IEEE CEDA Fellows

Class of 2017

Wally Rhines

Walden C. Rhines 
Mentor Graphics Corporation

for leadership and technology innovation
in integrated circuit design and automation

Kiyoung Choi

Kiyoung Choi
Seoul National University

for contribution to low-power, real-time,
and reconfigurable systems

Xin Li

Xin Li
Duke University/Duke Kunshan Univ.

for contributions to modeling, analysis,
and optimization of 
variability of integrated
circuits and systems 

Weiping Shi

Weiping Shi
Texas A&M University

for contributions to modeling and
design of VLSI interconnects

Youngsoo Shin 2

Youngsoo Shin
KAIST, Korea

for contributions to design tools for low power,
high-speed VLSI circuits and systems

Valeria Bertacco

Valeria Bertacco
University of Michigan

for contribution to computer-aided verification
and reliable system design

Luca Carloni

Luca Carloni
Columbia University

for contributions to system-on- chip
design automation and latency-insensitive design

Frank Liu

Frank Liu
IBM Research

for contributions to design for
manufacturability of VLSI circuits

Andrei Vladimirescu

Andrei Vladimirescu
Berkeley Wireless Research Center

for contributions to the development and
commercial adoption of SPICE circuit simulation


CEDA Fellows Directory

2017

  • Walden C. Rhines, Mentor Graphics Corporation, for leadership and technology innovation in integrated circuit design and automation 
  • Kiyoung Choi, Seoul National University, for contribution to low-power, real-time, and reconfigurable systems
  • Xin Li, Duke University/Duke Kunshan Univ., for contributions to modeling, analysis, and optimization of variability of integrated circuits and systems 
  • Weiping Shi, Texas A&M University, for contributions to modeling and design of VLSI interconnects 
  • Youngsoo Shin, KAIST, Korea, for contributions to design tools for low power, high-speed VLSI circuits and systems
  • Valeria Bertacco, University of Michigan, for contribution to computer-aided verification and reliable system design
  • Luca Carloni, Columbia University, for contributions to system-on- chip design automation and latency-insensitive design
  • Frank Liu, IBM Research, for contributions to design for manufacturability of VLSI circuits
  • Andrei Vladimirescu, Berkeley Wireless Research Center, for contributions to the development and commercial adoption of SPICE circuit simulation

2016

  • David Atienza, for contributions to design methods and tools for multiprocessor systems on chip
  • Xiaobo Sharon Hu, for contributions to resource management for embedded systems
  • Jiang Hu, for contributions to gate, interconnect, and clock network optimization in VLSI circuits
  • Peng Li, for contributions to the analysis and modeling of integrated circuits and systems

2015

  • Jörg Henkel, for contributions to hardware/software codesign of embedded computing systems
  • Steven P. Levitan, for contributions to mixed-technology micro-systems education
  • Diana Marculescu, for contributions to design and optimization of energy-aware computing systems
  • Michael Orshansky, for contributions to VLSI design for manufacturability
  • Yuan Xie, for contributions to design automation and architecture of three-dimensional integrated circuits
  • Jason Baumgartner, for contributions to formal hardware verification and its application

2014

  • Helmut Graeb, for contributions to design centering and structural analysis of analog circuits
  • Zhigang (David) Pan, for contributions to design for manufacturability in integrated circuits
  • Mircea Stan, for contributions to power- and temperature-aware design of VLSI circuits 
    and systems
  • Martin Vlach, for  leadership  in  analog  and  mixed-signal hardware description 
    languages and their simulation tools

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