The IEEE Council on EDA organizes a Distinguished Speaker Series. Each lecture features the winners of the Best Paper Awards of the Design Automation Conference (DAC), the International Conference on Computer Aided Design (ICCAD), and the IEEE Transactions on Computer Aided Design (TCAD), or some other key topic relevant for our community.The presenters are invited to give an in-depth presentation of their work, going beyond the published paper and conference talk. Each lecture either takes place in front of a live audience of experts or is captured in a studio setting. The video taped lectures are posted on this web site.

Title	Speaker	Honor	Topic	Video Location	Video Date	Video
Beyond von Neumann computing	Steve Teig	Alternative Computing Systems	Beyond Von Neumann computing	DAC 2010, Anaheim, CA	15 Jun 2010
The Smart Grid for the 21st Century	Byron Washom	Grid computing and energy savings	Global view on the ways of implementing grid computing and energy saving schemes	ICCAD 2009, San Jose	03 Nov 2009
Frontiers in Research and Education in Computing: A View from the National Science Foundation	Dr. Jeannette M. Wing	NSF view on research and education funding	NSF's investments in computing in the USA within the broader national and international context	DAC 2009 Reception, San Francisco	28 Jul 2009
Optimization-based Framework for Simultaneous Circuit-and-System Design-space Exploration of Analog/Mixed-Signal Front-ends: A High-speed Link Example	Dr. Vladimir Stojanovic	Best Paper Award of the IEEE/ACM ICCAD 2008	System-level design models for analog and mixed-signal ICs	Studio	25 Mar 2009
IFRA: Instruction Footprint Recording and Analysis for Post-Silicon Bug Localization in Processors	Dr. Subhasish Mitra	Best Paper Award of the IEEE/ACM DAC 2008	processor design, testing and error analysis	Studio	27 Feb 2009
Biology and the Environment: Frontiers for EDA?	Dr. Giovanni De Micheli	IEEE CEDA Luncheon Keynote at the IEEE/ACM ICCAD 2008	The future and evolution of EDA	ICCAD 2008, San Jose	11 Nov 2008
Parallel Transient Simulation on Multicore Shared-Memory Machines	Dr. Peng Li	Best Paper Award of the 45th IEEE/ACM DAC, 2008	Fast simulation of multi-core processing platforms	Studio	14 Nov 2008
Perspectives on and EDA Career	Dr. Robert Brayton	Kaufman Award 2008 winner	Overview about the research career of Prof. Brayton on EDA	DAC 2008 Reception, Anaheim	10 Jun 2008
System-Level Thermal Aware Design	Dr. Karam S. Chatha	IEEE William J. McCalla Best Paper Award at ICCAD, 2007	Thermal aware scheduling on embedded processors	Studio	09 May 2008
Period Optimization for Hard Real-Time Distributed Automotive Systems	Qi Zhu	Best Paper Award of the 44th IEEE/ACM DAC, 2007	Use of distributed architectures for modern active-safety automotive applications	Studio	18 Apr 2008
On Symbolic Model Order Reduction	Guoyong Shi	IEEE TCAD Donald O. Pederson Best Paper Award, 2007	Application of Symbolic Model Reduction for chip design	Studio	4 Jun 2007
Joint Design-Time and Post-Silicon Minimization of Parametric Yield Loss using Adjustable Robust Optimization	Dr. Michael Orshansky	IEEE William J. McCalla Best Paper Award at ICCAD, 2006	CAD for manufacturability and yield improvement in the presence of process variability	Studio	01 Feb 2007
SAT Sweeping with Local Observability Don't-Cares	Nathan Kitchen	IEEE/ACM 43rd DAC Best Paper Award, 2006	Boolean reasoning and functional verification	Studio	26 Jan 2007
Power Grid Physics and Implications for CAD	Dr. Eli Chiprout	IEEE/ACM 43rd DAC Best Paper Award, 2006	Physical modelling and layout	Studio	26 Jan 2007
A Discussion of Professional Ethics	Dr. Frances Houle	IEEE CEDA Speaker Series	Professional Ethics	ICCAD 2006, San Jose	7 Nov 2006
Embedded Deterministic Test	Dr. Janusz Rajski	IEEE TCAD Donald O. Pederson Best Paper Award, 2005	Design for Test	DAC 2006 Reception, San Francisco	24 Jul 2006
FastSies: A Fast Stochastic Integral Equation Solver for Modeling the Rough Surface Effects	Dr. Zhenhai Zhu	IEEE ICCAD Best Paper Award, 2005	Interconnect Modeling	Cadence HQ, 2655, Seely Av. Building 5, San Jose	15 May 2006