George A. Constantinides
A word cloud of my publications from 2009
Basics
I am a Reader (Associate Professor) in Digital Systems. I work in the Circuits and Systems group at Imperial College. My office is Room 903 of the Electrical and Electronic Engineering Department.
Research
- In summary, my research interests cover the theory and practice of using hardware to implement fast algorithms, especially numerical algorithms. I have active research in the architectures, synthesis tools, and applications of reconfigurable hardware (FPGAs) for this purpose.
- The best detailed view of my research is from my publications. I suggest you look at my (incomplete) repository, at Google Scholar, or the DBLP server, but remember they all have a certain time lag. If you want the PDF of one of my papers, please ask.
- I am fortunate to have an excellent group of Ph.D. students. I am primary supervisor for Sam Bayliss, David Boland, Theo Drane, Juan Jerez-Fullana, Asma Kahoul, and Antonio Roldao Lopes. I am also secondary supervisor for Ammar Hasan, Josh Levine, Chalermpol Saiprasert, Seah Kwang Hwee, and Amir Shahzad.
- I have also had some great Ph.D. students in the past, who have now graduated:
Dr Su-Shin Ang (now with Market Sentinel), Dr Nick Campregher (now with Standard Bank), Dr Jonathan Clarke (now with e-ip), Dr Chun-Te Ewe (now at Deloitte), Dr Qiang Liu (still at Imperial, as research staff), Dr Gareth Morris (now with Celoxica), Dr Nalin Sidahao (now with Mahanakorn University of Technology), Dr Al Smith (still at Imperial as research staff), Dr Pete Sedcole (now at Viotech Communications), Dr Kieron Turkington (now at Altera).
- I typically also have a small group of research staff under my management. Currently, this includes Dr Al Smith, and Dr. Dominic Buchstaller. In the past, Dr Peter Jamieson (now Assistant Prof at Miami University), Dr Altaf Abdul Gaffar (now with Islamic Development Bank), Mr Markos Papadonikolakis (still at Imperial), and Dr Pete Sedcole also used to work on my projects.
- I have current academic collaborations internally with Prof Peter Cheung, Dr Paul Goulart, Prof Wayne Luk, Prof Paul Kelly, Dr Eric Kerrigan, Dr Christos Bouganis, and externally with Prof Jan Maciejowski, Prof Ling Keck Voon, Katholieke Universiteit Leueven, ETH Zurich, Karlsruher Institut fuer Technologie, Technische Universiteit Delft, University of Heidelberg, Technische Universitaet Dortmund, INESC-ID, Universade do Porto, and University Polithnica Bucharest, . In the past, I have also had external collaborations with Dr John Brooke, Dr Michael Chia, and Prof Mike Giles, and Prof Stan Scott.
- I have current industrial collaborations with Associated Compiler Experts, BASF, Coreworks, the European Space Agency, IPCOS, Imagination Technologies, LMS International, The Mathworks, and Xilinx. In the past I have also collaborated with Synplicity (now part of Synopsys), Altera, Celoxica, and Agility Design Solutions (now part of Mentor Graphics).
- From January to June 2008, I was on sabbatical leave in Cambridge, and a Visiting Scholar of Pembroke College, where I was based with Simon Moore, and Jan Maciejowski. I now have Long Term Visitor status at the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory and occasional dining rights at Pembroke.
- My Erdos number is 3. Visit AMS to find your Erdos number, or collaboration distance to other mathematicians and computer scientists!
- You can follow my research updates on Twitter if you are that way inclined:
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Funding
My research and my PhD students are funded by:
I have also previously received research funding from:
Professional Activities
Teaching
Administration
- I am head of the Circuits and Systems research group.
- I chair the Department's plagiarism committee.
- I sit on College Appeals Committee.
- I sit on College Discipline Committee.
A note to prospective postgraduate students
I welcome applications for postgraduate study. Please note the following points:
- Applications for PhD places are very competitive. Unless you have a 1st class first degree or a 2/1 first degree + a 1st class project, it is unlikely that you will be accepted by our group. MEng or BEng + MSc is preferable to BEng only.
- If you have a BSc or a BEng from outside Imperial College, my advice is usually to apply for the MSc in Analogue and Digital IC Design or one of the other MScs offered by our department before considering an application for a PhD.
- If you are a home (UK) or EU student, funding opportunities are available - please contact me to discuss them. If you are an overseas student, unfortunately funding opportunities are far more limited: please read the IC Registry website - look under scholarships. There may be further departmental funding available for exceptional overseas students, but unless you have published well in international conferences or journals, it is unlikely that your application will be competitive.
- Please email me to discuss submission of an application before applying to the College.
- Please note that I do not usually take Summer interns from outside Imperial College.
Non-Professional Activities
- I like food. In particular I am a fan of Bavarian cuisine, Schweinshaxe, Sauerkraut, Wurst, etc. I love Munich.
- I am a big fan of espresso. I use a Gaggia Classic at home, a Krups Nespresso Le Cube at work, and a Handpresso when I am out and about. I have my eye on an Elektra Micro Casa a Leva, but I cannot bring myself to part with the money.
- I like mountains, especially the Austrian Tyrol, and most especially the village of Obergurgl.
Previous Work
In 2001 I completed my Ph.D. under the supervision of Peter Cheung and Wayne Luk
My son's homepage - now hopelessly out of date. More recent pictures are on Facebook.
Email: g.constantinides@ic.ac.uk