Rob A. Rutenbar
Rob A. Rutenbar | |
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Born | November 19, 1957 |
Fields | Computer science, computer engineering |
Institutions |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Carnegie Mellon University |
Alma mater | University of Michigan |
Doctoral advisor | Daniel E. Atkins III |
Notable awards | ACM Fellow, IEEE Fellow, Donald O. Pedersen Best Paper Award (2011 and 2013), IEEE CAS Industrial Pioneer Award, Aristotle Award, University of Michigan Alumni Merit Award (Electrical Engineering) |
Rob A. Rutenbar (born November 19, 1957) is an American academic noted for contributions to software tools that automate custom integrated circuit design, and custom hardware platforms for high-performance automatic speech recognition. He is Abel Bliss Professor and Head of the Department of Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.[1]
Biography
Rutenbar received M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in computer engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, in 1979 and 1984, respectively.[2] He joined the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) in 1984. At CMU, his research group developed a wide range of novel CAD tools to optimize, synthesize, and perform geometric layout on analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits.[3] In 1998, he cofounded Neolinear, Inc. to commercialize these tools.[4] He served as Neolinear’s Chief Scientist until its acquisition by Cadence Design Systems in 2004.[5] In 2001, he was the founding director of a large, multi-university research center – the Center for Circuit & Systems Solutions (C2S2) -- funded by the US semiconductor industry and US Defense Advanced Projects Research Agency (DARPA) to address challenges arising from the end of Moore’s Law scaling.[6][7] He served as Director of C2S2 from 2001 to 2009. Also while at CMU, his In Silico Vox project developed novel hardware platforms for very fast, energy efficient speech recognition.[8][9] In 2006, he cofounded the Silicon Vox Corporation to commercialize these ideas.[10] The company was renamed Voci Technologies in 2010, and it focuses on high-speed solutions for large-scale speech analytics.[10][11] In 2010, he left CMU to become Head of the Department of Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.[1] At Illinois, and continuing at CMU, he led some of the first work to apply data mining and machine learning techniques for electronic design automation.[12] In 2013, he taught a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on VLSI CAD, to over 17,000 registered participants.[13]
Awards and honors
Rutenbar is a Fellow of the IEEE[14] and the ACM.[15] He received the 2001 Aristotle Award from the Semiconductor Research Corporation, acknowledging his mentoring and the impact of his students on the US semiconductor industry.[16] He was awarded the Stephen J. Jatras (E’47) Chair in ECE by Carnegie Mellon University in 2001.[17] He was honored with the University of Michigan Alumni Merit Award (Electrical Engineering) in 2002.[18] He was awarded the IEEE CAS Industrial Pioneer Award in 2007, for “pioneering contributions” to tools for custom circuit synthesis, and their successful commercialization.[19] In 2008, he was inducted into the College of Engineering's Alumni Hall of Fame at Wayne State University.[20] He was awarded the Abel Bliss Professorship in Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2010.[21] He is a two-time winner of the IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design Donald O. Pedersen Best Paper Award, in 2011 and again in 2013, for work on statistical analysis for nanoscale silicon.[22]
External links
- Home page at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
- VLSI CAD: Logic to Layout at Coursera.
References
- 1 2 "College of Engineering Names Rob A. Rutenbar Next CS Department Head". Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
- ↑ "Rob A. Rutenbar". Electrical & Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
- ↑ Ohr, Stephen (Jun 6, 1999). "Synthesis proes to be Holy Grail for analog EDA.". EE Times. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
- ↑ Ohr, Stephen (Nov 9, 1998). "Electronics: Cell-builder tool anticipates analog synthesis". EE Times. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
- ↑ "Cadence to Acquire Neolinear". (Press Release). Cadence Design Systems. Apr 6, 2004. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
- ↑ "Rutenbar Directs $19.4 Million Multi-University Research Consortium". Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University. Mar 8, 2001. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
- ↑ "C2S2: Center for Circuit and Systems Solutions". Semiconductor Research Corporation. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
- ↑ "The talking cure". The Economist, Technology Quarterly: Q1 2005. Mar 10, 2005. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
- ↑ Paulson, Linda Daily (Nov 20, 2006). "Speech Recognition Moves from Software to Hardware". IEEE Computer. 39 (11): 15–18. doi:10.1109/MC.2006.401.
- 1 2 "Company Overview of Voci Technologies Incorporated". Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
- ↑ "About Us". Voci Technologies. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
- ↑ Liu, Hongzhou; Singhee, Amith; Rutenbar, Rob A.; Carley, L.R. (2002). "Remembrance of circuits past: macromodeling by data mining in large analog design spaces". Proceedings of the ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference: 437–442. doi:10.1109/DAC.2002.1012665.
- ↑ Most, MaryCate (Nov 7, 2013). "University expands global reach with Massive Open Online Courses". The Daily Illini. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
- ↑ "Rob A. Rutenbar. IEEE Fellow.". IEEE. 1998. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
- ↑ "Rob A. Rutenbar. ACM Fellow.". ACM. 2008. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
- ↑ "2001 Aristotle Award Presentations". Semiconductor Research Corporation. Mar 5, 2002. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
- ↑ "Rutenbar Receives Jatras (E47) Chair and Aristotle Award". Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University. 2001-03-05. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
- ↑ "The University of Michigan College of Engineering Alumni Merit Awards.". University of Michigan. 2002. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
- ↑ "CAS Society Awards". IEEE Circuits and Systems Society Newsletter. Vol. 2, No. 1, Feb. 2008. Retrieved 25 March 2014. Check date values in:
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(help) - ↑ "Hall of Fame - 2008. Rob A. Rutenbar". College of Engineering, Wayne State University. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
- ↑ "Abel Bliss Professorship in Engineering.". University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Department of Computer Science. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
- ↑ "IEEE Transactions on Computer Aided Design Donald O. Pederson Best Paper Award.". IEEE Transactions on Computer Aided Design. Retrieved 22 March 2014.