Robert Campbell Aitken (born April 21, 1963) is a Canadian electrical engineer. He was named a

Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is a 501(c)(3) professional association for electronic engineering and electrical engineering (and associated disciplines) with its corporate office in New York City and its operation ...

(IEEE) in 2013 "for contributions to testing and diagnosis of integrated circuits." He has applied for forty-eight patents since 2007, mostly in conjunction with other ARM inventors.

Education and career

Aitken holds Ph.D. from

McGill University McGill University (french: link=no, Université McGill) is an English-language public research university located in Montreal, Quebec Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous ...

. He joined the technical staff at

Agilent Technologies Agilent Technologies, Inc. is an American life sciences company that provides instruments, software, services, and consumables for the entire laboratory workflow. Its global headquarters is located in Santa Clara, California. Agilent was establi ...

, Santa Clara, California, in 2004. He later moved to

ARM In human anatomy, the arm refers to the upper limb in common usage, although academically the term specifically means the upper arm between the glenohumeral joint (shoulder joint) and the elbow joint. The distal part of the upper limb between th ...

, a British multinational semiconductor and software designer company. In 2018, Aitken was appointed as the 56th Design Automation Conference General Chair.

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* 1963 births Living people Canadian electrical engineers McGill University alumni Fellow Members of the IEEE Place of birth missing (living people) {{Canada-engineer-stub