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2015 Symposium Program
May 20 - 22, 2015
Hyatt Regency
Vancouver, Canada
Updated May 25, 2015
Wednesday, May 20, 2015
May 20, 2015
Session P1: Plenary I
8:00 Plaza Ballroom
Chairs: Dan Gale, CMC Microsystems (Gale@cmc.ca)
8:00
Welcome Address: Kris Iniewski, CMOS Emerging Technologies Research (kris.iniewski@gmail.com)
8:05
Jan Rabaey, University of California, Berkeley (jan@eecs.berkeley.edu)
The Return of Neuro-Inspired Computing - Why Now?
8:25
Giovanni De Micheli, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (giovanni.demicheli@epfl.ch)
3-Dimensional Devices: Models and Design Tools
8:45
Thomas Theis, Semiconductor Research Corporation (Thomas.Theis@src.org)
Emerging Devices for Logic: Can a Low-Voltage Switch be Fast?
9:05
Richie Przybyla, Chirp Microsystems (rjp@eecs.berkeley.edu)
Ultrasonic 3D Rangefinder on a Chip
9:45
COFFEE BREAK (GEORGIA FOYER)
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Session N1: CRC Press Exhibit (All Day)
9:30 Georgia Foyer
Chairs: Nora Konopka, CRC Press (Nora.Konopka@taylorandfrancis.com)
9:30
Nora Konopka, CRC Press (Nora.Konopka@taylorandfrancis.com)
Meet the Publisher
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Session C1: Digital Circuits and Systems
10:30 Georgia B
Chairs: André Ivanov, University of British Columbia (ivanov@ece.ubc.ca)
10:30
Bob Merritt, Convergent Semiconductors (bobm@convergentsemiconductors.com)
Does the Digital Revolution Lead to a Replay of the Industrial Revolution?
10:50
Scott Smith, North Dakota State University (scott.smith.1@ndsu.edu)
The Future of Asynchronous Logic
11:10
Zhengya Zhang, University of Michigan (zhengya@umich.edu)
Algorithm-Circuits Co-Design to Enable Low-Power and High-Speed Channel Decoders
11:30
Farid Najm, University of Toronto (f.najm@utoronto.ca)
Verification and Design of the Power Delivery Network in VLSI Circuits
11:50
Brad Quinton, Invionics Inc. (bradq@invionics.com)
The Changing Landscape of Electronics Design Automation (EDA): Trends, Challenges and Opportunities
12:10
Nasser Kurd, Intel (nasser.a.kurd@intel.com)
Scalable High Performance, Low Power 22nm Processor
Session M1: Nanoelectronics
10:30 Plaza A
Chairs: Abdelkader Souifi, INL-CNRS 5270 (abdelkader.souifi@insa-lyon.fr)
Thierry Baron, LTM-CNRS Grenoble (thierry.baron@cea.fr)
10:30
Carlo Reita, CEA (carlo.reita@cea.fr)
with S. Barraud
Dual-Channel CMOS Nanowire Device Co-Integration with Si NFET and Strained-SiGe PFET
10:50
Francis Balestra, MINATEC (balestra@minatec.grenoble-inp.fr)
Nanowires for Ultimate CMOS and Small Slope Switches
11:10
Michihisa Yamamoto, University of Tokyo (yamamoto@ap.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp)
Generation and Detection of Pure Valley Current in Bilayer Graphene
11:30
Anders Blom, QuantumWise A/S (anders.blom@quantumwise.com)
First-principles Simulations of Semiconductor Materials and Devices - Recent Progress and Remaining
Challenges
11:50
Ricardo Reis, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (reis@inf.ufrgs.br)
Physical Design Automation of Transistor Networks
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Wednesday, May 20, 2015
Session O1: Photonics & Solar Energy
10:30 Georgia A
Chairs: Lukas Chrostowski, University of British Columbia (lukasc.ubc@gmail.com)
Peyman Servati, University of British Columbia (peymans@ece.ubc.ca)
10:30
Bruno Matarese, Imperial College London (b.matarese13@imperial.ac.uk)
Organic Light Emitting Diodes (OLEDs) for Optical Stimulation of Neurons
10:50
Speaker Cancelled
11:10
Giovanni Fanchini, University of Western Ontario (gfanchin@uwo.ca)
with R. Bauld, A. Akbari-Sharbaf, A. Venter, M. Hesari and M. S. Workentin
Nanoplasmonic Organic Solar Cells Incorporating Molecular Gold Nanoclusters
11:30
Maxime Darnon, Université de Sherbrooke (maxime.darnon@usherbrooke.ca)
with T. Baron presenting on his behalf
Solar Cell with Gallium Phosphide / Silicon Heterojunction
11:50
Lionel Vayssieres, International Research Center for Renewable Energy (lionelv@xjtu.edu.cn)
Low Cost Nanodevices for Solar Water Splitting
Session S1: Bioelectronics
10:30 Plaza B
Chairs: Damien Lenoble, Luxembourg Insitute of Science and Technology (damien.lenoble@list.lu)
10:30
Adam Woolley, Brigham Young University (awoolley@chem.byu.edu)
with B. Uprety, E. P. Gates, K.V. Lee, J.K. Jensen, S. Noyce, N.B. Prestwich, R.C. Davis and J.N. Harb
Exploiting the Interface Between Biology and Electronics
10:50
Hassan Ghasemzadeh, Washington State University (hassan@eecs.wsu.edu)
Sustainable Smart Health: Technology Self-Management to Enhance User Compliance
11:10
Bozhi Tian, University of Chicago (btian@uchicago.edu)
Designing Complexity in Silicon Nanostructures for Enhanced Bio-interfaces
11:30
Ling Qin, Harvard University (qinl06@gmail.com)
