WORKSHOPS

W9: Circuit Insights

9:30 - 17:30 ROOM tbd

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 four 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

preliminary program

09:30 - 09:40

Welcome Remarks

Ali Sheikholeslami (Organizer and Moderator), Bill Bowhill (SSCS President), Christoph Kutter (ESSERC 2025 General Chair)

09:40 - 10:30
Fundamentals of Dynamic Random-Access Memories
Ali Sheikholeslami (University of Toronto, CA)

10:30 - 11:00
Memory Circuits
Thomas Hein (Micron, DE)

11:00 - 11:30

Coffee break

11:30 - 12:30
Analog Circuit Design
Jens Anders (University of Stuttgart, DE)

12:30 - 13:00
Analog Circuit Design
Caspar van Vroonhoven (Analog Devices, DE)

13:00 - 14:00

Lunch

14:00 – 15:00
Power Management
Bernhard Wicht (University of Hannover - Institute of Microelectronic Systems, DE)

15:00 - 15:30
Power Management
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

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 for wireline communication and for optimization. He currently serves at the Education Chair for the International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) and the Vice President, Education, for the Solid-State Circuits Society (SSCS). He writes a regular column in the SSCS Magazine titled "Circuit Intuitions".

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