Award

Congratulations to Prof. Jason Cong and his co-authors, Chen Zhang, Zhenman Fang, Peipei Zhou, Peichen Pan for receiving the ICCAD 10-Year Retrospective Most Influential Paper Award for the paper titled “Caffeine: Towards uniformed representation and acceleration for deep convolutional neural networks” presented at the 2016 International Conference on Computer-Aided Design (ICCAD). Read more

The 2025 Sustainable Future awardee is Professor Tajana Šimunić Rosing (University of California San Diego). As Director of the PRISM Center, Rosing’s focus is on HD computing, especially when paired with co-design of optimal hardware. Her research is enabling the quest for more energy efficient computing that spans the data center to the edge Read more

The 2025 awardee, Professor Shimeng Yu (Georgia Institute of Technology), is recognized for pioneering system-technology co-optimization (STCO) and developing the NeuroSim simulator. His work models emerging memory technologies and advances efficient AI hardware design, bridging theory and practical implementation in collaboration with leading semiconductor companies. Dr. Yu’s innovations continue to shape next-generation Read more

Jason Cong received the UIUC Grainger College of Engineering Alumni Award for Distinguished Service “for impactful research and entrepreneurial work on electronic design automation, quantum and customized computing, FPGA, and highly scalable algorithms.”  The other six awardees include a university president, an US Air Force Major General, and highly successful industry leaders and entrepreneurs with significant Read more

ACM has named Jason Cong, the holder of the Volgenau Chair for Engineering Excellence at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, the recipient of the 2024 ACM Charles P. “Chuck” Thacker Breakthrough in Computing Award. Cong is recognized for fundamental contributions to the design and automation of field-programmable systems and customizable Read more

Congratulations to Sayeef Salahuddin for winning the IEEE Andrew S. Grove Award! The IEEE Technical Field Awards are among IEEE’s most prestigious. The Andrew S Grove Award recognizes an individual or team for outstanding contributions to solid-state devices and technology. Salahuddin is cited “for pioneering contributions to physics of ferroelectrics and integrated Read more

Congratulations to Suman Datta on being honored for outstanding contributions to semiconductor research! SIA and SRC present the University Research Awards annually to professors who demonstrate excellence in advancing research in semiconductor technology and design. Professors Datta and Flynn will accept the awards at the SIA Awards Dinner on Nov. 21, 2024, in Read more

Jason Cong Recognized for Significant Contributions to FPGA Design Automation Technology and Electronic System Design Education and Industry The annual award from the Electronic System Design Alliance (ESD Alliance), a SEMI technology community, and the Council on Electronic Design Automation (CEDA) of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Read more

Prof. Jason Cong has been selected to receive the 2025 ISPD Lifetime Achievement Award, to be presented at the International Symposium on Physical Design (ISPD) in Austin, TX, on March 16-19, 2025.  This award is given to individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the field of physical design automation Read more

Congratulations to Vijaykrishnan Narayanan, for being one of six Penn State faculty elected to the 2023 cohort of AAAS Fellows!UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Six Penn State faculty members in areas ranging from neuropharmacology to computer architecture have been elected to the 2023 cohort of fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Read more