PISCATAWAY, NJ  – Dr. David Kung has been named chair of the IEEE Design Automation Technical Committee (DATC), effective July 1. During the transition, he will work with Dr. Juan-Antonio Carballo, DATC’s chair and partner with IBM Venture Capital Group. 
 
DATC is a technology member organization of the IEEE Council on Electronic Design Automation (CEDA) and provides a forum where researchers, developers, users and students can exchange ideas.
 
Dr. Kung is currently the senior manager of the design automation department at IBM Research. “David brings a tremendous wealth of research and management experience to DATC, along with impressive accomplishments in the electronic design automation field,” said Dr. Carballo.