Newton 2002: Ronald A. Rohrer, electronic industry pioneer, entrepreneur, researcher and educator, who head led a students' circuit simulator projects, which had eventually led to the development of SPICE. 2001: Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli 2000: Paul (Yen-Son) Huang 1999: Hugo De Man, known for his contributions in creating and driving the development of design automation tools that have had measurable impact on the productivity of electronic design engineers. 1998: Ernest S. Kuh 1997: James Solomon 1996: Carver Mead 1995: Donald Pederson 1994: Hermann Gummel See also List of computer-related awards List of engineering awards References External links ESD Alliance IEEE Council on EDA Design awards Computer-related awards Electrical and electronic engineering awards