2012 Ron Waxman Award Nomination Form
Deadline for nomination submissions is June 30, 2012
The Design Automation Standards Committee (DASC) is responsible for the
standardization of Design Automation related standards in the IEEE Standards
Association. This award is named for Ron Waxman, a founder of the DASC, in
recognition of his many years of leadership, and service to IEEE and international
standards.
The annual Ron Waxman DASC Meritorious Service Award recognizes commendable
accomplishments by DASC members. The DASC Awards Committee calls for
nominations and selects the recipient per the DASC Policies and Procedures.
The DASC membership confirms the selection.
Submit your nomination today and help us recognize and applaud the efforts of those
who make Design Automation standards a reality. The recipient will be recognized at a
DASC-related event, receive a distinctive plaque, and be featured in an announcement on
the DASC web site.
This award will be given to an individual or entity who:
 Is a member of DASC
 Puts forth extra effort to further the DASC and its mission
 Makes or causes a noticeable improvement in DASC operations, policies, or
practices, and/or
 Significantly improves or strengthens a DASC relationship with other IEEE or
external organizations
 Is not a current member of the DASC Awards Committee
The nomination form is available on the DASC web site at www.dasc.org and is also
emailed to the DASC reflector. The individual filling out and submitting the form shall be
responsible for ensuring the accuracy of the information submitted. Endorsements for the
nomination are encouraged. Nominations should be sent to the Chair of the DASC
Awards Committee, Yatin Trivedi (ytrivedi@ieee.org).
Deadline for nomination submissions is June 30, 2012
For more information, contact:
Yatin Trivedi
Chair, DASC Awards Committee
ytrivedi@ieee.org
Sincerely,
The DASC Awards Committee
Ron Waxman DASC Meritorious Service Award Nomination Form
Nominee:
Title:
Affiliation:
Address:
Phone:
Email:
Dr. Stanley Krolikoski
Group Director, Standards and Interoperability
Cadence Design Systems
2655 Seely Ave, San Jose, CA 95134 USA
+1 408-944-726stanleyk@cadence.com
Submitted by:
Title:
Affiliation:
Address:
Phone:
Email:
Dennis Brophy
Director of Strategic Business Development
Mentor Graphics Corporation
8005 SW Boeckman Rd, Wilsonville, OR 97070-7777 USA
+1 503-685-0893
dennis_brophy@mentor.com
1.
Briefly describe the achievements made by the individual or entity you are
nominating. Follow the eligibility criteria wherever appropriate.
Dr. Krolikoski should be recognized for leadership in the standardization of IEEE 1076
VHDL, his drive for global adoption of VHDL to modernize the electronic systems
design flow and his sustained commitment to grow the breadth and continued
moderization of EDA standards.”
Dr. Stanley Krolikoski is one of the fathers of standardization for the Electronic Design
Automation industry. Dr. Krolikoski has volunteered over the span of four decades in the
development and leadership of standards teams since the early 1980’s and remains active
today. He is one of the most trusted standards practitioners in EDA.
Early in Dr. Krolikoski’s career he was a member of the IEEE 1076 (VHDL) Working
Group that developed the IEEE Std. 1076™-1987 standard. The IEEE standardized the
VHSIC Hardware Description Language (VHDL). It was a very complex language
standard and was developed and balloted within two years. Dr. Krolikoski continued his
association with IEEE 1076 and became the VHDL Analysis and Standardization Group
(VASG) chair to lead the effort to revise the standard with an official interpretation of the
language by major VHDL vendors and users from around the world. Under Dr.
Krolikoski’s leadership, the consensi reached by his group of more than 60 global
participants became the interpretations to represent the official VHDL 1076 standard.
For his work, Dr. Krolikoski was recognized with an “Outstanding Contribution” award
by the IEEE Computer Society (CS). Dr. Krolikoski’s vision of global adoption of
VHDL as a standard led to him to become the United States representative to the IEC TC
93 WG2. At the same time, he was a founding member of the CS’s Design Automation
Technical Committee (DATC), and an officer in the CS’s Design Automation Standards
Committee (DASC).
Dr. Krolikoski continued his association with IEEE 1076 as IEEE Std. 1076™-1993 was
developed and approved as a standard. He was sought to deliver tutorials and as a VHDL
lecturer as this version of VHDL emerged for industry adoption. In keeping with his
recognition of the importance of global standards adoption, Dr. Krolikoski also served as
a Board member and later as President of VHDL International (VI). He also served as a
Board member of Open Verilog International (OVI).
Dr. Krolikoski fostered cross-standard promoting organization activities including
expansion of standardization to address more of the design flow by collaborating as VI
Technical Chair with OVI’s Technical Chair and CFI, now known as Si2 to develop the
Delay & Power Calculation System that went on to become an IEEE standard.
Dr. Krolikoski was one of the founders of Accellera that resulted from the merger of VI
and OVI. Dr. Krolikoski has been an active advocate to bring EDA standards
development groups together and has helped SPIRIT and the Open SystemC Initiative
(OSCI) unite with Accellera to form what is now known as Accellera Systems Initiative,
an IEEE feeder organization. His attention and commitment to expand the standards
work program has allowed the IEEE and the feeder organizations, like Accellera Systems
Initiative to move beyond just language considerations to support broader issues of
design and verification reuse.
Dr. Krolikoski holds the chair position of the IEEE CS DASC and is a strong champion
of EDA standards work in the IEEE and outside of it that leads to IEEE standards
projects. In the Accellera Systems Initiative (ASI) he is a Board member and an Officer
where he is the group’s Secretary. He is steep in issues of intellectual property rights in
standards groups and has been engaged in harmonization of open-source development
with traditional standards development. He is also the chair of the IEEE 1666 Working
Group that is the IEEE standard for the SystemC work from the Open SystemC Initiative,
now part of ASI.
2.
How have these accomplishments contributed to the advancement of the DASC
and its mission?
As stated above, Dr. Krolikoski has been a tireless champion to funnel work into the
DASC such that it is the premier and most recognized and trusted venue for EDA
standardization that also builds on the use of the IEEE standards process. Dr. Krolikoski
maintains a strong global perspective to standards development and adoption and works
to ensure the DASC is well represented globally.
3.
Provide any other information and endorsement to indicate why the nominee
should receive the Award. Endorsements by more then one person familiar with the
nominee’s work is strongly encouraged.
Additional Information:
At Cadence, Dr. Krolikoski is Cadence’s main representative for its corporate
membership in the IEEE Standards Association. In this role, he has been sought by the
IEEE SA and CAG leadership to help address the issue of open-source in IEEE standards.
Prior to joining Cadence, he was CEO for ChipVision Design Systems, prior to that was
at Cadence for the first time, CLSI, IBM and Honeywell. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer
Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a second Ph.D. in
Philosophy from the same university. He also holds Philosophy degrees from the
University of Kansas and the Universiteit te Leuven in Belgium.
Endorsements:
Karen Bartleson:
I endorse Stan’s nomination for the Ron Waxman award. I’ve worked with Stan in several
capacities over the past 15 years in Accellera, IEEE-SA, and Si2. He is professional, fair,
and seeks the right standards solutions for the good of the industry.
Best regards,
Karen
Michael McNamara:
I heartily endorse the awarding of the Waxman award to Stan - he has established and
maintained a clear ambiance of civility and collaboration in the DASC for these past
years - collaboration among competitors.
Mac