Research Associate with the Nortel Institute for Telecommunications , University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. He later worked as Electronics Engineer with AUB from 1983 to 1984 and held a visiting position with the University of Warwick, England, in 1984. While at the University of Illinois, 1985-1989, he was a research assistant with the Coordinated Science Laboratory, and worked for a year with the VLSI Design Lab. In July 1989, he joined Texas Instruments as Member of Technical Staff with the Semiconductor Process and Design Center. In August 1992, he became an Assistant Professor with the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and was promoted to a Tenured Associate Professor in 1997.
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Such large design teams are thus extremely expensive and are at the limit of what can be practically managed, leading to a design productivity crisis . These challenges must be overcome if the historical trends of advance in IC design are to be maintained. Over the years, these projects have been supported by grants and contracts from a variety of sources. 10 King's College Rd., Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 3G4.