Hello! I'm Kimon (pronounced Keemon)
I am an Assistant Professor in the Data Sciences and Operations department at USC Marshall School of Business. My research focuses on the operations of complex networked systems, social networks, stochastic modeling, game theory and information economics. Prior to joining USC, I completed my PhD under the supervision of Asuman Ozdaglar and John Tsitsiklis at the Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems, MIT.
Kimon Drakopoulos
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
DATA SCIENCES AND OPERATIONS
MARSHALL SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Phone:
213-821-9882
Email:
Address:
Bridge Hall (BRI) 401P
USC Marshall School of Business
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0808
EMPLOYMENT-EDUCATION
2016-Present
Assistant Professor
MARSHALL SCHOOL OF BUSSINESS,
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Data Sciences and Operations
2011-2016
PhD
EECS, MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Doctoral Thesis: Analysis and Control of Contagion Processes on Networks
Advisors: Asu Ozdaglar, John Tsitsiklis
2009-2011
Master's
EECS, MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Master's Thesis: Observational Learning with Finite Memory
Advisors: Asu Ozdaglar, John Tsitsiklis
2004-2009
Diploma
ECE, NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS
Diploma Thesis: Morphology, Active Contours on Graphs and Implementations with Graphcuts
Advisor: Petros Maragos
TEACHING
Operations Management
How do organizations such as financial institutions, health care, and manufacturing meet customer needs and stay consistent with their goals and values? How do organizations make trade-off decisions with respect to quality, cost, and time? Operations Management provides tools and methods to answer these questions optimally in a global business world.
Term: Spring 2017
Introduction to mathematical modeling, optimization, and simulation, as applied to manufacturing. Specific methods include linear programming, network flow problems, integer and nonlinear programming, discrete-event simulation, heuristics and computer applications for manufacturing processes and systems. Restricted to Leaders for Global Organization (Engineering MBA Dual Degree Program).
Term: Summer 2015
PAPERS
Deploying an Artificial Intelligence System for COVID-19 Testing at
the Greek Border
Coauthors: Hamsa Bastani, Vishal Gupta, Ioannis Vlachogiannis, Christos Hadjicristodoulou, Pagona Lagiou, Gkikas Magiorkinis, Dimitrios Paraskevis, Sotirios Tsiodras
Working paper
Why Perfect Tests May Not be Worth Waiting For: Information as a commodity
Coauthor: Ramandeep Randhawa
Accepted in Management Science (FastTrack)
Providing Data Samples For Free
Coauthor: Ali Makhdoumi
Under Review
Information Inundation on Platforms and Implications
Coauthors: Gad Allon, Vahideh Manshadi
Accepted in Operations Research
Persuading Customers to Buy Early: the Value of Personalized Information Provisioning
Coauthors: Shobhit Jain, Raman Randhawa
Forthcoming in Management Science
Network Effects in Contagion Processes: Identification and Control
Coauthor: Fanyin Zheng
Major Revision, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management (MSOM)
Optimal Signaling of Content Accuracy: Engagement vs. Misinformation
Coauthor: Ozan Candogan
Published in Operations Research
When is a network epidemic hard to eliminate?
Coauthors: Asu Ozdaglar, John Tsitsiklis
Published in Mathematics of Operations Research
An efficient policy for curing epidemics on graphs
Coauthors: Asu Ozdaglar, John Tsitsiklis
Published in IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering
On Learning with Finite Memory
Coauthor: Petros Maragos
Published in IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing, August 2012
Theoretical Analysis of Active Contours on Graphs
Coauthors: Christos Sakaridis, Petros Maragos
Published in SIAM Journal on Imaging Sciences
Active Contours on Graphs: Multiscale Morphology and Graphcuts
Coauthor: Petros Maragos
Published in IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing