Nominations Being Accepted for the Annual Marie R. Pistilli Women in Electronic Design Award

Nominating period open through March 1, 2019

LOUISVILLE, Colo.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Design
Automation Conference (DAC), the premier conference devoted to the
design and automation of electronic circuits and systems, is now
accepting nominations
for the Marie R. Pistilli Women in Electronic Design Award. The 56th
DAC will be held at the Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, NV June
2–6, 2019. Nominations must be received no later than 5:00 PM MST on
Friday, March 1, 2019.

Worldwide Women in Electronic Design (WWED) highlights the achievements
women have contributed to in the electronics industry. Each year the
committee works closely with the DAC Executive Committee to seek out and
sponsor an exceptional speaker to present at DAC. They also seek
nominations and select the recipient of the annual Marie R. Pistilli
Award.

This annual award, named for the late Marie R. Pistilli, the former
co-organizer of DAC, recognizes individuals who have visibly helped to
advance the profile of women in the electronics industry. This year’s
honoree (to be announced prior to DAC) will be presented with the award
at the 56th DAC General/Opening Session on Monday, June 3, 2019.

The Marie R. Pistilli Award honors a woman or man in
semiconductor-related industry or academia. Nominees may hail from
technical or non-technical backgrounds and are individuals who have made
notable contributions to advance the profile of women in the electronic
design industry. Past recipients have played key roles in creating,
launching, or managing products that involved contributions from women
or created opportunities for women in the industry. Some have been
leaders within a company or organization helping to raise the awareness
of women, while others have been mentors or role models for successful
women in technology.

“WWED is proud to carry on Marie Pistilli’s legacy,” said Raewadee
Parnmukh, 56^th DAC, WWED Chair. “For over 18 years, the Marie
Pistilli award has acknowledged the pivotal role diversity plays in
sparking the innovations that have continued advancements in electronic
design. At the 56th DAC in Las Vegas, we will honor another individual
who best captures the spirit of the award to inspire the next generation
of women in our industry.”

Past recipients of the award include:
55^th DAC – Anne
Cirkel, Senior Director for Technology Marketing at Mentor, a Siemens
Business
54^th DAC – Janet Olson, Vice President of
Engineering for RTL Synthesis R&D, Synopsys
53^rd DAC
– Soha Hassoun, Professor/Chair of the Department of Computer Science,
Tufts University
52^nd DAC – Margaret Martonosi,
Professor of Computer Science at Princeton University
51^st DAC
– Diana Marculescu, Professor, Carnegie Mellon University
50^th DAC
– Nanette Collins, Nanette Collins Marketing & Public Relations
49^th DAC
– Dr. Belle Wei, San Jose State University
48^th DAC –
Limor Fix, Intel Corporation
47^th DAC – Mar Hershenson,
Magma Design Automation
46^th DAC – Telle Whitney, Anita
Borg Institute
45^th DAC – Louise Trevillyan, IBM Research
44^th
DAC – Jan Willis, Calibra Consulting
43^rd DAC – Ellen
Yoffa, IBM Research
42^nd DAC – Kathryn Kranen, Jasper
Design Automation, Inc.
41^st DAC – Mary Jane Irwin, Penn
State University

For more information and to submit your nomination, visit the Worldwide
Women in Electronic Design webpage.

About DAC

The Design Automation Conference (DAC) is recognized as the premier
event for the design of electronic circuits and systems, and for
electronic design automation (EDA) and silicon solutions. A diverse
worldwide community representing more than 1,000 organizations attends
each year, represented by system designers and architects, logic and
circuit designers, validation engineers, CAD managers, senior managers
and executives to researchers and academicians from leading
universities. Close to 60 technical sessions selected by a committee of
electronic design experts offer information on recent developments and
trends, management practices and new products, methodologies and
technologies. A highlight of DAC is its exhibition and suite area with
approximately 200 of the leading and emerging EDA, silicon, intellectual
property (IP) and design services providers. The conference is sponsored
by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), and the Institute of
Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and is supported by ACM’s
Special Interest Group on Design Automation (ACM SIGDA).

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services.

Contacts

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