Holger BlumeHolger Blume received his diploma in electrical engineering in 1992 at the University of Dortmund, Germany. In 1997 he achieved his Ph.D. with distinction from the University of Dortmund, Germany. Until 2008 he worked as a senior engineer and as an aademic senior councillor at the Chair of Electrical Engineering and Computer Systems (EECS) of the RWTH Aachen University. In 2008 he got his postdoctoral lecture qualification. Holger has been Professor for "Architectures und Systems" at the Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany, since July 2008 and runs the Institute of Microelectronic Systems. His present research includes algorithms and heterogeneous architectures for digital signal processing, design space exploration for such architectures as well as research on the corresponding modeling techniques. Read More Read Less