Dr. Thanos Stouraitis, an IEEE fellow for his contributions in digital signal processing architectures and computer arithmetic. 

He is the 2012-13 President of the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society 
He is a Professor of the ECE Dept. at the University of Patras, where he directs theSignal and Image Processing Laboratory. He has served as a member of the Administrative Committee of the University of Sterea Hellas in Greece. He has served on the faculty of The Ohio State University and has visited the University of Florida and Polytechnic University. 

He got his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Florida, an MSc. from the University of Cincinnati, an MS from the University of Athens, Greece, and a BS in Physics from the University of Athens, Greece. 

His current research interests include signal and image processing systems, application-specific processor technology and design, computer arithmetic, and design and architecture of optimal digital systems. 

He has authored more than 150 technical papers. He holds one patent on DSP processor design. He has authored several books and book chapters. 

He has led several DSP processor design projects funded by the European Union, American organizations, and the Greek government and industry. 

He serves as Regional Editor for Europe for the Journal of Circuits, Systems, and Computers, as Associate Editor for several IEEE Transactions, and as a consultant for industry. He regularly reviews for the IEEE SP, C&S, C, and Education Transactions, for IEE Proceedings E, F, G, and for conferences like IEEE ISCAS, ICASSP, VLSI, SiPS, Computer Arithmetic, Euro DAC, etc. He also reviews proposals for NSF, the European Commission, and other agencies. 

He was the general chair of the IEEE ICECS 2010, IEEE CAS-FEST 2010, IEEE ISCAS 2006, IEEE SiPS 2005, and IEEE ISWPC 2008, and IEEE ICECS 1996. He has served as the Chair of the VLSI Systems and Applications (VSA) Technical Committee and as a member of the DSP and the Multimedia Technical Committees of the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society. He is a founder and first chair of the IEEE Signal Processing chapter in Greece. He was the Technical Program Chair of Eusipco ʼ98 and ICECS ʽ99. He has served as Chair or as a member of the Technical Program Committees of a multitude of IEEE Conferences, including ISCAS (Program Committee Track Chair). 

He has received various awards, among which the 2000 IEEE Circuits and Systems Society Guillemin-Cauer (best paper) Award for the paper “Multi-Function Architectures for RNS Processors.”