Jan M. Rabaey

NEWS: After receiving the IEEE CAS Mac Van Valkenburg Award in 2008, Prof. Rabaey has been awarded the 2009 EDAA Lifetime Achievement Award.

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 Springer books that present an in-depth coverage on low-power design ranging from the technology up to the system level.  He co-edited "Ambient Intelligence", a Springer_Verlag book on the applications, technology and systems aspects of the Ambient Intelligence concept. Watch out in February 2009 for the highly-anticipated publication of "Low Power Design Essentials", an integrated text book on low-power design using an innovative format published by Springer.

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).