Prof. Zeljko Zilic

Zeljko Zilic received a B.Eng. degree in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia, in 1989, and M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, in 1993 and 1996, respectively. From 1996 to 1997, he worked with Lucent Microelectronics, Allentown, PA, USA, where he was involved in the design, test, and verification of Orca FPGAs. He joined McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, in 1998, where he is currently a Professor. He has graduated over 50 M.Eng. and Ph.D. students, who have received numerous awards for their theses and have moved on to leading industrial and academic institutions upon their graduation. He has published more than 250 papers, for which he received several awards. His current interests include the design of deeply embedded systems, most notably the systems that improve wellness and health. Dr. Zilic received the Wighton Fellowship for laboratory course teaching by Sandford Fleming Foundation and the National Council of Deans of Engineering and Applied Science. He is the Chercheur Strategique Research Chair from the Province of Quebec. He is the Senior Member of the ACM.