Jan M. Rabaey

Jan M. Rabaey is the Donald O. Pederson Distinguished Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at the University of California at Berkeley. His current research interests include the conception and implementation of next-generation integrated wireless systems. This includes the analysis and optimization of communication algorithms and networking protocols, the study of low-energy implementation architectures and circuits, and the supporting design automation environments.

He is the author of  "Digital Integrated Circuits: A Design Perspective", a state-of-the art textbook on digital circuit design (Prentice Hall, ISBN 0-13-178609-1). He is also the editor/author of "Low Power Design Methodologies" and Power Aware Design Methodologies, two Kluwer Academic Publisher books that present an in-depth coverage on low-power design ranging from the technology up to the system level.  Most recently, he co-edited "Ambient Intelligence", a Springer_Verlag book on the applications, technology and systems aspects of the Ambient Intelligence concept.

Jan is currently the scientific co-director of the  Berkeley Wireless Research Center (BWRC). as well as the director of the Gigascale Systems Research Center (GSRC). From 1999 till 2002, he served as the associate chair of the Berkeley EECS department. He was also the general chair of the 2001 Design Automation Conference,  held in Las Vegas in June 2001.