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CEDA Distinguished Speaker Luncheon and Lecture at DAC 2009 CEDA will be sponsoring a Distinguished Distinguished Speaker Luncheon and Lecture at DAC, entitled "Frontiers in Research and Education in Computing: A View from the National Science Foundation" by Jeannette M. Wing, Assistant Director for Computer and Information Science and Engineering, National Science Foundation. For more details, just see the CEDA Luncheon at DAC 2009 announcement.

Call for Participation - Young Faculty Workshop at DAC 2009 CEDA will be co-sponsoring a 1-day workshop at DAC 2009 in San Francisco for new and soon-to-be faculty in the field of electronic design automation (EDA). Topics covered include establishing a research career, the art of teaching an EDA course, seeking tenure, balancing career and life components, and diversity in academia. For more details, just visit the Young Faculty Workshop webpage.

Created 2nd IEEE CEDA Local Chapter: Tunisia chapter The CEDA Tunisia chapter is the second local chapter of CEDA, after the one in the Benelux. The Tunisia chapter has the objective to promote the EDA activities in Tunisia at both the academic level (faculty, students, etc.) and industry. For more details, just visit the Tunisia Section webpage.

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS - First Annual IEEE CEDA/ACM A. Richard Newton Technical Impact Award The IEEE Council on Electronic Design Automation and the ACM Special Interest Group on Design Automation are calling for nominations for the 1st Annual A. Richard Newton Technical Impact Award in Electronic Design Automation. The Award is to honor a person or persons for an outstanding technical contribution within the scope of electronic design automation, as evidenced by a paper published at least ten years before the presentation of the award at the 2009 Design Automation Conference. For more details, just visit the Newton Award webpage.

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS - First Annual IEEE CEDA Early Career Award The IEEE Council on Electronic Design Automation (CEDA) is calling for nominations for the 1st Annual IEEE CEDA Early Career Award in 2009. The Award recognizes an individual who has made innovative and substantial technical contributions to the area of Electronic Design Automation in the early stages of his or her career. This award will be presented at ICCAD. Full members of the IEEE at any level (regular, senior, or fellow grades) whose highest educational degree has been awarded within eight years of the date of nomination are eligible. For more details, just visit the Early Career Award webpage.

Congratulations to Dr. Aart de Geus on being chosen as the 2008 Phil Kaufman Award recipient! This annual award honors an individual who has had demonstrable impact on the field of electronic design through contributions in Electronic Design Automation (EDA). The EDA Consortium (EDAC) and the IEEE Council on EDA (CEDA).

CEDA Launched IEEE D&T Electronic Edition. Working in cooperation with IEEE Computer Society Press, the Council announced the availability of IEEE Design & Test - Electronic Edition. The electronic edition is specially designed by QMAGS Publishers to be delivered to CEDA affiliates via the internet. The Electronic Edition is exact cover-to-cover copy of the printed magazine, in a QuVu format that fits the computer screen perfectly and does not require page manipulations. This compact and highly navigable form is delivered to you every two months for a subscription price of $19.95. This is half the price of the best member rate for subscription to regular D&T print issue. Click here for more information.