Welcome! I’m Petros (Peter), a 2nd year Ph.D. student in Operations Research at MIT, fortunate to be advised by Prof. Rahul Mazumder. My interests lie at the intersection of mathematical optimization, high-dimensional statistics, machine learning, and differential privacy.

I was previously a Senior Research Analyst in the Banking Studies department of the NY Fed Research & Statistics Division, working on numerous research and policy projects regarding bank reserves and their effect on monetary policy implementation. I received my B.S. degree in Applied Mathematics (with a concentration in Computer Science) and Economics from Yale, graduating with honors and distinction in both majors.

Aside from problem solving, I also enjoy teaching, learning geography, doing calisthenics, swimming, biking, rowing, and listening to rap & contemporary classical music. I hold Greek and US dual citizenship.

email: pprastak AT mit DOT edu

Publications

Differentially Private Best Subset Selection Via Integer Programming
Kayhan Behdin, Petros Prastakos, Rahul Mazumder
International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR) Workshop on Private ML 2024