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Greek computer scientist

Constantinos Daskalakis (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Δασκαλάκης; born 29 April 1981) is a Greek theoretical computer scientist.^[1] He is a professor at MIT's Electrical Engineering and Computer Science department and a member of the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory.^[3][4][5] He was awarded the Rolf Nevanlinna Prize and the Grace Murray Hopper Award in 2018.

Early life and education

Daskalakis was born in Athens on 29 April 1981.^[6] His grandparents originated from Crete, where he summered as a child. He has a younger brother, Nikolaos. When Daskalakis was in third grade, his father bought an Amstrad CPC, which Daskalakis stayed up all night with, attempting to learn how it worked.^[7]

He attended Varvakeio High School, and completed his undergraduate studies in the National Technical University of Athens, where in 2004 he received his Diploma in Constantinos Daskalakis | IEEE Xplore Author Details LIL