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'''Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli''' is an academic researcher, teacher, entrepreneur, technical advisor and business man. He is a co-founder of the two largest [[Electronic design automation|EDA]] companies: [[Cadence Design Systems]] and [[Synopsys, Inc.]] |
'''Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli''' is an academic researcher, teacher, entrepreneur, technical advisor and business man. He is a co-founder of the two largest [[Electronic design automation|EDA]] companies: [[Cadence Design Systems]] and [[Synopsys, Inc.]] |
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Born in [[Milan]], Italy, he attended ''[[liceo classico]]'', studying ancient Greek and Latin. He received his engineering degree (a "laurea") summa cum laude from the Politecnico di Milano in 1971. The youngest person to become an associate professor there, in 1976 he quit for a position at the [[University of California at Berkeley]], where he currently is a full Professor in the Electrical Engineering department.<ref>[http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/~alberto Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli]</ref> |
Born in [[Milan]], Italy, he attended ''[[liceo classico]]'', studying ancient Greek and Latin. He received his engineering degree (a "laurea") summa cum laude from the Politecnico di Milano in 1971. The youngest person to become an associate professor there, in 1976 he quit, for a position at the [[University of California at Berkeley]], where he currently is a full Professor in the Electrical Engineering department.<ref>[http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/~alberto Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli]</ref> |
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He received the 1995 [[IEEE Graduate Teaching Award]],<ref name="IEEE-Kirchmayer-Award-Recipients">{{cite web|url=http://www.ieee.org/documents/graduate_rl.pdf |title=IEEE Leon K. Kirchmayer Graduate Teaching Award Recipients |publisher=[[IEEE]] |accessdate={{Format date|2011|10|4}}}}</ref> the 2001 [[Phil Kaufman Award]] and the 2009 [[IEEE/RSE Wolfson James Clerk Maxwell Award]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ieee.org/documents/maxwell_rl.pdf|title=IEEE/RSE Wolfson James Clerk Maxwell Award Recipients|publisher=IEEE |accessdate={{Format date|2011|10|4}} }}</ref> |
He received the 1995 [[IEEE Graduate Teaching Award]],<ref name="IEEE-Kirchmayer-Award-Recipients">{{cite web|url=http://www.ieee.org/documents/graduate_rl.pdf |title=IEEE Leon K. Kirchmayer Graduate Teaching Award Recipients |publisher=[[IEEE]] |accessdate={{Format date|2011|10|4}}}}</ref> the 2001 [[Phil Kaufman Award]] and the 2009 [[IEEE/RSE Wolfson James Clerk Maxwell Award]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ieee.org/documents/maxwell_rl.pdf|title=IEEE/RSE Wolfson James Clerk Maxwell Award Recipients|publisher=IEEE |accessdate={{Format date|2011|10|4}} }}</ref> |
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Revision as of 19:58, 11 July 2012
Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli is an academic researcher, teacher, entrepreneur, technical advisor and business man. He is a co-founder of the two largest EDA companies: Cadence Design Systems and Synopsys, Inc.
Born in Milan, Italy, he attended liceo classico, studying ancient Greek and Latin. He received his engineering degree (a "laurea") summa cum laude from the Politecnico di Milano in 1971. The youngest person to become an associate professor there, in 1976 he quit, for a position at the University of California at Berkeley, where he currently is a full Professor in the Electrical Engineering department.[1]
He received the 1995 IEEE Graduate Teaching Award,[2] the 2001 Phil Kaufman Award and the 2009 IEEE/RSE Wolfson James Clerk Maxwell Award.[3] In 1983, Sangiovanni-Vincentelli became IEEE Fellow[4] and in 1998 he was elected to member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering[5]
References
- ^ Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli
- ^ "IEEE Leon K. Kirchmayer Graduate Teaching Award Recipients" (PDF). IEEE. Retrieved October 4, 2011.
- ^ "IEEE/RSE Wolfson James Clerk Maxwell Award Recipients" (PDF). IEEE. Retrieved October 4, 2011.
- ^ "Fellow Class of 1983". IEEE. Retrieved October 5, 2011.
- ^ "NAE Members Directory - Dr. Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli". U.S. National Academy of Engineering. Retrieved October 5, 2011.
External links
- A. Richard Newton Global Technology Leaders Conference - Session 3 Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli speaking at UC Berkeley
- Alberto Luigi Sangiovanni-Vincentelli at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
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