Dr. Alex James

Alex James received the Ph.D. degee from Griffith University, Queensland, Australia. He is currently a Professor and the Dean (Academic) with the Kerala University of Digital Sciences, Innovation and Technology (aka Digital University Kerala). He is the Professor-in-Charge of the Maker Village, and the Chief Investigator with the India Innovation Centre for Graphene. His research interests include AI - neuromorphic systems (software and hardware), VLSI and image processing. He is a Member of IEEE CASS TC on Nonlinear Circuits and Systems, IEEE CTSoc TC on Quantum in Consumer Technology (QCT), TC on Machine learning, Deep learning and AI in CE (MDA),  IEEE CASS TC on Cellular Nanoscale Networks and Memristor Array Computing (CNN-MAC), and IEEE CASS SIG on AgriElectronics. He was the founding Chair of IEEE CASS Kerala chapter, a Member of IET Vision and Imaging Network, and currently a Member of BCS’ Fellows Technical Advisory Group (F-TAG). He was an Editorial Board Member of Information Fusion (2010–2014), and currently serving as an Associate Editor of IEEE Access (2017-present), Frontiers in Neuroscience (2022-present), IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems 1: Regular Papers (2018-2023) and IEEE Open Journal of Circuits and Systems journal (2022-2023). he is currently the Associate EIC for IEEE Open Journal of Circuits and Systems journal (2024-present) and IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems (2024-present). He was awarded IEEE Outstanding researcher by IEEE Kerala Section for 2022, Kairali Scientist Award for Physical Science in 2021 and Best Associate Editor for TCAS1 in 2021. He is a Life Member of ACM, Senior Fellow of HEA, Fellow of British Computer Society (FBCS), and Fellow of IET (FIET).