DEGREES

1. •Ph. D. - University of Toronto, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Electronics Group, 1989.
   

2. •M.A.Sc. - University of Toronto, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Electronics Group, 1986.
   

3. •B.A.Sc. - University of Waterloo, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, 1983.
   

University Appointments

McGill University:

1. •Distinguished James McGill Professor, McGill University, 2022-present.
   

2. •James McGill Professor, January 2001 - 2022.
   

3. •Full Professor, January 2001-present.
   

4. •Associate Professor, June 1995 - December 2000.
   

5. •Assistant Professor, September 1989 - May 1995.
   

University of Toronto:

1. •Adjunct Professor, September 1989 - August 1995.
   

AWARDS

Research:

1. •Recipient of the Professor Peter Silvester Research Award, 2023.
   

2. •Distinguished James McGill Professorship, McGill University, 2022.
   

3. •James McGill Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Chaired Position, McGill University (equivalent to a Canadian Research Chair tier 1 award):
   

4. -    2nd Renewal 2015-2022.
   

5. -    1st Renewal  2008-2014.
   

6. -    Original Appointment 2001-2007.
   

7. •2007 Engineering Council Outstanding Performance Award, National Semiconductor Corporation.
   

8. •Elected as a Fellow Of The IEEE, 2004 "for contributions to the design and test of analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits, and education."
   

9. •Distinguished lecturer for the IEEE Computer Society, 2001-2003.
   

10. •2000 Best Tutorial Award, Test Technology Technical Council of the IEEE Computer Society.
    

11. •Best Paper Award with M. Hafed and N. Abaskharoun, IEEE International Test Conference for the paper entitled: A Stand-Alone Integrated Test Core For Time And Frequency Domain Measurements, 2000.
    

12. •Distinguished lecturer for the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society, 1998-2001.
    

13. •Honorable Mention Award for Best Paper with A. Lu, IEEE International Test Conference, for the paper entitled: An Analog Multi-Tone Signal Generator For Built-In Self-Test Applications, 1994.
    

14. •Honorable Mention Award for Best Paper with M. Toner, IEEE International Test Conference, for the paper entitled: A BIST Scheme for an SNR Test of a Sigma-Delta ADC, 1993.
    

Student Awards (Supervised and co-authored by Prof. Roberts):

1. •A. Chowdhury, Recipient of the Best Student Paper Award for paper entitled: “Performance Investigation Of A 1-Bit Periodic Sigma-Delta Phase-Signal Generator For Mixed-Signal Embedded Test,” Proceedings of the International Conference on Electronic Measurement & Instruments, Chengdu, China, August 2011.
   

2. •C. Taillefer, Recipient of the 2nd Place Best Student Paper Award, for the paper “Delta-Sigma Analog-to-Digital Conversion via Time-Mode Signal Processing,” IEEE 2007 International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, New Orleans, USA, May 2007.
   

3. •2006 M. Safi-Harb, Recipient of the Best Student Paper Award, for the paper entitled: "Embedded narrow pulse measurement in digital CMOS,” IEEE 2006 Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference.
   

4. •2006 M. Safi-Harb, second place in the Operational Chip Design Category of the 2006 IEEE DAC/ISSCC Student Design Contest for the paper entitled: "Increasing the Time Dynamic Range of Pulse Measurement Techniques in Digital CMOS,' by M. Safi-Harb and G. W. Roberts (International Award).
   

5. •2004 M. Hafed, Recipient of the Inaugural 2004 Network of Centers of Excellence (NCE) Young Innovator Award.
   

6. •M. Shafi-Harb, Recipient of the 2003 Annual Micronet Workshop Best Paper Award for the paper entitled: "Low power ADCS for ADSL Applications in 0.18 micron CMOS Technology".
   

7. •M. Hafed, Recipient of the D. W. Ambridge Prize (awarded to an outstanding Ph.D. candidate in any field of Science and Engineering at McGill University) for the thesis entitled: Analog and Mixed-Signal Test Methods Using On-Chip Embedded Test Cores, Ph.D. Thesis, McGill University, November 2002.
   

8. •Best Paper Award, M. Hafed, MICRONET 10th Anniversary Workshop, for the paper entitled: A Complete Mixed-Signal Test Core. (Micronet is a Canadian Network of Centres of Excellence on Microelectronic Devices, Circuits and Systems, 2000.
   

Teaching:

1. •Education Award, bourse d’enseignment en genie, Ministére do l’Éducation, du Loisir et du Sport, Quebec Government, 2009-2018.
   

2. •Principal's Prize for Excellence in Teaching, University-Wide Teaching Award, McGill University, 2001.
   

3. •Departmental Teacher Award, Department of Electrical Engineering, McGill University, 1994/95.
   

4. •Outstanding Departmental Teacher Award, Department of Electrical Engineering, McGill University, 1993/94.
   

5. •Engineering Class of 51' Award for Outstanding Teaching, Faculty of Engineering, McGill University, 1992/93.
   

6. •Overall Best Teacher Award, Department of Electrical Engineering, McGill University, 1992/93.
   

7. •Teaching Assistant Award, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Toronto, 1988/89.
   

Leadership Awards Or Recognition:

1. •Outstanding Contribution Award, IEEE Philadelphia Section, 2015.
   

2. •Meritorious Service Award, IEEE International Test Conference, 2014
   

3. •Meritorious Service Award, IEEE Computer Society, 2010
   

4. •Continuing Service Award, IEEE Computer Society, 2006
   

5. •Certificate of Appreciation, IEEE Computer Society, 2005.
   

6. •Outstanding Contribution Award, IEEE Computer Society, 2004.
   

7. •Golden Core Member, IEEE Computer Society, 2004.
   

8. •Certificate of Appreciation, Area Editor, IEEE Design & Test Magazine, 2002.
   

9. •Certificate of Appreciation, IEEE Computer Society, 2001.
   

10. •Certificate of Appreciation, Associate Editor, IEEE Circuits and Circuits Society, 1997.
    

11. •Certificate of Appreciation, Board Member, IEEE Circuits and Circuits Society, 1996.
    

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS

1. •Board of Directors, The Canadian MicroSystems Corporation, 2005-2007.
   

2. •Chief technical Officer of DFT MicroSystems Canada, Inc., 2004-2005.
   

3. •President and Chief Executive Officer of DFT MicroSystems Canada, Inc., 2002-2004.
   

4. •Distinguished Lecturer, IEEE Circuits and Systems Society, 2000-2002.
   

5. •Member of the Technical Board of Advantest America, 2002-present.
   

6. •Board of Directors, The Canadian Microelectronic Corporation, 1999-2005.
   

7. •Distinguished Lecturer,, IEEE Computer Society, 1996-1999.
   

8. •Director, Microelectronics and Computer System Laboratory, McGill University, 1993/1996, 1997/2003.
   

9. •Member, Association of Professional Engineers of Ontario, 1995-present
   

10. •Editor, IEEE, Design & Test of Computers, July/96 - July/01.
    

11. •Chairman, Analog Signal Processing Committee of the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society, 1995/96.
    

12. •Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems, Part II, 1996/97.
    

13. •Associate Member, Graduate Faculty of the Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Toronto, 1990/96.
    

14. •Member, Board of Governors of the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society, 1993/95.
    

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