Ian O'Connor (IEEE S'95-M'98-SM'07) is Professor for Heterogeneous and Nanoelectronics Systems Design in the Department of Electronic, Electrical and Control Engineering at Ecole Centrale de Lyon, France. He is joint head of the Electronics group at the Lyon Institute of Nanotechnology, and Director of the SoC2 research network. His research interests include novel computing architectures based on emerging technologies, associated with methods for design exploration. He has authored or co-authored close to 300 book chapters, journal publications, conference papers and patents, has held various positions of responsibility in the organization of many international conferences including General Chair of DATE 2023 and has been workpackage leader or scientific coordinator for several national and European projects. He also serves as an expert with Collège Numérique France 2030, International Roadmap for Devices and Systems (IRDS) Systems and Architectures International Focus Team, International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) WG10.5 (Design and Engineering of Electronic Systems), is Vice-President for Technical Activities in the IEEE Council for Electronic Design Automation (CEDA), is a member of the Main Board of the European Design Automation Association (EDAA) and is Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems.