Chryssis Georgiou Author & Editor

Chryssis Georgiou is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Cyprus. He holds a Ph.D. degree (December 2003) and a M.Sc. degree (May 2002) in Computer Science & Engineering from the University of Connecticut and a B.Sc. degree (June 1998) in Mathematics from the University of Cyprus. He has worked as a Teaching and Research Assistant at the University of Connecticut, USA (1998-2003) and as a Visiting Lecturer (2004) and a Lecturer (2005-2008) at the University of Cyprus. His research interests span the theory and practice of distributed computing, in particular, design, analysis, verification and implementation of algorithms; fault-tolerance and dependability; communication protocols; cooperative distributed computing; and dynamic computing environments. Alexander Allister Shvartsman is a Professor of Computer Science & Engineering and the Director of the Center for Voting Technology Research at the University of Connecticut. He holds a Ph.D. from Brown University (1992), M.S. from Cornell University (1981), and a B.S. from Stevens Institute of Technology (1979), all in Computer Science. Prior to embarking on his academic career he worked for a number of years at Bell Labs and Digital Equipment Corporation. His professional interests are in distributed computing, fault-tolerance, and integrity of electronic voting systems. He is an author of over 130 technical articles and two books.