Chuck Alpert

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Chuck Alpert is the general chair for the 53rd DAC. He received B.S. and B.A. degrees from Stanford University in 1991 and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from UCLA in 1996. He then spent 17 years working at IBM Research in Austin, developing internal EDA tools. He currently serves as a Group Director for Cadence’s Digital Signoff Group, working in the place and route space. Chuck has published over 100 conference and journal papers and is an IEEE Fellow. He has served on the DAC Executive Committee for over four years, first as panel chair in 2012, then as the technical program co-chair from 2013 – 2014, and then as the vice-chair in 2015. During that time Chuck also served on various EC sub-committees of the Strategy Committee and the Technical Program Committee helping with planning and implementation of the show.

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How Long Until You Can Take A Self-Driving Car To DAC?

By Chuck Alpert - 11 Apr, 2016 - Comments: 1

There is no hotter topic in tech than self-driving cars. How else to explain the worldwide headlines after what can only be described as a modest little fender-bender last month in Mountain View. The culprit was one of Alphabet Inc.’s autonomous Lexus 450h's, by now a media darling/goat. Despite the apparent and very prosaic facts — the Lexus was traveling 2 miles per hour, nobody was hurt,... » read more

Announcing DAC’s First Art Show

By Chuck Alpert - 18 Jan, 2016 - Comments: 0

Every year DAC features something new. For the general chair, balancing tried and true conference elements with infusions of change is part of the art of putting on DAC and keeping it fresh. This year one change has to do with art itself — #53DAC features what I believe to be the first art show in the conference's long history. No, I'm not asking you to submit that painting you've been lab... » read more