WORKSHOPS
CHAIR
Ali Sheikholeslami (University of Toronto, CA)
ABSTRACT
Circuit Insights is a full-day educational event geared towards the 3rd and 4th-year undergraduate students, starting graduate students, and new electronics engineers in industry who are interested in circuit design. This year’s Circuit Insights consists of three fundamental talks on circuit design (each one hour long including an interactive Q&A) and two talks from industry showcasing the role of circuit design in engineering applications. The event will have a panel discussion at the end with all the speakers to summarize the lessons learned.
PROGRAM
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09:30 - 09:45
Opening
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09:45- 10:00
Welcome Remarks
Ali Sheikholeslami (Organizer and Moderator), Bill Bowhill (SSCS President), Christoph Kutter (ESSERC 2025 General Chair)
10:00 - 11:00
Fundamentals of Circuit Design
Ali Sheikholeslami (University of Toronto, CA)
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​11:00 - 11:30
Coffee break
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11:30 - 12:00
Industry Perspective: Memory Circuit Design
Walter Di Francesco (Micron Semiconductor Italia, IT)
12:00 - 13:00
The Magic of Feedback in Analog Circuit Design
Jens Anders (University of Stuttgart, DE)
13:00 - 14:00
Lunch
14:00 – 15:00
Energize Your ICs with Power Management
Bernhard Wicht (University of Hannover, DE)
15:00 - 15:30
Industry Perspective: Power/Performance Optimized Solutions
Frank Prämaßing (Infineon Technologies, AT)
15:30 - 16:00
Coffee Break
16:00 - 16:20
Panel Discussion
Moderated by Ali Sheikholeslami (University of Toronto, CA)
16:20 - 16:30
Quiz/Feedback for Participant Certificates
16:30
Group Photos
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BIOSKETCHES
Ali Sheikholeslami is a professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Toronto, Canada. His current research is in the areas of integrated circuits and architectures for wireline communication and for AI Acceleration. From 2019 to 2024, he served as the Vice President, Education, for the Solid-State Circuits Society (SSCS) and he currently serves as the Education Chair for the International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC). He writes a regular column series in the SSCS Magazine titled "Circuit Intuitions".​
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