with J. Abbott
A Solid-state Platform for Neurotechnology
11:50
Boris Stoeber, University of British Columbia (boris.stoeber@gmail.com)
with I. Mansoor, S. Ranamukhaarachchi and U. Hafeli
Metal Microneedles for Biomedical Applications
12:10
Takao Someya, University of Tokyo (someya@ee.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp)
with T. Yokota, S. Lee, M. Kaltenbrunner and T. Sekitani
Bionic Skin Using Ultraflexible Organic Electronics
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Session R1: 2D Materials Beyond Graphene
10:30 Plaza C
Chairs: Sergey Frolov, Pittsburg University (frolovsm@gmail.com)
10:30
Joshua Goldberger, Ohio State University (goldberger@chemistry.ohio-state.edu)
Group IV Graphene Analogues
10:50
Joanne Huang, Synopsys (Juan.Huang@synopsys.com)
with V. Moroz
Entrance Exam for Transistor on Two-Dimensional Materials
11:10
Yong Chen, Purdue University (yongchen@purdue.edu)
Thermoelectric Transistors Based on 2D Materials
11:30
Alessandro Molle, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (alessandro.molle@mdm.imm.cnr.it)
Synthesis and Integration of Two Dimensional Si Nanosheets in Electronic Devices
11:50
Ken Shih, University of Texas (shih@physics.utexas.edu)
STM on 2D Materials
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Session C2: Analog Circuits
13:30 Georgia B
Chairs: Shahriar Mirabbasi, University of British Columbia (shahriar@ece.ubc.ca)
13:30
Ken Coffman, Fairchild Semiconductor (Ken.Coffman@FairchildSemi.com)
Ten Methods for the Creative Destruction of a Power MOSFET
13:50
Carlos Galup Montoro, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (carlosgalup@gmail.com)
with M. C. Schneider
Ultra-low Voltage CMOS Circuits
14:10
Vamsy Chodavarapu, McGill University (vamsy.chodavarapu@mcgill.ca)
with Yucai Wang speaking on his behalf
Wide-temperature Range CMOS Interface Circuits for MEMS Sensors
14:30
Nicolas Rouger, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (nicolas.rouger@g2elab.grenoble-inp.fr)
CMOS Gate Drivers for High Speed - High Voltage Wide Bandgap Power Switches
14:50
COFFEE BREAK (GEORGIA FOYER)
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15:10
Marcel Kossel, IBM (mko@zurich.ibm.com)
Tomlinson-Harashima Precoding (THP) for High-Speed IO Links
15:30
SeongHwan Cho, KAIST (chosta@ee.kaist.ac.kr)
High-Performance Time-to-Digital Converter Using Time-domain Arithmetic Circuit
15:50
Xin Li, Carnegie Mellon University (xinli@cmu.edu)
Self-Healing of Analog/RF Circuits: A Statistical Approach
16:10
Fei Yuan, Ryerson University (fyuan@ryerson.ca)
Adaptive Decision Feedback Equalizers for Gbps Data Links
16:30
Woogeun Rhee, Tsinghua University (wrhee@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn)
Ultra-Wideband Technology for Short-Range Communications
16:50
Fernando Muñoz Chavero, Universidad de Sevilla (fmunoz@us.es)
with R. G. Carvajal
High-Performace Op Amp-less Circuits Based on Flipped Voltage Follower
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Session M2: Nanoelectronics
13:30 Plaza A
Chairs: Thierry Baron, LTM-CNRS Grenoble (thierry.baron@cea.fr)
Sandipan Pramanik, University of Alberta (spramani@ualberta.ca)
13:30
Garrett S. Rose, University of Tennessee, Knoxville (garose@utk.edu)
Assessing the Security Strengths and Vulnerabilities of Emerging Nanoelectronic Computing Systems
13:50
Marc Riedel, University of Minnesota (mriedel@umn.edu)
Probability as a State Variable for Nanoscale Computation
14:10
Stephan Breitkreutz-von Gamm, Technische Universität München (stephan.breitkreutz@tum.de)
3D-integrated Magnetic Computing: Current State and Future Challenges of Perpendicular
Nanomagnetic Logic
14:30
Sergey Frolov, Pittsburg University (frolovsm@gmail.com)
Quantum Computing Based on Semiconductor Nanowires
14:50
COFFEE BREAK (GEORGIA FOYER)
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15:10
David Jamieson, University of Melbourne (d.jamieson@unimelb.edu.au)
Single Engineered Donor Atoms with Nuclear and Electron Spin Readout for Quantum Bits
15:30
Sven Rogge, University of New South Wales (s.rogge@unsw.edu.au)
Donor Based Quantum Simulation
15:50
Peter Grutter, McGill University (peter.grutter@mcgill.ca)
Measuring Electronic Properties on a Nanoscale using Atomic Force Microscopy
16:10
Jean-Christophe Blancon, Los Alamos National Laboratory (blanconjc@gmail.com)
Phase-engineering Low Resistance Contacts to Atomic Layered Transition Metal Di-chalcogenides for
Optoelectronic Applications
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Session O2: Nanophotonics
13:30 Georgia A
Chairs: Peyman Servati, University of British Columbia (peymans@ece.ubc.ca)
Lukas Chrostowski, University of British Columbia (lukasc.ubc@gmail.com)
13:30
Christoph Gadermaier, Jožef Stefan Institute (christoph.gadermaier@ijs.si)
