2012 IEEE Vice President, IEEE Educational Activities

PhD Carnegie Mellon, BS (highest honors), MS, Univ. of Florida.

Currently Professor and Chair of Electrical, Computer, and Energy Engineering, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder. Co-Director Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center for Advancing Cognitive Technologies, Technology Director, Boulder Digital Works, served as Associate Executive Director of the Colorado Coleman Institute for Cognitive Disabilities, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. Conducts research in assistive cognitive technologies, and has worked in EDA including, simulation, synthesis, test, verification and optimization, as well as signal processing.

IEEE CASS Golden Jubilee Medal, 2000, IEEE Third Millennium Medal , 2000. Received the College of Engineering Max Peters Award for Outstanding Service, 1997, the inaugural John and Mercedes Peebles Innovation in Teaching Award, 1996, the College of Engineering Hutchinson Award for Outstanding Teaching in the College, 1995, Distinguished Service Award from IEEE for Serving as Editor of IEEE Transactions on Computer-aided Design.

• 2012 IEEE VP Education Activities and Member of Board of Directors
• IEEE ABET Board Rep to IEEE Committee on Technology Accreditation Activities 2010-2011
• IEEE ABET Board Rep to IEEE Committee on Engineering Accreditation Activities 2010-2011
• Member EAB Accreditation Policy Committee 2010-2011
• IEEE Representative to ABET Board of Directors 2010-2011
• Chair, Board ad hoc Committee on Engineering Education Reform
• PSPB representative to the Conferences Committee, 2011
• Chair IEEE Committee on Earth Observations
• Education Lead for IEEE Cloud Computing Initiative 2011
• Member PSPB N&A 2009-2011
• Member PSPB 2009-2011
• Chair of PSPB Publishing Conduct Committee 2011
• Member of PSPB Strategic Planning 2009-2011
• 2007 IEEE Past President
• Served on Infrastructure Oversight Committee, 2007-8
• Member Compensation Committee 2006-2007
• 2006 IEEE President
• Member Executive Director Search Committee 2004-5
• Served on IEEE Executive Committee 2002-4, 2005-7
• Chair IEEE New Initiatives Committee 2005
• 2005 IEEE President-Elect
• IEEE Vice President for Publication Services and Products Board – 2003-2004
• IEEE Vice President for Technical Activities, 2002
• Chair IEEE Technical Activities Board (TAB) Products Committee 1999, 2000
• IEEE TAB Society Presidents' Forum Chair 2001
• Member IEEE Nominations and Appointments Committee 2000 – 2003, 2007-2009
• Member IEEE TAB Finance Committee 2000 - 2003
• Division Director I, IEEE, 1998, 1999
• Member IEEE Tab Management Committee 1997-99
• Member of the IEEE TAB, GOLD and Audit Committees 1997- 99
• Member of the IEEE Products Committee 1999-01

Founding member IEEE Denver Chapters – Signal Processing Society, Engineering, Medicine and Biology Society, Communications Society

• Past President, IEEE Circuits and Systems Society, 1997
• President, IEEE Circuits and Systems Society, 1996
• President-Elect, IEEE Circuits and Systems Society, 1995
• Vice President, Technical Activities IEEE Circuits and Systems Society, 1991-93
• Secretary Treasurer, IEEE Technical Committee on Computer-Aided Network Design (CANDE) 1985-87
• Member, Administrative Committee of the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society
• Member of IEEE Press Editorial Board
• Editor, IEEE Transactions on Computer Aided Design, June 1989-June 1991
• Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Computer Aided Design Associate
• Editor, IEEE Circuits and Devices Magazine Member-Circuits and Systems, Computer, Signal Processing, Communication, Engineering Medicine and Biology, Education

• Executive Committee of the Design Automation Conference, 1997 - 2000
• Program Chairperson, 1993 International Conference on Computer Aided Design
• Technical Program Chair of IEEE VLSI Winter Workshop, 1992, 1993
• Technical Program Chairperson, 1992 International Conference on Computer Aided Design
• General Chair 1993 IEEE/ACM International Conference Computer-Aided Design
• Chair, IEEE Technical Committee on Computer-Aided Network Design (CANDE) 1987-89
• Member Technical Program Committee 1984-1988
• International Conference on Computer Aided Design
• Member of Technical Program Committee, 1989 International Behavioral Synthesis Workshop
• Member of Technical Program Committee, 1987 International Logic Synthesis Workshop
• Chair for Special Session on Logical Design for VLSI, 1982 ISCAS, April 1982
• Chair and Organizer for Special Session on Applications of Optimization to Circuit Design, 1981 ISCAS, April 1981
  Editorial Service

As VP EAB, I am reorganizing the Board to concentrate on key areas. This is producing a more focused board. In addition, EAB is now considering all budget items and voting on priorities. Further, the operationalization of initiatives is being carefully scrutinized. We are also considering a comprehensive set of activities in the university space and carefully considering the exploded competition in continuing education and determining the best path for IEEE.

As President-Elect and President, I led the IEEE initiative to open an office in China and expand our activities in that country as the initial phase of our Asia-Pacific expansion.As chair of N&A, I significantly modified the IEEE N&A process to bring a more structured and, I believe, fairer process to those important activities.

As President, I started the IEEE Board of Directors-based strategic planning activities that were carried to fruition by President Leah Jamieson.As VP-PSPB, I spent significant time on the challenges that arose when our publications and activities were embargoed in certain countries due to United States OFAC regulations and visited Iran to celebrate with our members when we succeeded in having those restrictions relaxed.

As chair of the IEEE TAB Products Committee I began the process of requiring business plans for all proposals.