Starting from clear market needs for the aging society, I have contributed within CSEM a major Swiss Research and Innovation facility to build technology that is today applied and applicable in number of application fields as medical, sport, lifestyle.

A number of companies have created jobs based upon this technology. Precision, miniaturization, low power and complexity are the key features of these developments. This knowledge drives to devices, more often medical, that are on the skin, under the skin, in the brain to help forecast epilepsy crisis, mitigate Parkinson symptoms, help tetraplegic or going down to cell level therapy prevent plague formation. Convergence and coexistence of technologies is on the heart of.

George Kotrotsios has devoted his career to creating economic and social value through cutting-edge technologies. He holds a PhD in optoelectronics from the Polytechnic University (INPG) of Grenoble, France, and an MBA (innovation and entrepreneurship) from EPFL in Lausanne, Switzerland. For 17 years, he was Vice President of Business Development at CSEM (www.csem.ch), a leading Swiss research and innovation center in microelectronics and intelligent digital systems. Between 2010 and 2022, he was a member of the CSEM Executive Board. He was responsible for the development of portable medical devices (2000-), working closely with the technical divisions. Today, CSEM is considered a world leader in this field. Another important responsibility was the reconstruction of the internal startup ecosystem. From 2008 to 2011, he was chairman of the board of directors of the startup Sensecore (medical wearables), until CSEM’s exit after a major investment round).

He is currently a technology consultant to three medical startups:

• Roumai Medical (tissue-engineered blood vessels and smart stents), www.roumaimed.comfinancement 13.5 million euros, 20 million euros expected, www.roumaimed.com, Shenzhen and Lausanne)
• PhosPrint (printing human organs during surgery, winner of the European Innovation Council prize), www.phosprint.eu, Athens)
• Wazima Health (telemedicine in sub-Saharan Africa), www.wazima.health, London and Lagos)

He is a member of the Industrial Advisory Board of SATW, the Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences (2022-) and the International Advisory Board of IDIAP (www.idiap.ch – Research Center on AI and RObotics) (2021-), the Swiss Institute for Research in Robotics and Artificial Intelligence and the Executive Board of the Hellenic Chip Competence Center (2025-.)

He was a member (2008-2022) of the executive committee of the alliance between Fraunhofer-microelectronics, CEA-LETI, VTT, CSEM (HTA – Heterogeneous Technology Alliance; www.hta-online.eu). He chaired this alliance in 2012, 2016, and 2020.

He recently participated in the working group that structured the Open Quantum Institute, which now operates at CERN, with funding from UBS (www.gesda.global/solutions/open-quantum-institute-about).

Finally, he was a member (2009-2018) of the executive board of EARTO (European Association of Research and Technology Organizations – www.earto.eu) representing Switzerland. EARTO defends the interests of European research organizations before the European Commission.

He has published numerous articles in scientific journals and conferences and two books entitled “Data, New Technologies and Global Imbalances, beyond the obvious” and “Social Classes and Political Order in the Age of Data” (Cambridge Scholar Publishing).

His articles and interviews have been published in major Swiss newspapers (“Le Temps” and “Agefi”). He has participated several times in the STS (Science and Technology for Society) forum in Kyoto (by selective invitation only).

In 2015, he was elected a member of the Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences.

Every computational task, from basic arithmetic to the training of sophisticated language models, relies on translating high-level software instructions into sequences of charge manipulations in silicon. This translation becomes increasingly inefficient when applied to modern AI workloads, where the mapping of each neuron, connection, and synapse into transistor operations is fundamentally bottlenecked. In this talk, I will cover recent demonstrations of active and brain-inspired opto-electronic devices which leverage the bandwidth and speed of photonics for parallel information processing and storage. I will focus on device-level implementations and extend the discussion to larger architectures and small-scale accelerators.

