School of Engineering Emeritus Professor Giovanni De Micheli has been named an international member of the US NAE Class of 2026.
The United States National Academy of Engineering (NAE) has announced the election of 130 members and 28 international members to its Class of 2026. Election to the NAE is among the highest of professional distinctions accorded to an engineer.
Academy membership honors individuals who have made outstanding contributions to engineering research, practice, or education and members are also recognized for pioneering new and developing fields of technology, making major advancements in traditional fields of engineering, or developing and implementing innovative approaches to engineering education. Members are elected by their peers.
School of Engineering Professor Emeritus Giovanni De Micheli, currently the Scientific Director of EPFL’s Ecocloud Center, was elected an International Member for contributions to network on chips and advances in electronic design automation.
De Micheli previously led the Integrated Systems Laboratory at EPFL. He pioneered methods that map algorithmic descriptions of computation and communication into digital circuits and networks. His work has enabled designers to conceive electronic integrated circuits (ICs) and systems on chips (SoCs) by means of high-level language models, and then to compile such models into chip layouts.
His most tangible breakthrough is the invention of Network on Chips (NoCs), that are structured realizations of on-chip interconnect among integrated hardware resources. NoCs are today ubiquitous in smart phones, intelligent vehicles and other consumer products.
“As a European, I am very proud to join such a renowned group at a time when engineering stands as a strong bridge over the troubled waters of the Atlantic Ocean,” said De Micheli. “Collaboration with American scientists will be key to progress above and beyond political currents.”
Professor Anastasia Ailamaki, head of the Data-Intensive Applications and Systems Laboratory in the School of Computer and Communication Sciences, was also elected a member for contributions to database systems and their performance evaluation.
NAE members are among the world’s most accomplished engineers from business, academia, and government. Individuals elected to the Class of 2026 will be formally inducted during the NAE Annual Meeting in the autumn.
Source: School of Engineering | STI