Said Hamdioui

Said Hamdioui (ce.ewi.tudelft.nl/hamdioui) is Chair Professor of Dependable and Emerging Computer Technologies and Head of the Computer Engineering Laboratory at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), Netherlands. He is also the founder and CEO of a startup focused on manufacturing test solutions for emerging technologies. His research bridges emerging paradigms—such as in-memory and brain-inspired computing—with hardware dependability, including testability, reliability, and security.Before entering academia, he held various roles at Intel (USA), Philips Semiconductors R&D (France), and NXP (Netherlands), gaining extensive industrial experience. He holds four patents, authored one book, co-authored two others, and has published over 330 peer-reviewed papers.

Prof. Hamdioui has provided consulting and training to leading semiconductor companies, including Intel, NXP, STMicroelectronics, Renesas, and Huawei. He has collaborated with top academic and industrial partners such as IBM, IMEC, Cadence, ESA, ETH Zurich, and Politecnico di Torino—contributing to advancements in chip design, semiconductors, and electronic design automation (EDA).A frequent keynote speaker and invited lecturer, he has served on editorial boards including IEEE Design & Test, ACM JETC, and IEEE Transactions on VLSI Systems. His accolades include the EDAA Outstanding Dissertation Award, European Commission Innovation Award, multiple HiPEAC Tech Transfer Awards, and more than 20 Best Paper recognitions. He was recognized for the Best Tech Idea of the Netherlands (2021), and awarded the prestigious European Innovation Council Transition Grant in 2025.

Prof. Hamdioui is a Senior Member of IEEE, a Distinguished Lecturer of the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society, and a Fellow of the Netherlands Academy of Engineering. Ranked among the World’s Top 2% Scientists (Stanford & Elsevier, 2024), he also serves on strategic advisory boards including AENEAS Scientific Committee (Association for European NanoElectronics Activities), Khalifa University (UAE), and the Advantest–University of Stuttgart graduate program on test and reliability.

Electronics are the invisible lifeblood of modern society. From smartphones and smart homes to connected cars and intelligent factories, our world runs on electronic systems—and increasingly, on artificial intelligence. Yet, this digital revolution comes with a hidden price tag: energy. By 2030, projections suggest that ICT systems could consume over 20% of the world’s electricity, driven by the explosive growth of data centers, networks, and compute-hungry AI applications.

In this keynote, we confront the growing energy crisis in computing and explore how the next wave of innovation must be rooted in radically energy-efficient hardware design. We’ll uncover why chip hardware is not just a performance enabler, but a cornerstone of sustainability—unlocking scalable, cost-effective solutions across sectors like healthcare, agriculture, mobility, and security. We will dive into the limitations of today’s technologies and explore bold new frontiers—ranging from emerging device technologies and architectures to brain-inspired architectures and novel integration technologies. Real-world case studies and silicon-verified results will illustrate the transformative potential of these approaches, including breakthroughs delivering over 100x gains in energy efficiency.
Join us as we look beyond the horizon to envision a world where AI and electronics don’t just empower our future—they sustain it.

Talk Title:Hardware-Enabled Trust: Secure In-Memory Computing Architectures for Resilient AI Systems