Nikolaos Farmakidis is a departmental lecturer in advanced nanoscale engineering at the University of Oxford. He received his DPhil degree in materials from the University of Oxford and has been working primarily on integrated photonic technologies for computing and sensing since then. His research interests lie at the intersection of photonics, electronics, and materials, with a focus on application-driven innovation. Nick is recognised for several impactful patents and publications in the fields of neuromorphic computing, plasmonics and sustainable photonic computing. Before joining Oxford, he held research and teaching positions at Columbia University working on lab-on-a-chip technologies, and Boston University working on additive nanomanuacturing and nanometrology.

The lack of compact models in commercial PDKs that have been validated at cryogenic temperature (CT) makes the design of cryo-CMOS circuits a real challenge. The designs can unfortunately not be verified by simulation at CT which can lead to costly re-spins and delays. The simplified-EKV (sEKV) model with its only four parameters has been successfully validated at CT for several advanced CMOS technologies, including bulk, FDSOI and FinFET. Additionally, it has been shown that the normalized
𝐺𝑚⁄𝐼𝐷 characteristic and the Fano noise suppression factor are almost invariant to temperature. The sEKV model together with the inversion coefficient as main design variable and the 𝐺𝑚⁄𝐼𝐷 design methodology can therefore guide the designer in optimizing his circuit to operate at CT.

This presentation will give a state-of-the-art of the recent progress made in the characterization and modeling of the MOSFET for the design of CMOS circuits operating at CT. We will review the most important phenomena occurring at CT, starting with the subthreshold current and the saturation of the subthreshold swing. We then will have a look at the increase of threshold voltage. Many circuits used at CT for quantum computers operate at RF. It is therefore important to understand how the MOSFET dc model can be extended to RF including the self-heating effect. Finally, we will show how the 𝐺𝑚⁄𝐼𝐷 figure-of-merit (FoM) can help designing cryoCMOS circuits when no compact models are available. All the presented models are backed up with experimental data acquired on bulk, FDSOI and FinFET CMOS technologies.

Christian Enz, PhD, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), 1989. He is currently an Emeritus Professor from EPFL. Before he was Full Professor heading the IC Lab at EPFL. Until 2021 he was Director of the Institute of Microengineering and of the EPFL campus in Neuchâtel. Until April 2013 he was VP at the Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology (CSEM) in Neuchâtel, Switzerland where he was heading the Integrated and Wireless Systems Division. Prior to joining CSEM, he was Principal Senior Engineer at Conexant (formerly Rockwell Semiconductor Systems), Newport Beach, CA, where he was responsible for the modeling and characterization of MOS transistors for RF applications. His technical interests and expertise are in the field of ultra low-power analog and RF IC design and semiconductor device modeling. Together with E. Vittoz and F. Krummenacher he is the developer of the EKV MOS transistor model and the author of the book “Charge-Based MOS Transistor Modeling – The EKV Model for Low-Power and RF IC Design” (Wiley, 2006). He is the author and co-author of more than 280 scientific papers and has contributed to numerous conference presentations and advanced engineering courses.

Multiphoton Polymerization: An Enabling Technology for Applications from Photonics
to Tissue Engineering

Multiphoton Polymerization (MPP) is an advanced micro- and nano-fabrication technique
opening new frontiers in fields ranging from integrated photonics to biomedical engineering.
By using tightly focused femtosecond laser pulses to induce localized polymerization within
photosensitive materials, MPP enables the direct writing of complex three-dimensional
structures with sub-micrometer precision.

In photonics, this capability overcomes the limitations of traditional planar fabrication
methods, allowing the realisation of fully three-dimensional optical circuits. Complex
waveguide networks, vertical couplers, photonic crystals, and integrated micro-optics can all
be produced within a single platform, expanding design possibilities for applications in
telecommunications, optical sensing, and emerging quantum and neuromorphic technologies.

Beyond photonics, MPP has proven valuable for biomedical applications, particularly in the
fabrication of tissue engineering scaffolds. Its unmatched resolution and design flexibility
make it possible to replicate the complex architecture of native tissues, creating porous,
hierarchical structures that guide cell growth and tissue regeneration (Figure 1). This precision
supports advances in regenerative medicine, biofabrication, and organ-on-chip technologies.

