Marco Ottavi is currently with AMD. He previously held post doc positions with Sandia National Laboratories and with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of Northeastern University in Boston. He received the Ph.D. in Microelectronics and Telecommunications Engineering from University of Rome "Tor Vergata" and the Laurea degree in Electronic Engineering from University of Rome "La Sapienza". His research interests include yield and reliability modeling, fault-tolerant architectures, on-line testing and design of nano scale circuits and systems.