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Jan M. Rabaey holds the Donald O. Pederson Distinguished Professorship at the University of California, Berkeley, where he has served as the founding director of the Berkeley Wireless Research Center (BWRC) and the Berkeley Ubiquitous SwarmLab. He has also chaired the Electrical Engineering Division twice. Rabaey has made high-impact contributions across several fields including advanced wireless systems, low-power integrated circuits, sensor networks, and ubiquitous computing. Currently, his research interests encompass the conception of next-generation integrated wireless systems for a broad range of applications, along with exploring interactions within the cyber-physical world. He is recognized as an IEEE Fellow and is a member of the Royal Flemish Academy of Sciences and Arts in Belgium. He has been honored with multiple awards, including the IEEE Mac Van Valkenburg Award and the European Design Automation Association (EDAA) Lifetime Achievement Award. Rabaey has also received honorary doctorates from universities in Lund (Sweden), Antwerp (Belgium), and Tampere (Finland). Throughout his academic career, he has been involved with various startup ventures.
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