Alberto Luigi Sangiovanni-Vincentelli (born June 23, 1947) is an Italian-American computer scientist. He currently sits on the board of directors of
Cadence Design Systems, an EDA company he co-founded in 1988.
Biography
Born in
Milan
Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...
, Italy, Sangiovanni-Vincentelli received his master of science degree in engineering at the
Polytechnic University of Milan
The Polytechnic University of Milan () is the largest technical university in Italy, with about 42,000 students.
The university offers undergraduate, graduate and higher education courses in engineering, architecture and design.
Founded in 186 ...
in 1971. In 1976, he moved to
University of California at Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of California, it is the state's first land-grant uni ...
, where he joined the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, and holds the position of Edgar L. and Harold H. Buttner Chair and serves as a full professor.
Since July 2019, he has served as Special Advisor to the Dean of Engineering of the University of California, Berkeley, for Entrepreneurship and as Chair of the Academic Advisors of the
Berkeley SkyDeck accelerator.
Dr. Sangiovanni-Vincetelli currently resides in Berkeley, California.
References
External links
A. Richard Newton Global Technology Leaders Conference – Session 3 Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli speaking at UC Berkeley
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1947 births
Living people
Electronic design automation people
University of California, Berkeley faculty
Fellow Members of the IEEE
Engineers from Milan
Polytechnic University of Milan alumni
Polytechnic University of Milan faculty
Members of the United States National Academy of Engineering
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