David Z. Pan's Short Biography (as of May 2009)


David Z. Pan received his Ph.D. degree (with honor) in Computer Science from University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) in 2000. From 2000 to 2003, he was a Research Staff Member with the IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY. He is currently an Associate Professor with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, the University of Texas at Austin. He has published over 100 technical papers in refereed journals and conferences, and is the holder of six U.S. patents.  His research interests mainly include nanometer physical design, design for manufacturing, vertical integration of technology/CAD/system, and design/CAD for emerging technologies.

He has been serving as an Associate Editor for four premier IEEE journals, including IEEE Transactions on Computer Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (since 2006), IEEE Transactions on VLSI Systems (since 2007), IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I (since 2007), and IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II (2006-2007).  He is also an Associate Editor for the IEEE CAS Society Newsletter (since 2007) and a Guest Editor of TCAD Special Section on “International Symposium on Physical Design” in 2007 and 2008. He is a member in the Design Technology Working Group of International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductor (ITRS). He is an elected officer in the IEEE CANDE Committee (Workshop Chair in 2007, Secretary in 2008, and Chair in 2009) and a member of the ACM/SIGDA Technical Committee on Physical Design.  He is the General Chair of ISPD 2008 and Steering Committee Chair of ISPD 2009.  He has served in the Technical Program Committees of major VLSI/CAD conferences, including ASPDAC (Topic Chair), DAC, DATE, ICCAD, ISPD (Program Chair), ISQED (Topic Chair), ISCAS (CAD Track Chair), SLIP (Publication Chair), among many others.  He is a Technical Advisory Board member of Pyxis Technology, Inc.

He has received a number of awards for his research contributions and professional services, including the ACM/SIGDA Outstanding New Faculty Award (2005), NSF CAREER Award (2007), SRC Inventor Recognition Award (2000 and 2008), IBM Faculty Award (2004–2006), IBM Research Bravo Award (2003), SRC Techcon Best Paper in Session Award (1998 and 2007), Dimitris Chorafas Foundation Research Award (2000), ISPD Routing Contest Awards (2007), eASIC Placement Contest Grand Prize (2009), several Best Paper Award Nominations at DAC/ICCAD/ASPDAC, and ACM Recognition of Service Award (2007 and 2008).  He is a Cadence Distinguished Speaker in 2007 and an IEEE CAS Society Distinguished Lecturer for 2008–2009.

Dr. Pan is a Senior Member of IEEE, and a member of ACM/SIGDA, SPIE, and ASEE.


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