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Dr Themistoklis Melissourgos

Lecturer
School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Dr Themistoklis Melissourgos
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  • Location

    5A.544, Colchester Campus

  • Academic support hours

    Autumn term: Mondays and Thursdays 16:00-17:00 Spring term: Thursdays 15:00-17:00

Profile

Biography

My research interests mainly revolve around Algorithmic Game Theory. I also enjoy working in Computational Social Choice and in the intersection of Theoretical Computer Science and Economics. I study the computational complexity and also exact/approximation algorithms of problems in these fields.

Research and professional activities

Research interests

Design and Analysis of Algorithms

Computational Complexity

Algorithmic Game Theory

Fair Division

Conferences and presentations

Constant Inapproximability for Fisher Markets

25th ACM Conference on Economics and Computation (EC 2024), 9/7/2024

Pizza Sharing is PPA-hard

Invited presentation, Automata, structures and verification seminar, Institut de Recherche en Informatique Fondamentale (IRIF), France, 12/6/2023

Constant Inapproximability for PPA

Invited presentation, ICALP Workshop: Recent Advances on Total Search Problems, 4/7/2022

Constant Inapproximability for PPA

23rd ACM Conference on Economics and Computation (EC 2022), 30/6/2022

Constant Inapproximability for PPA

54th Annual ACM Symposium on Theory of Computing (STOC 2022), 23/6/2022

Pizza Sharing is PPA-hard

36th AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI 2022), 25/2/2022

Teaching and supervision

Current teaching responsibilities

  • Placement Year (CE300)

  • Quantitative Methods in Finance and Trading (CF962)

  • Computational Models in Economics and Finance (CF963)

Previous supervision

Ozgur Salman
Ozgur Salman
Thesis title: Trading Strategies Optimization Using a Genetic Algorithm Under the Directional Changes Paradigm
Degree subject: Computational Finance
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 15/8/2024

Publications

Publications (2)

Deligkas, A., Fearnley, J., Hollender, A. and Melissourgos, T., (2022). Pure-Circuit: Strong Inapproximability for PPAD

Kampouridis, M., Kanellopoulos, P., Kyropoulou, M., Melissourgos, T. and Voudouris, AA., (2022). Multi-Agent Systems for Computational Economics and Finance

Journal articles (8)

Deligkas, A., Fearnley, J., Hollender, A. and Melissourgos, T., Constant Inapproximability for PPA. SIAM Journal on Computing

Deligkas, A., Fearnley, J., Hollender, A. and Melissourgos, T., (2024). Pure-Circuit: Tight Inapproximability for PPAD. Journal of the ACM. 71 (5), 1-48

Kampouridis, M., Kanellopoulos, P., Kyropoulou, M., Melissourgos, T. and Voudouris, A., (2022). Multi-Agent Systems for Computational Economics and Finance. AI Communications: the European journal on artificial intelligence. 35 (4), 369-380

Deligkas, A., Fearnley, J., Melissourgos, T. and Spirakis, PG., (2022). Approximating the existential theory of the reals. Journal of Computer and System Sciences. 125, 106-128

Melissourgos, T., Nikoletseas, SE., Raptopoulos, CL. and Spirakis, PG., (2022). An extension of the Moran process using type-specific connection graphs. Journal of Computer and System Sciences. 124, 77-96

Kampouridis, M., Kanellopoulos, P., Kyropoulou, M., Melissourgos, T. and Voudouris, AA., (2022). Multi-Agent Systems for Computational Economics and Finance.. CoRR. abs/2210.03540

Deligkas, A., Fearnley, J., Melissourgos, T. and Spirakis, PG., (2021). Computing exact solutions of consensus halving and the Borsuk-Ulam theorem. Journal of Computer and System Sciences. 117, 75-98

Akrida, E., Deligkas, A., Melissourgos, T. and Spirakis, P., (2021). Connected Subgraph Defense Games. Algorithmica. 83 (11), 3403-3431

Book chapters (5)

Deligkas, A., Fearnley, J., Melissourgos, T. and Spirakis, PG., (2018). Approximating the Existential Theory of the Reals. In: Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Springer International Publishing. 126- 139. 9783030046118

Melissourgos, T., Nikoletseas, S., Raptopoulos, C. and Spirakis, P., (2018). Mutants and Residents with Different Connection Graphs in the Moran Process. In: Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Springer International Publishing. 790- 804. 9783319774039

Christodoulou, G., Melissourgos, T. and Spirakis, PG., (2018). Short Paper: Strategic Contention Resolution in Multiple Channels with Limited Feedback. In: Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Springer International Publishing. 245- 250. 9783319996592

Christodoulou, G., Melissourgos, T. and Spirakis, PG., (2018). Strategic Contention Resolution in Multiple Channels. In: Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Springer International Publishing. 165- 180. 9783030046927

Melissourgos, T. and Spirakis, P., (2017). Existence of Evolutionarily Stable Strategies Remains Hard to Decide for a Wide Range of Payoff Values. In: Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Springer International Publishing. 418- 429. 9783319575858

Conferences (16)

Melissourgos, T. and Spirakis, P., Existence of Evolutionarily Stable Strategies Remains Hard to Decide for a Wide Range of Payoff Values

Melissourgos, T., Nikoletseas, S., Raptopoulos, C. and Spirakis, P., Mutants and Residents with Different Connection Graphs in the Moran Process

Christodoulou, G., Melissourgos, T. and Spirakis, P., Short Paper: Strategic Contention Resolution in Multiple Channels with Limited Feedback

Christodoulou, G., Melissourgos, T. and Spirakis, P., Strategic Contention Resolution in Multiple Channels

Deligkas, A., Fearnley, J., Melissourgos, T. and Spirakis, P., Approximating the Existential Theory of the Reals

Deligkas, A., Fearnley, J., Melissourgos, T. and Spirakis, P., Approximating the Existential Theory of the Reals

Deligkas, A., Fearnley, J., Hollender, A. and Melissourgos, T., Constant Inapproximability for Fisher Markets

Giannakopoulos, Y., Grosz, A. and Melissourgos, T., (2024). On the Smoothed Complexity of Combinatorial Local Search

Deligkas, A., Fearnley, J., Hollender, A. and Melissourgos, T., (2023). Tight Inapproximability for Graphical Games

Salman, O., Melissourgos, T. and Kampouridis, M., (2023). Optimization of Trading Strategies using a Genetic Algorithm under the Directional Changes Paradigm with Multiple Thresholds

Deligkas, A., Fearnley, J. and Melissourgos, T., (2022). Pizza Sharing Is PPA-Hard

Deligkas, A., Fearnley, J., Hollender, A. and Melissourgos, T., (2022). Pure-Circuit: Strong Inapproximability for PPAD

Deligkas, A., Fearnley, J., Hollender, A. and Melissourgos, T., (2022). Constant Inapproximability for PPA

Deligkas, A., Melissourgos, T. and Spirakis, P., (2021). Walrasian Equilibria in Markets with Small Demands

Deligkas, A., Fearnley, J., Melissourgos, T. and Spirakis, P., (2019). Computing Exact Solutions of Consensus Halving and the Borsuk-Ulam Theorem

Akrida, E., Deligkas, A., Melissourgos, T. and Spirakis, P., (2019). Connected Subgraph Defense Games

Contact

themistoklis.melissourgos@essex.ac.uk

Location:

5A.544, Colchester Campus

Academic support hours:

Autumn term: Mondays and Thursdays 16:00-17:00 Spring term: Thursdays 15:00-17:00

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