Encyclopedia of Circuits and Systems

From the Contenst: Theory and Fundamentals: Basic circuit theory.- Linear and nonlinear circuits and systems.- Chaos and bifurcations.- Neural Networks and Systems.- Cellular Neural Networks.- Support Vector Machines.- Graphs and Computational Methods.- Systems and Signal Processing: Fixed and adaptive digital filters.- Multi-Dimensional Systems and Multirate Systems.

Georges GIELEN received the MSc and PhD degrees in Electrical Engineering from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium, in 1986 and 1990, respectively. In 1990, he was a visiting lecturer at the department of Electrical Engineering UC Berkeley. From 1991 on he was appointed at the Department of Electrical Engineering (ESAT) of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, where he currently is Full Professor and the Head of the Microelectronics And Sensors (MICAS) research group.

His research interests are in the design of analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits, and especially in analog and mixed-signal CAD tools and design automation. He has authored or coauthored five books and more than 350 papers in edited books, international journals and conference proceedings. He regularly is a member of the Program Committees of international conferences (DAC, ICCAD, ISCAS, DATE, CICC), and served as General Chair of the DATE conference in 2006 and of the ICCAD conference in 2007. He serves regularly as member of editorial boards of international journals (IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems, Springer international journal on Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing, Elsevier Integration). In 1997 he received the Laureate of the Belgian Royal Academy on Sciences in the discipline of Engineering. He received the 2000 Alcatel Award from the Belgian National Fund of Scientific Research for his innovative research in telecommunications.

He is a Fellow of the IEEE, served as elected member of the Board of Governors of the IEEE Circuits And Systems (CAS) Society. He served as the President of the IEEE Circuits And Systems Society in 2005. He was elected DATE Fellow in 2007, and received the IEEE Computer Society Outstanding Contribution Award and the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society Meritorious Service Award in 2007. He currently serves as Chairman of the IEEE Benelux Section.