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Prof. Dr. Bernd Becker|
AddressInstitute of Computer Science
Albert-Ludwigs-University
Georges-Koehler-Allee 51
79110 Freiburg im Breisgau
Germany
OfficeBuilding 51, Room 01..007
Phone++49 +761 203-8141
FAX++49 +761 203-8142
E-Mailbecker@informatik.uni-freiburg.de
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Biographical Sketch:

Education
1988University 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''.
1973-82University 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
Since 1995Professor (C4) for Computer Science, Faculty of Engineering of the University of Freiburg, Head of the Chair of Computer Architecture
1993-1994Visiting Researcher at the International Computer Science Institute, Berkeley, CA.
1989-1995Professor (C3) for Complexity Theory and Efficient Algorithms, Computer Science Department, J.W. Goethe - University Frankfurt am Main. Research areas: data structures for Boolean functions, synthesis, test and verification of VLSI circuits. Teaching subjects: introductory computer science, theoretical computer science, graph algorithms.
1988-1989Researcher and Lecturer in the Leibniz-Program of DFG (Prof. G. Hotz).
1987-1988Visiting Professor, Computer Science Department, J.W. Goethe - University Frankfurt am Main.
1984-1988Researcher and Lecturer in the Sonderforschungsbereich 124 (B1) VLSI Design Methods and Parallel Algorithms, University of Saarland and Kaiserslautern.
1981-1983Researcher, Computer Science Department (Prof. Dr. G. Hotz), University of Saarland
1979-1981Researcher in the Sonderforschungsbereich 100 Elektronic Speech Recognition, University of Saarland.

Selected Professional Activities:

2003-presentCo-Speaker of the Transregional Collaborative Research Center 14 AVACS
2007-presentSteering Committee Member, ETS
2007General Chair, ETS (European Test Symposium)
2004-presentTopic Chair, ETS
1997-2003Program Committee Member, ETW (European Test Workshop)
2006Track Chair, VTS (IEEE VLSI Test Symposium)
1999Publication Chair, ETW
1997-2001, 2004-presentProgram Committee Member, VTS (IEEE VLSI Test Symposium)
2008-2009Topic Chair "Test Generation, Simulation and Diagnosis", DATE (Design and Test in Europe)
2007Topic Co-Chair "Test Generation, Simulation and Diagnosis", DATE (Design and Test in Europe)
1999-2001, 2004-2006Technical Program Committee Member, DATE (Design and Test in Europe)
2000-2001Member of the Organizing Committee of ICCD (International Conference of Computer Design)
1999General Co-Chair, ISMVL (International Symposium on Multiple Valued Logic)
1999Program Committee Member, FTCS (Fault-Tolerant Computing Symposium)
1991,1993,1995,1997,1999,2001 Co-Organizer of the Dagstuhl Workshop on Computer Aided Design and Test.
Since 1990Member of the Steering Committee of the German GI/ITG/GME Group on Testing and Fault Tolerance.

Publications:

More than 100 publications in conferences, journals and books during the last 10 years.
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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 verification methods for embedded systems and test techniques for nanoelectronic circuitry. He has published more than 150 papers in peer-reviewed conferences and journals. He has been the holder of several research grants from DFG, BMBF and industry as well.
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Teaching Subjects:

Introductory computer science, computer architecture, embedded systems, verification, test and reliability.
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Recent Talks:

Invited Talk and Paper at CFV 2009, Sixth International Workshop on Constraints in Formal Verification Grenoble, France, June 26, 2009, a satellite event of CAV'09.