Prof. Madhavan Swaminathan
Joseph M. Pettit Professor in Electronics
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Associate Director, Interconnect and Packaging Center
Georgia Institute of Technology

Room 1358
Klaus Advanced Computing Bulding
Georgia Institute of Technology
266 Ferst Dr. NW, Atlanta, GA-30332 Phone: 404-894-3340
email: madhavan.swaminathan@ece.gatech.edu

Madhavan Swaminathan received his B.E. degree in Electronics and Communication from the University of Madras and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Syracuse University. He is currently the Joseph M. Pettit Professor in Electronics in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Director of the Interconnect and Packaging Center (IPC), an SRC Center of Excellence at Georgia Tech. He was the Deputy Director of the Packaging Research Center, Georgia Tech from 2004 - 2008. He is the co-founder of Jacket Micro Devices, a company specializing in integrated devices and modules for wireless applications and the founder of E-System Design, an EDA company focusing on CAD solutions for integrated microsystems, where he serves as the CTO. Prior to joining Georgia Tech, he was with the Advanced Packaging Laboratory at IBM working on packaging for super computers.

Dr. Swaminathan has over 300 publications in refereed journals and conferences, has co-authored 3 book chapters, has 17 issued patents and has several patents pending. While at IBM, he reached the second invention plateau. He served as the Co-Chair for the 1998 and 1999 IEEE Topical Meeting on Electrical Performance of Electronic Packaging (EPEP), served as the Technical and General Chair for the IMAPS Next Generation IC & Package Design Workshop, serves as the Chair of TC-12, the Technical Committee on Electrical Design, Modeling and Simulation within the IEEE CPMT society and was the Co-Chair for the 2001 IEEE Future Directions in IC and Package Design Workshop. He is the co-founder of the IMAPS Next Generation IC & Package Design Workshop and the IEEE Future Directions in IC and Package Design Workshop. He also serves on the technical program committees of EPEP, Signal Propagation on Interconnects workshop, Solid State Devices and Materials Conference (SSDM), Electronic Components and Technology Conference (ECTC), and International Symposium on Quality Electronic Design (ISQED). He is the founder of Electrical Design of Advanced Packaging and Systems, a Signal Integrity Symposium in the Asian region. He is the author of the book "Power Integrity Modeling and Design for Semiconductors and Systems", Prentice Hall, 2007 and co-editor of the book "Introduction to System on Package (SOP)", McGraw Hill, 2008.

Dr. Swaminathan has been a guest editor for the IEEE Transactions on Advanced Packaging and IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques. He was the Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Components and Packaging Technologies. He is a Fellow of IEEE.

Dr. Swaminathan is the recipient of the 2002 Outstanding Graduate Research Advisor Award from the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Tech and the 2003 Outstanding Faculty Leadership Award for the mentoring of graduate research assistants from Georgia Tech. He is also the recipient of the 2003 Presidential Special Recognition Award from IEEE CPMT Society for his leadership of TC-12 and the IBM Faculty Award in 2004 and 2005. He has also served as the co-author and advisor for a number of outstanding student paper awards at EPEP '00, EPEP '02, EPEP '03, EPEP '04, EPEP '08, ECTC '08, ECTC '08, APMC '05 and the 1997 IMAPS Education Award. Dr. Swaminathan is the recipient of the Shri. Mukhopadyay best paper award at the International Conference on Electromagnetic Interference and Compatibility (INCEMIC), Chennai, India, 2003, the 2004 best paper award in the IEEE Transactions on Advanced Packaging, the 2004 commendable paper award in the IEEE Transactions on Advanced Packaging and the best poster paper award at ECTC '04 and '06. In 2007, Dr. Swaminathan was recognized for his research through the Technical Excellence Award given by Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) and Global Research Corporation (GRC).

Prof. Swaminathan's research interests are in mixed signal micro-system and nano-system integration with emphasis on design, CAD, electrical test and new architectures.