A highly accomplished scientist with more than 20 years of experience to his credit, Dr. Kounavis currently serves as a Senior Staff Research Scientist with Intel Corporation.
PORTLAND, OR, January 07, 2019 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Marquis Who's Who, the world's premier publisher of biographical profiles, is proud to present Michael Kounavis, Ph.D., with the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award. An accomplished listee, Dr. Kounavis celebrates many years' experience in his professional network, and has been noted for achievements, leadership qualities, and the credentials and successes he has accrued in his field. As in all Marquis Who's Who biographical volumes, individuals profiled are selected on the basis of current reference value. Factors such as position, noteworthy accomplishments, visibility, and prominence in a field are all taken into account during the selection process.
A highly accomplished scientist with more than 20 years of experience to his credit, Dr. Kounavis currently serves as a Senior Staff Research Scientist with Intel Corporation. Dr. Kounavis has been a Research Scientist with Intel since 2004. Prior to this appointment, he was a graduate research assistant at the Center for Telecommunications Research at Columbia University from 1996 to 2003. Dr. Kounavis is a member of the American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association and served as its president from 2007 to 2012.
Dr. Kounavis earned a Bachelor of Science and Master of Science from the National Technical University of Athens in Greece in 1996. He continued his studies at Columbia University, receiving a Doctor of Philosophy in electrical engineering and computer science in 2003.
Dr. Kounavis' professional achievements include developing one of the world's most area and energy efficient Advanced Encryption Standard encryption engines. Dr. Kounavis has further aided in the invention and delivery of Intel's AES-NI instruction set for accelerating AES encryption, an accomplishment for which he received an Intel Achievement Award in 2008, and is one of the main authors of Intel's intellectual property portfolio in the area of hand gesture recognition. He has published more than 60 technical papers in the above areas and holds 48 patents with another 50 pending. His prior work includes an early proposal on programmable virtual networks (Spawning Networks, 1999), which was a forerunner of today's Software Defined Network (SDN) architectures. This work eventually became Michael's Ph.D. thesis, which was awarded with distinction from Columbia University in 2004
In light of his exceptional undertakings, Dr. Kounavis was selected for inclusion in multiple editions of Who's Who in America.
In recognition of outstanding contributions to his profession and the Marquis Who's Who community, Dr. Kounavis has been featured on the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement website. Please visit www.ltachievers.com for more information about this honor.
About Marquis Who's Who®
Since 1899, when A. N. Marquis printed the First Edition of Who's Who in America®, Marquis Who's Who® has chronicled the lives of the most accomplished individuals and innovators from every significant field of endeavor, including politics, business, medicine, law, education, art, religion and entertainment. Today, Who's Who in America® remains an essential biographical source for thousands of researchers, journalists, librarians and executive search firms around the world. Marquis® now publishes many Who's Who titles, including Who's Who in America®, Who's Who in the World®, Who's Who in American Law®, Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare®, Who's Who in Science and Engineering®, and Who's Who in Asia®. Marquis® publications may be visited at the official Marquis Who's Who® website at www.marquiswhoswho.com.
# # #