2025 Symposium on
VLSI Technology and Circuits

Panels (June 17-18)

• The Technology Panel Session - "3D/Heterogeneous integration: Are we running towards a Thermal Crisis?" moderated by Prof. Takayuki Ohba, Tokyo Institute of Technology.
  Panelists:
  Ravi Mahajan, Intel Fellow
  Victor Adrian Chiriac, GCTG LLC (Former Qualcomm)
  Hiroyuki Ryoson, Dexerials
  Kuo-Chung Yee, TSMC
• The Circuits panel session, "New Generation Chip Makers vs. the Incumbents" moderated by Prof. Naveen Verma, Princeton University.
  Panelists:
  Joe Macri, AMD
  Jean-Francois Vidon, Qualcomm
  Ganesh Venkataramanan, Tesla
  Don Stark, Google
  Yusuke Doi, Preferred Networks
• The joint panel session, "The New Normal… How will it Change Work, Life and Education?" moderated by Dr. Kazuo Yano, Hitachi. This pandemic changes our minds and behaviors and changes our lives, work, and education. In this panel, a variety of leading experts from Zen Buddhism, wellbeing science, computer-human interfaces, to media art will join to deepen the meaning of this irreversible change and discuss the changing role of technology.
  Panelists:
  Joseph A. Paradiso, MIT Media Lab
  Takafumi Zenryu Kawakami, Shunkoin in Myoshinji Temple
  Junichi Rekimoto, The University of Tokyo / Sony Computer Science Laboratories, Inc.
  Alden Lai, New York University

Forum (June 19)

• The Symposia program will include the Forum – a series of presentations focusing on "Technologies for POST Covid-19 era," led by experts in the field who will guide participants in discussions on the contributions of technology and circuits. This year, 8 speakers are invited from 4 different genres, (1) Medical/healthcare, (2) Communication, (3) Security, and (4) Smart manufacturing/Logistics.
  In addition to the on-demand presentations, panel-style live session is scheduled on June 19th, which will be moderated by Chris van Hoof, imec.
• The Growing Importance of Indoor Air Quality Monitoring: How CO2 Sensors Help to Reduce the Risk of COVID-19 Transmission, Laurent Beaurenaut, Infineon Technologies
• Going from a 5G/6G Vision to Real Implementation, Fredrik Tillman, Ericsson Research
• Digital Annealer: Technology for Solving Combinatorial Optimization Problems in Real World, Jumpei Koyama, Fujitsu
• Challenges and Opportunities for Sub-7nm In-Memory/Near-Memory Computing, AI Accelerators and Hardware Security, Ram K. Krishnamurthy, Intel Labs
• NTT DOCOMO's View on 5G Evolution and 6G, Takahiro Asai, NTT DOCOMO, Inc.
• Data Analytics Approach for Smart Manufacturing and Optimizing Equipment Condition, Tsuyoshi Moriya, Tokyo Electron Ltd
• Leveraging Semiconductor Technologies for Next-Generation Healthcare Tools, Peter Peumans, imec