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'''Victor Berman''',<br/>
an American electrical engineer, computer scientist, manager, pioneer in the development of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardware_description_language hardware description languages], configurable [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_signal_processor DSP] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_design_automation EDA] solutions, and early computer chess programmer. While affiliated with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadence_Design_Systems Cadence Design Systems], Victor Berman pioneered in the development of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardware_description_language Hardware description languages] such as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VHDL VHDL], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verilog Verilog-XL], and as Board member of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPIRIT_Consortium The SPIRIT Consortium], in the development of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SystemVerilog System Verilog] standard. He was further board member of the [[IEEE]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_Standards_Association Standards Association]. Actually, Berman is managing partner of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuberger_Berman Berman Traders], and before, he worked with ''Wormser Energy Solutions, Inc.'' <ref>[http://wormserenergy.com/ Wormser Energy Solutions]</ref> as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_operating_officer COO], and served at ''Improv Systems Inc.'' <ref>[http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=7743598 Improv Systems Inc.: Company Information] - [http://www.businessweek.com/ BusinessWeek]</ref> as president and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_executive_officer CEO] <ref>[https://www.linkedin.com/pub/victor-berman/3/235/401 Victor Berman | LinkedIn]</ref>.
=CHAOS=
Victor Berman studied language design and electrical engineering in the interdisciplinary computer science graduate program at [[Carnegie Mellon University]], where he was also involved in the development of the chess program [[CHAOS]] <ref>[https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=42 Chaos' ICGA Tournaments]</ref>, along with [[Mike Alexander]], [[Fred Swartz]], [[Ira Ruben]], [[William Toikka]], [[Joe Winograd]] and later [[Mark Hersey]] and [[Jack O’Keefe]] <ref>pp. 52, Table I. History of the [[ACM North American Computer Chess Championship|ACM Tournaments]] from
[[Ben Mittman]], [[Monroe Newborn]] ('''1980'''). ''Computer chess at [[ACM 1979|ACM 79]]: the tournament and the man vs. man and machine match''. [[ACM#Communications|Communications of the ACM]], Vol. 23, Issue 1, [http://archive.computerhistory.org/projects/chess/related_materials/text/3-1%20and%203-2%20and%203-3.Computer_chess_at_ACM_79/3-1%20and%203-2%20and%203-3.Computer_chess_at_ACM_79.062303018.pdf pdf] from [[The Computer History Museum]]</ref>. CHAOS started at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RCA RCA] Systems Programming division in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinnaminson_Township,_New_Jersey Cinnaminson, NJ] with [[Fred Swartz]] and Victor Berman as first authors, Berman working on the very sophisticated [[Evaluation|evaluation]]. [[Mike Alexander]] and others joined the team later and CHAOS has been affiliated with the Computing Center of the [[University of Michigan]]. CHAOS was one of the strongest programs of its time, using an unique, knowledge based and selective [[Best-First|best-first]], iterative widening approach <ref>[http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/full_record.php?iid=doc-431614f6cdeeb The Eleventh ACM's North American Computer Chess Championship] as [http://archive.computerhistory.org/projects/chess/related_materials/text/3-1%20and%203-2%20and%203-3.1980_11th_ACM_NACCC/The_Eleventh_ACMs_North_American_Computer_Chess_Championship.1980.062303015.sm.pdf pdf reprint] from [[The Computer History Museum]]</ref>, keeping the [[Search Tree|search tree]] in memory.
