Alexander Y. Tetelbaum

Alexander Tetelbaum
Tetelbaum in 1990
Born (1948-08-16) 16 August 1948
Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
CitizenshipUnited States
Occupations
Known forContributions to electronic design automation and artificial intelligence
TitleFounding president of International Solomon University
Academic background
Alma materKyiv Polytechnic Institute
(MS, 1972; PhD, 1975; DEng, 1986)
Academic work
Institutions
Main interestsElectronic design automation

Alexander Y. Tetelbaum (born August 16, 1948) is a Ukrainian American computer scientist, inventor, and academic[1][2] who has contributed to electronic design automation (EDA) and artificial intelligence (AI) since the late 1960s;[1] and holds 46 U.S. patents in EDA and related fields.[3][4] Tetelbaum is the founding president of International Solomon University, the first Jewish university in Ukraine, established during a period of renewed efforts to address antisemitism in Ukraine.

Early life and education

He graduated from a Kyiv mathematical high school with a silver medal in 1966. Tetelbaum enrolled at the Kyiv Polytechnic Institute (KPI), now National Technical University of Ukraine "Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute" in 1966, graduating in 1972 with an MS in Electronics with honors. He earned his PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from KPI in 1975, with a dissertation on electronic design automation, and his Doctor of Engineering Science in 1986.[1][5]

Academic career

Tetelbaum began his academic career at KPI in 1973 as a junior scientist, becoming a professor in the Computer and Electrical Engineering Department in 1980.[6][7] Later, he founded and served as president of International Solomon University in Kyiv from 1991 to 1996, the first Jewish university in Ukraine. The university became a major academic center for computer science and Jewish studies in the post-Soviet era.[8]

He was a visiting and adjunct professor at Michigan State University from 1993 to 1996.[9][10]

Professional career

Tetelbaum worked as an engineer at the Kiev Institute of Cybernetics from 1972 to 1973, and later, he led the Design Automation Lab at Kyiv Polytechnic Institute from 1975 to 1987.[10]

In the United States, he served as EDA manager at Silicon Graphics Corporation from 1996 to 1998 and principal engineer at LSI Corporation from 1998 to 2012.[10] He founded and served as CEO of Abelite Design Automation, Inc., from 2012 to 2022.

Contributions in computer science

Tetelbaum has contributed to electronic design automation (EDA) and artificial intelligence (AI) since the 1960s.[1] His early work included methods for EDA, particularly physical design automation[11][12] and mathematical optimization;[13][14] and he developed force-directed placement[15][16][17] and topological routing methods.[18][19]

Tetelbaum generalized Rent's rule for hierarchical systems and large blocks, proposing a graph-based framework that extends applicability to arbitrary partition sizes with improved accuracy.[20][21][22]

Additional IEEE and related conference contributions from the mid-1990s include:

  • "Path Search for Complicated Function", 1995 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems[23]
  • "A Performance-driven Placement Approach of Standard Cells" (International Conference on Intelligent Systems, 1995)[24]
  • "Framework of a New Methodology for Behavioral to Physical Design Linkage" (38th Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, 1996)[25]
  • Statistical timing design and variations[26][27][28][29]
  • Test Methodologies[30][31]

These and other works and patents contributed to timing-driven placement, crosstalk reduction, clock tree synthesis, and interconnect optimization in VLSI design.

Patents

Tetelbaum holds 46 U.S. patents in EDA and related fields.[3][4] Notable examples include:

# Patent Number Title Year
1 US8181144 Circuit Timing Analysis Incorporating the Effects of Temperature Inversion[32] 2012
2 US9413363 Charge Pump With Matched Currents[33] 2014
3 US8922176 Programmable Slew Rate Power Switch[34] 2014
4 US8775995 Core Timing Prediction of Core Logic Through an Over-Core Window[35] 2014
5 US8694937 Implementing and Checking Electronic Circuits With Flexible Ramptime Limits[36] 2014

For the full list of patents, see Justia Patents[37] or Google Patents.[38]

Publications

Early publications in the Soviet Union

Before the appearance of American books on electronic design automation (EDA), Tetelbaum published several scientific books and monographs on the subject in Russian/Ukrainian.

