Anantha Chandrakasan

Dean of Engineering & Vannevar Bush Prof of EECS

Department
Dept of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Technology Areas
Energy & Distribution: Energy Storage, Electrochemical Devices, Distribution / Communication Systems: Wireless, Satellites / Computer Science: Networking & Signals, Bioinformatics, Cybersecurity, Quantum Computing / Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) / Sensing & Imaging: Optical Sensing, Acoustics / Biomaterials & Bioelectronics: Health Monitoring / Biotechnology: Biomedical Devices & Systems, Sensors & Monitoring, Prostheses / Agriculture & Food: Sensors / Chemicals & Materials: Catalysis & Synthesis, Nanotechnology & Nanomaterials, Polymers, Metals / Industrial Engineering & Automation: Logistics

Background and Education

Anantha P. Chandrakasan is dean of MIT’s School of Engineering, MIT’s Chief Innovation and Strategy Officer, and the Vannevar Bush Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. He serves as chair of the MIT Climate and Sustainability Consortium and the MIT AI Hardware Program, and co-chair of the MIT–IBM Watson AI Lab, the MIT-Takeda Program, and the MIT and Accenture Convergence Initiative for Industry and Technology.

He earned his bachelor’s (1989), master’s (1990), and doctoral (1994) degrees in electrical engineering and computer sciences from the University of California, Berkeley. He joined the MIT faculty in 1994 and was the director of the MIT Microsystems Technology Laboratories from 2006 to 2011. From July 2011 through June 2017, he served as head of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), a position that concluded with his appointment as dean in July 2017.

Awards and Honors

  • IBM Faculty Development Award | 1995
  • NSF Career Development Award | 1995
  • National Semiconductor Faculty Development Awards | 1996, 1997
  • IEEE Electron Devices Society’s Paul Rappaport Award | 1997
  • Elected Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) | 2004
  • ISSCC Beatrice Winner Award for Editorial Excellence | 2007
  • ISSCC Jack Kilby Award for Outstanding Student Paper | 2007/2008/2009
  • Semiconductor Industry Association University Researcher Award | 2009
  • IEEE Donald O. Pederson Award in Solid-State Circuits | 2013
  • Member of the National Academy of Engineering | 2015
  • Honorary Doctorate from KU Leuven | 2016
  • UC Berkeley EE Distinguished Alumni Award | 2017
  • IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society Distinguished Service Award | 2019
  • Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences | 2019
  • Association for Computing Machinery Fellow | 2020
  • IEEE Mildred Dresselhaus Medal | 2022

Technologies

Low-Power Circuits For Automatic Speech Recognition

Technology, Software / Case number: #18731
James R Glass / Michael Price / Anantha Chandrakasan
Technology Areas: Computer Science / Sensing & Imaging
Impact Areas: Uncharted Frontiers
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Range Comparison Reordering for Speed up of CABAC Algorithm

Technology / Case number: #14465
Anantha Chandrakasan / Vivienne Sze
Technology Areas: Computer Science
Impact Areas: Connected World
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Seizure Detection and Prediction Apparatus

Technology / Case number: #15454J
Anantha Chandrakasan / Muhammad Bin Altaf / Dina El-Damak / Long Yan / Jerald Yoo / Ali Shoeb
Technology Areas: Biomaterials & Bioelectronics / Biotechnology / Communication Systems
Impact Areas: Healthy Living
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Load Variation Detection and Compensation in Device-to-Device Wireless Charging

Technology / Case number: #16727
Anantha Chandrakasan / Rui Jin
Technology Areas: Biotechnology / Communication Systems / Energy & Distribution
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Automated Surface Area Assessment for Dermatologic Lesions

Technology / Case number: #19792J
Anantha Chandrakasan / Victor Huang / Jiarui Huang / Priyanka Raina
Technology Areas: Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) / Computer Science / Sensing & Imaging
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Method for Localizing, Waking-Up, and Estimating Direction of Femto-Satellites

Technology / Case number: #23262
Anantha Chandrakasan / Paul C. Serra / Christian Haughwout / Ruonan Han / Kerri Cahoy
Technology Areas: Communication Systems / Industrial Engineering & Automation
Impact Areas: Connected World
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A Fully Implantable, Autonomous Closed-Loop System Capable of Long-Term Vital Signs Monitoring and Performing Lifesaving Treatment

Technology / Case number: #23387J
Anantha Chandrakasan / Ian Ballinger / Tom Kerssemakers / Peter Chai / Saurav Maji / SeungHo Lee / Hen Wei Huang / Giovanni Traverso
Technology Areas: Biomaterials & Bioelectronics / Biotechnology / Computer Science / Energy & Distribution
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Electrically-Triggered Degradation Of The Drug/Bacteria Chamber Covering

Technology / Case number: #24830J
Anantha Chandrakasan / Ian Ballinger / Yeseul Jeon / Kyeongho Kim / Emily Kolaya / Yiyuan Yang / Kewang Nan / James McRae / Adam Gierlach / So-Yoon Yang / Rishabh Mittal / Seokkee Min / Sean You / Miguel Jimenez / Giovanni Traverso / Betar Gallant
Technology Areas: Biomaterials & Bioelectronics / Biotechnology / Chemicals & Materials / Energy & Distribution
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Secure and Stable Wireless Communication for an Ingestible Device

Technology / Case number: #25143JQ
Anantha Chandrakasan / Ian Ballinger / Yeseul Jeon / James McRae / Adam Gierlach / Giovanni Traverso
Technology Areas: Biomaterials & Bioelectronics / Biotechnology / Communication Systems
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An Energy-Efficient Configurable Lattice Cryptography Processor for the Quantum-Secure Internet of Things

Technology / Case number: #21219
Anantha Chandrakasan / Utsav Banerjee
Technology Areas: Communication Systems / Computer Science
Impact Areas: Uncharted Frontiers
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