I am Nick Karydakis, a computer engineer specializing in software, with an interest in robotics, optimization and control, software design, high performance computing, distributed systems and system design.

I hold an Int. Msc. degree in Computer Science and Informatics from the University of Patras.

I currently work as a collaborator at upatras-lar, a robotics research group at the University of Patras.

Below, you can find a breakdown of my main projects, ordered by field.

• hmpc: Thesis project concerning the combination of neural networks with MPC (Model Predictive Control) to improve control performance and efficiency of a 2D and 3D quadrotor.
• cube_stacking: Solutions for the cube stacking problem, where the Franka robotic arm needs to stack three cubes in a given order. Includes equivalent C++ and Python implementation.
• fbc: A Quadratic-Programming based full-body control library.
• srbd-nn: Project similar to hmpc, combining residual learning neural networks with the single rigid body dynamics model to improve the model's control performance in an unknown environment.

• LogicSim: A desktop cross-platform visual logic design simulator application, written in C++ and Qt.
• DiscountShare: A sample crowd-sourced web-based system for sharing available discounts for stores in a given geographical area.
• TVOnDemand: A sample web-based system for browsing available movies and shows.

• E-Chord: A Python implementation of the Chord DHT (Distributed Hash Table) protocol, a peer-to-peer lookup service.
• E-Pastry: An equivalent implementation of the Pastry DHT protocol, a peer-to-peer lookup service with different routing techniques to those of the Chord protocol.

• KNN-hpc: Various optimizations to significantly improve the performance of the k-nearest-neighbors algorithm, using CPU parallelization techniques. Also includes GPU implementations, using CUDA and OpenACC.

You can contact me via email at nickkarydakis@gmail.com.