  • Electronic Design Automation, Kiev: Znanie Publisher, 1975.[1]
  • Planar Design of Electronic Circuits, Kiev: Znanie Publisher, 1977.
  • Formal Design of Computer Systems, Moscow: Sovetskoe Radio, 1979.
  • CAD of Electronic Equipment: Topological Approach, Kiev: Vyssha Shkola, 1980; 2nd ed. 1981.
  • Automated Design of Electronic Circuits (1981)
  • CAD of VLSI Circuits, Kiev: Vyssha Shkola, 1983.
  • Topological Algorithms of Multilayer Printed Circuit Boards Routing, Moscow: Radio i Svyaz, 1983.
  • CAD of VLSI Circuits on Master Slice Chips, Moscow: Radio i Svyaz, 1988. * Increasing the Effectiveness of CAD Systems, Kiev: UMKVO, 1991.

Scientific Monographs (English)

  • Minimum Number of Timing Signoff Corners (2022)[39]

For a consolidated record of Tetelbaum's publications, see Alexander Y. Tetelbaum, Wikidata Q4720205.

Other publications

Tetelbaum also published educational books on problem-solving methods:

  • Yes-No Puzzles-Games[40]
  • Puzzle Games for Kids[41]
  • Solving Non-Standard Problems[42]
  • Solving Non-Standard Very Hard Problems[43]

Additionally, Tetelbaum published three thrillers:

  • Omerta Operations[44]
  • Executive Director[45]
  • Eruption Yacht[46]

Finally, he published his memoir and an entertaining book:

