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- ↑ "Berkeley Engineering Advisory Board" (retrieved February 5, 2020)
- 1 2 3 4 Deirdre Hanford Chief Security Officer, Corporate Staff a Synopsys webpage (retrieved February 5, 2020)
- 1 2 Winner: Deirdre Hanford, senior vice president, Synopsys , Silicon Valley Business Journal, May 14, 2006
- 1 2 "Award winner faces down design challenges", EE Times , 6.15.2001
- ↑ "Student Awards", Brown University
- ↑ Focus on:Leadership, Industry Newsletter - School of Engineering - Brown University, p. 4