=Selected Publications=
* [[Victor Berman]] ('''2004'''). ''[http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?arnumber=1363716 System-level design language standard needed].'' [[IEEE#DTC|IEEE Design & Test of Computers]], Vol. 21, No. 6
* [[Victor Berman]] ('''2005'''). ''[http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?arnumber=1401826 Is it time to reexamine patent policy for standards?]'' [[IEEE#DTC|IEEE Design & Test of Computers]], Vol. 22, No. 1
* [[Victor Berman]] ('''2007'''). ''[http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=4212078 Conflicting International Standards Pressure Chip Designers]''. [[IEEE#DTC|IEEE Design & Test of Computers]]
=External Links=
* [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/person.php?id=433 Victor Berman's ICGA Tournaments]
* [https://www.linkedin.com/pub/victor-berman/3/235/401 Victor Berman | LinkedIn]
* [http://www.design-reuse.com/news/15033/improv-systems-veteran-victor-berman-ceo.html Improv Systems Names Industry Veteran Victor Berman as New CEO] from [http://www.design-reuse.com/ Design And Reuse], January 17, 2007
=References=
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[[FILE:victorberman.jpg|border|right|thumb|link=https://www.linkedin.com/pub/victor-berman/3/235/401|Victor Berman <ref>[https://www.linkedin.com/pub/victor-berman/3/235/401 Victor Berman | LinkedIn]</ref> ]]
'''Victor Berman''',<br/>
an American electrical engineer, computer scientist, manager, pioneer in the development of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardware_description_language hardware description languages], configurable [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_signal_processor DSP] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_design_automation EDA] solutions, and early computer chess programmer. While affiliated with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadence_Design_Systems Cadence Design Systems], Victor Berman pioneered in the development of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardware_description_language Hardware description languages] such as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VHDL VHDL], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verilog Verilog-XL], and as Board member of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPIRIT_Consortium The SPIRIT Consortium], in the development of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SystemVerilog System Verilog] standard. He was further board member of the [[IEEE]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_Standards_Association Standards Association]. Actually, Berman is managing partner of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuberger_Berman Berman Traders], and before, he worked with ''Wormser Energy Solutions, Inc.'' <ref>[http://wormserenergy.com/ Wormser Energy Solutions]</ref> as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_operating_officer COO], and served at ''Improv Systems Inc.'' <ref>[http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=7743598 Improv Systems Inc.: Company Information] - [http://www.businessweek.com/ BusinessWeek]</ref> as president and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_executive_officer CEO] <ref>[https://www.linkedin.com/pub/victor-berman/3/235/401 Victor Berman | LinkedIn]</ref>.
=CHAOS=
Victor Berman studied language design and electrical engineering in the interdisciplinary computer science graduate program at [[Carnegie Mellon University]], where he was also involved in the development of the chess program [[CHAOS]] <ref>[https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=42 Chaos' ICGA Tournaments]</ref>, along with [[Mike Alexander]], [[Fred Swartz]], [[Ira Ruben]], [[William Toikka]], [[Joe Winograd]] and later [[Mark Hersey]] and [[Jack O’Keefe]] <ref>pp. 52, Table I. History of the [[ACM North American Computer Chess Championship|ACM Tournaments]] from
[[Ben Mittman]], [[Monroe Newborn]] ('''1980'''). ''Computer chess at [[ACM 1979|ACM 79]]: the tournament and the man vs. man and machine match''. [[ACM#Communications|Communications of the ACM]], Vol. 23, Issue 1, [http://archive.computerhistory.org/projects/chess/related_materials/text/3-1%20and%203-2%20and%203-3.Computer_chess_at_ACM_79/3-1%20and%203-2%20and%203-3.Computer_chess_at_ACM_79.062303018.pdf pdf] from [[The Computer History Museum]]</ref>. CHAOS started at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RCA RCA] Systems Programming division in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinnaminson_Township,_New_Jersey Cinnaminson, NJ] with [[Fred Swartz]] and Victor Berman as first authors, Berman working on the very sophisticated [[Evaluation|evaluation]]. [[Mike Alexander]] and others joined the team later and CHAOS has been affiliated with the Computing Center of the [[University of Michigan]]. CHAOS was one of the strongest programs of its time, using an unique, knowledge based and selective [[Best-First|best-first]], iterative widening approach <ref>[http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/full_record.php?iid=doc-431614f6cdeeb The Eleventh ACM's North American Computer Chess Championship] as [http://archive.computerhistory.org/projects/chess/related_materials/text/3-1%20and%203-2%20and%203-3.1980_11th_ACM_NACCC/The_Eleventh_ACMs_North_American_Computer_Chess_Championship.1980.062303015.sm.pdf pdf reprint] from [[The Computer History Museum]]</ref>, keeping the [[Search Tree|search tree]] in memory.
=Selected Publications=
* [[Victor Berman]] ('''2004'''). ''[http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?arnumber=1363716 System-level design language standard needed].'' [[IEEE#DTC|IEEE Design & Test of Computers]], Vol. 21, No. 6
* [[Victor Berman]] ('''2005'''). ''[http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?arnumber=1401826 Is it time to reexamine patent policy for standards?]'' [[IEEE#DTC|IEEE Design & Test of Computers]], Vol. 22, No. 1
* [[Victor Berman]] ('''2007'''). ''[http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=4212078 Conflicting International Standards Pressure Chip Designers]''. [[IEEE#DTC|IEEE Design & Test of Computers]]
=External Links=
* [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/person.php?id=433 Victor Berman's ICGA Tournaments]
* [https://www.linkedin.com/pub/victor-berman/3/235/401 Victor Berman | LinkedIn]
* [http://www.design-reuse.com/news/15033/improv-systems-veteran-victor-berman-ceo.html Improv Systems Names Industry Veteran Victor Berman as New CEO] from [http://www.design-reuse.com/ Design And Reuse], January 17, 2007
=References=
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