PeopleofSuperintelligence

Researcher

Alex James

Also known as Alex Pappachen James

Alex James researches AI hardware and memristive circuits for machine-learning systems. He completed a two-year PhD at Griffith University's Queensland Micro and Nanotechnology Center and coauthored a memristive threshold-logic design in 2015. His 2017 research uses memristive crossbars for Hierarchical Temporal Memory recognition, and his 2018 work proposes a memristor-based long short-term memory circuit. He received IEEE's Guillemin-Cauer Best Paper Award in 2024 and the Dr Satyajit Chakraborty Memorial Research Award in 2026. As of October 2026, he is a full professor of AI hardware and Controller of Examinations at Digital University Kerala and serves on IEEE CASS's Board of Governors as a member at large for 2026–2028.

Now at
Digital University Kerala
Works
335
Citations
5,306
h-index
27
Badges

Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 18 October 2026.

Timeline

  1. 2015

    Memristive threshold logic

    He completes a two-year PhD at Griffith University's Queensland Micro and Nanotechnology Center. In 2015, he coauthors a memristive CMOS threshold-logic design for fast Fourier transforms and Vedic multiplication.

  2. 2017

    An HTM recognition circuit

    In 2017, he coauthors a memristive Spatial Pooler circuit for Hierarchical Temporal Memory and validates it on face recognition and speech recognition datasets.

  3. 2018

    A memristive LSTM circuit

    In 2018, he coauthors a hardware implementation of long short-term memory that uses memristors.

  4. 2024

    A Guillemin-Cauer award

    In 2024, he receives the IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems Guillemin-Cauer Best Paper Award.

  5. 2026

    Dr Satyajit Chakraborty Memorial Research Award

    In 2026, he receives the Dr Satyajit Chakraborty Memorial Research Award.

  6. 2026–2028

    An IEEE CASS board role

    For 2026–2028, he serves as a member at large of IEEE CASS's Board of Governors.

  7. As of October 2026

    Professor of AI hardware

    As of October 2026, he is a full professor of AI hardware and Controller of Examinations at Digital University Kerala.

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Career

  1. NowDigital University KeralaFull Professor of AI Hardware and Controller of Examinations
  2. 2021–2026Kerala University of Digital Sciences, Innovation and Technology
  3. 2013–2019Nazarbayev University
  4. 2011–2026Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, Kerala

Education

  1. 2015Griffith UniversityPhD

From the biography and OpenAlex affiliations (the years of papers that list the organization), so some years are approximate.

Most-cited works

  1. Medical image fusion: A survey of the state of the art2014 · Information Fusion · 971 citations
  2. A survey on LSTM memristive neural network architectures and applications2019 · The European Physical Journal Special Topics · 544 citations
  3. Neuromemristive Circuits for Edge Computing: A Review2019 · IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems · 320 citationsWith Leon Chua
  4. IN-YOLO: Real-Time Detection of Outdoor High Voltage Insulators Using UAV Imaging2019 · IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery · 308 citations
  5. Wireless Charging Techniques for UAVs: A Review, Reconceptualization, and Extension2018 · IEEE Access · 257 citations

From OpenAlex, as of 18 October 2026.

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Colleagues

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Sources and credits

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  1. ALEX P JAMES – Digital University Kerala duk.ac.in. Checked 18 October 2026.
  2. Threshold Logic Computing: Memristive-CMOS Circuits for Fast Fourier Transform and Vedic Multiplication research.nu.edu.kz. Checked 18 October 2026.
  3. HTM Spatial Pooler With Memristor Crossbar Circuits for Sparse Biometric Recognition research.nu.edu.kz. Checked 18 October 2026.
  4. A memristor-based long short term memory circuit research.nu.edu.kz. Checked 18 October 2026.
  5. Alex James | IEEE CASS ieee-cas.org. Checked 18 October 2026.