David Z. Pan, professor in the Cockrell School's Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has been named a fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) for 2021. He is being recognized for "contributions to electronic design automation, including design for manufacturing and physical design." Pan becomes the fifth ACM fellow among current Texas ECE faculty.
Pan joins Brent Waters of the Department of Computer Science as the two fellows from The University of Texas at Austin this year.
The ACM Fellows program recognizes the top 1% of ACM Members for their outstanding accomplishments in computing and information technology and/or outstanding service to ACM and the larger computing community. Fellows are nominated by their peers, with nominations reviewed by a distinguished selection committee.
