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Institute
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Building 51, Room 01..033 |
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++49 +761 203-8140 |
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++49 +761 203-8142 |
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PERSONAL DATA |
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Address |
Institute
of Computer
Science |
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Office |
Building 51, Room 01..033 |
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Phone |
++49 +761 203-8140 |
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Fax |
++49 +761 203-8142 |
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH |
EDUCATION |
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1988 |
University of Saarland, Faculty for Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Habilitation in Computer Science. Postdoc Advisor: Prof. Dr. G. Hotz, Topic: Design and Test of Boolean Circuits. |
1983 |
Dr. Eduard - Martin - Award of Vereinigung der Freunde der Universität des Saarlandes for ``outstanding scientific work in his PhD thesis''. |
1973-1982 |
University of Saarland, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Diploma in Mathematics (1979). Thesis Supervisor: Prof. Dr. G. Frey. Diploma Thesis Title: An Algebraic Proof of the Main Theorems of Complex Multiplication. PhD (1982). Thesis Supervisor: Prof. Dr. G. Hotz. PhD Thesis Title: On the Crossing-free, Rectangular Embedding of Weighted Graphs in the Plane. |
EMPLOYMENT / EXPERIENCE |
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2010-2012 |
Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, University of Freiburg |
2009/2010 |
Off-Site Visiting Professor, VLSI Design and Education Center, University of Tokyo (2 months) |
2002/2003 |
Mentor Graphics Corporation, Design for Test Division, Wilsonville, Oregon (Visiting Researcher 2 months) |
since 1995 |
Professor (C4) for Computer Science, Faculty of Engineering of the University of Freiburg, Head of the Chair of Computer Architecture from 1995-2021 |
1993-1994 |
Visiting Researcher at the International Computer Science Institute, Berkeley, CA. |
1992 |
Offer for a professorship (C4) in practical computer science (Gesamthochschule Essen) |
1989-1995 |
Professor (C3) for Complexity Theory and Efficient Algorithms, Computer Science Department, J.W. Goethe - University Frankfurt am Main |
1988-1989 |
Researcher and Lecturer in the Leibniz-Program of DFG (Prof. G. Hotz). |
1987-1988 |
Visiting Professor, Computer Science Department, J.W. Goethe - University Frankfurt am Main. |
1985 |
Siemens AG, Testabteilung, ZTI DES V, Munich (Visiting Scientist, 2 months) |
1984-1988 |
Researcher and Lecturer in the Sonderforschungsbereich 124 (B1) VLSI Design Methods and Parallel Algorithms, University of Saarland and Kaiserslautern. |
1982 |
Siemens AG, Testabteilung, ZTI DES V, Munich (Visiting Scientist, 2 months) |
1981-1983 |
Researcher, Computer Science Department (Prof. Dr. G. Hotz), University of Saarland |
1979-1981 |
Researcher in the Sonderforschungsbereich 100 Elektronic Speech Recognition, University of Saarland. |
SELECTED PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES |
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2018 |
Program Chair, ETS (European Test Symposium) |
2011-2020 |
Member of the Scientific Directorate, Leibniz Center for Informatics, Schloss Dagstuhl |
since 2010 |
Board of Directors, Centre for Security and Society, University of Freiburg |
2010-2021 |
Member of Steering Committee: IEEE International Workshop on Reliability Aware System Design and Test (RASDAT) |
2007-2021 |
Member of Steering Committee: European Test Symposium (ETS) |
2007-2020 |
Topic Chair / Co-Chair "Test Generation, Simulation and Diagnosis", DATE (Design and Test in Europe) |
2007 |
General Chair, ETS (European Test Symposium) |
2005-2014 |
Member of the Graduate School 1103 Embedded Microsystems |
2005-2009 |
Member of the Graduate School 806 Mathematische Logik und Anwendungen |
2003-2016 |
Co-Speaker of the Transregional Collaborative Research Center 14 Automatic Verification and Analysis of Complex Systems (AVACS) |
2000-2001 |
Member of the Organizing Committee of ICCD (International Conference of Computer Design) |
1990-2021 |
Member of the Steering Committee of the German GI/ITG/GME Group on Testing and Fault Tolerance. |
1999 |
General Co-Chair, ISMVL (International Symposium on Multiple Valued Logic) |
HONOURS, AWARDS |
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2021 |
EDA Medal for lifetime achievements in research, development, promotion and application in the field of Electronic Design Automation (EDA), edacentrum |
2014 |
Continuing Education Award Baden-Württemberg "HochschuleWirtschaft" |
2013 |
University Teaching Award, University of Freiburg |
2012 |
Fellowship for Innovations in University Teaching (Baden-Württemberg Stiftung, Joachim Herz Stiftung und Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft) |
2012, 2014 |
Instructional Development Award, University of Freiburg |
since 2011 |
Member of Academia Europaea |
since 2008 |
IEEE Fellow for contributions to the development of algorithms and data structures for testing and verification of integrated circuits |
PATENTS |
Patent DE3734816: Schneller, leicht generierbarer und leicht testbarer VLSI Addierer; 27.4.1989, Patentinhaber: Siemens AG; Erfinder: Bernd Becker, Reiner Kolla |
Patent US5153849: Multiplier Having an Optimum Arrangement of Anding and Adding Circuits; 6.10.1992; Patentinhaber: Siemens AG; Erfinder: Gerd Venzl, Rebecca Mitchell, Ulrich Nerz, Holger Soukup, Wolfram Roth, Bernd Becker |
PUBLICATIONS |
More than 400 publications in conferences, journals and books |
To the publication browser of the chair of computer architecture, team Bernd Becker |
RESEARCH AREAS & PROJECTS |
The research activities of Bernd Becker have been primarily in the area of computer-aided design, test and verification of (digital) circuits and systems (VLSI CAD). A focus of his research is the development and analysis of efficient data structures and algorithms in VLSI CAD. The development of symbolic methods for test and verification of digital circuits and their integration in the industrial flow is one of the major achievements of his work. More recently, he has been working on reliability issues of embedded systems (in particular formal methods for safety and security concerns) and test techniques for nanoelectronic circuitry. He has been the holder of several research grants from DFG, BMBF, EU and industry as well. |
To the research section of the chair of computer architecture, team Bernd Becker |
TEACHING SUBJECTS |
Introductory computer science, computer architecture, embedded systems, verification, test and reliability. |
To the teaching section of the chair of computer architecture, team Bernd Becker |
