Manos Padouvas holds a degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens. His diploma thesis, titled “Multiple Facility Location Mechanisms with Predictions” focused on k-Facility Location games, with an emphasis on learning-augmented mechanisms for perturbation-stable instances. He has previously worked as a Software Engineer, contributing to the Cash Management module of a Core Banking System (CBS). His research interests include software development, machine learning, game theory, and data science