Baris Taskin
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Biography
Baris Taskin received the B.S. degree in electrical and electronics engineering from Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara, Turkey, in 2000, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, in 2003 and 2005, respectively. He also received the minor program diploma in operations research from Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, in 2000, and the certificate in system-on-chip (SOC) design from Pittsburgh Digital Greenhouse [currently called The Technology Collaborative (TTC)], Pittsburgh, PA (in cooperation with the University of Pittsburgh, the Pennsylvania State University and Carnegie Mellon University), in 2003.
He joined the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA in 2005, where currently he is a Professor. Between 2003-2004, he was a PhD intern engineer at MultiGiG Inc., Scotts Valley, CA, working on electronic design automation of integrated circuit timing and clocking. He is an "A. Richard Newton Award" winner from the ACM SIGDA in 2007 (for junior faculty starting new programs in EDA), a recipient of the Faculty Early Career Development Award (CAREER) from the National Science Foundation (NSF) in 2009, the Distinguished Service Award from ACM SIGDA in 2012, the Young Electrical Engineer of the Year Award from IEEE Philadelphia in 2013 and the Drexel ECE Department's Outstanding Research Award in 2015. He is an associate editor for JCSC and Elsevier's Microelectronics. He served as the General Chair for SLIP 2016 and GLVLSI 2019, as the Chair for IEEE CEDA Pennsylvania Chapter (2018-current), and the Chair of the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society's VLSI and Systems Applications Technical Committee (IEEE CASS VSA-TC) (2018-2020).
Education
- Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, 2005
- University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
- M.S. in Electrical Engineering, 2003
- University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
- B.S. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, 2000
- Minor in Operations Research, 2000
- Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara, Turkey
Experience
- Professor (2016-present)
- Associate Professor (2011-2016)
- Assistant Professor (2005-2011)
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
- Ph.D. Intern Engineer (09/2003 - 06/2004)
- Multigig Inc., Scotts Valley, CA
Curriculum Vitae
Contact Info
Mail Address:
3141 Chestnut Street
ECE Department
Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Campus Location:
Office: Bossone Building 401
Lab: Bossone Building 405
Phone: (215) 895-5972
Fax: (215) 895-1695
Email: 
