Xiaobo Sharon Hu is a Chinese-American computer scientist and engineer known for her work on hardware-software integration, power usage, and reliability of

embedded system An embedded system is a specialized computer system—a combination of a computer processor, computer memory, and input/output peripheral devices—that has a dedicated function within a larger mechanical or electronic system. It is e ...

s design, including work on power- and temperature-aware scheduling algorithms. She has also published highly cited work on

deep neural network Deep learning is a subset of machine learning that focuses on utilizing multilayered neural network (machine learning), neural networks to perform tasks such as Statistical classification, classification, Regression analysis, regression, and re ...

s, the

CORDIC CORDIC, short for coordinate rotation digital computer, is a simple and efficient algorithm to calculate trigonometric functions, hyperbolic functions, square roots, multiplications, divisions, and exponentials and logarithms In ma ...

algorithm for trigonometric calculations, and clocking of unconventional computer architectures. She is a professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the

University of Notre Dame The University of Notre Dame du Lac (known simply as Notre Dame; ; ND) is a Private university, private Catholic research university in Notre Dame, Indiana, United States. Founded in 1842 by members of the Congregation of Holy Cross, a Cathol ...

Education and career

Hu grew up in China as the daughter of two engineers. She studied engineering at

Tianjin University Tianjin University (TJU; zh, t=, , s=天津大学, p=, labels=no), previously Peiyang University (), is a National university, national Public university, public research university in Tianjin, China. Established in 1895 by a royal charter from ...

, graduating in 1982. After a master's degree in 1984 in electrophysics at the

Polytechnic Institute of New York The New York University Tandon School of Engineering (commonly referred to as Tandon) is the engineering and applied sciences school of New York University. Tandon is the second oldest private engineering and technology school in the United St ...

, she completed a Ph.D. in electrical engineering in 1989 at

Purdue University Purdue University is a Public university#United States, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in West Lafayette, Indiana, United States, and the flagship campus of the Purdue University system. The university was founded ...

. While continuing her graduate education, Hu worked as an engineer for

Delco Electronics Delco Electronics Corporation was the automotive electronics design and manufacturing subsidiary of General Motors based in Kokomo, Indiana, that manufactured ''Delco'' Automobile radios and other electric products found in GM cars. In 1972, Gen ...

, and after completing her Ph.D. she was a researcher for four years at

General Motors Research Laboratories General Motors Research Laboratories are the part of General Motors responsible for creation of the first known operating system ( GM-NAA I/O) in 1955 and contributed to the first mechanical heart An artificial heart is a device that replace ...

. In 1993 she returned to academia as an assistant professor in electrical and computer engineering and computer science at

Western Michigan University Western Michigan University (Western Michigan, Western or WMU) is a Public university, public research university in Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States. It was initially established as Western State Normal School in 1903 by Governor Aaron T. B ...

. She moved to the

in 1996, at that time and for several years later the only woman faculty member of her department. She earned tenure there as an associate professor in 2000, and was promoted to full professor in 2008. She has chaired the

Special Interest Group on Design Automation SIGDA, Association for Computing Machinery's Special Interest Group on Design Automation, is a professional development organization for the electronic design automation (EDA) community. SIGDA is organized and operated exclusively for educationa ...

of the

Association for Computing Machinery The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) is a US-based international learned society for computing. It was founded in 1947 and is the world's largest scientific and educational computing society. The ACM is a non-profit professional membe ...

since 2018 and has been editor-in-chief of ''ACM Transactions on Design Automation of Electronic Systems'' since 2020. Hu served as general chair of the 2018

Design Automation Conference The Design Automation Conference (DAC - The chips to systems conference) is an annual event that combines a technical conference with a trade show. It focuses on semiconductor and electronic system design, covering topics such as electronic desig ...

Recognition

Hu was named an

IEEE Fellow , the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is an American 501(c)(3) public charity professional organization for electrical engineering, electronics engineering, and ot ...

in 2016, "for contributions to resource management for embedded systems". She was named a 2021

ACM Fellow ACM Fellowship is an award and fellowship that recognises outstanding members of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). The title of ACM Fellow A fellow is a title and form of address for distinguished, learned, or skilled individuals ...

"for contributions to the design of power-constrained and real-time embedded systems".

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hu, Xiaobo Sharon Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American computer scientists American women computer scientists Chinese computer scientists Chinese women computer scientists Computer engineers Tianjin University alumni Polytechnic Institute of New York University alumni Western Michigan University faculty University of Notre Dame faculty Fellows of the IEEE 2021 fellows of the Association for Computing Machinery