Prof. David Z. Pan

Professor and Silicon Laboratories Endowed Chair
The University of Texas at Austin, USA


David Z. Pan is a Professor and Silicon Laboratories Endowed Chair at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin. His research interests include bidirectional AI and IC interactions, electronic design automation, design for manufacturing, hardware security, and CAD for analog/mixed-signal ICs and emerging technologies. He has published over 420 refereed journal/conference papers and 8 US patents. He has served in many journal editorial boards and conference committees, including various leadership roles such as ICCAD 2019 General Chair, ASP-DAC 2017 TPC Chair, and ISPD 2008 General Chair. He has received many awards, including SRC Technical Excellence Award, 20 Best Paper Awards (from TCAD, DAC, ICCAD, DATE, ASP-DAC, ISPD, HOST, SRC, IBM, etc.), DAC Top 10 Author Award in Fifth Decade, ASP-DAC Frequently Cited Author Award, ACM/SIGDA Outstanding New Faculty Award, NSF CAREER Award, IBM Faculty Award (4 times), and many international CAD contest awards. He has graduated 40 PhD students and postdocs who have won many awards, including the First Place of ACM Student Research Competition Grand Finals (twice, in 2018 and 2021), ACM/SIGDA Student Research Competition Gold Medal (three times), ACM Outstanding PhD Dissertation in EDA Award (twice), EDAA Outstanding Dissertation Award (twice), etc. He is a Fellow of IEEE and SPIE.