Maria Farsari is a Research Director at the Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser (IESL), Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH), Greece, and an internationally recognized leader in laser-based 3D micro- and nanofabrication for advanced optics and photonics. She has made important contributions to the development of multiphoton polymerization, enabling the precise 3D printing of complex optical microstructures and nanostructures with sub-micron resolution.

Her research focuses on pushing the limits of optical design and fabrication by creating custom-tailored 3D metamaterials and micro-optical elements that can control light in unconventional ways — from negative-index materials to photonic crystals and miniaturized lenses and waveguides. By developing new photosensitive materials and high-resolutio laser writing techniques, she has developed new methods of fabricating integrated photonic devices directly in 3D, with applications ranging from high-resolution imaging and sensing to optical communications.

Maria Farsari’s work is inherently interdisciplinary, bringing together laser physics, materials science, chemistry, and optical engineering. She collaborates with leading researchers to translate laser microfabrication into functional optical components and systems.

The development of superhydrophobic and water-repellent surfaces has gained the scientific interest during the recent years. It is well accepted that in order this to be achieved, an appropriate chemistry in conjunction with a hierarchical roughness are necessary. In most cases investigated, fluorinated polymers have been utilized to provide the desired hydrophobicity. However, fluorinated compounds are the subject of various rules and regulations, especially in relation to PFAS, and their use should be reduced. In the present work, we develop superhydrophobic polymer nanocomposite coatings consisting of non-fluorinated polymers in the form of water-based silicone emulsions, that provide the required hydrophobicity, and spherical nanoparticles and/or two-dimensional layered materials to introduce the appropriate roughness. The coatings were deposited via dipping or spraying on different substrates like stainless steel, glass and polypropylene to evaluate their wide utilization. The wetting properties were evaluated via contact angle (CA) and contact angle hysteresis measurements, the morphology of the coated surfaces was examined using Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), while the surface chemical composition was determined via Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDS). The nanocomposites were optimized so as to achieve the desired wetting properties whereas the effects of post-deposition treatments like annealing and spraying with different water solutions were investigated. For the optimized nanocoatings, superhydrophobic (CA > 150°) and water repellent (hysteresis < 5°) coating surfaces were obtained.

Acknowledgements: This research has been partially financed by the EU Horizon Europe Programme (project STOP [Grant Agreement 101057961] and project WISE [Grant Agreement 101138718]).

Spiros H. Anastasiadis is Professor of Polymer Science and Engineering at the Department of Chemistry of the University of Crete and the former Director of the Institute of Electronic Structure & Laser of the Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas. He received his PhD in Chemical Engineering from Princeton University in 1988 whereas he has been a Visiting Scientist at the IBM Almaden Research Center in 1988-1989.

He was awarded the John H. Dillon Medal of the American Physical Society in 1998 and was elected Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2000. He has received the Materials Research Society Graduate Student Award in 1987 and the Society of Plastics Engineers – Plastics Analysis Division Best Paper Award during ANTEC 1985. He has been an Editor of the Journal of Polymer Science: Part B: Polymer Physics 5/2006-7/2010 (Senior Editor and Editor for Europe, Middle East and Africa). He served as a Consulting Editor for AIChE J. (8/2012-12/2016) and as a Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of Macromolecules (1/2015-12/2017). He was the elected President of the European Polymer Federation for the years 2018 and 2019 whereas he has served as the President of the Hellenic Polymer Society (12/2012-11/2023). He has been elected a Mary Shepard B. Upson Visiting Professor at Cornell University for 2018-2019.

He was the Founder, Organizer and Alternate Scientific Coordinator of the Department of Materials Science and Technology of the University of Crete whereas he has been a Professor of Materials at the Department of Physics of the University of Crete and a Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at the Department of Chemical Engineering of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He is a Member of the Supreme Council of the Hellenic Authority of Higher Education and a Member of the Academic Quality Assurance Unit of the Univ. of Crete whereas he has served as the Vice Chair of the Committee on Research Integrity and Ethics of the Univ. of Crete. He was elected Director of FORTH-IESL in 2013 and was re-elected in 11/2018; his term ended in 02/2023.

