Alberto Luigi Sangiovanni-Vincentelli (born June 23, 1947) is an Italian-American computer scientist. Since 1976, he has been a professor affiliated with the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at the University of California, Berkeley. While working at UC Berkeley in the 1980s,BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award 2022 he co-founded Cadence Design Systems and Synopsys, two EDA companies. He currently sits on the board of Cadence Design.
Early life and education Alberto Luigi Sangiovanni-Vincentelli was born on June 23, 1947 in Milan, Italy. He received his Master of Science degree in engineering at the Polytechnic University of Milan in 1971, with a specialty in electrical engineering and computer science (EECS).
Career After graduating in 1971 from the Polytechnic University of Milan, Sangiovanni Vincentelli stayed on at the university in a research post. In 1976, he moved to University of California at Berkeley, where he joined the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences. At Berkeley, he "quickly turned his attention to the more theoretical end of electronics," designing numerical analysis algorithms for circuit design. In 1983, he co-founded Solomon Design Automation (SDA), an electronic design automation (EDA) company. 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. By 1991, Cadence and Synopsys had increasingly started competing.
He holds the position of Edgar L. and Harold H. Buttner Chair in Berkeley's electrical engineering and computer sciences department, 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.
Awards The following is a selected list of recognitions given to Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli as of 2024: 1995: IEEE Leon K. Kirchmayer Graduate Teaching Award 2001: Phil Kaufman Award 2009: IEEE/RSE James Clerk Maxwell Medal 2018: ACM SIGDA Pioneering Achievement Award 2023: BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award
Bibliography Sangiovani-Vecentelli wrote or co-wrote a variety of chapters for books on VLSI (very-large-scale-integration) and related topics. He also created a presentation before a congressional subcommittee on the impact of CAD (computer-aided design) in relation to competitiveness for the U.S. economy. +Chapters to Books/PresentationChapter to Book or PresentationsBook/PresentationsYearSynthesis of LSI CircuitsSynthesis System for VLSI Circuits1987Automatic Layout of Integrated CircuitsSynthesis System for VLSI Circuits1987 The Impact of CAD on Competitiveness throughout the EconomyTestimony presented to the Hearings of the Subcommittee on Economic Stabilization of the Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs of the U.S. House of Representatives1983
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External links Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli speaking at UC Berkeley