SIITME 2026 committee is proud to present confirmed
Keynote Speakers:

Keynote speaker:

Attila Bonyár
Professor

Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Department of Electronics Technology

Keynote presentation:
Recent Advances in Plasmonic Interconnect Technologies

Attila Bonyár is a full professor, vice head of department and head of the Nanotechnology and Sensorics Research Group at the Department of Electronics Technology, Faculty of Electronics Engineering and Informatics, Budapest University of Technology and Economics. He is an elected member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (HAS) General Assembly. He has been a senior IEEE member since 2021 and actively serves in several IEEE committees. In 2025, he received the EUROSENSORS Fellow award. His activities focus on developing optical biosensor technologies that utilize plasmonics and nanomaterials.

Keynote speaker:

 Cristina Mihaela DRĂGAN
Thermal Analyst Expert

AUMOVIO Timișoara

Keynote presentation:
Thermal Evaluation of Heat Generating Components in Automotive High-Performance Computing (HPC) Units

MarCristina Mihaela Drăgan, PhD — Thermal Architect at AUMOVIO (Continental Automotive), Timișoara. With over 16 years of experience in automotive thermal management, she has held key roles at Continental Automotive ADAS (2008–2022), Infineon Technologies as Thermal Solution Consultant (2022–2023), and Continental Software and Central Technologies SCT (2023–2024). Her expertise spans system-to-silicon thermal design for high-performance computing (HPC) units, simulation-to-test correlation, and thermal reliability of electronic systems.

Keynote speaker:

Boris EVSTATIEV
Professor

University of Ruse “Angel Kanchev”

Keynote presentation:
Research and Engineering Education in the Age of AI: Opportunities, Boundaries, and Principles

Boris I. Evstatiev is a Full Professor in Electronics and Lead Researcher of the Laboratory “Digital Energy Systems 4.0” at the University of Ruse “Angel Kanchev”, Ruse, Bulgaria. He received his MSc in Computer Technologies in 2005, PhD in Mechanization and Electrification of Animal Husbandry in 2009, and DSc in Automation of Intangible Areas in 2022, all from the University of Ruse.