From Photophysics to Optoelectronics of Layered Transition Metal Dichalcogenides
13:50
Fabrice Vallee, Université de Lyon (fabrice.vallee@univ-lyon1.fr)
with A. Lombardi, E. Pertreux, A. Crut, P. Maioli and N. Del Fatti
Optics of Hybrid Metal-semiconductor Nano-systems
14:10
Lih Y. Lin, University of Washington (lylin@uw.edu)
with P. Jing, J. Wu and E. Keeler
Trapping, Sensing and Photostimulation of Cells through Nanostructures
14:30
Chennupati Jagadish, Australian National University (Chennupati.jagadish@anu.edu.au)
III-V Semiconductor Nanowires for Optoelectronics Applications
14:50
COFFEE BREAK (GEORGIA FOYER)
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15:10
Stephane Albon Boubanga Tombet, Tohoku University (stephanealbon@hotmail.com)
Emission and Detection of THz Radiation Using Graphene and III-V Semiconductor Heterostructures
15:30
Connie Chang-Hasnain, University of California, Berkeley (cch@berkeley.edu)
Nanophotonics on Silicon
15:50
Maiken Mikkelsen, Duke University (m.mikkelsen@duke.edu)
Radiative Decay Engineering Using Plasmonic Nanostructures
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Wednesday, May 20, 2015
Session S2: Sensors
13:30 Plaza B
Chairs: Konrad Walus, University of British Columbia (konradw@ece.ubc.ca)
749
13:30
Sameer Sonkusale, Tufts University (sameer@ece.tufts.edu)
CMOS Imagers for Lifetime and Multispectral Measurements
13:50
Michael Suster, Case Western Reserve University (mas20@case.edu)
A Miniaturized Platform for MHz-to-GHz Dielectric Spectroscopy
14:10
John Madden, University of British Columbia (jmadden@ece.ubc.ca)
with M. Saquib Sarwar, Y. Dobashi, E. Glitz, E. Cretu and S. Mirabbasi
PiezoIonic Sensors for Transparent Touch Sensitive Displays
14:30
Takakuni Douseki, Ritsumeikan University (douse@se.ritsumei.ac.jp)
Wireless Sensor Application with Micro-Scale Energy Harvesting
14:50
COFFEE BREAK (GEORGIA FOYER)
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15:10
Shankar Rananavare, Portland State University (ranavas@pdx.edu)
with H. Tran
Mechanism of Sensing of Reducing and Oxidizing Gases on 1D Nanostructures
15:30
Nicola Guerrini, Science and Technology Facilities Council (nicola.guerrini@stfc.ac.uk)
CMOS Image Sensors for TEM: State of the Art Detectors and Outlook
15:50
Speaker Cancelled
16:10
Ikhwana Elfitri, Andalas University (ikhwana@ft.unand.ac.id)
Universal and Scalable Spatial Audio Coding
16:30
Zane Bell, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (bellzw@ornl.gov)
Neutron Detection
16:50
Fabrice Retiere, TRIUMF (fretiere@triumf.ca)
Scintillation Light Detection in Cryogenic Liquids with CMOS and Other Silicon-based Photo-detectors
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Session R2: 2D Materials Beyond Graphene
13:30 Plaza C
Chairs: Sergey Frolov, Pittsburg University (frolovsm@gmail.com)
13:30
Lance Li, King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (lance.li@kaust.edu.sa)
Emerging Applications of Transition Metal Dichalcogenides
13:50
Swastik Kar, Northeastern University (S.Kar@neu.edu)
Optical Applications in Graphene and Other Layered Materials
14:10
David Cobden, University of Washington (cobden@uw.edu)
Photocurrent Generation in 2D Materials
14:30
Anupama Kaul, University of Texas, El Paso (akaul@utep.edu)
2D Beyond Graphene Materials: Synthesis, Characterization and Device Applications
14:50
COFFEE BREAK (GEORGIA FOYER)
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15:10
Yoshihiro Iwasa, University of Tokyo (iwasa@ap.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp)
High Density Carrier Doping in 2D Crystals
15:30
Valeria Nicolosi, Trinity College, Dublin (NICOLOV@tcd.ie)
Liquid Exfoliation of Layered Materials: New Frontiers Opened by the World’s Thinnest Materials
15:50
Guido Burkard, University of Konstanz (Guido.Burkard@uni-konstanz.de)
Band Structure, Spin-orbit Coupling, and Nanostructures in 2D Transition Metal Dichalcogenides
16:10
Viktor Sverdlov, Technische Universität Wien (sverdlov@iue.tuwien.ac.at)
with J. Ghosh, D. Osintsev and S. Selberherr
Electron Spin Lifetime Enhancement by Shear Strain in Thin Silicon Films
16:30
Hongyi Yu, University of Hong Kong (yu.hongyi1982@gmail.com)
Generating Spin/Valley Current in 2D Transition Metal Dichalcogenides
16:50
Berry Jonker, Naval Research Laboratory (Jonker@nrl.navy.mil)
Direct Electrical Detection of Spin-momentum Locking in the Topological Insulator Bi2Se3
Session N2: UBC and CMC Microsystems Networking Reception
19:00 Stanley/Grouse
Chairs: Kris Iniewski, CMOS Emerging Technologies Research (kris.iniewski@gmail.com)
André Ivanov, University of British Columbia (ivanov@ece.ubc.ca)
19:00
No Speaker
7:00 - 9:00 p.m. Light appetizers in the Stanley, Grouse, and Seymour rooms on the 34th floor.
