Qualifications

• PhD - Industrial Administration (Carnegie Mellon University)
• MSc - Algorithms, Combinatorics, and Optimization (Carnegie Mellon University)
• MSc - Logic, Algorithms, and Computation (University of Athens)
• BSc - Mathematics (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki)

Biography

My research interests lie in the areas of game theory, marketing, microeconomics, and operations research. My research focuses on topics such as competitive strategy, online markets, online advertising, auction theory, and marketing analytics.

Teaching Areas

Analytical Marketing, Quantitative Methods in Marketing, Marketing Analytics, Optimization Methods for Marketing, Marketing Engineering

Publications

Journal Publications and Reviews

Despotakis, Stylianos; Ravi, R.; Srinivasan, Kannan / The Beneficial Effects of Ad Blockers. June 2020; In: Management Science.

Despotakis, Stylianos; Hafalir, Isa; Ravi, R.; Sayedi, Amin / Expertise in Online Markets. November 2017; In: Management Science. Vol. 63, No. 11, pp. 3895-3910

Honors and Awards

• 2015 Winner (team of two) of the SMART Workshop Structural Modeling Challenge, Carnegie Mellon University
• 2014 Egon Balas Award for the Best paper in Operations Research / Algorithms, Combinatorics & Optimization, Carnegie Mellon University
• 2012–2016 William Larimer Mellon Fellowship, Carnegie Mellon University
• 2010–2011 Mytilinaios Prize for ranking 1st among the students of the Logic, Algorithms, and Computation graduate program
• 2008–2010 Thomas Papamichailidis Scholarship for ranking 1st among the students of the Faculty of Sciences and the Faculty of Engineering (2 years)
• 2006–2010 Four Awards from the State Scholarships Foundation (IKY) for ranking 1st among the students of the Department of Mathematics
• 2006 First member of the national team at the 23rd Balkan Mathematical Olympiad
• 2006 Gold Medal at the 23rd National Mathematical Olympiad
• 2005 Bronze Medal at the 22nd National Mathematical Olympiad
• 2002–2005 Two First Prizes and two Honorable mentions at the National Mathematical Competition Euclid held by the Hellenic Mathematical Society

Research Areas

Competitive Strategy, Online Markets, Online Advertising, Auction Theory, Marketing Analytics