His research interests are in the areas of polymer surfaces/interfaces and thin films, polymer blends and homopolymer/copolymer blends, dynamics and diffusion in multi-constituent systems, organic/inorganic nanohybrid materials, responsive polymer systems and nanostructured materials for energy applications. He has published 149 papers in refereed journals and has edited one book and has translated two textbooks to Greek. His work has been presented 632 times (127 invited plus 19 co-workers invited) in international meetings. He has given 59 invited lectures at academic and industrial institutions. As of June 5, 2025, he has received (ISI, ResearcherID: D-2778-2009) 8217 total citations (7622 non-self citations, 92.8%) with 57.9 average citations per paper. His h-index is 50.

He has coordinated eighteen major projects funded by National and International agencies like the Greek General Secretariat for Research and Technology, the European Union, NATO (Science for Stability and two Science for Peace Programmes), the European Office of Aerospace Research and Development, the Hellenic Federation of Enterprises, and has been the Principal Investigator (PI) for FORTH for twenty-five more. Most recently, he has been the coordinator of the project “Advancing Young Researchers’ Human Capital in Cutting Edge Technologies in the Preservation of Cultural Heritage and the Tackling of Societal Challenges (ARCHERS)” funded by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation whereas he is currently the PI for FORTH of three Horizon Europe projects. The total budget of all these projects for FORTH was ~12.9 million Euro.

Over the last years two-dimensional (2D) materials have attracted increasing attention for a diverse range of photonic and optoelectronic devices, including modulators, photodetectors, and more recently light sources. Among others, they offer unique absorption and emission properties, together with strong light-matter interaction and compatibility with the prevalent silicon photonics platforms. The talk will cover aspects of integrated electro-optics modulators that are based on 2D materials, with graphene being the most noticeable example, and assess them against other established contemporary platforms in terms of key performance metrics. For integrated light sources a promising family of 2D materials is transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) and their heterostructures. TMD monolayers are suitable for a number of lasing structures in visible, while bilayer heterostructures host interlayer excitons with emission at various NIR wavelengths. As many 2D materials demonstrate interesting nonlinear response, including strong saturable absorption, integrated light sources for pulsed operation are possible with both fundamental building blocks (gain and saturable absorption) realized by 2D materials. Different combinations of 2D materials for gain and saturable absorption will be discussed, together with the possible range of performance that can be attained in practical layouts of on-chip pulsed light sources.

Emmanouil Kriezis was born in Thessaloniki in 1968. He received his diploma in Electrical Engineering and his Doctorate degree from the School of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, in 1991 and 1996, respectively. His doctoral thesis focused on the development of full vector beam propagation methods for light wave propagation in integrated optical devices. In 1998 he joined the University of Oxford, Department of Engineering Science, initially as an EPSRC post-doctoral researcher. In 2000 he moved into a grant directly funded by the Hewlett Packard Laboratories at Bristol. In 2001 he was awarded the prestigious Royal Society University Research Fellowship to study light propagation in complex anisotropic media.

Since 2014 he has been Professor in Optical & Microwave Communications at the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He is heading the Photonics Group (http://www.photonics.ee.auth.gr/), established in 2002 and he is also Director of the Telecommunication Laboratory. He is teaching the undergraduate courses Optical Communications (8th semester), Microwave Te3chnology (9th semester) and Photonics Technology (9th semester), together with a postgraduate course on advanced photonics.

His research interests include nanophotonics with emphasis on plasmonics, photonics exploiting 2D materials , integrated photonic devices on silicon, nonlinear phenomena, optical micro-structured fibers, advanced computational techniques for the analysis and design of photonic devices and circuits, liquid crystal photonics and diffractive optical elements. He has published 125 referred journal articles, 4 book chapters, and 107 conference lectures & invited conference lectures with conference proceedings. He has co-authored the textbook Microwaves: Theory and Applications and authored the textbook Optical Communications. A complete listing of his publication record can be found in the following links:

• Scholar Google profile

• Scopus profile

• Web of Science / Clarivate Analytics

He is an IEEE Senior Member and also a member of the Technical Chamber of Greece.

