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About Rob A. Rutenbar

Rob A. Rutenbar is Senior Vice Chancellor for Research at the University of Pittsburgh, where he has responsibility for Pitt’s research and innovation infrastructure. He was previously on the faculty at the University of Illinois and at Carnegie Mellon, and holds appointments in CS and ECE at Pitt.

His research focuses on tools for chip design and hardware for AI. He has mentored 50+ graduate students, received numerous awards for his work, and launched two successful tech startups.

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Rutenbar Gives Keynote on Gen-AI at University of Illinois Chicago AI Ecosystem Symposium
Rutenbar Named Chair-Elect for APLU Council on Research
Rutenbar Speaks at NSF Workshop on “ImageNets” for EDA at NYU
Rutenbar Attends Pitt BioForge Beam Topping Celebration
Rutenbar Attends CMU Robotics Center Celebration
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