Kent State Expert in Design Automation Recognized for Contributions Benefiting Computing Professionals; Robert A. Walker Led Efforts to Increase Interaction Among ACM Computing Communities.

AScribe Business & Economics News Service, March, 2008

Byline: Association for Computing Machinery

NEW YORK, March 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Robert A. Walker, who oversaw the growth of ACM's Special Interest Group on Design Automation (SIGDA) and its portfolio of programs for computing professionals who design and produce electronic systems, will receive the 2007 Outstanding Contribution to ACM Award. Walker, an associate professor of computer science at Kent State University, chaired the ACM Special Interest Group (SIG) Governing Board, where he streamlined activities to create opportunities for collaboration among ACM's 34 SIGs representing the many technical communities that comprise the computing field.

Walker currently serves as a SIG representative on ACM's Council, and is chair of the Senior Member...

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