Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Rochester
Rochester, New York 14627
USA


Phone: (585) 275-1022
Fax: (585) 276-0074

Email: friedman@ece.rochester.edu

URL: http://www.ece.rochester.edu/~friedman

Office: Computer Studies Building 420, River Campus, University of Rochester


Education

  • Ph. D. Electrical Engineering, 1985-1989: University of California, Irvine, California
  • M. S. Electrical Engineering, 1979-1981: University of California, Irvine, California
  • B. S. Electrical Engineering, 1975-1979: Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania

  • Professional Experience

    University Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rochester, New York


    Hughes Aircraft Company, Technology Center, Carlsbad, California

    Hughes Aircraft Company, LSI Center, Newport Beach, California

    N. V. Philips Gloeilampen Fabrieken, Eindhoven, The Netherlands


    Honors and Awards

  • Fulbright Fellowship: 2000-2001
  • Distingushed Lecturer of the IEEE CAS Society: 2000-2001
  • IEEE Fellow: 2000
    - "For contributions to high performance circuit design and VLSI-based synchronous systems."
  • IBM University Research Award: 1997
  • Outstanding Chapter Chairman for IEEE Rochester Section: 1996
  • University of Rochester Engineering College Teaching Excellence Award: 1994
  • DoD Augmentation Award for Science and Engineering Research Training: 1993
  • NSF Research Initiation Award: 1992
  • Howard Hughes Doctoral Fellowship: 1986-1989
  • Howard Hughes Masters Fellowship: 1980-1981

  • Professional Activities and Service

    Journals and Transactions

    Editor-in-Chief:

  • IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems - '01 to '02
    • Regional Editor:
    • Journal of Circuits, Systems, and Computers - '99 to present
        - United States Regional Editor
    • Associate Editor:

    • IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Analog and Digital Signal Processing - '99 -'01
    • Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing - '95 to present
    • IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Analog and Digital Signal Processing - '93 -'95
        - Topic area: Digital VLSI Circuits and Signal Processing

      Guest Editor:

      • IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Analog and Digital Signal Processing
          - Vol. CAS II-44, No. 6, June 1997 (with Sayfe Kiaei)
      • Journal of VLSI Signal Processing
          - High Performance Clock Distribution Networks
          - Volume 16, Numbers 2/3, June/July 1997
      • Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing
          - Volume 14, No. 1/2, September 1997 (with Juan J. Becerra)

      Steering Committee:

      • Member, IEEE Transactions on VLSI Systems - '99 to '01, '03 to present
      • Chair, IEEE Transactions on VLSI Systems - 11/99 to 1/01, 5/03 to present

      Technical Conferences

      Program and Technical Chairmanships:

      • IEEE Nineteenth Annual Electron Devices Activities in Western New York Conference
        - Program and Technical Chair - '95
      • IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems
        - Track Chair for VLSI - '96, '97
      • IEEE International Workshop on Clock Distribution Networks
        - Design, Synthesis, and Analysis - '97 (Technical Co-Chair)
      • IEEE/ACM Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI
        - Area Coordinator - VLSI Circuits - '99
      • IEEE Workshop on Signal Processing Systems (SiSP)
        - Program Co-chair - '00
      • IEEE International Workshop on System-on-Chip for Real-Time Applications
        - Program Co-chair - '03
    • IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems
      - Vice General Chair and Technical Program Chair - '04

      Steering Committee:

      • IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits, and Systems

      Program Committees:

      • IEEE Electron Devices Activities in Western New York Conference
      • Associate Processing and Applications Workshop
      • IEEE Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems
      • IEEE ASIC Conference
      • IEEE/ACM Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI
      • IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems
      • ACM/SIGDA Physical Design Workshop
      • Workshop on Academic Electronics in New York State
      • IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits, and Systems
      • IEEE Asia-Pacific Conference on Circuits and Systems
      • TAU ACM/SIGDA International Workshop on Timing Issues in the Specification and Synthesis of Digital Systems
      • IEEE International Workshop on Design and Implementation of Signal Processing Systems
      • Biennial University Government Industry Microelectronics Symposium
      • IEEE International Workshop on Clock Distribution Networks - Design, Synthesis, and Analysis
      • IEEE International Conference on Microelectronic Systems Education

