Anantha P. Chandrakasan

Anantha P Chandrakasan is the dean of the School of Engineering and Vannevar Bush Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[1]

Anantha P. Chandrakasan
Born
Chennai, India
Awards
  • Semiconductor Industry Association University Researcher Award (2009)
  • IEEE Donald O. Pederson Award in Solid-State Circuits (2013)
  • Honorary doctorate from KU Leuven (2016)
Scientific career
FieldsElectrical engineering
Computer science
InstitutionsMassachusetts Institute of Technology
ThesisLow Power CMOS Digital Design (1994)
Doctoral advisorRobert W. Brodersen
Websitemtlsites.mit.edu/users/anantha/

Biography

Born in Chennai, India, Chandrakasan moved to the United States during high school. His mother, a biochemist, was a Fulbright Scholar.[2] He received a Bachelor of Science in 1989, a Master of Science in 1990, and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences in 1994 from the University of California, Berkeley.[3]

Career

In 1994, Chandrakasan joined the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) at MIT. He was the head of the EECS department from 2011 to 2017, when he was appointed dean of MIT's School of Engineering.[4] His research focuses on the energy efficiency of electronic circuits. Early on in his research career, he worked on low-power chips for portable computers, which helped lead to the development of technology in small, energy-constrained devices like smartphones.[5]

Chandrakasan leads the MIT Energy-Efficient Circuits and Systems Group, which works on a variety of projects such as ultra-low power biomedical devices, energy-efficient processors, wireless authentication tags. The group also works on projects that involving circuit design, wireless charging, security hardware, and energy harvesting in Internet of Things devices.[6]

He became a National Academy of Engineering member in 2015 and an American Academy of Arts and Sciences member in 2019. Chandrakasan is an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) fellow, and was conference chair of the IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) from 2010-2018. He has been recognized as having the highest number of publications in the history of the conference.[5]

Personal life

Chandrakasan currently lives in Belmont, Massachusetts, with his wife and three children, the oldest of whom graduated from MIT in 2017.[7]

Honors and Awards

References
  1. "MIT School of Engineering | » Anantha Chandrakasan". Mit Engineering. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  2. "Anantha Chandrakasan: A People-Centered and Innovative Leader and Dean of MIT's School of Engineering". India New England. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  3. "TiE-Boston and IIT AGNE to Host Panel on Challenges of Female Innovators". India New England. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  4. "Indian origin professor Anantha Chandrakasan will be the new dean of MIT School of Engineering". India.com. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
  5. "MIT School of Engineering | » Dean Anantha P. Chandrakasan". Mit Engineering. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  6. "MIT Energy-Efficient Circuits and Systems". www-mtl.mit.edu. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  7. Kernis, Rachida. "Anantha P. Chandrakasan". EECS Rising Stars 2018. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  8. "Anantha P. Chandrakasan Executive Profile". Bloomberg. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
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