  • Unfinished Equations[47]
  • Artificially Intelligent Humor[48]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Baldwin, Howard (November 2005). "From the Ukraine with love". Electronic Business Magazine. 31 (11): 22–23.
  2. ^ "Ukrainian-born resident has bewildering résumé in science". Rossmoor News. February 9, 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Alexander Tetelbaum Inventions, Patents and Patent Applications". Justia Patents.
  4. ^ a b "Alexander Tetelbaum - Patents". Google Patents.
  5. ^ "Resident's Reflections: Ukrainian-born resident has bewildering resumé in science". Rossmoor News. February 9, 2021.
  6. ^ "National Technical University of Ukraine "Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute" – Official Website". kpi.ua. National Technical University of Ukraine "Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute".
  7. ^ "Alexander Tetelbaum". ResearchGate. Research interests: Electronic Design Automation, Artificial Intelligence, Optimization...
  8. ^ Smith, Mike (2023). "Looking Back: Ukraine and JN — A Long History". The Jewish News. Retrieved January 26, 2026.
  9. ^ "The First of Its Kind". The Jewish News. October 15, 1993. Retrieved January 26, 2026.
  10. ^ a b c "Alexander Tetelbaum". ACM Digital Library. Association for Computing Machinery.
  11. ^ Tetelbaum, A.; Shanblatt, M. A. (1996). Framework of a New Methodology for Behavioral to Physical Design Linkage. 38th Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems. Vol. 1. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: IEEE. pp. 318–321. doi:10.1109/MWSCAS.1996.549513.
  12. ^ Tetelbaum, A. (December 1995). "Generalized optimum path search". IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems. 14 (12): 1586–1590. doi:10.1109/43.476588. Retrieved January 11, 2026.
  13. ^ Tetelbaum, A. (1982). "Optimization of Layout with the Simplex Method". Electronic Design Automation (25). Kiev.
  14. ^ Tetelbaum, A. (1982). "Analysis of Routing Optimization Procedures". Electronic Design Automation (26). Kiev.
  15. ^ Tetelbaum, A. (1991). A Force Method of Different Shape Components Placement. Proceedings of the Conference on CAD Systems for VLSI Microcircuits. Lvov.
  16. ^ Petrenko, A.I.; Tetelbaum, A. (1975). An Analog Model for the Placement Problem. Transactions of Soviet Higher Education: Radioelectronics. No. 6. pp. 113–116.
  17. ^ Tetelbaum, A. (March 1994). Force Embedding of a Planar Graph. 26th IEEE Southeastern Symposium on System Theory. Athens, Ohio, USA: IEEE. pp. 2–6.
  18. ^ Petrenko, A.I.; Tetelbaum, A.; Zabaluev, N.N. (1980). "Topological Routing and Optimization". Analysis and Design Automation (2). Kiev.
  19. ^ Petrenko, A.I.; Tetelbaum, A.; Zabaluev, N.N. (1979). "Topological Routing of Multilayer PCBs". Analysis and Design Automation (3). Kiev.
  20. ^ Tetelbaum, A. (March 1995). Generalizations of Rent's Rule. 27th IEEE Southeastern Symposium on System Theory. Starkville, MS. pp. 11–16.
  21. ^ Tetelbaum, A. (March 1995). Estimations of Layout Parameters of Hierarchical Systems. 27th IEEE Southeastern Symposium on System Theory. Starkville, MS. pp. 123–128.
  22. ^ Tetelbaum, A. (February 1995). Estimation of the Graph Partitioning for a Hierarchical System. Seventh SIAM Conference on Parallel Processing for Scientific Computing. San Francisco, CA: SIAM. pp. 500–502.
  23. ^ Tetelbaum, A. (April–May 1995). Path Search for Complicated Function. 1995 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems. Seattle, WA. pp. 245–248.
  24. ^ Tetelbaum, A.; Wey, C.-L.; Bickart, T. A. (September 1995). A Performance-driven Placement Approach of Standard Cells. International Conference on Intelligent Systems. Gelendzhik, Russia: IEEE. pp. 31–35.
  25. ^ Tetelbaum, A.; Shanblatt, M. A. (1996). Framework of a New Methodology for Behavioral to Physical Design Linkage. 38th Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems. Vol. 1. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: IEEE. pp. 318–321.
  26. ^ Tetelbaum, A. (May–June 2007). Statistical STA: Crosstalk Aspect. 2007 International Conference on Integrated Circuits Design and Technology. Austin, Texas, USA: IEEE. pp. 27–32.
  27. ^ Venkatraman, R.; Tetelbaum, A.; Castagnetti, R. (June 2011). Experimental Methodology for Validating Timing Closure with Advanced On-Chip Variation (AOCV). Proceedings of the 48th Design Automation Conference (DAC 2011). San Diego, USA: IEEE. pp. 688–693. ISBN 978-1-4503-0636-2.
  28. ^ Tetelbaum, A.; Laubhan, R.; Keyser, D. (2011). Advanced OCV Timing Derating Experience (PDF). Proceedings of the SNUG Conference. San Jose: Synopsys Users Group. pp. 1–19.
  29. ^ Wu, S. H.; Tetelbaum, A.; Wang, L. C. (June 2–4, 2008). How Does Inversed Temperature Dependence Affect Timing Sign-off. 2007 International Conference on Integrated Circuits Design and Technology. Minatec, Grenoble, France: IEEE. pp. 297–300.
  30. ^ Callegari, N.; Bastani, P.; Wang, L. C.; Chakravatry, S.; Tetelbaum, A. (January 19–22, 2009). Path Selection for Monitoring Unexpected Systematic Timing Effects. Proceedings of the 14th Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASPDAC 2009). Yokohama, Japan: IEEE. pp. 781–786. ISBN 978-1-4244-2749-9.
  31. ^ Wu, S. H.; Chakravatry, S.; Tetelbaum, A.; Wang, L. C. (November 24–27, 2008). Refining Delay Test Methodology Using Knowledge of Asymmetric Transition Delay. Proceedings of the Seventh Asian Test Symposium. Sapporo, Japan: IEEE. pp. 137–142. ISBN 978-0-7695-3453-4.
  32. ^ US 8181144, Alexander Tetelbaum, "Circuit Timing Analysis Incorporating the Effects of Temperature Inversion", issued May 15, 2012 
  33. ^ US 9413363, Alexander Tetelbaum, "Charge Pump With Matched Currents", issued August 9, 2016 
  34. ^ US 8922176, Alexander Tetelbaum, "Programmable Slew Rate Power Switch", issued December 30, 2014 
  35. ^ US 8775995, Alexander Tetelbaum, "Core Timing Prediction of Core Logic Through an Over-Core Window", issued July 8, 2014 
  36. ^ US 8694937, Alexander Tetelbaum, "Implementing and Checking Electronic Circuits With Flexible Ramptime Limits", issued April 8, 2014 
  37. ^ https://patents.justia.com/inventor/alexander-tetelbaum
  38. ^ "Google Patents". patents.google.com.
  39. ^ Tetelbaum, Alexander (2022). Minimum Number of Timing Signoff Corners. Amazon.
  40. ^ Tetelbaum, Alexander (2017). Yes-No Puzzles-Games. Amazon.
  41. ^ Tetelbaum, Alexander (2017). Puzzle Games for Kids. Amazon.
  42. ^ Tetelbaum, Alexander (2018). Solving Non-Standard Problems. Amazon.
  43. ^ Tetelbaum, Alexander (2020). Solving Non-Standard Very Hard Problems. Amazon.
  44. ^ Tetelbaum, Alexander (2023). Omerta Operations. Amazon.
  45. ^ Tetelbaum, Alexander (2024). Executive Director. Amazon.
  46. ^ Tetelbaum, Alexander (2025). Eruption Yacht. Amazon.
  47. ^ Tetelbaum, Alexander (2025). Unfinished Equations. Amazon.
  48. ^ Tetelbaum, Alexander (2024). Artificially Intelligent Humor. Amazon.
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