Dr Aimilia Smyrli is the Head of Education at the National Centre for Scientific Research (NCSR) “Demokritos” in Greece. She leads national and international STEM education initiatives, designing and delivering interdisciplinary programs that merge science with art, movement, and storytelling. Her work focuses on inclusive science education, public engagement, and empowering underrepresented communities.

She holds a PhD in Solar Physics and previously worked as a Lecturer in Astrophysics at the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) in the UK. In addition to teaching undergraduate and postgraduate courses, she trained teachers through Continuing Professional Development (CPD) programs and collaborated with outreach organizations such as Isaac Physics (University of Cambridge) and The Ogden Trust to bring high-quality science education to disadvantaged students.

Dr Smyrli is leading a wide range of innovative projects at NCSR “Demokritos” including Worlds within Worlds, which combines artistic expression with scientific discovery. She is a member of the organizing committee of Myth2Space, an educational initiative exploring the intersection of astronomy and mythology across cultures. She is also developing new STEM education experiences for early years and organizes the annual Summer School, which connects hundreds of undergraduate students with cutting-edge research and mentoring opportunities.

With a deep commitment to equity in science, Dr Smyrli specializes in science communication, curriculum development, and interdisciplinary education. She regularly collaborates with educators, researchers, artists, and policymakers to build bridges between science and society.

Dr. Dancila received his Ph.D. in Microwave Engineering from the Université catholique de Louvain in 2011, with research on RF-MEMS and microfabrication at IMEC, Belgium. Since 2019, he has been Associate Professor at Uppsala University, where he leads the Microwave Group and conducts research in areas such as millimeter-wave antennas, RF sensors, and at the FREIA Laboratory, in high-efficiency RF power amplifiers. He also holds a Business Management degree from Solvay Business School and is the founder of Percy Roc AB, focusing on high-power microwave-based material processing.

Micro- and nano-scale microelectronic devices, like MOSFET transistors, often suffer a specific type of intrinsic fluctuation called “Random Telegraph Noise” (RTN), due to the very low (close to 0) number of interface traps per device. It consists of sudden, high-amplitude transitions in the current passing through the transistor observed in the time domain, and is the main reason behind the huge device-to-device low-frequency noise variability. Concerning the impact on circuit operation, RTN endangers the stability of digital circuits like memories, and leads to the co-existence of several DC operating points, due to the fact that its amplitude can reach 10-20% of the DC value. Therefore, it needs to be well understood in terms of physical origin, so that it can be properly modeled to be accounted for in circuit simulation and design.

This talk will demonstrate some of our team’s recent findings and developed methods concerning RTN and RTN-induced variability in advanced transistor technologies such as FD-SOI (Fully depleted silicon-on-insulator) MOSFETs, as well as methods to properly model the effect in circuit simulators or simulate it in TCAD tools. An emphasis will be given on the short-channel effects on RTN behavior, in conjunction with the role of bias conditions and the trap-induced mobility fluctuations.

Christoforos Theodorou received his B.S. degree in Physics (2006), M.S. degree in electronic circuit technologies (2008), and Ph.D. degree (2013) from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. He is currently a CNRS Researcher at the CROMA laboratory, Grenoble, France. His main research focuses on the characterization, modeling and simulation of noise and variability effects in novel nano-scale devices (SOI FETs, ReRAMs, 2D, III-V..) and their impact on the performance of circuits, with a more recent interest on cryogenic electronics. He is the author/co-author of 69 journal articles, 48 International Conference papers and 1 book chapter. He also serves as a TPC member for the ESSERC (Co-Chair of “Analog, Power and RF Devices” track, ULIS/EUROSOI and MOCAST conferences, and a member of the steering committee in the International Conference on Noise and Fluctuations (ICNF).

