GERMANTOWN, MD, May 24, 2006 - Dr. Tarek El-Ghazawi, a world-recognized leader in the field of High Performance Reconfigurable Computing, has joined DSPlogic's Technical Advisory Board.
"We are extremely pleased to be working with Dr. El-Ghazawi." said Michael Babst, president of DSPlogic. "I have no doubt that his extraordinary talents will help us to continue the growth and success of DSPlogic."
"I have been very impressed with DSPlogic's products and potential." said Dr. El-Ghazawi. "They have what it takes to help domain scientists easily develop reconfigurable computing applications. I am looking forward to working with DSPlogic and contributing to their success."
Tarek El-Ghazawi is a Professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the George Washington University, and the founding director of the GWU High-Performance Computing Laboratory (HPCL). He is also the founding Co-Director of the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Center for High Performance Reconfigurable Computing (CHREC).
Prior to GWU has was with George Mason University. Dr. El-Ghazawi has served as a Visiting Scientist at NASA GSFC and NASA ARC, and in many consulting/advising roles for leading organizations. El-Ghazawi has received his Ph.D. degree in 1988 from New Mexico State University in Electrical and Computer Engineering. Dr. El-Ghazawi’s research focuses on high-performance computing, reconfigurable computing, computer architecture, performance evaluations and remote sensing applications. El-Ghazawi’s research has been sponsored by NASA, DoD, DARPA, NSF, IBM, SGI, Microsoft and other computing and reconfigurable computing vendors. Dr. El-Ghazawi is one of the principal co-authors of the high-performance computing language UPC. Dr. El-Ghazawi has published one book, several book chapters and well over a hundred refereed journal and conference proceedings papers. He has served in many editorial roles and in organizing many conferences and symposia. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE, a member of the ACM, and a member of Phi Kappa Phi.
About DSPlogic, Inc.
DSPlogic is a leading provider of high-quality, FPGA-based, reconfigurable computing and signal processing products and services. DSPlogic's set of algorithm-to-FPGA design tools helps customers rapidly develop verified algorithm implementations using today's leading FPGA platforms. DSPlogic serves organizations ranging from small start-ups, to Fortune 500 companies, to U.S. government agencies. Go to www.dsplogic.com for more information.