Aldec, Inc. announced that the University of California, San Diego has adopted Aldec’s emulation and verification tools for their new and innovative Master of Advanced Studies (MAS) program in Wireless Embedded Systems. As part of the mutual agreement, Aldec will supply Riviera-PRO™ mixed-language RTL and gate-level simulation and HES™ emulation solutions to provide the master’s program with world class commercial EDA products.

The UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering is launching a new master’s degree program tailored to the needs of industry and engineering professionals beginning in the Fall of 2011. The MAS program in Wireless Embedded Systems allows students to gain a deep and broad education in the multidisciplinary fundamentals of wireless communications and embedded system design. In this program, engineering professionals gain understanding of the tradeoffs between the hardware/software capabilities in embedded devices, and the limitations of the communication channel and communications algorithms. Courses are taught by UC San Diego’s electrical engineering, computer science, and computer engineering faculty.

“The MAS Wireless Embedded Systems program is a model for master’s degrees in engineering: intense hands on experience and training for the engineering talent of tomorrow in state of the art laboratories with substantial guidance from working engineers,” said professor Rajesh Gupta, Chair of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering. “We are grateful to Qualcomm, Aldec, Intel, Cypress, and other companies for making such labs possible.”

“We value greatly our commitment to education and believe in the importance of educating both working and future engineers with leading-edge verification methodologies and tools,” said Dr. Stanley Hyduke, CEO of Aldec Inc. “More importantly, we will be providing extensive tool support and training for the success of UC San Diego’s MAS program in Wireless Embedded Systems.”