The focus of this talk is on group IV one-dimensional devices for quantum technology. The foundational principles of quantum computing will be covered before delving into materials, architectures and fabrication routes, separately, by comparing the bottom-up and top-down approaches. Discussion of how these advancements have set the foundations and furthered realization of single carrier transport properties and qubit devices with their specific operational characteristics will be presented. Another aim is to provide an informative pedagogical perspective on common fabrication challenges and links between common FET device processing and qubit device architectures. Specifically, Ge and GeSn device architectures analogous to conventional planar and fin-FET devices with enlarged number of gates controlling the definition of the quantum dots in the Ge channel, will be discussed. The Ge processing modes covered are related to the use of electron beam lithography (EBL), reactive ion etching (RIE) and atomic layer deposition (ALD) of gate materials (gate oxide and TiN metal). The aim was to understand high fidelity/resolution gates patterning, as well as various surface passivation (pre-treatments) for the ALD gate oxides (AlOx, HfO and ZrOx) formation, the quality of the interfaces and dielectrics used.

Dr. Petkov is a lecturer at Munster Technological University (MTU) and Academic Member of Tyndall. At MTU he is Head of Group – nanomaterials and electronic devices (NED) and a PI at the CMOS++ research activity at Tyndall. Dr Petkov team has developed important advancements in the nanofabrication and characterisation of numerous materials and devices. The focus of his research is in understanding fundamental aspects of the crystal and interface quality, surface chemistry and functionalisation leading to improved device performance. He is recognised for his research in one-dimensional semiconductors, associated surface treatments and interfacial chemistry for electronic devices thereafter. He and his team has pioneered the in-situ (operando) electron microscopy measurement technique in Ireland looking at nanowires crystal changes at external stimuli. He has author/co-author of more than 120 journal papers, with about 44000 citations, receiving over 250 citations per year (h-index of 35).

Microelectronic packaging technologies play a critical role in bridging the gap between semiconductor devices and their end applications. As transistors and integrated circuits continue to scale in performance and complexity, packaging has evolved from a simple protective enclosure to an enabling technology that determines the overall functionality, reliability, and cost of electronic systems. This introduction provides an overview of key packaging concepts, including electrical interconnection methods (wire bonding, flip-chip), substrates and materials, as well as thermal and mechanical considerations that impact performance. Special attention is given to emerging trends such as 3D integration, and heterogeneous integration, which are reshaping the microelectronics industry by enabling higher density, faster signal transmission, and improved power management. By combining protection, interconnection, and system-level integration, microelectronic packaging stands as a cornerstone of modern electronics, supporting applications ranging from consumer devices to aerospace, automotive, and space systems.

Graduated in Electronic Engineering from the University of Liège (Belgium) in 2000, he began his career as a research engineer in the Microelectronics Department of Prof. Jacques Destiné at University of Liège, focusing on microfluidics applied to biotechnology and DNA sequencing. In 2006, he co-founded the Microsys laboratory, creating a microelectronics assembly and packaging facility and working on industrial microsystem applications such as intelligent lubrication and predictive maintenance in aeronautics. Following the creation of the spin off company Taipro Engineering in 2009, he took over the Microsys laboratory and, since 2011, he has definitively moved to Taipro as Production Manager and Packaging Expert. He currently leads the production team and coordinates several EU-funded projects on advanced RF chip packaging and photonics integration.

The transition from nanotechnology to quantum technology is not a complete
replacement but rather an evolution and a deep convergence, with nanotechnology
serving as a crucial foundation and enabler for quantum technologies. The transition to
Quantum Technology is fundamentally dependent on Nanotechnology because the
precise control over matter at the atomic and molecular scale is essential for building
and maintaining fragile quantum states. Nanotechnology is not just a precursor; it is the
toolset and fabrication platform for quantum devices.
Nanotechnology, which involves the manipulation of matter on the scale of 1 to 100
nanometers, has historically focused on creating new materials and devices by exploiting
unique physical and chemical properties that emerge at this scale, even if the devices
were ultimately intended to function according to classical physics (like advanced
transistors).
Quantum technology, however, represents a shift in focus, aiming to deliberately harness
and exploit core quantum mechanical principles like superposition, entanglement, and
coherence for revolutionary applications in computing, sensing, and communication.
Here, we will focus on the transition from Nanotechnology to Quantum technology and
we will emphasize on the nationalrole of IQCQT established as the sixth Institute of NCSR
“Demokritos”.