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May 21, 2015
Session P2: Plenary II
8:30 Plaza Ballroom
Chairs: André Ivanov, University of British Columbia (ivanov@ece.ubc.ca)
8:30
Welcome Address: Nora Konopka, CRC Press (Nora.Konopka@taylorandfrancis.com)
8:35
Kevin Fu, University of Michigan (kevinfu@umich.edu)
Medical Device Cybersecurity
8:55
David Ricketts, North Carolina State University (dricket@ncsu.edu)
State of the Art and Future of High-Speed Wireless Transceivers: Opportunities and Challenges for NearTHz Communication
9:15
Esther Rodriguez Villegas, Imperial College London (e.rodriguez@imperial.ac.uk)
Interfacing Biology and Circuits
9:35
Daniel Hammerstrom, DARPA (daniel.hammerstrom@darpa.mil)
Unconventional Processing of Signals for Intelligent Data Exploitation
9:55
COFFEE BREAK (GEORGIA FOYER)
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Session N3: CRC Press Exhibit (All Day)
9:30 Georgia Foyer
Chairs: Nora Konopka, CRC Press (Nora.Konopka@taylorandfrancis.com)
9:30
Nora Konopka, CRC Press (Nora.Konopka@taylorandfrancis.com)
Meet the Publisher
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Thursday, May 21, 2015
Session C3: Flexible Electronics
10:30 Georgia B
Chairs: Federico Rosei, INRS (rosei@emt.inrs.ca)
10:30
Hanqing Jiang, Arizona State University (Hanqing.Jiang@asu.edu)
Origami Electronics
10:50
Chris Bower, X-Celeprint (cbower@x-celeprint.com)
Micro-transfer Printing
11:10
Jonathan Rivnay, Centre Microélectronique de Provence (rivnay@emse.fr)
Flexible Organic Electronic Devices for Electrophysiology
11:30
Fabio Cicoira, École Polytechnique de Montréal (fabio.cicoira@polymtl.ca)
with S. Zhang, P. Kumar, A.S. Nouas, L. Fontaine and H. Tang
Processing of PEDOT:PSS Films for Organic Electrochemical Transistors
11:50
Ana Claudia Arias, University of California, Berkeley (acarias@eecs.berkeley.edu)
with Y. Khan, C. Lochner, A. Pierre and F. Pavinatto
Large Area Flexible Organic Optoelectronic Sensor
12:10
Jongseung Yoon, University of Southern California (jongseung.yoon1@gmail.com)
Flexible Micro-VCSELs towards Bio-integrated Optoelectronic Sensing and Therapeutic Platforms
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Thursday, May 21, 2015
Session M3: Nanotechnology
10:30 Plaza A
Chairs: Damien Lenoble, Luxembourg Insitute of Science and Technology (damien.lenoble@list.lu)
10:30
Shalom Wind, Columbia University (sw2128@columbia.edu)
Directed Biomolecular Assembly of Functional Nanostructures
10:50
Armin Knoll, IBM (ARK@zurich.ibm.com)
Nanometer Precise Patterning Using Thermal Scanning Probe Lithography
11:10
Sasa Ristic, McGill University (sasa.ristic@mcgill.ca)
AFM Based Nanolithography
11:30
Byron Gates, Simon Fraser University (bgates@sfu.ca)
with M.C.P. Wang
Polystyrene Core-Shell Copper Selenide Nanowires Prepared by Simultaneous Chemical Transformation
and Surface-Initiated Polymerization
11:50
Jean-Pierre Cloarec, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (jcloarec@ec-lyon.fr)
with F. Palazon et. al.
