SAN JOSE, CA - The EDA Consortium [ www.edac.org] has awarded electronic industry pioneer, researcher and educator Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli the Phil Kaufman Award for 2001. The Consortium will honor Dr. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli on Thursday, November 8, at its annual award ceremony at the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose, CA.Dr. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli is a world-renowned authority on circuit simulation, computer-aided design of integrated circuits, logic synthesis and system design. As a member of the National Academy of Engineering, he holds the highest professional honor for an American engineer. Dr. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli currently holds the Edgar and Harold H. Buttner chair of electrical engineering and computer sciences and is the vice-chair, industrial relations, at the University of California at Berkeley, where he has taught since 1976. He also is a member of the advisory board of the Lester Center of Entrepreneurship and Management of Technology of the Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley; a member of the Advisory Board of the Center for Western European Study, UC Berkeley; Chief Technology Adviser of Cadence Design Systems; and is head of Cadence's European Laboratories.

Initiated in 1994, The Kaufman Award honors individuals who have made a substantial, sustainable contribution to the success and advancement of the electronic design industry.

Stanford University's Giovanni De Micheli, who nominated Dr. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli for The Kaufman Award, said, "Alberto is a researcher and an educator who has shaped the EDA industry landscape. As an educator, he has inspired and mentored a generation of academics and engineers."