Ioannis Vourkas

Background

About Ioannis Vourkas

I was born in Kozani, Greece, in 1985. I received the M. Eng.(Diploma) and the Ph.D. degrees in Electrical and Computer Eng.(ECE) from the Democritus University of Thrace (DUTh), Greece, in 2008 and 2014, respectively. Currently I am Associate Professor with Tenure in the Dept. of Electronic Eng. of Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María (UTFSM) in Valparaíso, Chile. Ever since 2018, I also hold an associate researcher appointment with the AC3E Research Center of UTFSM. My current research focuses on ReRAM characterization, modeling, and simulation, and on novel circuits and architectures for ReRAM-centric computing. My research interests include unconventional and in-memory computing, as well as software and hardware aspects of parallel bio-inspired computational circuits and systems. So far I am the main author of one book, three book chapters, of more than 25 international journal articles and more than 40 papers included in peer-reviewed conference proceedings. My research is funded by the Chilean National Agency for Research and Development (ANID) and Synopsys R&D in Chile. I am CASS and NanoGiga TC member, and I serve in the Editorial Board of Trans. on Nanotechnology (since 2021) and Elsevier Microelectronics Journal (since 2017). I was a scholar of the Greek BODOSSAKI Foundation (2011 to 2014) and of the Santander Universities Program (2018/2019).