38th Design Automation Conference Honors Deirdre Hanford With Second Annual Marie R. Pistilli Women in EDA Achievement Award.Business Editors/Technology Writers BOULDER, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 15, 2001 The 38th Design Automation Conference (DAC See D/A converter and discretionary access control. DAC - Digital to Analog Converter ) announced today that Deirdre Hanford, senior vice president, Business and Market Development, Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq:SNPS SNPS Space Nuclear Power System ), will receive the second annual Marie R. Pistilli Women in EDA (1) (Electronic Design Automation) Using the computer to design, lay out, verify and simulate the performance of electronic circuits on a chip or printed circuit board. Achievement Award. The award recognizes an individual's outstanding contributions and commitment to the advancement of women in the electronic design automation (EDA) industry. It will be presented as part of the Workshop for Women in Design Automation on Sunday, June 17, 2001, and as part of the general session on Tuesday, June 19, 2001. Hanford, who joined Synopsys in 1987, was the eighth employee and first applications engineer in the company. Since then, Hanford has performed myriad duties, including vice president of Professional Services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. Sales Development and vice president of Applications Engineering, Design Tools Group. Outside her work at Synopsys, Hanford serves as a board member of Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network and continues to volunteer at local science fairs. "Deirdre was chosen for this award because of her pioneering leadership and dedicated commitment to serving the design community," said Mar Hershenson, chief executive officer of Barcelona Design, Inc. and chair of the Workshop for Women in Design Automation. "She is one of the most accomplished and well-respected women in our industry." "I am proud to be a part of the EDA industry," said Hanford. "This is a field where people can thrive based on their merits and talents, because we make previously unfathomable chips possible. Over the years, I have certainly felt inspired to enable the design community to push the boundaries of the technology. Whenever I have the opportunity to encourage other women to do the same, I am very gratified grat·i·fy tr.v. grat·i·fied, grat·i·fy·ing, grat·i·fies 1. To please or satisfy: His achievement gratified his father. See Synonyms at please. 2. ." The award recognizes individuals, male and female, who have made efforts to advance the awareness of women in the EDA industry or who have developed programs that create opportunities for women in EDA. Recipients may come from either industry or academia. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Hershenson, the purpose of the award is to "raise appreciation for those who have made important contributions to the industry by inspiring women to join, remain, and advance in the field." Nominations for the award were solicited from DAC attendees and submitted via the DAC Web site (www.dac.com). Organizers of the Workshop for Women in Design Automation selected finalists for the award and made recommendations to the Workshop's steering committee steer·ing committee n. A committee that sets agendas and schedules of business, as for a legislative body or other assemblage. steering committee Noun , who selected Hanford as the recipient. Hanford will receive a commemorative plaque, cash honorarium HONORARIUM. A recompense for services rendered. It is usually applied only to the recompense given to persons whose business is connected with science; as the fee paid to counsel. 2. and recognition throughout the EDA industry. The award will also be noted on the DAC Web site. Workshop for Women in Design Automation Kicks off 38th DAC The sixth annual Workshop for Women in Design Automation, a full-day interactive seminar for professional women in the EDA industry, will kick off this year's DAC, June 18-22, 2001, at the Las Vegas Convention Center The Las Vegas Convention Center is owned and operated by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority and is located in Clark County, Nevada. It is one of the largest Convention centers in the world. At the end of 2004, the center had 3. . The theme for the Workshop is "Smart Risk Taking = Innovation." Some of the most prominent women in the industry will discuss their own strategies for developing corporate cultures that embrace risk taking and innovation. Lynn LeBlanc, senior vice president, Office of Customer Advocacy, Cadence Design Systems (company) Cadence Design Systems - A company that sells electronic design automation software and services. http://cadence.com/. See also Verilog. , Inc., will give the keynote address. About DAC DAC is the premier forum for the electronic design industry to exchange information on products, methodologies and processes. Attended by more than 17,000 developers, designers, researchers, managers and engineers from leading electronics companies and universities around the world, DAC includes more than 250 exhibitors and offers a robust technical program covering the electronics industry's hottest trends. DAC is sponsored by the Association for Computing (body) Association for Computing - (ACM, before 1997 - "Association for Computing Machinery") The largest and oldest international scientific and educational computer society in the industry. Machinery/Special Interest Group on Design Automation (ACM/SIGDA), the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers/Circuits and Systems Society (IEEE/CAS) and the Electronic Design Automation Consortium (EDA Consortium). For more information about DAC, including registration, visit the DAC Web site at http://www.dac.com, or contact DAC management at 800-321-4573. |
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