Dimitrios Soudris

Dimitrios Soudris is a Professor at the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), leading the Microprocessor and Digital Systems Lab (MicroLab). Previously, he served as Lecturer, Assistant, and Associate Professor at Democritus University of Thrace from 1995 to 2008.

• Diploma in Electrical Engineering (1987), University of Patras
• PhD in Electrical Engineering (1992), University of Patras

His research focuses on Embedded Systems, Reconfigurable Architectures (FPGAs), Hardware Accelerators for data centers/space/cloud, Edge Computing, and Low Power VLSI Design. Recent publications highlight trends in:

• AI/ML acceleration for edge and space applications
• Secure FPGA architectures for 6G networks
• Energy-efficient heterogeneous memory systems
• Approximate computing techniques
• Transformer optimization for low-power contexts

Scientific Awards:

• INTEL and IBM awards (project LPGD #25256)
• HiPEAC, DAC, and ISCA awards (2010–2024)
• XILINX Open Hardware Design Contest (2017, 2019, 2021)

He has coordinated >70 R&D projects funded by the European Commission, ENIAC-JU, ESA, and industry partners. As Associate Editor of ACM TODAES and conference chair (PATMOS, VLSI-SOC), he contributes to academic leadership. His lab, MicroLab, specializes in hardware-software co-design for emerging computing paradigms.