Biography:Constantine Caramanis

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Constantine Caramanis
Born (1977-08-25) August 25, 1977 (age 49)[1]
EducationHarvard University (AB)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MS, PhD)
AwardsFellow of the IEEE (2023)
NSF CAREER Award (2011)
Scientific career
FieldsMachine learning, mathematical optimization, high-dimensional statistics
InstitutionsUniversity of Texas at Austin
ThesisAdaptable optimization: theory and algorithms (2006)

Constantine Caramanis (born August 25, 1977)[1] is a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin, where he holds the Chandra Family Endowed Distinguished Professorship in Electrical and Computer Engineering.[2] His research concerns machine learning, high-dimensional statistics, optimization, and decision-making in large-scale systems.[3]

Education and career

Caramanis received an AB in mathematics from Harvard University and MS and PhD degrees in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[3] His doctoral dissertation, completed in 2006, was titled Adaptable optimization: theory and algorithms.[4] He joined the University of Texas at Austin faculty in 2006.[2]

Research and recognition

Caramanis's work includes robust and adaptable optimization, high-dimensional statistics, machine learning, and applications involving communications, transportation, energy, and social networks.[2] In 2011, he received a National Science Foundation CAREER Award for research on high-dimensional statistics and the analysis of corrupted or incomplete data.[5]

Caramanis was elevated to Fellow of the IEEE in the 2023 class for contributions to robust statistics and high-dimensional optimization.[6]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Standard Resume: Constantine Caramanis" (PDF). University of Texas at Austin. December 16, 2010. https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/nlogon/download/1277361/. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Constantine Caramanis". University of Texas at Austin. https://ece.utexas.edu/people/faculty/constantine-caramanis. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Constantine Caramanis". Massachusetts Institute of Technology. March 29, 2019. https://lids80.lids.mit.edu/speaker/constantine-caramanis/. 
  4. ↑ Caramanis, Constantine (2006). Adaptable optimization: theory and algorithms (PhD thesis). Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Retrieved August 7, 2026.
  5. ↑ "UT ECE Professor Constantine Caramanis Receives NSF CAREER Award". University of Texas at Austin. February 22, 2011. https://ece.utexas.edu/news/ut-ece-professor-constantine-caramanis-receives-nsf-career-award. 
  6. ↑ "44 SPS members elevated to IEEE Fellow". IEEE Signal Processing Magazine (IEEE Signal Processing Society). March 2023. https://read.nxtbook.com/ieee/signal_processing/signal_processing_march_2023/boston_chapter_receives_the_2.html. Retrieved August 7, 2026.