Chandrakasan named head of electrical engineering and computer science (MIT)
Anantha P. Chandrakasan, the Joseph F. and Nancy P. Keithley Professor of
Electrical Engineering, has been named the next head of the Department of
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS). He will assume the new
role beginning July 1.
Chandrakasan will take over the role previously held by Eric Grimson, who was
named MIT’s chancellor in February. EECS is the largest academic department at
MIT; nearly 30 percent of undergraduates major in the department’s programs.
“As the largest academic department in the School of Engineering, and at MIT,
EECS and its faculty are involved in an exceptional range of intellectual,
educational, and research activities,” School of Engineering Dean Ian Waitz
said today (June 13) in an email to the EECS community. “I welcome the new
ideas that Anantha will bring to leading EECS and his dedication as he assumes
this role.”
Chandrakasan earned his BS (1989), MS (1990) and PhD (1994) in electrical
engineering and computer sciences from the University of California at
Berkeley; he joined the MIT faculty in 1994.
His research interests include micro-power digital and mixed-signal integrated
circuit design, wireless microsensor system design, portable multimedia
devices, and energy efficient radios.
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