Emilios Christou

As of 2025, I have three years of experience in hardware electronics design and a year in software engineering. I enjoy discovering, learning, and understanding new technologies to find interesting ways of using them.

I usually find areas of technology that I have not been exposed to and try to understand their fundamentals through practice, or creating a project to complete. A good showcase of what I am currently thinking about would be on the Projects tab.

I also enjoy puzzles and games as a way of challenging my creativity and lateral thinking. A recent favourite is variant sudoku (killer, thermo, and GAS - daily random approachable puzzles.) I’d also try a cryptic crossword once in a while if there’s a newspaper around. As for games, recent interesting ones were Tunic, Expedition 33, and Outer Wilds.

Interests and Accomplishments

2024

Joined workshops delivered by CAISH in an effort to educate myself further on the safety/security around Large Language Models, and understand the implications of their continuing development.

Organised and ran an internal 6-hour course to my colleagues on the capabilities and risks of LLMs, with a primary focus on the difficulty of training, controlling, and distributing LLMs and agents safely.

12/2021

Internal company hackathon participation and winner of the entertaining and creative award for a sweater with a scrolling LED display. I am now involved in the organisation of any such future events.

07/2020

Electronics Projects Creator for Hercules Cambridge, a platform for people to learn practical work skills like CAD, hardware, and software design through hands-on projects. I was responsible for creating electronics projects to teach useful applications of hardware in real-life situations.

06/15 – 01/17

18-month (conscripted) military service in the Cypriot Army (Artillery), in which after national examination, achieved the rank of Second Lieutenant. As such, I oversaw a squad composed of 20 private soldiers. The experience has led to the improvement of my communication and leadership skills.

2015

First place award for the highest combined mark in the Pancyprian examination in Mathematics, Physics Chemistry, and the highest single mark in Greek. English IELTS with mark 8/9 (July 2012).