SIGDA Honors Outstanding Contributions at ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference

The Special Interest Group on Design Automation will recognize several outstanding contributions from researchers in EDA at the 44th ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference. We invite you to join us on Tuesday, June 5th during DAC's Opening Session where these awards will be announced.

The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Paris Kanellakis Theory and Practice Award(*)

Robert K. Brayton - University of California, Berkeley, CA
"For leading the development and practical realization of algorithms for logic synthesis and for electronic system simulation, thereby helping to create key enabling technologies for the Electronic Design Automation industry."

(*) The official award will be given at the ACM Awards Ceremony on June 9th, 2007.

The ACM Transactions on Design Automation of Electronic Systems (TODAES) 2007 Best Paper Award

Impact of intercluster communication mechanisms on ILP in clustered VLIW architectures, Volume 12, Issue 1, January 2007, Page 1.
Anup Gangwar - Freescale Semiconductor India Pvt. Ltd., India
M. Balakrishnan - Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India
Anshul Kumar - Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India

The Association for Computing Machinery/Special Interest Group on Design Automation (ACM/SIGDA) Distinguished Service Awards

Daniel Gajski - University of California, Irvine, CA
Mary Jane Irwin - Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
Donald E. Thomas - Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Chuck Shaw - Cadence Design Systems, San Jose, CA
"For outstanding contributions to the creation of the SIGDA/DAC University Booth, on the occasion of its 20th edition."

Soha Hassoun - Tufts University, Medford, MA
Steve P. Levitan - University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
"For outstanding contributions to the creation of the SIGDA Ph.D. Forum at DAC, on the occasion of its 10th edition."

The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Outstanding Dissertation in Electronic Design Automation Award

Haifeng Qian - University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
"For the dissertation entitled Stochastic and Hybrid Linear Equation Solvers and their Applications in VLSI Design Automation."

The Special Interest Group on Design Automation (SIGDA) Outstanding New Faculty Award

Michael Orshansky - University of Texas, Austin, TX
"For a junior faculty member early in her or his academic career who demonstrates outstanding potential as an educator and/or researcher in the field of electronic design automation."