User:Nkroup

My name is Nikolas Kroupis. I was born on 3-12-1976 in the village named Elati Trikalon (Greece) and I grew up in Elati. In 1994, I finished high school in Pili Trikalon and became a student at Democritus University of Thrace (DUTh) in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. In October 2000 I was awarded the Electrical and Computer Engineering diploma. Since then (October 2000) I continue to take the M.S. Courses to design low power Embedded Systems for Multimedia apllications until June 2002. Nowadays my research area is the hardware/software co-design for embedded systems and I have begun my PhD research at the Duth VLSI Laboratory. Since January to June of 2007 I visit IMEC research center in Leuven, Belgium with Marie Curie scholarship. In February of 2008 I defense my PhD thesis in Democritus University of Thrace, and I continue my research on the embedded system modelling. Since October of 2008, I am working as assistance professor in Technological Education Institute of Larisa in Department of Computer Science and Telecommunications. In March of 2010 I have a permanent job as system administrator and software developer in Municipality of Mouzaki. I am married with Thalia Tsardidou since 6 February 2010 and we leave together in Elati Trikalon. On April 17th of 2011 our son Stefanos born a lively and active baby.