Epifanios obtained his Bachelor’s degree with First-Class Honours in Electrical & Electronic Engineering from Newcastle University in 2020. During his undergraduate studies, he discovered his interest in identifying ways for performing computations efficiently on Real-time Embedded Systems while working on the implementation of a digital audio effects unit for his third-year project. He joined MINDS CDT at the University of Southampton in 2021. His research project investigates potential methods for enabling training of neural network models on resource-constrained systems.