Vasant Rao

Vasant Rao is a Senior Technical Staff Member at IBM, where they oversee transistor-level timing, noise, library characterization, and simulation tools. They have a robust background in static timing and circuit simulation, having developed key algorithms that enhance efficiency within IBM's design systems. Vasant's prior roles include serving as a Graduate Research Assistant and Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where they supervised graduate students and taught various courses. They hold a B.Tech. in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.