Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli

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Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli
BornJune 23, 1947
Milan, Italy
Nationality Italian-American
Other namesAlberto Luigi Sangiovanni-Vincentelli, Alberto L. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli
Alma mater Polytechnic University of Milan (PhD in EECS, 1971)
Occupation(s)Computer scientist, academic
Years active1970s-present
Employer University of California, Berkeley
Board member of Cadence Design Systems
Website Profile at UC Berkeley

Alberto Luigi Sangiovanni-Vincentelli (born June 23, 1947) [1] is an Italian-American computer scientist. [2] Since 1976 he has been a professor affiliated with the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at the University of California, Berkeley. [3] While working at UC Berkeley in the 1980s, [4] he co-founded Cadence Design Systems and Synopsys [5] , two EDA companies. He currently sits on the board of Cadence Design. [2]

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Early life and education

Alberto Luigi Sangiovanni-Vincentelli was born on June 23, 1947 [1] in Milan, Italy. [3] [4] He received his Master of Science degree in engineering at the Polytechnic University of Milan in 1971, [3] with a specialty in electrical engineering and computer science (EECS). [4]

Career

After graduating in 1971 from the Polytechnic University of Milan, Sangiovanni Vincentelli stayed on at the university in a research post. [4] In 1976, he moved to University of California at Berkeley, where he joined the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences. [3] At Berkeley, he "quickly turned his attention to the more theoretical end of electronics," designing numerical analysis algorithms for circuit design. [4] In 1983, [4] he co-founded Solomon Design Automation (SDA), an electronic design automation (EDA) company. [2] Solomon Design Automation merged with ECAD in 1987 and created the company Cadence Design Systems. Also in 1987, Sangiovanni-Vincentelli co-founded the EDA company Optimal Solutions Inc, which was renamed Synopsys. [6] By 1991, Cadence and Synopsys had increasingly started competing. [4]

He holds the position of Edgar L. and Harold H. Buttner Chair in Berkeley's electrical engineering and computer sciences department, [3] [4] and since July 2019, he has served as special advisor on entrepreneurship to the Dean of Engineering at Berkeley. He has also held a number of visiting teaching positions at Italian universities. [4]

Awards

The following is a selected list of recognitions given to Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli as of 2024:

References

  1. 1 2 "CV Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on May 18, 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 "Leadership Team". www.cadence.com. Retrieved October 27, 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Alberto L. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli". people.eecs.berkeley.edu. Retrieved May 14, 2021.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award 2022
  5. ↑ Marcello Ascani (March 9, 2025). Il PROFESSORE Italiano che ha fondato 2 Aziende MILIARDARIE 💻 Alberto Sangiovanni Vincentelli . Retrieved March 14, 2025– via YouTube.
  6. ↑ "Corsi e Ricorsi: The EDA Story". IEEE . Retrieved September 6, 2024.
  7. ↑ ieee.org
  8. ↑ eetimes.com
  9. ↑ rse.org
  10. ↑ sigda.org
  11. ↑ bbva.com
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