Andreas Lampropoulos is a PhD candidate at the Athens University of Economics and Business. His research focuses on intelligent data-centric approaches to dynamic resource allocation in distributed/cloud systems. He holds an MSc in Business Analytics from the Department of Management Science and Technology at the Athens University of Economics and Business, and a BSc in Statistics and Actuarial Science from the University of Piraeus. His academic interests span data engineering, distributed computing, applied mathematics, and the application of artificial intelligence to large-scale system optimization.