Our first keynote is confirmed and we are happy to start announcing keynotes for the ISTM 2026. We will update with more names as soon as we have names confirmed.
Professor David Thomas, University of Southampton
David Thomas studied Computer Science as an undergrad at the Dept. of Computing in Imperial, then he did his PhD in digital architectures in the same department. After 5 years as
a researcher associate and then research fellow, in 2010 he moved to the Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineer at Imperial as a Lecturer, then Senior Lecturer. In 2021 he joined the Electronics and Computer Science Dept. as a Professor. Both his research and teaching interests are at the intersection of software and hardware, particularly in the interaction and relationshops between programming languages, algorithms, computer achitecture and digital implementation. A lot of his research involves the use of FPGAs (Field Programmable Gate Arrays), as they provide a great playground for exploring and implementing new digital architectures, such as custom CPUs, application-specific accelerators, or new programming paradigms such as event-driven computing.
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