Nikil Dutt
Encyclopedia
Nikil Dutt is a Chancellor's Professor of Computer Science at University of California, Irvine
, USA. Professor Dutt’s research interests are in embedded systems, electronic design automation
, computer architecture
, optimizing compilers, system specification techniques, distributed systems, and formal methods
.
His research has been recognized by Best Paper Awards and Best Paper Award Nominations at several conferences. Dutt currently serves as Associate Editor of Association for Computing Machinery
Transactions on Embedded Computer Systems (TECS) and of IEEE Transactions on VLSI Systems (TVLSI).
Born and raised in India
, Dutt received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
in 1989. He received a B.E.(Hons) in Mechanical Engineering from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science
, Pilani
, India in 1980, an M.S. in Computer Science from the Pennsylvania State University
in 1983. In 1989, he joined Irvine as an Assistant Professor of Computer science. He is affiliated with Center for Embedded Computer Systems (CECS), California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2), the Center for Pervasive Communications and Computing (CPCC), and the Laboratory for Ubiquitous Computing and Interaction (LUCI).
In 2007, he was selected as ACM distinguished scientist and in 2008 an IEEE fellow. He was a keynote speaker at several conferences. Dutt served as Editor-in-Chief of ACM Transactions on Design Automation of Electronic Systems (TODAES) between 2004–2008.
He currently lives in Irvine, California with his family.
University of California, Irvine
The University of California, Irvine , founded in 1965, is one of the ten campuses of the University of California, located in Irvine, California, USA...
, USA. Professor Dutt’s research interests are in embedded systems, electronic design automation
Electronic design automation
Electronic design automation is a category of software tools for designing electronic systems such as printed circuit boards and integrated circuits...
, computer architecture
Computer architecture
In computer science and engineering, computer architecture is the practical art of selecting and interconnecting hardware components to create computers that meet functional, performance and cost goals and the formal modelling of those systems....
, optimizing compilers, system specification techniques, distributed systems, and formal methods
Formal methods
In computer science and software engineering, formal methods are a particular kind of mathematically-based techniques for the specification, development and verification of software and hardware systems...
.
His research has been recognized by Best Paper Awards and Best Paper Award Nominations at several conferences. Dutt currently serves as Associate Editor of Association for Computing Machinery
Association for Computing Machinery
The Association for Computing Machinery is a learned society for computing. It was founded in 1947 as the world's first scientific and educational computing society. Its membership is more than 92,000 as of 2009...
Transactions on Embedded Computer Systems (TECS) and of IEEE Transactions on VLSI Systems (TVLSI).
Born and raised in India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
, Dutt received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
The University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign is a large public research-intensive university in the state of Illinois, United States. It is the flagship campus of the University of Illinois system...
in 1989. He received a B.E.(Hons) in Mechanical Engineering from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science
Birla Institute of Technology and Science
Birla Institute of Technology & Science, is a private university located in Pilani, Rajasthan, India. BITS Pilani is considered one of the most prestigious and selective universities in India...
, Pilani
Pilani
Pilani is a small town situated in the Shekhawati region of Rajasthan. It is in the Jhunjhunu district in Rajasthan, India. It notable for being the home of a large number of education institutes for its size.-Etymology:...
, India in 1980, an M.S. in Computer Science from the Pennsylvania State University
Pennsylvania State University
The Pennsylvania State University, commonly referred to as Penn State or PSU, is a public research university with campuses and facilities throughout the state of Pennsylvania, United States. Founded in 1855, the university has a threefold mission of teaching, research, and public service...
in 1983. In 1989, he joined Irvine as an Assistant Professor of Computer science. He is affiliated with Center for Embedded Computer Systems (CECS), California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2), the Center for Pervasive Communications and Computing (CPCC), and the Laboratory for Ubiquitous Computing and Interaction (LUCI).
In 2007, he was selected as ACM distinguished scientist and in 2008 an IEEE fellow. He was a keynote speaker at several conferences. Dutt served as Editor-in-Chief of ACM Transactions on Design Automation of Electronic Systems (TODAES) between 2004–2008.
He currently lives in Irvine, California with his family.
Books
- High-Level Synthesis: Introduction to Chip and System Design, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1992
- Memory Issues in Embedded Systems-on-Chip: Optimizations and Exploration, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1999
- Memory Architecture Exploration for Programmable Embedded Systems, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2003
- SPARK: A Parallelizing Approach to the High-Level Synthesis of Digital Circuits, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2004
- Functional Validation of Programmable Embedded Architectures: A Top-Down Approach, Springer-Verlag, 2005
- On-chip Communication Architectures: Current Practice, Research and Future Trends, Morgan Kaufmann/ElsevierElsevierElsevier is a publishing company which publishes medical and scientific literature. It is a part of the Reed Elsevier group. Based in Amsterdam, the company has operations in the United Kingdom, USA and elsewhere....
Systems-on-Silicon Series, 2008 - Processor Description Languages: Applications and Methodologies,” Morgan Kaufmann/Elsevier Systems-on-Silicon Series, 2008.