Member of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: April 17, 2024

Jonathan Scott Rose, C.M.
Toronto, Ontario

Jonathan Rose has made groundbreaking innovations in the architecture and software used in field-programmable gate arrays. A professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Toronto, he created new methods for exploring the properties of these integrated circuits, which are powering devices used by millions of people in telecommunications, manufacturing and health care. As one of the leaders within the Entrepreneurship Hatchery, he has also fostered Canadian high-tech ventures.