European Union & Artificial Intelligence : Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST) CEO (retired) & Deep Learning Scientist Dr. Thomas Kallstenius

Prior to LIST, Thomas Kallstenius served as research program director at imec, a world-leading RTO in nanoelectronics and digital technologies.
In this position, he oversaw a research programme on security and privacy, in collaboration with KU Leuven, encompassing a much-acclaimed team of over 140 researchers specializing in cryptography, hardware security, privacy, access control and distributed systems. He was also involved in imec’s strategic activities in distributed artificial intelligence and high-performance computing.
Prior to joining imec, Thomas Kallstenius was vice president for research and innovation at iMinds, the research institute that merged with imec in 2016. His responsibilities in this role included iMinds’ strategic and applied research programs with academic and industrial partners.
Thomas Kallstenius’ previous experience includes positions as director at Bell Labs on video communication related topics, as strategic marketing director at Alcatel-Lucent and as researcher on broadband access within Ericsson Research as well as on reliability of semiconductor components within Ericsson Microelectronics.
Thomas Kallstenius holds a Masters Degree in Engineering Physics from Sweden’s Royal Institute of Technology, a PhD in semiconductor materials science from Uppsala University and an MBA from Vlerick Management School in Leuven, Belgium. He has served as a Member of the Board of Directors of the FTTH Council Europe, and as vice-chair of the Working Group on Wearables in the European Commission’s Alliance of Internet of Things Innovation (AIOTI).
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European Union & Artificial Intelligence : Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST) CEO (retired) & Deep Learning Scientist Dr. Thomas Kallstenius



