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Anantha P. Chandrakasan

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Anantha P. Chandrakasan
Born
Chennai, India
EducationUniversity of California, Berkeley (BS, MS, PhD)
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsElectrical engineering
Computer science
InstitutionsMassachusetts Institute of Technology
ThesisLow Power Digital CMOS Digital Design (1994)
Doctoral advisorRobert W. Brodersen
Websitemtlsites.mit.edu/users/anantha/

Anantha P. Chandrakasan is the Chief Innovation and Strategy Officer, the dean of the School of Engineering, and Vannevar Bush Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[1] He is chair of the MIT Climate and Sustainability Consortium and MIT AI Hardware Program, and co-chair the MIT–IBM Watson AI Lab, the MIT–Takeda Program, and the MIT and Accenture Convergence Initiative for Industry and Technology.

Biography

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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

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In 1994, Chandrakasan joined the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) at MIT. He was the Director of the MIT Microsystems Technology Laboratories from 2006 to 2011, and head of the EECS department from 2011 to 2017. In his role as head of EECS, he launched programs such as a year-long independent research program called “SuperUROP” that supported students doing publication-quality research; an annual event the Rising Stars program that brought together graduate and postdoc women to share advice for advancing academic careers; and an independent activities period (IAP) class called StartMIT that introduces students to entrepreneurship and connects students and postdocs with industrial innovation leaders.

In 2017, he was appointed dean of MIT's School of Engineering.[4] As the Dean of Engineering, Chandrakasan has led or contributed to the creation of a number of initiatives including The Abdul Latif Jameel Clinic for Machine Learning in Health (Jameel Clinic),[5] the MIT-IBM AI Watson Lab,[6] The MIT Quest for Intelligence, the MIT-Sensetime Alliance,[7] the MIT Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing,[8] the MIT-Takeda Program,[9] and the MIT and Accenture Convergence Initiative for Industry and Technology.[10]

In 2016, Chandrakasan lead The Engine Working Groups to guide the development of Institute policies and procedures for engaging with The Engine.[11] The Engine, a new external innovation accelerator, was launched by MIT to help start-ups pursuing capital- and time-intensive technologies access patient capital, workspaces, equipment, and services needed to bring solutions from inception to the marketplace. Sixty-two members of the MIT community, including faculty, students, postdocs, and staff, participated in this effort.

As MIT's inaugural Chief Innovation and Strategy Officer, Chandrakasan collaborates with key stakeholders across MIT, as well as external partners, to launch initiatives and new collaborations in support of the Institute’s strategic priorities.

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.[12] His paper titled “Low-power CMOS digital design”[13] published in the IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits (April 1992) is recognized as one of the most cited papers in the journal.[14]

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.[15]

He is a co-author of Low Power Digital CMOS Design (Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1995), Digital Integrated Circuits (Pearson Prentice-Hall, 2003, 2nd edition), and Sub-threshold Design for Ultra-Low Power Systems (Springer 2006).

Chandrakasan was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering (2015) for the development of low-power circuit and system design methods.

Professional service

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Chandrakasan has been involved with the IEEE International Solid-state Circuits for a quarter-century since 1996 including the following leadership roles:[16]

  • Chair, ISSCC Signal Processing Subcommittee, 1999–2001
  • Vice Chair, ISSCC Program, 2002
  • Chair, ISSCC Program, 2003
  • Chair, ISSCC Technology-Directions Subcommittee, 2004–2009
  • Vice-Chair, ISSCC Conference, 2009
  • Chair, ISSCC Student Forum Committee (now called the Student Research Preview Committee), 2009
  • Chair, ISSCC Conference, 2010–2018
  • Senior Technical Advisor, 2018– present

He has been recognized as having the highest number of publications in the history of the conference.

Board affiliations

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  • Member, Board of The Engine, 2016–2021
  • Member, Board of Trustees of the Perkins School for the Blind, 2018–2022
  • Member, Board of Analog Devices, Inc., 2019–2024
  • Member, SMART Governing Board, 2017–present

Personal life

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Chandrakasan currently lives in Belmont, Massachusetts, with his wife and three children, the oldest of whom graduated from MIT in 2017.[17]

Honors and awards

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References

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  1. ^ "MIT School of Engineering | » Anantha Chandrakasan". Mit Engineering. Archived from the original on 22 April 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Anantha Chandrakasan: A People-Centered and Innovative Leader and Dean of MIT's School of Engineering". India New England. Archived from the original on 5 October 2017. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  3. ^ "TiE-Boston and IIT AGNE to Host Panel on Challenges of Female Innovators". India New England. Archived from the original on 1 July 2017. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  4. ^ "Anantha Chandrakasan named dean of School of Engineering". MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  5. ^ "Regina Barzilay, James Collins, and Phil Sharp join leadership of new effort on machine learning in health". MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  6. ^ "IBM and MIT to pursue joint research in artificial intelligence, establish new MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab". MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  7. ^ "MIT and SenseTime announce effort to advance artificial intelligence research". MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  8. ^ "MIT reshapes itself to shape the future". MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  9. ^ "MIT-Takeda program launches". MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  10. ^ "Accenture bolsters support for technology and innovation through new MIT-wide initiative". MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  11. ^ "The Engine Working Groups Preliminary Report | MIT Organization Chart". orgchart.mit.edu. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  12. ^ "MIT School of Engineering | » Dean Anantha P. Chandrakasan". Mit Engineering. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  13. ^ Chandrakasan, A. P.; Sheng, S.; Brodersen, R. W. (April 1992). "Low-power CMOS digital design". IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits. 27 (4): 473–484. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.589.7281. doi:10.1109/4.126534. ISSN 1558-173X.
  14. ^ "TOP CITED JSSC PAPERS - IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society". IEEE. Archived from the original on 8 April 2021. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  15. ^ "MIT Energy-Efficient Circuits and Systems". www-mtl.mit.edu. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  16. ^ Fujino, L. (Winter 2019). "Anantha Chandrakasan: A Quarter Century with the IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference [People]". IEEE Solid-State Circuits Magazine. 11 (1): 78–79. doi:10.1109/MSSC.2018.2881864. ISSN 1943-0590.
  17. ^ Kernis, Rachida. "Anantha P. Chandrakasan". EECS Rising Stars 2018. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  18. ^ "Anantha P. Chandrakasan Executive Profile". Bloomberg. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
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