Agenda
DAY 1 Program
The key industry companies across the entire value chain from Taiwan and Europe in the fields of R&D, design, manufacturing, and applications, will be important participants and experience sharers in this Forum. Furthermore, TSRI, imec, and EUROPRACTICE will also share their past approaches and experiences in serving Taiwanese and European industries and academic professors. More importantly, they will propose support programs tailored to the future needs of the industry.
October
29
08:30 - 09:30
Registration / Welcome Coffee / Networking
09:30 - 10:00
Welcome Remarks
Tuo-Hung Hou / Director General / TSRI
Julien Ryckaert / VP Logic Technologies / imec
Romano Hoofman/ General Manager Europractice / EUROPRACTICE
Jana Havlikova / Deputy Minister for Science,Research and Innovation
Liang-Ruey Ke / Representative,Taipei Economic and Cultural Office,Prague
10:00 - 11:45
Industry Session
10:00 - 10:35
Semiconductor Leading Edge Technology drives innovation and market growth
Wenchi Chang /Senior Techinal Manager / TSMC Europe
10:35 - 11:10
From 0 to 1 ──
PUF-based Hardware Security
Charles Hsu / Chair / eMemory Technology Inc.
11:10 - 11:45
Development and Applications of a Memory-Traffic-Efficient Convolutional Neural Network
Youn-Long Lin / Chair & CEO / NEUCHIPS
11:45 - 13:30
Lunch & Demo Exhibition
13:30 - 15:15
Institute Session
13:30 - 14:05
TSRI: Who We Are and Our Journey Here
Tuo-Hung Hou / Director General / TSRI
14:05 - 14:40
Compute scaling beyond the finFET era
Julien Ryckaert / VP Logic Technologies / imec
14:40 - 15:15
BUT Semiconductor Technology Hub – perspectives and its role in Czech semiconductor ecosystem
Jiří Háze / ACDRC
15:15 - 15:45
Break
15:45 - 17:15
EDA Vendor
15:45 - 16:15
Powering the future of European Semiconductors by building and nurturing a talent ecosystem
Catherine Le Lan / European University Program Manager / Synopsys
16:15 - 16:45
AI opportunities with semiconductor design
Klaus Cerny / Sr Account Technical Executive II / Cadence
16:45 - 17:15
Mobilizing the Masses (or at least enough to support semiconductor innovations)
Thomas Heurung / CEO Siemens Electronic Design Automation GmbH & Technical Director Siemens EDA EMEA / Siemens
17:15 - 19:00
Demonstration, Exhibition, Refreshment for All Attendees.
19:00 - 21:00
Dinner
DAY 2 Program
To further drive the development of the IC industry, this special event will focus on several core topics, delving into critical innovations and technical challenges in IC design. Through specialized discussions followed by interdisciplinary exchanges, experts, scholars, and researchers from Taiwan and Europe will share their insights, inspiring new technological breakthroughs and collaboration opportunities. This event will provide participants with a platform for more in-depth exchanges within specialized fields, broadening perspectives and laying a stronger foundation for the future of the IC industry.
