Monday, July 10, 2006

DAC Professional Development Fund offers more than $165,000 in new funding!

Design Automation Conference Professional Development Fund to Award More than $165,000

Design Automation Conference 2006
BOULDER, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 10, 2006--This just published! Red Hot News!

The Design Automation Conference (DAC), the electronic design automation (EDA) industry's premier event, today announced that together with several sponsoring societies it is awarding more than $165,000 in professional development funds to students and professionals in the EDA field. These funds, which bring the total amount awarded during the past twelve years to more than $3.57 million, will be presented at the 43rd DAC, July 24-28, at the Moscone Center in San Francisco.

The DAC Professional Development Fund supports a range of programs, including the Engineering Scholarship Program, the P.O. Pistilli Advancement in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Program, the University Booth Program, the Young Student Support Program, the DAC Graduate Scholarships and the Student Design Contest. DAC also supports the Workshop for Women in Design Automation, the Integrated Design Systems Workshop, and the ACM/Special Interest Group on Design Automation (SIGDA) Ph.D. Forum.

"DAC has a strong commitment to supporting continuing education through the professional development fund," said William Joyner, the 2005 DAC chair, who oversees the DAC Professional Development Fund. "It has a tremendous impact on the EDA community and helps contribute to the future success of the industry."

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