David Z. Pan is assistant professor and director of the University of Texas Design Automation Laboratory in Austin. He received his Ph.D. in computer science from UCLA. Before going to UT, he was a research staff member at the IBM T. J. Watson Research Center. His research interests include nanometer physical CAD, design for manufacturability (DFM), variation-tolerant designs, novel circuitry and CAD for low power, and vertical integration of architecture, circuit and technology. He has served in the program committees of many major conferences, including ICCAD, DATE, ASPDAC, ISPD, ISQED, and ISCAS. He has received numerous awards, including the SRC Inventor Recognition Award in 2000 and the IBM Faculty Award in 2004 and 2005. |