Addressing Large Sets of Multifunctional Particles onto Pre-defined Nano-sites Using Selective Surface
Chemistries
12:10
Takeshi Saito, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (takeshisaito@aist.go.jp)
Structure-dependent Performances in the Electronic Applications of Single-wall Carbon Nanotubes
Session O3: Photonics
10:30 Georgia A
Chairs: Lukas Chrostowski, University of British Columbia (lukasc.ubc@gmail.com)
10:30
Jean-François Pratte, Université de Sherbrooke (Jean-Francois.Pratte@USherbrooke.ca)
3D Single Photon Counting Modules: Status and Future Work
10:50
Dayan Ban, University of Waterloo (dban@uwaterloo.ca)
Scanning Voltage Microscopy Measurement of Lasing Photonic Devices
11:10
Werner Hofmann, Technischen Universität Berlin (Werner.Hofmann@tu-Berlin.de)
Nanostructured VCSELs for Optical Interconnects
11:30
Speaker Cancelled
11:50
Jan Dubowski, Université de Sherbrooke (Jan.J.Dubowski@USherbrooke.ca)
Photocorrosion of GaAs/AlGaAs Heterostructures
12:10
Raphael Clerc, Institut d'Optique Graduate School (raphael.clerc@institutoptique.fr)
Solution Processable Organic Photodiodes
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Thursday, May 21, 2015
Session S3: Biosensors
10:30 Plaza B
Chairs: Šeila Selimović, American Association for the Advancement of Science (sselimov@gmail.com)
Kalle Levon, New York University (kalle.levon@gmail.com)
10:30
Mehmet Dokmeci, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (mehmetd@MIT.EDU)
Microscale Sensors and Systems for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Applications
10:50
Howard Wikle, Auburn University (hcw0002@auburn.edu)
with B. Chin
Microfabricated Magnetoelastic Biosensors
11:10
Speaker Cancelled
11:30
Kalle Levon, New York University (kalle.levon@gmail.com)
Ion Sensitive Floating Gate FET Array with Polyaniline Coating
Session R3: 3D Integration and Packaging
10:30 Plaza C
Chairs: Dominique Drouin, Université de Sherbrooke, UMI-LN2 (dominique.drouin@Usherbrooke.ca)
10:30
Zvi Or-Bach, MonolithIC 3D (Zvi@MonolithIC3D.com)
Monolithic 3D: The Most Effective Path for Future IC Scaling
10:50
Paul Franzon, North Carolina State University (paulf@ncsu.edu)
Power Efficient Computing Using 3DIC Technologies
11:10
Mitsu Koyanagi, Tohoku University (koyanagi@bmi.niche.tohoku.ac.jp)
3D-LSI System Module for Future Automatic Driving Vehicle Fabricated by Heterogeneous 3D Integration
Technology
11:30
Maciej Ogorzalek, Uniwersytet Jagiellonski Krakow (maciej.ogorzalek@uj.edu.pl)
3D System-on-Chip Layout Design Based on Shape Grammars
11:50
Gabriela Nicolescu, École Polytechnique de Montréal (gabriela.nicolescu@polymtl.ca)
Thermal Modelling and Simulation for 3D SoC
12:10
Louis Hutin, CEA (Louis.HUTIN@cea.fr)
CoolCube Technology for 3D ICs: Challenges and Opportunities
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Thursday, May 21, 2015
Session C4: Microfluidics
13:30 Georgia B
Chairs: Dan Gale, CMC Microsystems (Gale@cmc.ca)
Edmond Cretu, University of British Columbia (edmondc@ece.ubc.ca)
13:30
Philip Brisk, University of California, Riverside (philip@cs.ucr.edu)
Programmable, Integrated Microfluidic Technology: Automating and Miniaturizing Chemistry and
Biochemistry
13:50
Richard Oleschuk, Queen's University (Richard.Oleschuk@chem.queensu.ca)
with L. Mats, N. Mei, A. Bramwell and R. Young
Droplet Based Microfluidics, and (Super) Hydrophobic Coatings
14:10
Xinyu Liu, McGill University (xinyu.liu@mcgill.ca)
Paper-Based Microfluidic Nano-Biosensors
14:30
Craig Priest, University of South Australia (Craig.Priest@unisa.edu.au)
Fluid Behaviour On and In Microstructured Surfaces
14:50
COFFEE BREAK (GEORGIA FOYER)
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15:10
James Li, University of Texas (xli4@utep.edu)
with M. Dou
Paper/PDMS Hybrid Microfluidic Biochip for Instrument-free Infectious Diseases Diagnosis
15:30
James Friend, University of California, San Diego (jfriend@eng.ucsd.edu)
Acoustic Microfluidics: from Chip in a Lab to Lab on a Chip
15:50
Emmanuel Hadji, CEA-INAC (emmanuel.hadji@cea.fr)
with C. Renaut, B. Cluzel, E. Picard, J. Dellinger, D. Peyrade and F. de Fornel
Silicon Based Opto-fluidics: On-chip Optical Tweezing
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Thursday, May 21, 2015
Session M4: MEMS and NEMS
13:30 Plaza A
Chairs: Philip Feng, Case Western Reserve University (philip.feng@case.edu)
Vamsy Chodavarapu, McGill University (vamsy.chodavarapu@mcgill.ca)
13:50
Douglas Buchanan, University of Manitoba (Douglas.Buchanan@umanitoba.ca)
Advanced MEMS Ultrasonic Transducers for Non-Destructive Testing and Imaging
14:10
Vamsy Chodavarapu, McGill University (vamsy.chodavarapu@mcgill.ca)
