Professor Dr. Earl Swartzlander

Biography

Earl Swartzlander is a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin. Since joining the university in 1990, he has contributed extensively to the field, notably in areas such as technology and architecture development for special purpose processors. Swartzlander has a significant background working with TRW Space Defense in Redondo Beach, California, where he developed a semi-custom integrated circuit with over 100,000 transistors and led the development of a high-speed floating point FFT processor. His research interests encompass special purpose processors, computer arithmetic, and systolic arrays architecture. An accomplished author, he has written books and edited five others, including works on computer arithmetic, and has published more than 275 conference and journal papers in the fields of computer arithmetic, signal processing, and VLSI implementation. Swartzlander is an IEEE Fellow, a registered professional engineer, and has received numerous accolades, including Purdue University's Outstanding Electrical Engineer and Distinguished Engineering Alumnus Awards, the Distinguished Engineering Alumnus Award from the University of Colorado, and the Millennium Medal from the IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society. In 2021, he was elected as a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI).

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