Alberto Sangiovanni Vincentelli

Prof. Dr. Alberto Sangiovanni Vincentelli

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Biography

Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli is the Buttner Chair of EECS, University of California, Berkeley, where he is the Special Advisor to the Dean of Engineering for Entrepreneurship and the Chair of the Faculty Advisors to the Berkeley Accelerator, SkyDeck. Awards (among others): Kaufman for pioneering contributions to EDA; IEEE/RSE Maxwell Medal “for groundbreaking contributions that have had an exceptional impact on the development of electronics and electrical engineering or related fields” and the EDAA Lifetime Achievement Award. He co-founded Cadence and Synopsys, the two leading EDA companies, and is a Member of the Board of Directors of Cadence, KPIT, Expert.ai, QuantumMotions (Chairman), Phoelex (Chairman), Cy4Gate, Exein, Innatera (Chairman) and Phononic Vibes (Chairman). He consulted for several companies including Intel, IBM, ST, Mercedes, BMW, UTC, and GM. He is a member of the US National Academy of Engineering and an IEEE and ACM Fellow. He was awarded Honorary Doctorates from Aalborg University and KTH (Sweden).

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Kaufmann Award

IEEE CEDA, EDAC

“pioneering contributions to EDA”

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The James Clerk Maxwell Medal

IEEE and Royal Society of Edimburgh

“for groundbreaking contributions that have had an exceptional impact on the development of electronics and electrical engineering or related fields”

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The BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Information and Communication Technology

BBVA Foundation

for “transforming chip design from a handcrafted process to the automated industry that power today’s electronic devices

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Distinguished Teaching Award

University of California

Teaching Excellence and Innovation

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Leon Kirchmayer Graduate Teaching Award

IEEE

For inspirational teaching of graduate students

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Aristotle Award

Semiconductor Research Corporation

for “outstanding teaching in its broadest sense, emphasizing student advising and teaching during the research project”.

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A. Richard Newton Technical Impact Award in Electronic Design Automation

ACM/IEEE

for an outstanding technical contribution within the scope of electronic design automation

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Lifetime Achievement Award

EDAA

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IEEE Technical Committee on Cyber-Physical Systems (TC-CPS), Technical Achievement Award

IEEE Technical Committee on Cyber-Physical Systems (TC-CPS),

for pioneering contributions and leadership in cyber-physical systems and design automation

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lifetime achievement award

IEEE International Symposium on Physical Design (ISPD)

for individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the field of physical design automation over multiple decades

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