Christoforos Kachris

Research Interests

Awards and Achievements

• HiPEAC Paper Award (2020 on FCCM Paper)
• Best paper award nomination on MOCAST (2019)
• Winner of the Open Hardware Contest on Adaptive computing (2020)
• Winner of the Open Hardware Contest on Machine Learning Acceleration (2017, 2019)
• Successful exit of InAccel startup company (Technology acquired by a public US company - 2023)

Participation in Research Projects

• HCCC: Hellenic Chips Competence Center
• IoT Smart Contracts: Smart Contract for IoT embedded systems - Support: Ethereum Foundation
• MORPHEMIC: (EU 2020-2023) Modelling and Orchestrating heterogeneous Resources and Polymorphic applications for Holistic Execution and adaptation of Models In the Cloud
• VINEYARD: (EU 2016-2018) Versatile Integrated Hardware Accelerators in Data Centers (Technical Project Manager)
• CloudAccel: (GR 2017-2019) CloudAccel Hardware Acceleration of Machine Learning Applications in the Cloud (Principal Investigator)
• GreenCenter: (GR 2011-2013) Energy-efficient MPSoCs for Datacenter (Principal Investigator)
• ASTRON: (EU 2012-2016) Adaptive Software defined Terabit tRansceiver for flexible Optical Networks
• COCONUT: (EU 2012-2016) Cost-effective COhereNt Ultra-dense-WDM-PON for lambda-To-the-user access networks
• CHRON: (EU 2010-2013) Cognitive Heterogeneous Reconfigurable Optical Network

Publications & Profiles

Education

• 2007: Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Delft University of Technology
• 2003: M.Sc. in Electronic and Computer Engineering, Technical University of Crete
• 2001: Diploma in Electronic and Computer Engineering, Technical University of Crete

Teaching

Undergraduate Courses

• Digital Systems Design
• Programming Embedded Systems

Graduate Courses

• M.Sc. in Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning
• Data Centers and Infrastructure for supporting AI

Professional Courses & Tutorials

• Unleashing the Future of Digital Design with AI-Based EDA (HCCC)

Available Diploma Theses

Διαθέσιμες Διπλωματικές Εργασίες 2026-27 ↗

Alumni Students [First Job]

• 2026: Orest Kanatso, [Tech Hive Labs], Acceleration of vision Transformer Networks on FPGAs
• 2026: Evelina Dourollari, [Accenture], Energy consumption Assessment of Neural Processing Units, Paper on EEITE 2026 Conf.
• 2025: Adam Asimakopoulos, Integration of JAX framework on Neural Processing Units - NPUs, Paper on PCI 2026 Conf.
• 2025: Aggelos Mpardouniotis, Acceleration of Transformer networks on Neural Processing Units
• 2025: Panagiotis Chatzikiriakos, Pill defect detection in blister packs using computer vision algorithms, Paper on ΗΕΤΙΑ Emerging Tech Conf. 2025
• 2025: Iliada Kotouza, ML optimization on embedded systems for predicting epileptic seizures using EEG signals, Paper on DTTIS 2025
• 2025: Fragkiskos Armaos, IoT System with ML for recently burned forests
• 2025: Aristotelis Kretsimos, Comparison of Computer vision edge platforms for object detection, Poster on HETIA Emerging Tech Conf. 2024
• 2024: Sotiris Michalakeas, Helmet detection using computer vision on the Coral TPU platform, Paper on HETIA Emerging Tech Conf. 2024
• 2024: Nikoleta Koilia, [RTEL World], A comprehensive survey, taxonomy, and comparison of accelerated large language models
• 2024: Vasilis Karvelas, Free parking spot detection using computer vision
• Asim Zoulkatni, [Ph.D. Student at University of Maryland]
• George Tzanos, [Hardware Engineer at NTUA]
• Alexandros Kouris, [Software Engineer at Saphetor]
• Konstantinos Katsantonis, [DevOps Engineer at Upstream]
• Charalambos Kardaris, [Software Engineer at Codasip]
• Dimitris Danopoulos, [Ph.D. Student at NTUA]
• Elias Koromilas, [co-founder at InAccel]
• Ioannis Stamelos, [co-founder at InAccel]
• Giorgos Routis, [Ph.D. student at NTUA]
• Spilios Georgakopoulos, [Engineer at Nokia]
• Nikolaos Gavalas, [Cloud Engineer at Ericsson]
• Pylarinos Miroslav, [IT Security Specialist at IBM]
• Vassilis Koutsoumpos, [Software Engineer at IBM]
• Salvator Galea, [FPGA Engineer at Adveos]

M.Sc. Thesis (AIDL)

• 2026: Aggeliki Koutsika, AI-driven CIP optimisation for water sustainability

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