Dr Panagiotis Dimitrakis (ORCID No. 0000-0002-4941-0487) graduated the Physics Department of the University of Athens (BSc 1995, MSc 1998) and received his PhD degree in Nanoelectronics in 2006 from the National Technical University of Athens. Dr Dimitrakis has long experience in process design and electronic device fabrication for logic and memory applications. He has coordinated research projects (4 National, 2 EU) for the development of memristive devices for neuromorphic and quantum computing and the development of super-and semiconducting qubits. He has published more than 82 papers in international peer-reviewed journals (>2500 citations, h-index: 24) and several book chapters. He is the editor of three books on electronic non-volatile memories. He has 14 invited talks and 60 papers in international conference proceeding volumes. He has organized 20 international conferences in Greece, Europe, Asia and USA. He is a Senior Member of IEEE, HiPEAC, Associate Editor in IEEE Nanotechnology Magazine (2020-2022), Memories (2025 – ) from Elsevier and served as guest editor in several special issues of International Journals. He is member of the governing board of European Institute SINANO, member of technical experts group of Xecs AENEAS and deputy director of the MSc Program “Quantum Computing and Quantum Technology”. He is member of NATO’s TQC and QTCG of DG-CNECT.C2 as national delegate. He joined National Center for Scientific Research “Demokritos” in 2007 as Research Officer, elected as Senior Researcher in 2017 and from 2021 he is Director of Research. Presently he is with the Institute of Quantum Computing & Quantum Technology at NCSR “D”. His research interests are focused on novel quantum nanoelectronic devices, AI hardware accelerators, qubit and quantum sensing devices, quantum computing and quantum simulators.

The Bavarian Research Alliance (BayFOR) is a non-profit agency that supports Bavaria as a centre for science and innovation and its international partners in acquiring EU funding.
Founded by the Bavarian State Government and its associates (Bavarian universities and universities of applied sciences), BayFOR assists researchers from academia and industry in obtaining European funding, e.g. in Horizon EUROPE, Digital EUROPE, Chips JU.
BayFOR is member of:
• the Bavarian Research and Innovation Agency (www.bayfia.de) at the regional level,
• the Enterprise Europe Network (een.ec.europa.eu), the world’s largest EU-funded support network for supporting SMEs, at the European level.
BayFOR offers targeted support for applying EU research projects, with our main activities:
• Project partner search / building up consortia
• Budget calculation and administrative tasks
• Negotiation
• Finding relevant funding schemes
• Conceptual work on proposal
• Project management and dissemination partnership
Therefore, BayFor may present the Horizon EUROPE and the upcoming EU-calls for 2026 by giving a brief introduction to Horizon EUROPE and explain the main funding opportunities offers. Attendees may learn about the programme’s key pillars, eligibility criteria, and available funding opportunities.
The presentation is designed to help researchers and innovators understand how to apply and make the most of this important EU programme.
BayFor is a funding agency that supports international cooperation with Bavarian universities (of applied science) through the BayIntAn programme (“Bavarian Funding Programme for the Initiation of International Research Collaborations”). This programme provides funding for the initial phase of international research partnerships involving state & non-state Bavarian universities and universities of applied sciences, together with their international counterparts.
The aim of the BayIntAn programme is to strengthen Bavaria as a hub for science and innovation by promoting the internationalisation of research at Bavarian universities.

