An experienced researcher
An experienced researcher, inventor, and author, with a track record at leading R&D teams, writing winning grant proposals, whilst being passionate about deep-tech innovation that leads to impact. https://www.orestisgeorgiou.com/
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Dr Orestis Georgiou is an author of 5 patents and 80+ academic papers published in leading journals and conferences of Mathematics, Physics, Computer Science, Engineering and Medicine. https://amiracledetailing.com/
Passionate about haptic technologies, networks and spatial XR computing, Orestis is currently the Head of R&D Partnerships at Ultraleap where he oversees all external R&D activities and aligns them to the business needs and future roadmaps. Through this role, Orestis has been co-awarded R&D grant funding in excess of €10 million including four H2020 FET projects (Levitate, H-Reality, Touchless and E-Textures) which he currently manages on behalf of Ultraleap. An avid networker and believer in Open Innovation practices, Orestis has built 80+ partnerships with leading academic and industrial research labs all around the world.
Orestis is also a Marie Curie Fellowship at the University of Cyprus (UCY). Through this role, he secured R&D grant funding worth €150 thousand on topics related to 5G and 6G wireless communications and energy-neutral sensor networks under the project called NEWSENs. Following from his research contributions in wireless communications, Orestis was the recipient of the prestigious IEEE Heinrich Hertz Award in 2019.