John P. Hayes, the Claude E. Shannon Professor of Engineering Science, will retire from the EECS faculty on May 31, 2023, after 41 years at the University of Michigan. His career has been marked by explorations into the performance and reliability of computer architecture and computing systems, including computer aided design and testing, fault-tolerant design, and emerging computing technologies such as quantum computing and stochastic computing.
At university, John flourished as he immersed himself into the study of electrical engineering; this was reflected in his receipt of Class Prizes in 1963, 1964, and 1965. He completed internships during the summers which introduced him to the world of industry and practice of engineering. In 1962, he worked at Radio-Telefs ireann, the Irish Radio-Television Network in Dublin, Ireland. In 1963, he worked for Stadtwerke Bremen, a municipal electric power company in Bremen, Germany. And in 1964, he interned at Elin-Union, a manufacturer of electrical equipment in Vienna, Austria.
In terms of graduate study in computers, there were no options in Ireland, and only one or two in England; most programs were in the United States. John was fortunate enough to be admitted and get a research assistantship at the University of Illinois, where he worked in the Digital Computer Laboratory on a computer design and building project called ILLIAC III, a fine-grained SIMD (single instruction, multiple data) parallel processing pattern recognition computer. John spent two years in this group, where he was responsible for the logic design of the input-output channel control units of ILLIAC III.
For the final two years of his PhD study , John worked as a Research Assistant with the Switching Systems Group of the Coordinated Science Laboratory, where he carried out research on digital circuit testing, and for his PhD thesis he focused on digital design, logic design, and testing. This work set the course for research interests for many years to come.
In 1985, as the EECS Department was formed, John founded the Advanced Computer Architecture Laboratory, which exists today as the Computer Engineering Laboratory and is dedicated to creating a community around architectural innovation at Michigan. In the years after the merger, the EECS department evolved organizationally from three groups to two divisions, CSE and ECE. Although he had a joint appointment in these two units for a while, John ultimately concluded that his allegiance was to CSE.
Over the course of his career, John has made significant contributions to digital testing techniques and to switching theory and logical design. He has authored over 340 technical papers, several patents, and seven books including Computer Architecture and Organization, (McGraw-Hill, 3rd ed. 1998), Quantum Circuit Simulation (Springer, 2009), and Design, Analysis and Test of Logic Circuits under Uncertainty (Springer, 2012). He has advised 37 Ph.D. students.
John Patrick Hayes is an Irish-American computer scientist and electrical engineer, the Claude E. Shannon Chair of Engineering Science at the University of Michigan.[1] He supervised over 35 doctoral students, coauthored seven books and over 340 peer-reviewed publications.[2] His Erds number is 2.
Hayes has written extensively on the use of hypercube graphs in supercomputing,[5][6][7]He has also written highly cited research papers on fault-tolerant design,[8] reversible computing,[9] and stochastic computing.[10]
Hayes became an IEEE Fellow in 1985 "for contributions to digital testing techniques and to switching theory and logical design",[11] and an ACM Fellow in 2001 "for outstanding contributions to logic design and testing and to fault-tolerant computer architecture."[12] In 2004, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign department of electrical and computer engineering gave him their distinguished alumni award.[4]
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October 3, 2023 -- Now that summer has officially come to an end, we would like to highlight our junior designers and the incredible work they contributed over the last few months. It has been a pleasure working with them, and we cannot wait to see what they do in the future!
Teagan Robinson
Librarian
In 2020, Teagan graduated from Chapman University with a Bachelor's of Art in Television Production and a minor in set design. She wanted to work in a field that linked creativity to meaningful, functional solutions for people's lives. Currently, Teagan is in her final year of school, attending Drexel University and is pursuing a Master's of Science in Interior Architecture & Design.
Teagan is interning at BHA as our librarian, working on a mix of healthcare and hospitality projects. She emphasizes the welcoming environment at BHA and shares that she has learned a lot in a short period of time. "A key takeaway I have learned at BHA is - if you don't know, ask," explains Teagan. "Learning is a lifelong pursuit." Looking forward to her graduation this upcoming year, Teagan hopes to pass the NCIDQ and get LEED accredited. She would also like to become more active in the advocacy community to help protect the livelihood and wellbeing of designers in Pennsylvania.
Aaron Stills-Todd
Summer Intern
Aaron is currently going into his third year of architecture school at Thomas Jefferson University. He started at BHA as an intern in 2018 during his sophomore year at Cristo Rey Philadelphia High School through the school's work study program. Initially, Aaron had aspirations of pursuing a career in engineering, but after interning at BHA, he realized he wanted to be an architect. His dream is to design spaces that inspire collaboration and make a lasting impression on the people the spaces are designed for.
At BHA, Aaron highlights the Cobbs Creek Golf Course as one of his favorites. He is excited to see the groundbreaking, as he has been involved since the beginning of his time with BHA. Aaron admires the project for its significance to the community, located in the West Philadalphia neighborhood he calls home. "BHA has made a true impact on my life," shares Aaron. "Not just by influencing and molding me into a designer, but by nuturing and guiding me into adulthood. I am blessed to be a part of the BHA family."
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