David Weaver

Senior Research Scientist, Microcircuit Emulation Center, Integrated Systems and Solutions

David Weaver is a senior research scientist in SRI International’s Microcircuit Emulation Center (MEC) in Princeton, NJ. He is focused on physical reverse engineering of microcircuits using electron beam and optical microscopy, trusted supply chain for microelectronics, customer outreach, and business development for the MEC.

Previously, Weaver worked as a senior research associate at the University of Cambridge at the Cavendish Laboratory (Department of Physics) and in the Department of Engineering, developing techniques and tools for extracting design data through physical reverse engineering of microcircuits.

Weaver holds a Ph.D. degree in physics from University of York and a B.Sc. degree in physics with astrophysics from University of Leeds.

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Fast, Full Chip Image Stitching of Nanoscale Integrated Circuits (3/28/2019) - The rapid progression of semiconductor technology has significantly impacted the ability to examine and analyze complex integrated circuits (ICs). Small…

How accurate is automated gap filling of metabolic models? (1/1/2018) - Reaction gap filling is a computational technique for proposing the addition of reactions to genome-scale metabolic models to permit those…

The EcoCyc Database: Reflecting New Knowledge About Escherichia Coli K-12 (1/1/2017) - EcoCyc (EcoCyc.org) is a freely accessible, comprehensive database that collects and summarizes experimental data for Escherichia coli K-12, the best-studied…