A technology company focused on industry, infrastructure, transport and healthcare, Siemens Canada, has made a significant donation to the University of Saskatchewan to create a tenured professor chair in the College of Engineering for research and teaching that develops local talent in the fast-growing industry of electronic design automation, or EDA.

A USask news release explains that EDA software is used to create electronic chips, which are used in almost all modern electronic devices. Siemens’ EDA software is used by the world’s largest technology companies,and its Saskatoon office is a centre of excellence for research, development and customer applications. Vice-president of research at USask, Baljit Singh, says, “The Siemens EDA Chair will greatly strengthen USask’s momentum in the development of electronic systems by providing engineers and computer scientists with the necessary skills to develop advanced software tools that design, simulate, and validate complex chips efficiently and accurately.