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Joel Poncha Lemayian | VR Security & Privacy | Research Excellence Award Published on 24/01/202627/01/2026 by VR Research Awards Mr. Joel Poncha Lemayian | VR Security & Privacy | Research Excellence Award École de technologie supérieure | Canada Joel Poncha Lemayian is a results-driven Electrical Engineer and PhD candidate at École de Technologie Supérieure (ÉTS), Montréal, specializing in FPGA/ASIC design, secure hardware systems, wireless communication, and hardware–software co-design. His research includes side-channel-resistant cryptocurrency wallets, hardware-accelerated Ethereum Virtual Machines, and real-time CNN implementations on FPGA. He has strong expertise in RTL design, verification, and performance optimization using industry tools. Joel has held research and engineering roles across Canada, Turkey, and Kenya, published peer-reviewed research, and holds a patent in secure hardware architecture, with strong academic impact. Citation Metrics (Scopus) 4000 3000 2000 1000 0 Citations 220 Documents 9 h-index 4 Citations Documents h-index View Scopus Profile View Orcid Profile View Google Scholar Profile Featured Publications EVMx: An FPGA-Based Accelerator for Smart Contract Processing –Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems,2026 EthVault: A Secure and Resource-Conscious FPGA-Based Ethereum Cold Wallet – IET Blockchain,2025 Recurrent Neural Network-based Channel Prediction in mMIMO for Enhanced Performance in Future Wireless Communication – Massive MIMO,2020 Massive MIMO Channel Prediction Using Recurrent Neural Networks – Joel Poncha Lemayian and Jehad M. Hamamreh,2020
Joel Poncha Lemayian is a results-driven Electrical Engineer and PhD candidate at École de Technologie Supérieure (ÉTS), Montréal, specializing in FPGA/ASIC design, secure hardware systems, wireless communication, and hardware–software co-design. His research includes side-channel-resistant cryptocurrency wallets, hardware-accelerated Ethereum Virtual Machines, and real-time CNN implementations on FPGA. He has strong expertise in RTL design, verification, and performance optimization using industry tools. Joel has held research and engineering roles across Canada, Turkey, and Kenya, published peer-reviewed research, and holds a patent in secure hardware architecture, with strong academic impact.