Biography: Professor Alex James completed the Ph.D. degree in a short 2 years period from the Queensland Micro and Nanotechnology Centre, Griffith University, Brisbane, QLD, Australia. He works as a Professor of AI hardware at School of Electronic Systems and Automation, and Dean (Academic) at Digital University Kerala. He works in the broad area of brain-inspired systems, memristive systems, intelligent semiconductor devices, analog circuits and imaging systems. He is Prof-in-charge of Maker Village that supports over 80+ hardware startups. He is Chief Investigator of the MeitY funded centre for Intelligent IoT Sensors, India Innovation Centre for Graphene, India Graphene Engineering and Innovation Centre, and AI Chip Centre developing new products to the market. Dr. James was the founding chair for IEEE Kerala Section Circuits and Systems Society. He is a member of IEEE CASS Technical committee on Nonlinear Circuits and Systems, IEEE CASS Technical committee on Cellular Nanoscale Networks and Memristor Array Computing, IEEE Consumer Technology Society Technical Committee on Quantum in Consumer Technology (QCT), Technical Committee on Machine learning, Deep learning and AI in CE (MDA) , Member of BCS’ Fellows Technical Advisory Group (F-TAG) and Member of SIG on Electronics for Agrifood. He was an editorial member of Information Fusion, Elsevier, and is an Associate Editor for Frontiers in Neuroscience (Section: Neuromorphic Systems), IEEE ACCESS, IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computational Intelligence (2017-18) (Guest associate editor), IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems 1 (2018-present) and IEEE Open Journal of Circuits and Systems (2022-present). He is a Senior Member of IEEE, Life Member of ACM, Senior Fellow of HEA, Fellow of RSA, Fellow of British Computer Society (FBCS), and Fellow of IET (FIET).
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IEEE Engagement
- Founding chair for IEEE Kerala Section Circuits and Systems Society which was selected to be awarded the 2023 IEEE Circuits and Systems Regional Chapter-of-the-Year Award: Region 10
- IEEE CAS Best Associate Editor for IEEE TCAS1 (2020-2021);
- IEEE Kerala Section, Best researcher award 2022
- Associate Editor for IEEE ACCESS, IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computational Intelligence (2017-18) (Guest associate editor), IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems 1 (2018-2023) and IEEE Open Journal of Circuits and Systems (2022-present).
- Associate Editor in Chief for IEEE Open Journal of Circuits and Systems (2024-2026).
- IEEE CASS international outreach funding (2012, 2014, 2015, 2017)
- Organised IEEE Seasonal schools in 2017, 2021, 2022; Organising 6 outreach workshops in 2023
- Member of IEEE CASS Technical committee on Nonlinear Circuits and Systems, IEEE CASS Technical committee on Cellular Nanoscale Networks and Memristor Array Computing, IEEE Consumer Technology Society Technical Committee on Quantum in Consumer Technology (QCT), Technical Committee on Machine learning, Deep learning and AI in CE (MDA)
- Technical committee member/reviewer in ICECS 2019-2023, AICAS 2019-2023, MWCAS 2019-2023, ISCAS 2019-2023; overall been a reviewer or session chairs or as program committee in more than 100 conferences in the career.
- Technical Program Chair – IEEE APCCAS 2023
- Track chair – IEEE MWSCAS 2023
Recent fellowship and other recognitions
- Fellow of British Computer Society (FBCS)
- Fellow of IET (FIET)
- Fellow of RSA
- Senior Fellow of HEA, UK
- Best Associate Editor Award of IEEE TCAS1 for 2020-21
- Listed among world top 2% of scientists in electrical and electronics
- Kairali Research Award 2021, Government of Kerala
- Australian Research Council Fellowship
- Chief investigator establishing the Centre for Excellence on IIOT Sensors (Rs 42 crores ~USD 5 million)
- Chief investigator establishing the India Innovation Centre for Graphene (Rs 86 crores ~USD 10 million)
- Chief Scientist and CTO, India Graphene Engineering and Innovation Centre (Rs 95 crores ~USD 11 million)
- Chief Investigator, AI Chip Centre (Rs 86 lakhs)
- Advisory Board Member, Digital Science Park
- Member of BCS’ Fellows Technical Advisory Group (F-TAG)
- Associate Editor of Frontiers in Neuroscience
Startup engagement
- Founded 5 startups in electronics and allied areas