Dr. Ioannis Tomkos

Professor of Optical Communications at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Patras

Speaker

Dr. Ioannis Tomkos is Professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the University of Patras, Greece. His Research Group (focusing on Optical Communications and 5G/6G Networks) was/is involved in over 25 EU-funded research projects with a consortium-wide leading role (serving as Technical Manager of 10 major EU projects). In 2018, Dr. Tomkos was elected a Fellow of IEEE “for contributions in Dynamic Optical Networks”. He is also a Fellow of the IET (2010) and a Fellow of the “Optical Society - OSA” (2012). Together with his colleagues and students he has co-authored over 650 peer-reviewed archival articles, including over 150 Journal/Magazine/Book publications. His published work has received about 10.500 citations (h-factor=49; m-factor=2.55).