Ronald A. Rohrer
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Ronald A. Rohrer | |
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 Ronald A. Rohrer | |
| Born | 19 August 1939 |
| Alma mater | UC Berkeley |
| Occupation | University Professor |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Computer Science, Electrical Engineering |
| Institutions | Southern Methodist University |
Ronald Alan Rohrer (born 1939) is an American computer scientist and electric engineer. He is best known for being the inventor of the SPICE circuit simulator.
He was born in 1939.
Education
He received the B.S. degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1960.[1]
He received his M.S. (1961) and Ph.D. (1963) degrees from the University of California (UC), Berkeley.[1]
Career
He has served as the professor emeritus of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University.[2]
He is currently the Cecil & Ida Green Chair Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Southern Methodist University.[3]
Academic career
He has supervised the doctoral dissertations of three students at UC Berkeley: Edward Butler, Stephen Director and Richard Dowell.[4]
