Tajana Šimunić Rosing is an American computer scientist and computer engineer specializing in

embedded system An embedded system is a specialized computer system—a combination of a computer processor, computer memory, and input/output peripheral devices—that has a dedicated function within a larger mechanical or electronic system. It is e ...

s, cyber-physical systems, and

smart city A smart city is an urban area that uses digital technology to collect data and operate services. Data is collected from citizens, devices, buildings, or cameras. Applications include traffic and transportation systems, power plants, utilities ...

infrastructure, including the reliability of these systems and the control of their temperature and energy usage. She is a professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the

University of California, San Diego The University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego in communications material, formerly and colloquially UCSD) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in San Diego, California, United States. Es ...

, where she directs the System Energy Efficiency Lab and holds the Fratamico Endowed Chair.

Education and career

Rosing graduated from

Northern Arizona University Northern Arizona University (NAU) is a public research university based in Flagstaff, Arizona, United States. Founded in 1899, it was the third and final university established in the Arizona Territory. It is one of the three universities gove ...

in 1992, earned a master's degree in electrical and computer engineering from the

University of Arizona The University of Arizona (Arizona, U of A, UArizona, or UA) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Tucson, Arizona, United States. Founded in 1885 by the 13th Arizona Territorial Legislature, it ...

in 1993, and became an engineer at

Altera Altera Corporation is a manufacturer of programmable logic devices (PLDs) headquartered in San Jose, California. It was founded in 1983 and acquired by Intel in 2015 before becoming independent once again in 2025 as a company focused on developm ...

and then

HP Labs HP Labs is the exploratory and advanced research group for HP Inc. HP Labs' headquarters is in Palo Alto, California and the group has research and development facilities in Bristol, UK. The development of programmable desktop calculators, ink ...

. While working at HP Labs, she became a graduate student at

Stanford University Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University, is a Private university, private research university in Stanford, California, United States. It was founded in 1885 by railroad magnate Leland Stanford (the eighth ...

, earning a master's degree there in 2000 and a Ph.D. in 2001. Her doctoral dissertation ''Energy Efficient System Design and Utilization'' was supervised by Giovanni De Micheli. In 2005, she moved from HP Labs to the University of California, San Diego.

Recognition

The University of California, San Diego gave Rosing the John J. and Susan M. Fratamico Endowed Chair in the Jacobs School of Engineering in 2016. Rosing was named an

IEEE Fellow , the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is an American 501(c)(3) public charity professional organization for electrical engineering, electronics engineering, and ot ...

in 2018, "for contributions to power and reliability management of Systems-on-Chip". She was named a 2021

ACM Fellow ACM Fellowship is an award and fellowship that recognises outstanding members of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). The title of ACM Fellow A fellow is a title and form of address for distinguished, learned, or skilled individuals ...

"for contributions to power, thermal, and reliability management".

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rosing, Tajana Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American computer scientists American women computer scientists Computer engineers Northern Arizona University alumni University of Arizona alumni Stanford University alumni University of California, San Diego faculty Fellows of the IEEE 2021 fellows of the Association for Computing Machinery