Ultra-high Quality Factor CMOS-MEMS Solutions for Timing and Synchronization
14:30
Edmond Cretu, University of British Columbia (edmondc@ece.ubc.ca)
Mode Localization Operation in Weakly-coupled Resonators: A Route Towards High-sensitivity Sensing in
Electronics and MEMS Transducers
14:50
COFFEE BREAK (GEORGIA FOYER)
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15:10
Mina Rais-Zadeh, University of Michigan (minar@umich.edu)
GaN Resonators and AlGaN/GaN Resonant Body Transistors
15:30
Kirill Poletkin, Universität Freiburg (k.poletkin@gmail.com)
Levitation Technology in Micro-machined Sensors and Actuators
15:50
Philip Feng, Case Western Reserve University (philip.feng@case.edu)
Two-Dimensional (2D) Nanoelectromechanical Systems (NEMS) in Atomically-Thin Semiconducting
Crystals
16:10
Matteo Rinaldi, Northeastern University (rinaldi@ece.neu.edu)
Hybrid Piezoelectric NEMS Resonant Nano Plates for Advanced Sensing and Wireless Communications
16:30
Feng Zhao, Washington State University (feng.zhao@wsu.edu)
Single-Crystalline 4H-SiC MEMS: Fabrication and Characterization
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Thursday, May 21, 2015
Session O4: Silicon Photonics
13:30 Georgia A
Chairs:
13:30
Lawrence Chen, McGill University (lawrence.chen@mcgill.ca)
Silicon Photonics: Enabling Microwave Photonic Systems and Applications
13:50
Jianping Yao, University of Ottawa (jpyao@uottawa.ca)
Silicon Photonics for Microwave Signal Processing
14:10
Maurizio Burla, INRS-EMT (maurizio.burla@emt.inrs.ca; maurizio.burla@gmail.com)
with J. Azaña
Integrated Waveguide Bragg Gratings for Microwave Photonic Signal Processing: Current Trends and
Future Prospects
14:30
Trevor James Hall, University of Ottawa (thall@site.uOttawa.ca)
Photonic Integrated Circuits for Electro-optic Microwave Frequency Multiplication and Frequency
Translation: Spurious Harmonics Suppression by Design
14:50
COFFEE BREAK (GEORGIA FOYER)
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15:10
Roel Baets, Ghent University (roel.baets@intec.ugent.be)
Silicon Photonics for Applications in Life Science
15:30
Speaker Cancelled
15:50
Mohamed Osman, McGill University (mohamed.osman2@mail.mcgill.ca)
with D. Plant
Silicon Photonics Enabled 400G/1T Short Reach Optical Interconnects
16:10
Sébastien Le Beux, École Centrale de Lyon (sebastien.le-beux@ec-lyon.fr)
Thermal Aware Design Method for VCSEL-based On-Chip Optical Interconnect
16:30
Bahram Jalali, University of California, Los Angeles (jalali@ucla.edu)
Optical Information Capacity of Silicon
16:50
Douglas M. Gill, IBM (dmgill@us.ibm.com)
CMOS Compatible Monolithic Traveling Wave Electro-Optic Modulators
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Thursday, May 21, 2015
Session S4: Radiation Effects and Detection
13:30 Plaza B
Chairs: Nicola Guerrini, Science and Technology Facilities Council (nicola.guerrini@stfc.ac.uk)
13:30
Kate Shanks, Cornell University (ksg52@cornell.edu)
X-ray Area Detectors for High Dynamic Range Imaging
13:50
Klaus-Peter Ziock, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ziockk@ornl.gov)
Data Fusion of Visual, LWIR, and Gamma-Ray Imaging for Nuclear Security
14:10
Antoine Touboul, University of Montpellier (antoine.touboul@ies.univ-montp2.fr)
Radiation Effects in Power Applications
14:30
Mokhtar Chmeissani, Institut de Física d'Altes Energies (mokhtar@ifae.es)
3D Semiconductor Sensor For Position Emission Tomography
14:50
COFFEE BREAK (GEORGIA FOYER)
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15:10
Frédéric Wrobel, University of Montpellier (frederic.wrobel@ies.univ-montp2.fr)
Simulation Tools for Soft Error Rate Calculations in SRAM
15:30
Minoru Fujishima, Hiroshima University (fuji@hiroshima-u.ac.jp)
Evaluation and Modeling of Terahertz CMOS Devices
15:50
Salvador Pinillos Gimenez, Centro Universitário da FEI (sgimenez@fei.edu.br)
An Innovative Non-Standard Layout Style (Diamond) to Boost the Electrical Performance and the
Radiation Tolerance of MOSFETs, Focusing on Space and Medical CMOS ICs Applications
16:10
Maurice Garcia-Sciveres, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (mgarcia-sciveres@lbl.gov)
Data Compression Efficiency in Silicon Detector Readout
16:30
Amin Arbabian, Stanford University (arbabian.a@gmail.com)
RF and Microwave Imaging with Applications in Medicine
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Thursday, May 21, 2015
Session R4: Materials
13:30 Plaza C
Chairs: 124
13:30
Emmanuel Defay, Luxembourg Insitute of Science and Technology (emmanuel.defay@list.lu)
with S. Crossley, S. Kar-Narayan, X. Moya and N.D. Mathur
Efficiency in Solid-state Cooling: Can Electrocaloric Materials Make a Difference?
