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Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli

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Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli
BornJune 23, 1947
Milan, Italy
NationalityItalian-American
Other namesAlberto Luigi Sangiovanni-Vincentelli, Alberto L. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli
Alma materPolytechnic University of Milan (PhD in EECS, 1971)
Occupation(s)Computer scientist, academic
Years active1970s-present
EmployerUniversity of California, Berkeley
Board member of Cadence Design Systems
WebsiteProfile at UC Berkeley

Alberto Luigi Sangiovanni-Vincentelli (born June 23, 1947)[1] is an Italian-American computer scientist.[2] Since 1976 he has been a professor affiliated with the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at the University of California, Berkeley.[3] While working at UC Berkeley in the 1980s,[4] he co-founded Cadence Design Systems, an EDA company. He currently sits on the board of Cadence Design.[2]

Early life and education

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Alberto Luigi Sangiovanni-Vincentelli was born on June 23, 1947[1] in Milan, Italy.[3][4] He received his Master of Science degree in engineering at the Polytechnic University of Milan in 1971,[3] with a specialty in electrical engineering and computer science (EECS).[4]

Career

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After graduating in 1971 from the Polytechnic University of Milan, Sangiovanni Vincentelli stayed on at the university in a research post.[4] In 1976, he moved to University of California at Berkeley, where he joined the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences.[3] At Berkeley, he "quickly turned his attention to the more theoretical end of electronics," designing numerical analysis algorithms for circuit design.[4] In 1983,[4] he co-founded Solomon Design Automation (SDA), an electronic design automation (EDA) company.[2] Solomon Design Automation merged with ECAD in 1987 and created the company Cadence Design Systems. Also in 1987, Sangiovanni-Vincentelli co-founded the EDA company Optimal Solutions Inc, which was renamed Synopsys.[5] By 1991, Cadence and Synopsys had increasingly started competing.[4]

He holds the position of Edgar L. and Harold H. Buttner Chair in Berkeley's electrical engineering and computer sciences department,[3][4] and since July 2019, he has served as special advisor on entrepreneurship to the Dean of Engineering at Berkeley. He has also held a number of visiting teaching positions at Italian universities.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b "CV Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on May 18, 2015.
  2. ^ a b c "Leadership Team". www.cadence.com. Retrieved October 27, 2022.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Alberto L. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli". people.eecs.berkeley.edu. Retrieved May 14, 2021.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award 2022
  5. ^ "Corsi e Ricorsi: The EDA Story". IEEE. Retrieved September 6, 2024.
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