Georgios Syros

About

I am a Computer Science PhD student at Northeastern University, Boston. I'm interested in computer security with a focus on adversarial machine learning and distributed & decentralized systems.

I am a member of the NDS2 Lab and I am fortunate to be under the joint supervision of Alina Oprea and Cristina Nita-Rotaru.

Before my PhD studies, I was an undergraduate student at the Athens University of Economics and Business, where I was a member of the MMlab. I was mentored and worked under the supervision of George C. Polyzos.

Previously, I have also been a research intern working with Yigitcan Kaya at the University of Maryland, College Park under the supervision of Tudor Dumitraș.

News

• March 2024
  I will be attending the New England Security Day 2024 at UConn, CT. Come say hi!
• Jul 2023
  I successfully completed my undergraduate studies at the Athens University of Economics and Business.
• Mar 2023
  This Fall I will be joining the NDS2 Lab at Northeastern University, Boston as a PhD student!
Sep 2022
Our paper; "Decentralized NFT-based Evolvable Games" was published at the 4th Conference on Blockchain Research and Applications for Innovative Networks and Services (BRAINS) in Paris, France.
Aug 2022
I attended the 31st USENIX Security Symposium in Boston, MA.
Aug 2022
I joined Tudor Dumitraș' group for my Summer@MC2 internship on Cybersecurity at the University of Maryland, College Park.
Jun 2022
Received Honors for high academic performance and distinctions, awarded by the Department of Informatics, School of Information Sciences and Technology, AUEB.
May 2022
Awarded the HUAWEI Hellas Enterprise Fellowship for excellent performance and distinctions.
May 2022
Gave a speech at HUAWEI Hellas Enterprise 2022 scholarship ceremony regarding my experience in the Seeds for the Future program. [Press Release]

Education

• Ph.D. in Computer Science, Northeastern University, present

• B.Sc. in Computer Science, Athens University of Economics and Business, 2023

Research

I work on Security focusing on Distributed & Decentralized Systems and Systems for Machine Learning. My research aims to explore the intersection of these fields, with a focus on building secure, decentralized systems that can effectively handle and protect sensitive data, while also enabling the use of advanced machine learning techniques. I am particularly interested in the design and implementation of secure communication protocols, access control mechanisms, and privacy-preserving techniques in decentralized systems.

Publications

• C. Karapapas, G. Syros, I. Pittaras, G. C. Polyzos, "Decentralized NFT-based Evolvable Games", Proc. 4th Conference on Blockchain Research and Applications for Innovative Networks and Services (BRAINS), Paris, France, September 2022 [PDF]

Projects

• Georgios Syros, Anastasios Toumazatos, Fotios Bistas Jun 2023
  CookMate; developing an enhanced microwave interface with accessibility features [PDF] [GitHub]
• Georgios Syros, Fotios Bistas, Anastasios Toumazatos, Jun 2023
  Strabo.io; a real time NLP-backed Greeklish-to-Greek translation keyboard for Android [GitHub]
• Georgios Syros, Anastasios Toumazatos, Fotios Bistas Feb 2023
  TCP throughput over LANs and the Internet [PDF] [GitHub¹] [GitHub²]
• Fotios Bistas, Georgios Syros, Anastasios Toumazatos Jan 2023
  Vζoom; developing a fast, lightweight video calling web app [GitHub]
• Georgios Syros, Anastasios Toumazatos, Nikos Christodoulou, Evgenios Gkritsis Jun 2022
  Simplegram; A simple Pub/Sub distributed messenger app [GitHub¹] [GitHub²]
• Georgios Syros & Anastasios Toumazatos, Evgenios Gkritsis Jun 2022
  Machine Learning Algorithms over IMDB's Review database [GitHub]
• Georgios Syros Apr 2020
  ArachovaWeather - Weather in Arachova []
• Georgios Syros Nov 2017
  C-Calc - Pocket biochemistry calculator []
• Georgios Syros, Efthymios Syros Nov 2017
  MathsTests - Math quizes []

Contact

office: 5th floor, 177 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115

email: syros.g at northeastern.edu