More details can be found at: http://www.cit.cmu.edu/faculty_staff/faculty_awards/teare.html.

For Pileggi and co-authors Altan Odabasioglu and Mustafa Celik, that impact came from their PRIMA algorithm, which created simplified interconnect macromodels via dominant pole/zero methods. Since the paper was published in IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits in 1998, it has been cited more than 1,100 times, and the software tool Pileggi’s group developed based on the algorithm has been licensed by more than 10 companies. The work has also become the foundation of many new research directions that have spurred at least six “best paper” awards in the last nine years.

The ACM/IEEE A. Richard Newton Technical Impact Award in Electronic Design Automation honors A. Richard Newton, a design automation luminary in academia and industry. Pileggi and his co-authors will accept the award at the opening ceremony of the 2012 Design Automation Conference on Tuesday, June 5, in San Francisco.

Chen earned the fellowship for her work with Tanoto Professor of ECE Larry Pileggi on designing highly scalable, low-power, high-speed analog-to-digital converters. Her research interests lie within the area of calibration algorithm with combinatorial redundancy technique and low-power high-speed analog and mixed-signal integrated circuit design, particularly as applied to ultra-high-speed communication systems. Chen also investigates device modeling and design methodologies for analog/mixed-signal integrated circuits.

As an IBM Ph.D. fellow, Chen will receive a stipend for her academic work, as well as a generous education allowance. She will be matched with an IBM mentor and have the opportunity to complete at least one internship at IBM while she finishes her degree. All IBM Ph.D. fellowships are eligible for renewal yearly for a total of up to three years. For more on the award, visit https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/university/phdfellowship/.

Under the direction of Tanoto Professor of ECE Larry Pileggi and ABB Professor of Engineering Jimmy Zhu, Bromberg and Morris investigated creating transistor-free digital integrated circuits (IC) from a new logic family, called mLogic, that utilizes spin transfer torque (STT) effect and can operate at extremely low voltages. The nonvolatile nature of all logic states in the IC makes it ideal for future low-power systems-on-chip (SOC) applications, especially for portable electronics. Since it is all metallic-based, mLogic technology is also rad-hard and suited for high radiation environments and space applications. The award comes with a $100,000 check for the winning team.

For more on the Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship, visit www.qualcomm.com/research/university-relations/innovation-fellowship.