Giorgos Karagiannidis

George Karagiannidis is a professor of electrical and computer engineering at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and a director of Digital Telecommunications Systems and Networks Laboratory. He was named Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in 2014 "for contributions to the performance analysis of wireless communication systems".

Early life and education Ηe was born in Pythagoreio, Samos Island, Greece. He received the 5 years University Diploma, in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Patras in 1987 and in 1998 he got his PhD from the same alma mater.,

Fellowship and membership Dr. Karagiannidis was in the past editor in several IEEE journals and from 2012 to 2015 he was the editor-in-chief of IEEE Communications Letters. From September 2018 to June 2022 he served as associate editor-in-chief of IEEE Open Journal of Communications Society. Starting from January 2025, he is the editor-in-chief of IEEE Transactions on Communications.

Authorship He is also an author of novels. His first book is an historical novel in Greek language with the title “My heart your gun”. An historical novel in Greek language with the title “My heart your gun”