The Phil Kaufman Award Ceremony and Banquet honoring Dr. Jason Cong from UCLA, the 2024 Phil Kaufman Award Recipient, will be held Wednesday, November 6, from 6:30-9:30pm at Hayes Mansion in San Jose, Calif.
The annual award ceremony and banquet is sponsored by the Electronic System Design Alliance (ESD Alliance), a SEMI technology community, and the IEEE Council on Electronic Design Automation (CEDA). Early-bird pricing, available through Friday, September 27, is $275 for members and $325 for non-members. Regular pricing is $300 for members and $350 for non-members. Member pricing is offered for individuals or companies that are active SEMI or IEEE members. Registration is found on the ESD Alliance website. Corporate sponsorship opportunities are available. Contact Bob Smith, Executive Director of the ESD Alliance, at bsmith@semi.org for more information.
Dr. Cong is widely recognized for his contributions to FPGA design automation technology and electronic system design education from circuit to system levels with widespread industrial impact. He serves as the Volgenau Chair for Engineering Excellence Professor at the UCLA Computer Science Department, and is a former department chair, with a joint appointment from the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. He is the director of the Center for Domain-Specific Computing (CDSC) and director of the VLSI Architecture, Synthesis and Technology (VAST) Laboratory. Dr. Cong’s research interests include novel architectures and compilation for customizable computing, synthesis of VLSI circuits and systems and quantum computing.
