March 15-18, 2026
University Club Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Professor Jens Lienig



BIOGRAPHY


Jens Lienig received his M.Sc. (diploma), Ph.D. (Dr.-Ing.) and Habilitation degrees in Electrical Engineering from Dresden University of Technology, Dresden, Germany, in 1988, 1991 and 1996, respectively. He is currently a Full Professor of Electrical Engineering at Dresden University of Technology (TU Dresden) where he is also Director of the Institute of Electromechanical and Electronic Design (IFTE).

Previously, from 1999 to 2002 he worked as Tool Manager at Robert Bosch GmbH in Reutlingen, Germany, and from 1996 to 1999 he was with Tanner Research Inc. in Pasadena, CA. From 1994 to 1996 he was a Visiting Assistant Professor with the Department of Computer Science, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, and from 1991 to 1994 a Postdoctoral Fellow at Concordia University in Montréal, QC, Canada.

His current research interests are in physical design automation, with a special emphasis on electromigration avoidance, 3D design, and constraint-driven design methodologies of analog circuits. Professor Lienig has served on the Technical Program Committees of the DATE, SLIP and ISPD conferences. He was General Chair of ISPD 2021. He also authored 8 books on EDA and physical design topics published by Springer. Professor Lienig is a Senior Member of IEEE.

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