- Phone: (585) 275-1022
- Fax: (585) 276-0074
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Email: friedman@ece.rochester.edu
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URL:
http://www.ece.rochester.edu/~friedman
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Office: Computer Studies Building 420, River Campus, University of
Rochester
Education
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- Ph. D.
Electrical Engineering, 1985-1989: University
of California, Irvine, California
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- M. S. Electrical Engineering,
1979-1981: University of California, Irvine, California
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- B. S.
Electrical Engineering, 1975-1979: Lafayette College, Easton,
Pennsylvania
Professional Experience
University
Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rochester, New
York
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- Distinguished Professor, 2002 - present
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- Professor, 1998 - 2002
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- Associate Professor, 1991 - 1998
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- Director, High Performance VLSI/IC Design and Analysis Laboratory,
1991 - present
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- Research and teaching in the areas of high
performance VLSI/IC design and analysis with emphasis on technology issues
and their system applications
- Director, Center for Electronic
Imaging (CEIS), 1999 - present
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- New York state supported center for the research and technology transfer
of imaging technologies into large and small corporate commercial applications
Hughes Aircraft Company, Technology
Center, Carlsbad, California
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- Department Manager, 1988 - 1991
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- Section Head, 1984 - 1988
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- Technical Supervisor, 1983 - 1984
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- Designed specialized high performance VHSIC and VLSI integrated circuits
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- Principal investigator developing applied R & D
in high performance circuit design techniques and methodologies
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- Managed design and test organization responsible for
developing high performance digital and analog CMOS and BIMOS integrated
circuits from behavioral specification to pattern generation and
functional/parametric test
Hughes Aircraft
Company, LSI Center, Newport Beach, California
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- Project Engineer, 1982 - 1983
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- Member of Technical Staff, 1979 - 1982
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- Designed and managed product oriented integrated circuits
used in a variety of applications
N. V. Philips Gloeilampen Fabrieken, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
- Engineer-in-Training, 1978
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- Research performed on experimental differential amplifier
circuit used in the restoration of color television
signals
Honors and Awards
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- Fulbright Fellowship: 2000-2001
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- Distingushed Lecturer of the IEEE CAS Society: 2000-2001
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- IEEE Fellow: 2000
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- "For contributions to high performance circuit design and VLSI-based
synchronous systems."
- IBM University Research Award: 1997
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- Outstanding Chapter Chairman for IEEE Rochester Section: 1996
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- University of Rochester Engineering College Teaching Excellence Award: 1994
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- DoD Augmentation Award for Science and Engineering Research Training: 1993
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- NSF Research Initiation Award: 1992
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- Howard Hughes Doctoral Fellowship: 1986-1989
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- Howard Hughes Masters Fellowship: 1980-1981
Professional Activities and Service
Journals and Transactions
Editor-in-Chief:
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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:
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- Proceedings of the IEEE - '02 to '03
- Journal of VLSI Signal Processing - '01 to present
IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Analog and
Digital Signal Processing - '99 -'01 - Topic area: VLSI Digital
Circuits and Systems
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:
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- IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Analog and
Digital Signal Processing
- Vol. CAS II-44, No. 6, June 1997 (with Sayfe
Kiaei)
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- 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:
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- Member, IEEE Transactions on VLSI Systems -
'99 to '01, '03 to present
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- Chair, IEEE Transactions on VLSI Systems - 11/99 to 1/01, 5/03 to present
Technical Conferences
Program and Technical Chairmanships:
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- IEEE Nineteenth Annual Electron Devices Activities in Western New York Conference
- - Program and Technical Chair - '95
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- 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)
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- 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:
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- IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits, and Systems
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Program Committees:
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- IEEE Electron Devices Activities in Western New York
Conference
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- Associate Processing and Applications Workshop
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- IEEE Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems
- IEEE ASIC
Conference
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- IEEE/ACM Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI
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- IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems
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- ACM/SIGDA Physical Design Workshop
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- Workshop on Academic Electronics in New York State
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- IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits, and Systems
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- IEEE Asia-Pacific Conference on Circuits and
Systems
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- TAU ACM/SIGDA International Workshop on Timing Issues in the
Specification and Synthesis of Digital Systems
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- IEEE International Workshop on Design and Implementation of Signal Processing
Systems
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- Biennial University Government Industry Microelectronics
Symposium
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- IEEE International Workshop on Clock Distribution Networks
- Design, Synthesis, and Analysis
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- IEEE International Conference on Microelectronic Systems Education
Session Chairman:
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- IEEE Electron Devices Activities in Western New York Conference
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- 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
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- IEEE Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems
- - Low Power Circuits and
Systems, '94
- IEEE/ACM Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI
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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:
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- 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:
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- 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:
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- National Science Foundation
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- Addison-Wesley Publishing Company
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- Oxford Academic Press
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- Kluwer Academic Publishers
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- 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