Yannis Viniotis
Contact Information
email: candice@ncsu.edu
office: EB II, Room 3062
office phone: (919) 515-7357
fax: (919) 513-3326
home phone: (919) 467-5420
Short Biography
Electrical Engineering diploma, University of Patras, Greece, 1981;
M.S. Electrical Engineering, University of Maryland, 1985;
Ph.D. Electrical Engineering, University of Maryland, 1988.
Assistant Professor, NCSU, 1988-1994.
Associate Professor, NCSU, 1994-2005
Professor, NCSU, 2005-present
Cofounder, Orologic Inc., 1997
Director of Systems Architecture, Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation, 2000-2002.
Teaching Interests
- ECE 220: Analytical Foundations in Electrical Engineering
- ECE 407: Introduction to Computer Networks (undergraduate)
- ECE 570: Computer Networks (graduate)
- ECE 576: High Speed Networks
Research Interests
Dr. Viniotis' current research interests are in the areas of analysis and
design of communication networks, with special emphasis on quality of service
issues in high-speed networks.
Technology transfer
In October 1997, Dr. Raif Onvural (an NCSU alumnus) and Dr. Viniotis cofounded
Orologic Inc. (Orologic was
acquired
by Vitesse Semiconductors Corporation in March 2000.)
While at Orologic, Dr. Viniotis was one of the two principal
system designers of
Pacemaker, the industry's first 2.4 Gbps traffic management
ASIC, and
Monitor, the industry's first 2.4 Gbps ASIC
implementation of the I.610 and I.630 ITU protocols.