor's Fellow at the University of California, Irvine in 2019. [10]

Awards and honors

Selected publications

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References

  1. ↑ "Athina Markopoulou | The Henry Samueli School of Engineering at UC Irvine". engineering.uci.edu. Retrieved 2021-08-14.
  2. ↑ Markopoulou, Athina P (2002). Assessing the quality of multimedia communications over Internet backbone networks (Thesis). OCLC   77618181.
  3. ↑ "UCI Networking Group" . Retrieved 2021-08-14.
  4. ↑ "Network Traffic Filtering against Advertising and Tracking | UCI Networking Group" . Retrieved 2021-08-14.
  5. ↑ "Student wins award for paper on ad blocking". UCI News. 2018-08-21. Retrieved 2021-08-14.
  6. ↑ "Shoelace Wireless - Home". www.shoelacewireless.com. Retrieved 2021-08-14.
  7. ↑ "UCI reports blockbuster year for research funding, receives $529 million". Orange County Register. 2020-07-21. Retrieved 2021-08-14.
  8. ↑ "Faculty – Proper Data" . Retrieved 2021-08-14.
  9. ↑ "UCI to lead $10 million NSF-funded center on protecting personal data privacy". UCI News. 2020-06-12. Retrieved 2021-08-14.
  10. ↑ "Markopoulou Named First Chancellor's Fellow in Engineering | The Henry Samueli School of Engineering at UC Irvine". engineering.uci.edu. Retrieved 2021-08-14.
  11. ↑ "NSF Award Search: Award # 0747110 - CAREER: Network Coding Mechanisms for the Internet". www.nsf.gov. Retrieved 2021-08-14.
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  13. ↑ "Markopoulou Named OCEC Outstanding Educator | The Henry Samueli School of Engineering at UC Irvine". engineering.uci.edu. Retrieved 2021-08-14.
  14. ↑ "Markopoulou, Burke are New IEEE Fellows | The Henry Samueli School of Engineering at UC Irvine". engineering.uci.edu. Retrieved 2021-08-14.
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