Dr. Panagiotou studied Chemistry at the University of Bayreuth and as research fellow at CNRS in Lyon completing his studies with a diploma thesis in physical chemistry at University of Bayreuth. He completed his doctoral degree at Technische Universität München as research fellow at DESY in Hamburg, at ESRF & at ILL in Grenoble on scanning force microscopy, neutron & synchrotron scattering.
Since 2007, Dr. Panagiotou is Head of Unit of the ICT | Engineering & Natural Sciences at the Bavarian Research Alliance (BayFOR), a non-profit organization funded by the Bavarian state and its shareholders (Bavarian universities and universities of applied sciences). BayFOR is also co-financed as a partner of the EU-funded Enterprise Europe Network (EEN), the world’s largest support agency-network for SMEs with international ambitions. In this role, BayFOR provides Bavarian stakeholders and their international partners with expert guidance and strategic support in securing EU funding, mainly of Horizon Europe and Digital Europe, with the aim of strengthening the European Research Area.

The design of analog circuits under highly constrained power and area budgets, while circumventing the challenges posed by advanced technologies is becoming ever more challenging. Some guidance would therefore be invaluable for the designer to explore the multi-variable design space. The objective of this tutorial is to introduce designers to the concept of inversion coefficient and show them how it can be used as the main parameter to explore the design space in a systematic way. Another important aspect is to show how it can simplify and capture the design flow for many analog circuits, speeding up the design and helping the designer to document his particular design avoiding to start from scratch each time. It can also be used to more easily migrate analog circuits from one technology node to another.

Christian Enz, PhD, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), 1989. He is currently an Emeritus Professor from EPFL. Before he was Full Professor heading the IC Lab at EPFL. Until 2021 he was Director of the Institute of Microengineering and of the EPFL campus in Neuchâtel. Until April 2013 he was VP at the Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology (CSEM) in Neuchâtel, Switzerland where he was heading the Integrated and Wireless Systems Division. Prior to joining CSEM, he was Principal Senior Engineer at Conexant (formerly Rockwell Semiconductor Systems), Newport Beach, CA, where he was responsible for the modeling and characterization of MOS transistors for RF applications. His technical interests and expertise are in the field of ultra low-power analog and RF IC design and semiconductor device modeling. Together with E. Vittoz and F. Krummenacher he is the developer of the EKV MOS transistor model and the author of the book “Charge-Based MOS Transistor Modeling – The EKV Model for Low-Power and RF IC Design” (Wiley, 2006). He is the author and co-author of more than 280 scientific papers and has contributed to numerous conference presentations and advanced engineering courses.

Unlike hardware description languages such as VHDL, Verilog-A is concerned with the description of electrical behavior, either at the device level, or at the circuit/system level. That is, it allows the modeling of electrical characteristics (DC, AC, noise, etc.) and their direct use by SPICE simulators for IC design. It is now the new industry standard and has replaced older implementations using C or FORTRAN in many cases. In this lecture, an introduction to Verilog-A will first be given, mentioning its history, its importance, as well as advantages and disadvantages in its use. Then, the basic structural elements of the language will be mentioned, examples of device modeling, as well as the necessary instructions for its use in the Cadence Spectre simulator, with a special focus on the use of transient-related parameters and time-dependent effects. Finally, some recent examples of the use of Verilog-A in IC simulations from publications concerning noise and reliability effects will be presented.

Christoforos Theodorou received his B.S. degree in Physics (2006), M.S. degree in electronic circuit technologies (2008), and Ph.D. degree (2013) from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. He is currently a CNRS Researcher at the CROMA laboratory, Grenoble, France. His main research focuses on the characterization, modeling and simulation of noise and variability effects in novel nano-scale devices (SOI FETs, ReRAMs, 2D, III-V..) and their impact on the performance of circuits, with a more recent interest on cryogenic electronics. He is the author/co-author of 69 journal articles, 48 International Conference papers and 1 book chapter. He also serves as a TPC member for the ESSERC (Co-Chair of “Analog, Power and RF Devices” track, ULIS/EUROSOI and MOCAST conferences, and a member of the steering committee in the International Conference on Noise and Fluctuations (ICNF).