13:50
Guangrui (Maggie) Xia, University of British Columbia (gxia@mail.ubc.ca)
Mass Transport Phenomena in SiGe Systems
14:10
Joerg Appenzeller, Purdue University (appenzeller@purdue.edu)
Transport in Three-Terminal Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Devices
14:30
Joshua Robinson, Penn State University (jrobinson@psu.edu)
Synthesis and Properties of Heterogeneous Atomic Layer Stacks
14:50
COFFEE BREAK (GEORGIA FOYER)
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15:10
Robert Gauvin, Université Laval, Quebec Center for Functional Materials (rgauvin@cqmfscience.com)
Microtechnologies and Mechanical Cues for the Engineering of Functional Materials for Biomedical
Applications
15:30
Nevine Rochat, CEA-LETI (nevine.rochat@cea.fr)
Porous Materials Characterization by Infrared Spectroscopy
15:50
Huilong Zhu, Chinese Academy of Sciences (zhuhuilong@ime.ac.cn)
with M. Xu
The Adjustment and Optimization of Threshold Voltage for FinFETs with Novel Ion-implantation Methods
16:10
Thierry Baron, LTM-CNRS Grenoble (thierry.baron@cea.fr)
Nanomaterials and Their Integration
16:30
Damien Lenoble, Luxembourg Insitute of Science and Technology (damien.lenoble@list.lu)
Materials for Invisible Electronics: Challenges and Opportunities
16:50
Manish Chhowalla, Rutgers University (manish1@rci.rutgers.edu)
with Jean Christoph Blancon speaking on his behalf
Phase-engineered Low-resistance Contacts for Ultrathin MoS2 Transistors
17:10
Jeanie Lau, University of California, Riverside (jeanie.lau@ucr.edu)
Quantum Transport in Few-Layer Graphene and Phosphorene Devices
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Thursday, May 21, 2015
Session N4: CRC Press Wine & Cheese Reception
19:00 English Bay
Chairs: Nora Konopka, CRC Press (Nora.Konopka@taylorandfrancis.com)
19:00
No Speaker
7:00 - 8:00 p.m. in the English Bay room on the 34th floor.
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Friday, May 22, 2015
May 22, 2015
Session P3: Plenary III
8:30 Plaza Ballroom
Chairs: Abdelkader Souifi, INL-CNRS 5270 (abdelkader.souifi@insa-lyon.fr)
8:30
Welcome Address: Federico Rosei, INRS (rosei@emt.inrs.ca)
8:35
Eli Yablonovitch, University of California, Berkeley (eliy@eecs.berkeley.edu)
Search for Lower Voltage Switch with Nano-electronic, Nano-mechanical, Nano-photonic, and Nanomagnetic Approaches
8:55
John Rogers, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (jrogers@illinois.edu)
Silicon Integrated Circuits Constructed with Materials that are Completely Soluble in Water and Biofluids
9:15
Speaker Cancelled
9:55
COFFEE BREAK (GEORGIA FOYER)
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Session C5: Semiconductor Memories
10:30 Georgia B
Chairs: Peyman Servati, University of British Columbia (peymans@ece.ubc.ca)
10:30
Dan Lin, Micron (flin@micron.com)
Energy Efficient Memory Interfaces and Magic Behind Hybrid Memory Cube (HMC)
10:50
Gregory Di Pendina, CEA (Gregory.DiPendina@cea.fr)
NV Logic and Memory Based on Spin Orbit Torque MTJ
11:10
Farnood Merrikh-Bayat, University of California, Santa Barbara (F_merrikhbayat@umail.ucsb.edu)
with M. Prezioso, B. Hoskins, X. Guo, G. Adam and D. Strukov
Artificial Neural Network Implementation based on Emerging Memory Technologies
11:30
Gennadi Bersuker, Sematech (Gennadi.Bersuker88@gmail.com)
On the Way to Universal Non-volatile Memory: Structures, Mechanisms, Limitations
11:50
Shaun Kumar, GLOBALFOUNDRIES (shaun.kmr@gmail.com)
FinFET SRAM Design Challenges
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Friday, May 22, 2015
Session M5: Microelectronics
10:30 Plaza A
Chairs: Dan Gale, CMC Microsystems (Gale@cmc.ca)
Boris Stoeber, University of British Columbia (boris.stoeber@gmail.com)
10:30
Ramgopal Rao, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (rrao@ee.iitb.ac.in)
Bottom-up Meets Top-down: An Integrated Approach for Future Nanoscale CMOS
10:50
Lan Wei, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (lanwei@ieee.org)
Technology Assessment Based on Device and Circuit Interactive Design and Optimization
11:10
Patrick Mercier, University of California, San Diego (pmercier@ucsd.edu)
Next-generation Switched-capacitor DC/DC Converter Topologies
11:30
Mutsumi Kimura, Ryukoku University (mutsu@rins.ryukoku.ac.jp)
Novel Architecture on Neural Network of Device Level
11:50
Kirk Bevan, McGill University (kirk.bevan@mcgill.ca)
Can We Achieve Atomic Scale Imaging Resolution of the Voltage Drop in 2D CMOS Materials?
