She has served as session chair at DAC and DATE, and is a member of the DAC Exhibitor Liaison Committee. Previously, she served as managing editor of Visual Studio Magazine, staff editor of Chip Design Magazine, contributing editor for in Play in EDA and EDA Nation, and editor of ISD Magazine. Aycinena's articles have appeared in print the Communications of the ACM, ISD Magazine, EETimes, and Intelligent Enterprise. She is published online in EDACafe, DACeZine, FTPonline, TechOnline, Chip Design, SOCcentral, and EEDesign. Aycinena has a B.A. in Biophysics from U.C. Berkeley and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from San Francisco State University. Hauptlinks