Todd Austin — CEO

Todd Austin is a Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. His research interests include computer architecture, robust and secure system design, hardware and software verification, and performance analysis tools and techniques. From 2012-2017, Todd was the director of C-FAR, the Center for Future Architectures Research, a multi-university SRC/DARPA funded center that was seeking technologies to scale the performance and efficiency of future computing systems. Prior to joining academia, Todd was a Senior Computer Architect in Intel's Microcomputer Research Labs, a product-oriented research laboratory in Hillsboro, Oregon. Todd is the first to take credit (but the last to accept blame) for creating the SimpleScalar Tool Set, a popular collection of computer architecture performance analysis tools. Todd is co-author (with Andrew Tanenbaum of Vrije Universiteit) of the undergraduate computer architecture textbook, "Structured Computer Architecture, 6th Ed." In addition to his work in academia, Todd is founder of SimpleScalar LLC, and co-founder of Agita Labs Inc. and InTempo Design LLC. In 2002, Todd was a Sloan Research Fellow, and in 2007 he received the ACM Maurice Wilkes Award for "innovative contributions in Computer Architecture including the SimpleScalar Toolkit and the DIVA and Razor architectures." Todd is an IEEE Fellow, and he received his PhD in Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin in 1996.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a leader in Computer Architecture and Hardware Security within the academic and tech startup sectors.

Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Experience: 33 yrs 5 mos

Skills

Computer Architecture
Hardware Security
Computer Hardware

Career Highlights

Director of the prestigious Computer Engineering Lab at UofM.
Founder of multiple innovative tech companies.
ACM Maurice Wilkes Award recipient for contributions to Computer Architecture.

Work Experience

University of Michigan

CE Lab Director (1 yr 6 mos)

S. Jack Hu Collegiate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering (6 yrs)

Professor (26 yrs 8 mos)

Agita Labs

Founder and CEO (7 yrs 10 mos)

Applications Driving Architectures (ADA) Center

Chief Evangelist (5 yrs 9 mos)

Addis Ababa Institute of Technology

Adjunct Professor of Electrical Computer Engineering (9 yrs 2 mos)

Center for Future Architectures Research (C-FAR)

Director (4 yrs 11 mos)

Intel Corporation

Senior Computer Architect (3 yrs 1 mo)

Xerox

Design Engineer (3 yrs 7 mos)

Education

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) at University of Wisconsin-Madison

Master of Science (MS) at Rochester Institute of Technology

Bachelor of Science (BS) at University of Wisconsin-Madison

Todd Austin

CEO

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States33 yrs 5 mos experience

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Key Highlights

Director of the prestigious Computer Engineering Lab at UofM.
Founder of multiple innovative tech companies.
ACM Maurice Wilkes Award recipient for contributions to Computer Architecture.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a leader in Computer Architecture and Hardware Security within the academic and tech startup sectors.

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Skills

Core Skills

Computer ArchitectureHardware SecurityComputer Hardware

Other Skills

AI hardware acceleratorsquantum computingprivacy-enhanced hardware technologiesenergy-scavenging embedded systemsComputer Hardware SecurityReliable system designHardware and software verificationPerformance analysis toolsCompiler designOperating systems developmentFPGA developmentAlgorithmsParallel ComputingHigh Performance ComputingSimulations

About

Experience

University of michigan

3 roles

CE Lab Director

Promoted

Sep 2024 – Present · 1 yr 6 mos

I am Director of the University of Michigan's Computer Engineering Lab (CELab), which is perhaps the most venerable and storied Computer Engineering Lab in academia today. With 16 faculty, nearly 300 graduate students, and over 1000 undergraduates, the lab is a vibrant space for cutting-edge research in AI hardware accelerators, quantum computing, privacy-enhanced hardware technologies, energy-scavenging embedded systems, and beyond.

AI hardware acceleratorsquantum computingprivacy-enhanced hardware technologiesenergy-scavenging embedded systemsComputer ArchitectureHardware Security

S. Jack Hu Collegiate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering

Mar 2020 – Present · 6 yrs

Hardware SecurityComputer HardwareComputer Architecture

Professor

Jul 1999 – Present · 26 yrs 8 mos

I lead research efforts into the design and implementation of high-performance, power-efficient, secure, reliable, and cost-effective computing systems. My research interests include computer architecture, computer hardware security, reliable system design, hardware and software verification, and performance analysis tools and techniques. I work broadly in the computer design stack, from systems software, to architectures, to microarchitectures, and circuits.

Computer ArchitectureComputer Hardware SecurityReliable system designHardware and software verificationPerformance analysis toolsHardware Security

Agita labs

Founder and CEO

May 2018 – Present · 7 yrs 10 mos · Ann Arbor, MI

Agita Labs makes TrustForge, a cryptographically secure privacy programming technology that allows organizations to implement strong privacy protocols within existing devops on Microsoft Azure and Amazon AWS. We are recruiting experienced systems designers with skills in the areas of compiler design, hardware design, operating systems development, and FPGA development.

Hardware SecurityComputer HardwareCompiler designOperating systems developmentFPGA development

Applications driving architectures (ada) center

Chief Evangelist

Jan 2018 – Oct 2023 · 5 yrs 9 mos · Ann Arbor, MI

Besides being a Principal Investigator in the ADA Center, I lead the outreach efforts toward sponsors and graduate students. The ADA Center (Applications Driving Architectures) is a 5-year funded SRC/DARPA funded center at University of Michigan. The center is focused on defining the nature of scalable system design in the post Moore's Law era.

Hardware SecurityComputer Hardware

Addis ababa institute of technology

Adjunct Professor of Electrical Computer Engineering

Jan 2017 – Present · 9 yrs 2 mos · Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

For more than a decade, I have been working with the Addis Ababa Institute of Technology to help colleagues there develop Computer Science courses and graduate education capacity. At Michigan, I serve as co-organizer of the EMC^2 initiative (Ethiopia-Michigan Collaborative Consortium), which serves faculty and students with interest in engaging in research and educational opportunities with Ethiopian colleagues.

Computer Hardware

Center for future architectures research (c-far)

Director

Jan 2013 – Dec 2017 · 4 yrs 11 mos · Ann Arbor, MI

I led the Center for Future Architectures Research (C-FAR) for its 5-year run, while supporting 27 faculty at 14 US universities and 90+ graduate students. The center was focused on scalable system design in the 2020-2030 time frame.

Computer Hardware

Intel corporation

Senior Computer Architect

Apr 1996 – May 1999 · 3 yrs 1 mo

As a Senior Computer Architect in Intel's Microcomputer Research Labs, I led microarchitecture research efforts for future-generation microprocessors. Other responsibilities included management of associate researchers, computer system simulator design and implementation, and development of university relations.

Computer Hardware

Xerox

Design Engineer

Jan 1988 – Aug 1991 · 3 yrs 7 mos

I was employed as an Associate Engineer with work in both hardware and software areas. My initial project involved the development of high-speed disk arrays (18 MB/sec) used in high-speed digital printers and copiers. Later, my work included the development of embedded processor simulation tools and design and development of an X server for the Xerox D-Machines.

Computer Hardware