Dr. Rachid Guerraoui

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Biography

Rachid Guerraoui is a full professor at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) specializing in distributed computing, particularly distributed algorithms and programming languages. His expertise includes secure distributed storage and transactional shared memory. He has collaborated with notable institutions including École des Mines Paris, Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique Saclay, and Hewlett Packard Laboratories, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Guerraoui is well-known for his work on (e-)Transactions and epidemic information dissemination. He co-authored the book 'Transactional Systems' and contributed to 'Reliable Distributed Programming'. He has held significant roles in various academic conferences, including serving as program chair for ECOOP 1999 and ACM Middleware 2001. His research has been funded by prominent organizations such as the European Commission and the Swiss National Science Foundation, focusing on projects related to secure distributed storage and the computability of distributed algorithms.

Research Interests

Requirements for École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.2
IELTS
Listening
Required:6.5
Reading
Required:6.5
Writing
Required:6.5
Speaking
Required:6.5
Overall
Required:7
TOEFL
Listening
Required:20
Reading
Required:20
Writing
Required:20
Speaking
Required:20
Total
Required:100
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in a related field Strong foundation in Calculus, Linear Algebra, and Probability Proficiency in programming (Python, Java, or C++)
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Specialization Notes

Standard requirements for Engineering and Basic Science Master's programs. Architecture requires an additional portfolio.