October
30
08:00 - 08:45
Registration / Welcome Coffee / Networking
08:45 - 11:45
Speech Session:
Silicon Photonics/ Heterogeneous integration/ integrated optics
Chair:
Nora Maene / Business Development Manager photonics / imec
08:45 - 09:15
Emerging Silicon Photonics Research and Industry in Taiwan
San-Liang Lee / Professor / NTUST
09:15 - 09:45
Micro-transfer printing for heterogeneous silicon photonic integrated circuits
Günther Roelkens / Professor / UGent
09:45 - 10:15
Pre-Calibration of Initial Phases for Operating Programmable Photonic Integrated Circuits
Ming-Chang Lee / Professor / NTHU
10:15 - 10:45
IMEC Silicon Photonic Technology Offering
Leili Shiramin / Program Manager / imec
10:45 - 11:15
Integrated laser sources – the need for InP-based photonics
Martijn Heck / Professor / TU/e
11:15 - 11:45
Integrated Nonlinear Photonic Devices Using Silicon Photonics
Kambiz Jamshidi / Professor / TUD
11:45 - 13:00
Lunch
13:00 - 14:00
Speech Session:
Micro Electro Mechanical Systems
Chair:
Sheng-Hsiang Tseng / Division Director / TSRI
Roundtable discussion:
Silicon Photonics/ Heterogeneous integration/ integrated optics
13:00 - 13:30
13:00 - 14:00
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San-Liang Lee (NTUST)
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Günther Roelkens (UGent)
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Ming-Chang Lee (NTHU)
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Leili Shiramin (imec)
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Martijn Heck (TU/e)
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Kambiz Jamshidi (TUD)
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Nora Maene (imec)
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Ming-Wei Lin (TSRI)
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Ching-Wei Peng (TSRI)
Micro- and Nanosystems at ESAT, KU Leuven
13:30 - 14:00
Leveraging Semiconductor Eco-systems to MEMS
Wei-Leun Fang / Professor / NTHU
Michael Kraft / Professor / KU Leuven
14:00 - 16:00
Speech Session:
Computing, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence
Chair:
Lih-Yih Chiou / Professor / NCKU
14:00 - 14:30
HW/SW codesign for robust and lower-power AI accelerator
Tian-Sheuan Chang / Professor / NYCU
14:30 - 15:00
Roundtable discussion:
Micro Electro Mechanical Systems
14:00 - 15:00
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Michael Kraft (KU Leuven)
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Momina Amir (KU Leuven)
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Wei-Leun Fang (NTHU)
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Sheng-Hsiang Tseng (TSRI)
Reliability Estimation in Advanced Technology Nodes from Transistors to Full Processors in the Era of AI Chips
Hussam Amrouch / Professor / TUM
15:00 - 15:30
Towards more generic hardware accelerators for emerging hybrid AI tasks
Martin Andraud / Professor / UCLouvain
15:30 - 16:00
Optimizing demanding data-intensive applications
Rob van Nieuwpoort / Professor / LEI
16:00 - 16:30
Break
16:30 - 18:00
Speech Session:
Integrated Circuit Design
Chair:
Hann-Huei Tsai / Division Director / TSRI
16:30 - 17:00
Highly Integrated GaN Solutions Lead a New Era of Power Electronics
Ke-Horng Chen / Professor / NYCU
Roundtable discussion:
Computing, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence
16:30 - 17:30
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Tian-Sheuan Chang (NYCU)
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Hussam Amrouch (TUM)
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Martin Andraud (UCLouvain)
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Lih-Yih Chiou (NCKU)
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Rob van Nieuwpoort (LEI)
17:00 - 17:30
IC design at AGH University, Krakow: research, cooperation with industry, and education
Pawel Grybos / Professor / AGH
17:30 - 18:00
Open source in digital design
Hana Kubatova/ Professor/ CTU
18:00 - 19:00
Roundtable discussion:
Integrated Circuit Design
18:00 - 19:00
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Ke-Horng Chen (NYCU)
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Pawel Grybos (AGH)
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Hana Kubatova (CTU)
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Michal Stepanovsky(CTU)
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Hann-Huei Tsai (TSRI)
DAY 3 Workshop
This course will discuss high-speed silicon photonic modulators, silicon photonic PIC design, and high-speed EIC design, focusing on key research outcomes from TSRI and Taiwanese professors. We will also cover chip integration solutions, high-speed optoelectronic device and system testing solutions, and how TSRI and our partners can support you in these areas.
October
31
09:00 - 12:00
Advanced Workshop:
High-speed and highly-integrated electrical and optical transceivers
Speakers:
Ming-Wei Lin (TSRI) & Yen-Po Lin (NTHU) & Nikita Kuzmichev (Anritsu)
09:00 - 09:15
Welcome and introduction
09:15 - 09:45
Silicon photonics based high speed optical transceiver
09:45 - 10:15
200Gbps electrical transceivers design
10:15 - 10:45
Photonic testing solution: waveguide, coupler, modulator
10:45 - 11:15
Beyond 110GHz/112GBaud testing solution
11:15 - 11:45
2.5D/3D integration
11:45 - 12:00
TSRI services
This workshop is designed to provide participants with a deep dive into the world of N2 Nanosheet Pathfinding-PDK (P-PDK), including a comprehensive understanding of Back-Side Power Distribution Network (PDN). The course will cover theoretical foundations of the N2 technology, including standard cell design, SRAM scaling, the interconnect stack and Backside power delivery.