EDA Achievement Award and EDA-Medal

With the EDA Achievement Award, the edacentrum honors and rewards significant, excellent research and development contributions in the area of Electronic Design Automation that have been achieved by projects funded by the German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), under the “IKT 2020” research programs for information and communication technology or by comparable also international research programs.

Eligible contributions include those of an individual person or team which significantly contributed to the goals of the IKT 2020 research program.

Of particular consideration are those contributions that demonstrated substantial, quantifiable improvements in the design process and that achieved significant benefits in industrial applications.

Awarded annually since 2002, the EDA medal honours the achievements of an individual of special merit engaged in electronic design automation (EDA). The EDA Medal is awarded to only those individuals who have made a significant, lasting contribution to EDA development in Germany and in the world.

The EDA Medal is a mark of recognition, not a reward. Candidates are recommended by the edacentrum management board, and the winner is selected by the association’s steering committee. The medal is presented to the winner at the edaWorkshop in the spring of every year.

The edacentrum has announced the EDA Achievement Award 2024. Applications must be sent infoedacentrum [dot] de (by e-mail) to edacentrum e.V. by February 2, 2024.  to the announcement [1]. (in German only).

Dipl.-Phys. Jürgen Schlöffel getting his EDA medal from the edacentrum board and Laudator Andreas Glowatz from Siemens EDA more (German only) [2]

f.l.t.r.: Prof. Dr. Ulf Schlichtmann, Dr. Jürgen Haase, Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Nebel (all edacentrum board), Prof. Dr. Jürgen Scheible and the laudators Prof. Dr. Ralf Sommer and Georg Gläser (both IMMS) more [2] (in German only).

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Wolfgang Rosenstiel was posthumously awarded the EDA Medal 2022 at the edaWorkshop22 for his life's work in research, development, promotion and application in the field of Electronic Design Automation (EDA). more [2] (in German only).

EDA Medal 2021:
Bernd Becker

Conferment of the EDA-Achievent Award 2022 to Holger Eisenreich from Raisycs GmBH by Prof. Dr. Ulf Schlichtmann (Board edacentrum. l.) and laudator Dr. Ulrich Hensel (GLOBALFOUNDRIES Dresden, r.). more  [2] (in German only).

The virtual conferment of the EDA Medal 2021 to Prof. Dr. Bernd Becker (m.) by laudator Prof. Dr. Ilia Polian (b.r.) and the edacentrum board, Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Nebel (b.l.), Prof. Dr. Ulf Schlichtmann (u.l.) and Dr.-Ing. Jürgen Haase (r. m.). more  [2] (in German only).

Honoured Dr. Alexander Viehl from FZI together with mit Laudator Dr.-Ing. Jan-Hendrik Oetjens Jürgen from Robert Bosch. more  [2](in German only).

Honoured Dipl.-Phys. Ralf Pferdmenges (2nd f. r.) with Dr.-Ing. Jürgen Haase (l.) and Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Nebel (r.), memebers of the edacentrum board as well as Laudator Prof. Dr. Erich Barke (2nd. f. l.). (more [4]in German only).

The winner of the EDA Achievement Award in 2011, Fabian Wagner (middle) of the University of Technology of Hamburg-Harburg, together with edacentrum board member, Dr. Jürgen Haase, (right), and the presenter of the award Dr. Klaus Eckl of Synopsys GmbH (left). more [19] (German only)

Prof. Dr. Walter Anheier holding the EDA Medal, with edacentrum board members and Mr. Jürgen Schlöffel of Mentor Graphics, after the award ceremony in Hannover.  more [20] (German only)

The winner of the EDA Achievement Award in 2010, Peter Jores (holding the award) of Robert Bosch GmbH, together with edacentrum board members, Dr. Jürgen Haase, (right), Prof. Dr. Erich Barke (behind) and Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Rosenstiel (left).
more [21] (German only)

Prof. Dr. Dr. Franz Rössler flanked by edacentrum board members and Mr. Lutz Wenzel of the DLR, after the award ceremony in Dresden. more [22] (German only)

The winner of the EDA Achievement Award in 2008, Karsten Einwich (holding the award), scientist at the Graunhofer Society IIS/EAS, together with edacentrum board members, Dr. Jürgen Haase, (right), Prof. Dr. Erich Barke (far left) and Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Rosenstiel (second left). more [23] (German only)

Prof. Dr. Wolfram Glauert (holding the EDA medal) of the University Erlangen-Nürnberg together with the board members of the edacentrum Dr. Jürgen Haase, Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Rosenstiel and Prof. Dr. Erich Barke (from the left) and Dr. Peter van Staa, chairman of the steering committee edacentrum (on the right).

The winner of the EDA Achievement Award in 2007, Gerhard Angst (2^nd from right), founder and manager of Concept Engineering GmbH, together with edacentrum board members, Dr. Jürgen Haase, (far left), Prof. Dr. Erich Barke (2^nd from left) and Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Rosenstiel (far right).

Mr. Udo Steinkopf (2^nd from right), formerly of Infineon Technologies AG receives the EDA Medal from Prof. Dr. Erich Barke, Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Rosenstiel, chairman of edacentrum’s board, and Dr. Jürgen Haase, edacentrum’s manager (far left). more [24] (German only)

Mr. Reimund Wittmann (2^nd from left) receives the award from chairman of the edacentrum board, Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Rosenstiel (far right) during the edaForum06 in Berlin, with edacentrum’s Prof. Dr. Erich Barke and Dr. Jürgen Haase looking on. more [25] (German only)

Dr. Peter Schwarz (middle) of the Fraunhofer Institute of Integrated Circuits, Dresden is congratulated by Dr. Peter van Staa (far left), speaker of the steering committee, Prof. Dr. Erich Barke (2^nd from left) and Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Rosenstiel (2^nd from right), chairman of the edacentrum board, and Dr. Jürgen Haase, edacentrum’s manager (far right). more [26] (German only)

Dr. Sebastian Sattler (2^nd from right) is presented with the award by Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Rosenstiel (far left), chairman of edacentrum’s board, at the edaForum05 in Hannover. more [27] (German only)

Prof. Dr. Klaus Waldschmidt (right) of the University of Frankfurt receives the EDA Medal from Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Rosenstiel, acting chairman of edacentrum’s board. more [28] (German only)

For his contributions to the development and proliferation of symbolic circuit analysis, Dr. Ralf Sommer and his team at Infineon Technologies AG (represented by Mrs. Irmtraud Rugen-Herzig) received the EDA Achievement Award in 2004.

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Prof. Dr. Detlef Schmid (right) of the University of Karlsruhe accepts the EDA Medal with obvious pleasure from Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Rosenstiel, acting chairman of edacentrum’s board. more [30]

Prof. Dr. Wolfram Büttner and the CVE team of Infineon Technologies AG received the EDA Achievement Award in 2003 for their contributions to increasing the efficiency and application breadth of formal verification methodology and technology. more [31] (German only)

Prof. Dr. Kurt Antreich (2^nd from right) of the University of Technology of Munich with the edacentrum’s board of directors. more [32] (German only)

The winner, Prof. Dr. Joachim Mucha (right) of the University of Hannover, receives the EDA Medal from Prof. Dr. Erich Barke, chairman of edacentrum’s board. more [33] (German only)