Bio
Manos Antonakakis received his engineering diploma in 2004 from the University of the Aegean, Department of Information and Communication Systems Engineering. From November 2004 up to July 2006, he was working as a guest researcher at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST-DoC), in the area of wireless ad hoc network security, at the Computer Security Division. Before joining the ECE faculty, Dr. Antonakakis held the chief scientist role at Damballa, where he was responsible for advanced research projects, university collaborations, and technology transfer efforts. He currently serves as the co-chair of the Academic Committee for the Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group (MAAWG). In May 2012, he received his Ph.D. in computer science from the Georgia Institute of Technology under Wenke Lee’s supervision. In his free time, he enjoys watching and playing soccer.