Session S5: Bioelectronics
10:30 Plaza B
Chairs: Drew Hall, University of California, San Diego (dahall@eng.ucsd.edu)
10:30
George Malliaras, École des Mines de Saint-Étienne (malliaras@emse.fr)
Interfacing with the Brain Using Organic Electronics
10:50
Jennifer Gelinas, New York University, Langone Medical Center (jennifer.gelinas@nyumc.org)
Large-scale Neural Interface Devices
11:10
Jacob Robinson, Rice University (robinson.jacob@gmail.com)
Nanotechnology for Reading and Writing Neural Activity
11:30
Sepideh Mazrouee, University of California, Los Angeles (sepideh@cs.ucla.edu)
Optimization Techniques for DNA Phasing, Above and Beyond
11:50
Dorothée C.M.C. Petit, University of Cambridge (dcmcp2@cam.ac.uk)
Interface of Nanomagnetism and Cancer Therapy
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Friday, May 22, 2015
Session R5: Compound Semiconductors and Novel Materials
10:30 Plaza C
Chairs: Peter Wilson, Renesas Electronics (peter.wilson@renesas.com)
10:30
Farid Medjdoub, University of Lille (farid.medjdoub@iemn.univ-lille1.fr)
with N. Herbecq, I. Roch-Jeune, A. Linge, B. Grimbert and M. Zegaoui
Innovative GaN Power Electronics from dc to Millimeter-wave Applications
10:50
Zhaojun Liu, SYSU-CMU Joint Institute of Engineering (liuzhaojun@mail.sysu.edu.cn)
GaN-based LED Micro-displays for Wearable Applications
11:10
Sorin Melinte, Université Catholique de Louvain (sorin.melinte@uclouvain.be)
Hybrid Materials for Li-ion Energy Storage Systems
11:30
Edward T. Yu, University of Texas (ety@ece.utexas.edu)
Epitaxial Oxides on Silicon for Resistive Switching Memories with Controllable Conductance Quantization
11:50
Yoriko Tominaga, Hiroshima University (ytominag@hiroshima-u.ac.jp)
Crystal Structure of Low-Temperature-Grown In0.45Ga0.55As
12:10
Eduardo di Mauro, École Polytechnique de Montréal (eduardo.di-mauro@polymtl.ca)
with C. Santato and F. Cicoira speaking on his behalf
Exploring the Eumelanin Pigment for Supercapacitor and Memory Applications
Session M6: Emerging Technologies and Trends
13:30 Plaza A
Chairs: Peter Wilson, Renesas Electronics (peter.wilson@renesas.com)
Ken Brizel, ACAMP (kbrizel@acamp.ca)
13:30
Stefano Esposito, Politecnico di Torino (stefano.esposito@polito.it)
with M. Violante
COTS-Based High-Performance Computing for Space Applications
13:50
Edwin C. Kan, Cornell University (kan@ece.cornell.edu)
Hardware-oriented Security: Unclonable ID and Unpredictable Randomness
14:10
Aurélie Thuaire, CEA (aurelie.thuaire@cea.fr)
with C. Rauer et. al.
Atomic Scale Device Packaging: Challenges and First Silicon Technology Developments
14:30
Jeffrey Shakespeare, ACAMP (jshakespeare@acamp.ca)
Submicron Alignment and Welding for Optical Assemblies
14:50
Olivier Pollet, CEA (olivier.pollet@cea.fr)
with S. Barnola, N. Posseme and P. Pimenta-Barros
CMOS Devices Beyond 10nm: An Upcoming Transition Era for the Etching/Stripping Engineer
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Friday, May 22, 2015
Session S6: Wireless
13:30 Plaza B
Chairs: Sudip Shekhar, University of British Columbia (sudip@ece.ubc.ca)
Tae Wook Kim, Yonsei University (taewook.kim@yonsei.ac.kr)
13:30
Baptiste Grave, Stanford - IEMN ISEN Lille (bgrave@stanford.edu)
Subsampling Techniques applied to Gbps Wireless Communications
13:50
Julian Cheng, University of British Columbia (Julian.Cheng@ubc.ca)
Optical Wireless Indoor Positioning: State of the Art, Challenges, and Opportunities
14:10
Sudhakar Pamarti, University of California, Los Angeles (spamarti@ee.ucla.edu)
Zero Voltage Switching Techniques for Efficiency Improvement in Backed-Off Power Amplifiers
14:30
Arnaud Werquin, Mediatek (arnaud.werquin@mediatek.com)
Multi-path Architectures for Digital RF Transmitters
14:50
Danijela Cabric, University of California, Los Angeles (danijela@ee.ucla.edu)
Spectrum Sensing Algorithms and Architectures for Cognitive Radios
Session R6: Materials
13:30 Plaza C
Chairs: Byron Gates, Simon Fraser University (bgates@sfu.ca)
Guangrui (Maggie) Xia, University of British Columbia (gxia@mail.ubc.ca)
13:30
Federico Rosei, INRS (rosei@emt.inrs.ca)
Multifunctional Materials for Electronics and Photonics
13:50
Takayuki Iwasaki, Tokyo Institute of Technology (iwasaki.t.aj@m.titech.ac.jp)
Diamond Junction Field-Effect Transistors and Heteroepitaxial Growth Toward Large-Size Wafer
14:10
Sandipan Pramanik, University of Alberta (spramani@ualberta.ca)
Giant Current-Perpendicular-to-Plane (CPP) Magnetoresistance Effect in Multilayer Graphene Stacks
14:30
Jeffrey Abbott, Harvard University (jeff.t.abbott@gmail.com)
with G. Xu and D. Ham
All-electronic Graphene DNA Arrays
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