ABSTRACT: The idea behind this presentation is to provide a means to introduce Antonis Kalis as a new member of CTTC. As such, the presentation would have to expand to a number of topics that are of interest to him, which is never a good idea for a talk. Therefore, the presenter came up with the aforementioned title, first to provoke interest, and secondly because Engineering is quite frankly what has motivated and guided his work throughout the years. Engineering is often looked upon as a mere tool, just like math, that will help bring great scientific ideas come to life. Although this task is neither trivial, to be looked upon, nor does it lack interest and significance, it is not the only task involved with Engineering. Scientific research is quite often driven by engineering thoughts, and scientific problems are often solved using engineering methods, (as is the case with the examples presented in this talk on smart antennas, cooperative beam-forming networks and sensor networks). Therefore, just like Philosophy, Engineering is at the beginning and at the end of Science. It provides a good source of ideas and “out-of-the-box” thinking, apart from providing evidence to whether our scientific results are worth any attention.
Engineering as a source of Science and Research, not only for building prototypes
Weekly Seminar
03 July 2009Speaker: Antonis Kalis, Ph.D.
Place: CTTC Auditorium/ 11:30h
Engineering is at the beginning and at the end of Science. It provides a good source of ideas and “out-of-the-box” thinking, apart from providing evidence to whether our scientific results are worth any attention.
SPEAKER: Dr. Antonis Kalis is currently in CTTC as a visiting research associate. He also holds positions as an associate professor in AIT and an adjunct professor in Carnegie Mellon University. He received his Electrical Engineering Diploma degree in 1997 from the EE Department of the University of Patras, Greece, and joined the Lab of Electromagnetics at the University of Patras, participating in various R&D projects for the Greek Government and the European Union, as research staff. In 2000 he worked as a Research Engineer and an Assistant Research Unit Manager in the Computer Technology Institute of Greece. He received his PhD with honors from the University of Patras, in June 2002. His research interests are in the areas of radio communications, antenna design and wireless networks. He has numerous journal and conference publications, a US patent, and the 2000 Chester Sall award of the Consumer Electronics Society in the above areas. He is a member of the Technical Chamber of Greece, and the IEEE.
