George Giapitzakis | University of Waterloo

About Me

Hi there! I am a first year Master’s student at University of Waterloo’s Cheriton School of Computer Science where I am fortunate to be advised by professor Kimon Fountoulakis. My interests broadly span Theoretical Machine Learning (currently I am fascinated by Neural Algorithmic Reasoning), Statistical Learning Theory, and Optimization. I am also curious about Quantum Computing, and in particular, Quantum Machine Learning. Before starting my master’s, I served as a Research Assistant at the Centre for Quantum Technologies in Singapore where I studied quantum attacks to post-quantum cryptosystems. Before that, I obtained my Bachelor’s degree in Pure Mathematics from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, ranking first in my cohort.

I am a proud recipient of a scholarship from the Onassis Foundation, for the support of my master’s studies!

Research Interests

Machine Learning: deep learning theory, neural algorithmic reasoning, statistical learning theory
Quantum Computing: quantum machine learning

News

[Oct. 17, 2024] New paper: On the practicality of quantum sieving algorithms for the shortest vector problem .
[Oct. 3, 2024] New paper: Positional Attention: Out-of-Distribution Generalization and Expressivity for Neural Algorithmic Reasoning.
[Sept. 2024] I was awarded the Onassis Foundation Scholarship! 🎉
[Sept. 2024] I was awarded the David R. Cheriton Graduate Scholarship! 🎉
[Sept. 2024] I was awarded the International Master’s Award of Excellence scholarship! 🎉