School of Computing Elmer E. Koch Professor Marilyn Wolf is the recipient of the 2025 Marie R. Pistilli Women in Electronic Design Award.
Wolf was recognized and presented with the award at the 62nd annual Design Automation Conference (DAC), held June 22-25 in San Francisco.
The Design Automation Conference (DAC) is the premier event devoted to the design and design automation of electronic chips and systems. DAC focuses on the latest methodologies and technology advancements in electronic design. Each year, DAC recognizes achievements and delivers a robust set of awards to both industry veterans, pioneers, innovators and up-and-comers.
The Marie R. Pistilli Women in Electronic Design Award is a prestigious annual honor that recognizes individuals who have visibly helped to advance women in electronic design. The award is named for the late Marie R. Pistilli, former organizer of DAC, who placed a high value on equality, diversity, and acceptance.
“I am grateful for the thoughtfulness of my colleagues,” Wolf said of receiving the award.
In addition to the Marie R. Pistilli Women in Electronic Design Award, Wolf has earned several other accolades for her contributions to the computing field, including the ACM SIGDA Distinguished Service Award, the IEEE Leon K. Kirchmayer Graduate Teaching Award, the IEEE Computer Society Goode Memorial Award, the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society Education Award, and the American Society for Engineering Education Terman Award. She is also a fellow of ACM and IEEE, and a Golden Core member of IEEE Computer Society.
Wolf joined the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2019 as chair of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering and became founding director of the School of Computing in 2021. She was named the director for engineering and technology initiatives in the Office of Research and Innovation in 2023. Prior to her roles at Nebraska, she was Farmer Distinguished Chair and Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar at the Georgia Institute of Technology, a professor at Princeton University, and a member of the technical staff at AT&T Bell Laboratories. Wolf received her bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees in electrical engineering from Stanford University. Her other research interests include cyber-physical systems, Internet of Things, embedded computer vision, and VLSI systems.
DAC is recognized as the global event for chips to systems. DAC offers outstanding training, education, exhibits and superb networking opportunities for designers, researchers, tool developers and vendors. The conference is sponsored by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and is supported by ACM's Special Interest Group on Design Automation (SIGDA) and IEEE's Council on Electronic Design Automation (CEDA).
