Oct. 23
SPEAKER: Prof. Keiichiro Kagawa
Shizuoka University
BIO:
Keiichiro Kagawa received the Ph.D. degree in engineering from Osaka University, Osaka, Japan, in 2001.
In 2001, he joined Graduate School of Materials Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology as an Assistant Professor. In 2007, he joined Graduate School of Information Science, Osaka University as an Associate Professor. In 2011, he joined Shizuoka University as an Associate Professor.
Since 2020, he has been a Professor with Shizuoka University, Hamamatsu, Japan. His research interests cover high-performance computational CMOS image sensors, imaging systems, and biomedical applications.
Oct. 23
SPEAKER: Prof. Michael Kraft
University of Leuven
BIO:
Michael Kraft leads the ESAT research division Micro- and Nano-systems. He joined ESAT as a full professor in October 2017 and has more than 20 years experience in the design, fabrication and characterization of a wide range of micro- and nanosystems and micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) sensors and devices. He has worked on inertial sensors, intelligent interface circuits and control systems for micro-devices, atom and ion chips, bio-medical and biochemical sensors and devices, energy harvesters and piezoelectric ultrasound transducers. He is in charge of the Cleanroom and MEMS activities in the Leuven Nanocentre.
Michael studied electrical engineering at the Friedrich Alexander University in Erlangen, obtaining a MSc degree (Dipl.-Ing, Univ.) in 1993. He then choose to explore the world, studying for a PhD at Coventry University, UK from 1994 to 1997 and afterwards joining the University of California at Berkeley, US as a postdoctoral researcher for two years. In 2000, Michael returned to the UK, and worked for 13 years at the University of Southampton, where he became a full professor in 2008 and also served as director of the newly established Southampton Nanofabrication Centre from 2010 to 2012. In 2012, he had his Brexit and joined the Fraunhofer Institute in Duisburg, Germany heading the department for micro- and nanosystems and concurrently holding a professorship at the University of Duisburg-Essen. In 2015, wanting to return to academic life, he joined the University of Liege, but could not resist when receiving a call from the ESAT Department at University of Leuven, which he joined in October 2017 as full professor. Since September 2020, he is head of the newly founded ESAT Research Division Micro- and Nano-systems (MNS). He is also Director of the Leuven Institute for Micro- and Nanoscale Integration (LIMNI) and has a 10% affiliation with imec as guest professor.
Oct. 23
SPEAKER: Prof. Qiang Li
Hamburg University of Technology
BIO:
Prof. Qiang Li is currently a Professor and Head of the Institute of Integrated Circuits and Systems at Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH), Germany, since 2025. Prior to this, he served as Professor and the Founding Head of the same institute at the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC) in Chengdu from 2014 to 2025. From 2011 to 2014, he was an Associate Professor at Aarhus University, Denmark. He also held a professorship at UESTC from 2009 to 2011.
His industry experience includes serving as a Technical Consultant (Staff Design Engineer) at OKI Techno Centre in Singapore (2008–2009), and as an Engineer/Senior Engineer at the Institute of Microelectronics (IME), A*STAR, Singapore (2006–2008). He began his research career as a PhD student and Graduate Researcher at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore (2003–2006), after working as an Analog/Mixed-Signal IC Design Engineer at the Centre for Wireless Communications (CWC), Singapore (2001–2002).
He holds a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), China, obtained in 2001.
Oct. 24
SPEAKER: Prof. Zhiyi Yu
Sun Yat-sen University
BIO:
Prof. YU Zhiyi received the B.S. and M.S. degrees from Fudan University, China, and the Ph.D. degree from the University of California, Davis. He was with IntellaSys Corporation, USA, and the State Key Lab of ASIC & System, Fudan University.
He is currently a professor of school of electronics and information engineering, and the Deputy Dean of School of Microelectronics Science and Technology of Sun Yat-sen University, China, and an adjunct professor of ECE department of Carnegie Mellon University, USA. His research interests include VLSI design and computer architecture. He has published over 100 papers, including 3 ISSCC, 2 JSSC and over 20 in IEEE Transactions/Journals. He is the chair of Guangzhou Chapter of IEEE Solid-State Circuit Society.
Oct. 24
SPEAKER: Prof. Jun Yang
Southeast University
BIO:
Jun Yang (Member, IEEE) received the B.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electronic engineering from Southeast University, Nanjing, China, in 1999 and 2004, respectively.,He is currently a Professor with the National ASIC System Engineering Research Center, Southeast University.
He has authored and coauthored over 50 technical articles in conferences and journals, including IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), Design Automation Conference (DAC), the Journal of Solid-State Circuits, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers (TCASI), and IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (TVLSI) Systems. He has authorized over 100 Chinese and U.S. invention patents. His current researches focus on SRAM design, in-memory computing, and near-threshold design.,Dr. Yang serves as an International Technical Program Committee member for ISSCC and ASSCC.(Based on document published on 16 October 2024).
