He received his Dipl.-Ing. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Stuttgart, Germany, in 1997, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in information and computer science from the University of California, Irvine (UCI), in 1998 and 2004, respectively. Prior to joining UT Austin in 2008, he was an Assistant Researcher in the Center for Embedded Computer Systems (CECS) at UC Irvine, leading a research group to develop electronic system-level (ESL) design tools. Dr. Gerstlauer is co-author on 3 books and more than 65 conference and journal publications. His research interests include system-level design automation, system modeling, design languages and methodologies, and embedded hardware and software synthesis.