David Z. Pan, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept.
GSC Member, Computer Science Dept.
The University of Texas at Austin
Email: dpan at ece.utexas.edu
Office: ACE 5.434. Tel: 512-471-1436. Fax: 512-471-8967

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Biography and CV/Resume

David Pan joined the faculty of the University of Texas at Austin in August 2003. Prior to that, he worked at IBM T. J. Watson Research Center as a Research Staff Member in the VLSI Design Automation Department from 2000-2003. He received Ph.D. in Computer Science (with honor) from UCLA in 2000.  For further information, please refer to his short biography and/or comprehensive CV.

Research Group: UT Design Automation Laboratory

Teaching

  • EE360S: Digital Integrated Circuits (Spring 2009)
  • EE382M: VLSI I (Spring 2009, 2008, 2007)
  • EE382V: VLSI Physical Design Automation (Fall 2008, 2006, 2005, 2004)
  • EE382V: Optimization Issues in VLSI CAD (Fall 2007; Spring 2006, 2005, 2004)
  • EE360R: Computer-aided IC Design (Spring 2008, 2007)
  • EE322C: Data Structures (Spring 2006, Fall 2003)

Editorship

Professional Services (Selected)

Awards & Honors (Selected)

  • SRC Inventor Recognition Awards (2008)
  • Best Paper Award Nominations, ICCAD 2008, ASPDAC 2008, DAC 2006, ASPDAC 2006
  • IEEE CAS Society Distinguished Lecturer (2008-2009)
  • Keynote Speaker, 2008 Freescale Physical Design and Design for Manufacturing (DFM) Conference
  • Cadence Distinguished Speaker (2007)
  • NSF CAREER Award (2007)
  • IEEE CEDA Award for the Open Source BoxRouter2.0 (2007)
  • ACM International Symposium on Physical Design (ISPD) Routing Contest Awards (2007): 2nd place in 3D; 3rd place in 2D
  • ACM/SIGDA Outstanding New Faculty Award (2005)
  • SRC Inventor Recognition Awards (2000)
  • SRC Best Paper in Session Awards (1998)
  • IBM Faculty Award three times (2004-2006)
  • IBM Research Bravo Award (2003)
  • Outstanding Ph.D. Award, UCLA (2001)
  • IBM Research Fellowship (1999-2000)

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