      Session Chairman:

      • IEEE Electron Devices Activities in Western New York Conference
      • IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems
        - High Speed VLSI Systems: Timing and Clock Distribution, '93
        - Low-Power Circuits, VLSI Timing, '95
        - True Single Phase Clocked Circuit Design Techniques, '97
        - Low-Power IC Techniques, '98
      • Associative Processing and Applications Workshop
        - Architechtures I, '93
      • IEEE Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems
        - Low Power Circuits and Systems, '94
      • IEEE/ACM Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI
        - Asynchronous Circuits, '95
      • ACM/SIGDA Physical Design Workshop
        - Performance-Driven Design, '96
      • IEEE International Workshop on Design and Implementation of Signal Processing Systems
        - FPGA-Based Implementations, '97

      Panel Moderator:

      • IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, '94
        - From 100 Milliwatts/MIPS to 10 Microwatts/MIPS
      • IEEE/ACM Fifth Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI, '95
        - Low Power versus High Speed: Can you have both?
      • Workshop on Academic Electronics in New York State, '96
        - Making Technology Transfer Work

      Panel Member:

      • IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, '94
        - Wavepipelining: Is it Practical?
      • IEEE International Workshop on Clock Distribution Networks, '97
        - Future Trends in Synchronization Issues and Clock Distribution Networks
      • IEEE CAS Workshop on Mixed-Signal Integrated Circuit Design, '99
        - Digital and RF Circuits

      Professional Society Committees and Associations


      Officer:
      • The VLSI Systems and Applications Technical Committee (VSATC) of the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society (Secretary, '93-'94, Chair, '95-'96)
      • IEEE Rochester Section, Electron Devices Society Chapter (Treasurer, '92-'93, Secretary, '93-'94, Vice-Chair, '94-'95, Chair, '95-'96)
      • IEEE Circuits and Systems Board of Governors, '98 - '01, (Liaison to IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society,'97-'99)


      Member:

      • IEEE - Circuits and Systems, Electron Devices, and Education Societies
      • The VLSI Systems and Applications Technical Committee (VSATC) of the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society
      • IEEE VLSI Transactions Best Paper Award Committee
      • IEEE Circuits and Systems (CAS) Board of Governors (BoG) - '98 - '01

      Academic and Professional Reviews


      Reviewer:
      • National Science Foundation
      • Addison-Wesley Publishing Company
      • Oxford Academic Press
      • Kluwer Academic Publishers
      • IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits
      • IEEE Transactions on Computers
      • IEEE Transactions on VLSI Systems
      • IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design
      • IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology
      • IEEE Transactions on Image Processing
      • IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Analog and Digital Signal Processing
      • IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Theory and Applications
      • IEEE Computer
      • IEEE Transactions on Education
      • International Journal of VLSI Design
      • Journal of VLSI Signal Processing
      • Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing An InternationalJournal
      • IEE Proceedings - Circuits, Devices and Systems
      • ACM Transactions on Design Automation of Electronic Systems
      • IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems
      • IEEE/ACM Design Automation Conference
      • IEEE Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems
      • IEEE ASIC Conference
      • IEEE/ACM Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI
      • Associative Processing and Applications Workshop
      • IEEE Physical Design Workshop
      • IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits, and Systems
      • IEEE Asia-Pacific Conference on Circuits and Systems
      • IEEE International Workshop on Design and Implementation of Signal Processing Systems
      • TAU IEEE/ACM International Workshop on Timing Issues in the Specification and Synthesis of Digital Systems
      • IEEE Physical Design Workshop
      • IEEE International Conference on Microelectronic Systems Education