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Nikos Vasilakis

Nikos Vasilakis

I am Nikos, a faculty at Brown CS. When not traveling around the world to preach the gospel of distribution in its many forms, you'll find me in CIT. I love mixing consistency guarantees with JavaScript semantics—what could go wrong?

OH: Wed 2–3pm @ CIT 555 & Zoom

HTA #

Spandan Goel

Spandan Goel

Hi! I'm Spandan, a senior studying CS from the Chicagoland area. Outside of the CIT, you'll find me restaurant hunting, studying poker theory, or at a concert. I love reading post-mortems of crazy distributed system meltdowns!

OH: TBD @ Zoom.

GTAs #

Vagos Lamprou

Vagos Lamprou

Greetings! I'm Vagos, first-year PhD working with Nikos. I come from Athens, Greece. In my free time I like making beats and music playlists. Building a distribution layer on top of an existing operating system is very exciting to me! Take CS1380 to find out more!

OH: TBD.

UTAs #

Andrew Li

Andrew Li

Hi! I'm Andrew, I'm a junior, from New Jersey, and I'm APMA CS. Outside of school, I like to play basketball and I'm also in Brown's orchestra. My favorite distributed systems topic is message ordering :) Looking forward to meeting everyone!

OH: TBD.

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Ethan Lavi

Ethan Lavi

Hi! I'm Ethan, a 2nd year PhD student from CT. In my free time, I enjoy learning and practicing cooking/baking. My favorite dish to make is fresh pita and hummus. I find it fascinating how many different ways there are to implement broadcast for a distributed system.

OH: TBD.

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Bohdan Karavan

Bohdan Karavan

Hey guys, I am Bohdan, senior from Ukraine. I play volleyball and have a weakness for good chocolate. When I am not fighting with Windows code setup, I like to binge Netflix and play video games. My favorite distributed systems fact is that our own computers are themselves distributed systems!

OH: TBD.

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Hi, I'm Jerry, and I'm a junior in APMA-CS. I'm from Palo Alto, CA, and when I'm not working on programming side projects, I enjoy biking, playing board games, or speedcubing. My favorite distributed systems algorithm is consistent hashing, which seems like magic when you learn about it!

OH: Thu 3:30-5:30pm @ CIT 367

Jerry Xia

Jerry Xia

Hi, I'm Jerry, and I'm a junior in APMA-CS. I'm from Palo Alto, CA, and when I'm not working on programming side projects, I enjoy biking, playing board games, or speedcubing. My favorite distributed systems algorithm is consistent hashing, which seems like magic when you learn about it!

OH: TBD.