1. Given name:
   
2. Family name:
   
3. Email address (enter this with great care):
   
4. Phone number:
   
5. University:
   
6. Department:
   
7. Advisor:
   
8. Advisor's email address:
   
9. Years as a graduate student:
   
10. Primary areas of interest:
    Electrical-level circuit and timing simulation Discrete simulation Critical path analysis and timing verification Power estimation Testing, fault modeling and simulation, TPG, test validation and DFT Design and implementation verification (excluding layout verification) Floorplanning and placement Global and detailed routing Module generation and compaction, transistor sizing and cell library optimization, layout verification Technology independent, combinational logic synthesis Technology dependent logic synthesis, library mapping, interactions between logic design and layout Sequential logic synthesis and optimization High-level synthesis Asynchronous logic synthesis Hardware Description Languages Hardware/Software co-design, partitioning, system-level specification and design aids Software synthesis and retargetable compilation Hardware/Software co-simulation Interconnect and packaging modeling and extraction Signal integrity and reliability analysis Analog, mixed-signal, and RF design tools Microsensor and microactuator design tools Statistical design and yield maximization
11. Financial requirement:
    I will attend DASS only if I receive a scholarship from DASS. I may attend DASS without a scholarship, but doing so will bring me financial hardship. I will attend DASS with or without a scholarship from DASS.

Using no more than 300 words, indicate your reasons for choosing to do research on design automation and for wanting to attend DASS and describe your three most challenging programming experiences.