Sam Palermo

Sam Palermo is Professor and J.W. Runyon Jr. Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University's College of Engineering. He holds a Ph.D. from Stanford University and M.S./B.S. degrees from Texas A&M University.

Palermo's research develops:

• High-speed electrical/optical interconnect circuits
• Clock generation/recovery systems (PLL/DLL/CDR)
• Variability-tolerant analog/mixed-signal ICs
• Energy-efficient wireline communications

His publications demonstrate consistent innovation in integrated circuit design for optical communications, with recent work on silicon photonic transceivers, jitter-robust multicarrier systems, and radiation-hardened oscillators. Research bridges high-frequency circuit design with advanced photonics integration.

Palermo has contributed to optical interconnect standards and developed testbeds for tera-scale computing interfaces. His work on CMOS-photonic integration has enabled high-bandwidth interconnects for data centers and HPC systems.

He serves on technical committees for IEEE conferences including the International Solid-State Circuits Conference and Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC).