A Glimpse at Paul G. Spirakis

@inproceedings{Chatzigiannakis2015AGA,
  title={A Glimpse at Paul G. Spirakis},
  author={Ioannis Chatzigiannakis and Dimitris Fotakis and Spyros C. Kontogiannis and Othon Michail and Sotiris E. Nikoletseas and G. Pantziou and Christos D. Zaroliagis},
  booktitle={Algorithms, Probability, Networks, and Games},
  year={2015}
}
Paul Spirakis is an eminent, talented, and influential researcher that contributed significantly to computer science. This article is a modest attempt of a biographical sketch of Paul, which we drafted with extreme love and honor. 
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