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Education

• • Shanhai Jiao Tong University, 1945-47.
  • B.S.E.E, Univ. of Michigan, 1949
  • S.M., MIT, 1950.
  • Ph.D., E.E., Stanford, 1952.
• EMPLOYMENT
  • Member of Technical Staff, Bell Telephone Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey (1952-56).
  • Lecturer, Newark College of Engineering (1955-56).
  • Associate Professor, University of California, Berkeley (1956-62).
  • Professor of Electrical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley (1962-1992).
  • Chair, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California, Berkeley (1968-72).
  • Dean, College of Engineering, University of California, Berkeley (1973-80).
  • William S. Floyd Professor in Engineering, University of California, Berkeley (1990-present).
• AFFILIATIONS
  • Member, Eta Kappa Nu.
  • Member, Tau Beta Pi.
  • Member, Sigma Xi.
  • Fellow, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers.
  • Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science.
  • Member, American Society for Engineering Education.
  • Member, National Academy of Engineering
  • Member, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
  • Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences
• UC COMMITTEES
  • Member, Academic Senate Committee on Budget and Interdepartmental Relations (1985-88).
  • Chair, Academic Senate Committee on Budget and Interdepartmental Relations (1988)
  • Member, UC Berkeley Chancellor Search Committee (1989).
  • Member, Academic Senate Committee on Committees (1992-94).
  • Member, UC Irvine Chancellor Search Committee (1993).
  • Member, Law School Review Committee (1991-93)
  • Member, Engineering Advisory Board, Univ. of Calif. at Davis (1987-1998).
  • Member, Advisory Committee, School of Engineering, University of California, Riverside (1995).
• OTHER ACADEMIC COMMITTEES
  • Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Mills College (1975-80).
  • Member, Visiting Committee, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department, MIT (1985-1991).
  • Advisory Board Member, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany (1985-present).
  • Member, Advisory Council, School of Engineering, University of Southern California (1986-89).
  • Member, Board of Trustees, International Computer Science Institute, Berkeley, California. (1986-90).
  • Member, Advisory Council, Electrical Engineering Department, Princeton University, (1986-1998).
  • External Examiner, Electronic Engineering Department Hong Kong Polytechnic (1988-91).
  • Member, Board of Directors, The Faculty Club, University of California, Berkeley (1988-91).
  • Member, Doctoral Evaluation Project Coordinating Committee, State University New York (1990).
  • Member, Engineering Advisory Board, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (1990-1996).
  • Member, Advisory Committee, Institute of Information Science, Academia Sinica, Taiwan (1994-1998).
  • Member, Advisory Commmitee, Microelectronics and Information Systems Research Center, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan (1993).
  • Member, International Advisory Board, Department of Electrical Engineering, Hong Kong University (1994).
• PROFESSIONAL COMMITTEES
  • President, IEEE Society of Circuits and Systems (1972).
  • Member, Board of Directors, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (1976-77).
  • Chair, IEEE Awards Board (1987); Member (1984-86).
  • Member, Panel on Applied Technology, National Bureau of Standards (1976-80).
  • Member, Committee on an Assessment of Quality-Related Characteristics of Research-Doctoral Programs in the United States, The Conference Board of Associated Research Councils (1980-81).
  • Member, Advisory Board on Engineering, National Science Foundation (1980-83).
  • Member, Committee on Scholarly Communication with People’s Republic of China, National Academy of Sciences (1980-83).
  • Member, California Policy Seminar (1981-84).
  • Member, Committee on Engineering Education and Utilization of the Engineer, National Research Council (1982-85).
  • Chair, American Society for Engineering Education Benjamin Garver Lamme Award Committee (1994); Member (1983-present).
  • Member, Panel on Information, Communication, Computers and Control, National Academy of Engineering (1985-86).
  • Member, Nominating Committee, National Academy of Engineering, (1990)
  • Member, Nominating Committee, American Association for the Advancement of Science (1989-92).
  • Member, American Society for Engineering Education Centennial Recognitions Committee (1990-92).
  • Chair, IEEE CAS Society Ad hoc Committee on Long Range Planning (1991).
  • Chair, IEEE CAS Society Awards Subcommittee (1992); Member (1990-93).
  • Member-at-Large, Board on Assessment of National Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of Commerce (1992-95).
  • Chair, Engineering Section, American Association for the Advancement of Science (1994)
• CORPORATE CONSULTING
  • Consultant, IBM Research Lab., San Jose, Ca. (1956-62).
  • Member, Advisory Board, General Motors Institute (1975-79).
  • Member, Board of Directors, Cadence Design Systems, San Jose, Ca. (1984-1991).
  • Chair, Scientific Advisory Committee, Cadence Design Systems (1988-1991).
  • Chair, Advisory Board, ArcSys (1993-1995).
• EDITORSHIPS
  • Advisory Editor, International Journal on Networks (1975-2000).
  • Co-Editor-In-Chief, International Journal of High Speed Electronics, (1990-1993).
  • International Editorial Board Member, Slaboproudy Obzor (Electronic Horizon), (1990-1995).
  • Overseas Advisor, IEICE Transactions on Communications, Electronics, Information, and Systems, (1990-1993).
• VISITING PROFESSORSHIPS
  • Imperial College, London (1962, 1982, 1990).
  • Technical University of Denmark (1963).
  • Kobe University (1969-70).
  • Osaka University (1969-70, 1977-78).
  • Technical University of Munich (1978, 1980, 1985).
  • Waseda University (1981).
• HONORS
  • NSF Senior Postdoctoral Fellow, 1962.
  • Miller Research Professor, University of California, Berkeley, 1965-66.
  • National Electronics Conference Award, 1966.
  • Distinguished Alumnus Award, University of Michigan, 1970.
  • IEEE Guillemin-Cauer Award, 1973.
  • Chinese Institute of Engineers Achievement Award, 1975.
  • Elected to National Academy of Engineering, 1975.
  • Elected to Academia Sinica, 1976.
  • Alexander von Humboldt Senior Scientist Award, 1978.
  • Honorary Professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 1979.
  • IEEE Education Medal, 1981.
  • ASEE Lamme Medal, 1981.
  • Japan Society of Promotion of Science Award, 1981, 1988.
  • British Science and Engineering Award, 1982 & 1990.
  • IEEE Centennial Medal, 1984.
  • Honorary Professor, Tsinghua University, 1985.
  • Honorary Professor, Tianjin University, 1985.
  • IEEE Circuits & Systems Society Award, 1988.
  • Elected member of the Berkeley Fellows, 1996.
  • Most Distinguished Chinese Scholar Award, Society of Hong Kong Scholars, 1990.
  • William S. Floyd, Jr. Professorship in Engineering, 1990-present.
  • Honorary Professor, University of Electronics Science and Technology, Chengdu, 1993.
  • Berkeley Citation, 1993.
  • Honorary Professor, Peking University, 1995.
  • Honorary Professor, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, 1995.
  • C&C Prize from the Japanese Foundation for C&C Promotion, 1996.
  • Doctor of Engineering, Honoris Causa, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 1997.
  • Phil Kaufman Award of the Electronic Design Automation Consortium, 1998.
  • Honorary Doctor of Engineering degree, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, 1999.
  • IEEE CAS Society Golden Jubilee Award, 2000.
  • IEEE Millennium Medal, 2000.
• PUBLICATIONS
  • Co-author of four books.
  • Author or co-author of over 200 papers in circuits, electronics, networks, systems, and computer-aided design.
  • Co-editor of two books.

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