ARTHUR RICHARD NEWTON
Dean and the Roy W. Carlson Professor of Engineering
University of California, Berkeley
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Education
B.Eng., (1973) University of Melbourne, Australia
M. Eng. Sci. (1975), University of Melbourne, Australia
Ph.D. (1978), University of California, Berkeley
Doctorate of Laws, honoris causa (2003), University of Melbourne, Australia
Areas of Research Emphasis
¨ Computer aided design of electronic circuits and systems, design methods, and architecture of electronic systems.
¨ The application of Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) to the solution of tough societal and quality-of-life problems
Experience in Higher Education
Dean, College of Engineering, July 2000 - present
Chairman, Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, July 1999 – June 2000
Vice Chairman, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, September 1985 - June 1988
Professor, University of California, Berkeley, May 1985 - present
Associate Professor, University of California, Berkeley, May 1982 - May 1985
Assistant Professor, University of California, Berkeley, January 1979 - May 1982
Professional Service
Member, CAD Framework Initiative, Technical Advisory Board, 1988 - 1997
Founding Member, Electronic Design Interchange Format (EDIF), Steering Committee, 1983 -1989
Founding Member, Electronic Design Interchange Format (EDIF), Technical Committee, 1983 - 1988
Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Computer Aided Design, 1985 - 1988
Member, IEEE Circuits and Systems Society, Administrative Committee, January 1986 - 1989
Member & Session Organizer, IEEE CANDE Committee, 1978 - present
Technical Program Chair, ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference, 1988 - 1989
Vice Chair, ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference, 1990
General Chair, ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference, 1991
Industrial Program Chairman, ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference, 1992 - 1993.
Technical Program Committee, Int'l. Solid-State Circuits Conference, 1981-1985.
Technical Program Committee, IFIP VLSI Conference, 1987, 1989, 1991
Technical Program Committee, ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference, 1986 --1989
Technical Program Committees, IEEE Int'l. Conf. on Computer Aided Design, 1984 - 1986, 1989 - 1990
Technical Program Committee, European Design Automation Conference, 1991 - 1995
Technical Program Committee, ASIA-PACIFIC Conf. On Circ. & Syst., 1991 - 1995
Member, IFIP WG 10.5 VLSI Committee, 1991 - 1998
Member, DARPA ISAT Committee, 1995 - 1998
Member, Internat. Computer Initiative Scientific Centre Steering Committee, Moscow, Russia, 1992 - 2001
Member, Scientific Advisory Group, National ICT Australia (NICTA), June 2002-present
Professional Experience
Consultant to many companies at various times, including:
Digital Equipment Corporation, Hewlett-Packard, IBM Corporation, General Electric, Intel, Kawasaki Steel Corp., Matsushita (MEC and MEI), Microlinear Inc., Microelectronics and Computers Corporation (MCC), MicroSim Inc., Motorola, National Semiconductor, Philips, RCA, PiE Design Systems Inc., Redwood Design Automation, Seattle Silicon Technology, Siemens, A G., Silicon Systems Inc., Sony Corp., Tektronix Inc., Toshiba, TRW, Valid Logic Systems, ViewLogic Inc., Xerox PARC - at various times, 1979 - present
Co-founded a number of high-technology companies, including:
SDA Systems (now Cadence Design Systems), PIE Design Systems (now a part of Cadence), Simplex Solutions (now a part of Cadence), Crossbow Technology, Silicon Light Machines, and Synopsys
Member, Technical Advisory Board: Sequent Computers Inc., Portland, OR, February 1985 – 1992; Cadence Design Systems., San Jose, CA, January 1989 - January 1993 (Chair, 1990-1993); Synopsys Inc., San Jose, CA, January 1989 – present; IMEC, Leuven, Belgium, September 1991 – 1997; Objectivity Inc., Menlo Park, CA, December 1988 - April 1994; QuickTurn Design Systems, Mountain View, CA, August 1993 -1995; Interconnetix, Portland, OR, March 1993 – 1997; Simplex Solutions, Sunnyvale, CA, October 1995 – March 2002; Lightspeed Semiconductor, October 1996-present; Radiata (now a Cisco company), Sonics, Inc., June 1995-present; Airgo Networks, March 1998-present; Pharmix, Inc. March 2002-present; and Form Factor, 1998-present. Member of the Technology Council, ST Microelectronics, 2000-present
Venture Partner, The Mayfield Fund, May 1988 – December 2002
Acting President and CEO, Silicon Light Machines (formerly Echelle, Inc.), Nov. 1994 - July 1995
Venture Partner, Tallwood Venture Capital, January 2003 - present
Member, Technical Advisory Board, Microsoft Research, Jun 1997 – present
Member, Board of Trustees, Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology, March 2001 - present
Honors and Awards
Dixon Scholarship (top graduating student, Electrical Engineering) 1972
Best Paper Award, European Solid State Circuit Conference, November 1983
Best Paper Award, ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference, June 1987, June 1990
Best Paper Award, IEEE International Conference on Computer Design, October 1988
Best Paper, IEEE Trans. On Computer Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, 1989
Distinguished Lecturer, IEEE Circuits and Systems Society, 1985 -1986
C. Holmes McDonald Distinguished Teaching Award, Eta Kappa Nu National Honor Society, 1986
IEEE Circuits & Systems Society Golden Jubilee Medal, 2000
Honorary Professor in Integrated Circuit Design, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
2003 EDAC Phil Kaufman Award
Organizations
Member, National Academy of Engineering
Fellow, IEEE
Member, ACM