Fred J. Taylor (M'69-SM'82) received the Ph.D. from the University of Colorado, Boulder, in 1969.He is a Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer and Information Science at the University of Florida, Gainesville, having been on the faculties of the University of Cincinnati, and University of Texas at El Paso. He is the Director of the High-Speed Digital Architecture Laboratory and the Institute of Advanced Computer Research at the University of Florida. He has industrial experience with Texas Instrument. The Athena Group Inc., and Peregrine Engineering. He also is a consultant to industry and sits on several industrial advisory panels. He has authored more than 100 papers, authored or co-authored five textbooks, authored two encyclopedia chapters, contributed to several other monographs, and holds four U.S. patents.