Dr. David J. Greaves, PhD CEng. is a Senior Lecturer in Computing Science at the University of Cambridge, UK and a Fellow of Corpus Christi College.In 1995, Dr Greaves implemented CSYN, one of the first Verilog compilers for synthesising hardware specifically for field programmable gate arrays. This compiler was distributed widely among local companies on the Cambridge Science Park and also used for undergraduate teaching. It was licensed to a multinational to bundle with its own family of FPGAs.Dr Greaves holds at least five international patents in the field of communications and electronics. His current research interests remain in the field of compilation tools for design automation and scientific acceleration.