|
22 Mar 12
Best Student Paper Award at the Workshop on Microfluidics for Biomedical and Environmental Engineering, jointly organized by Nanyang Technological University and the University of Tokyo
HUANG Xiwei (PhD student) was one of four to receive the Best Student Paper Award at the joint Workshop on Microfluidics for Biomedical and Environmental Engineering held at the Nanyang Executive Centre, NTU on 16 March 2012. The winning poster titled "High-throughput Microfluidic Contact Imaging System for Bio-medical Applications”, is the first work from academia to design the high-speed CMOS imager for microfluidic contact imaging system, along with super-resolution algorithm to enhance the sensor resolution and performance. The proposed system provides low-cost, portable, automated high-throughput screening solution for point-of-care diagnosis such as tumor cell sorting and counting etc. This is a collaborated work by Research Fellow Dr YAN Mei, Asst Prof YU Hao, Prof YEO Kiat Seng from VIRTUS and Asst Prof KANG Yuejun from School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering.
The joint Workshop focuses on the discussions of biotech research using either microfluidics, lab-on-a-chip or cell culture, bionanotechnology, and molecule detection for medical diagnosis for clinical, water and environmental applications. The scope of discussion ranges from fundamental studies to applied research on devices, sensors, materials, fabrication and signal processing, etc. 
20 Mar 12
Congratulations to Asst Prof Arindam Basu for being named one of the top 12 young innovators in Asia-Pacific by MIT’s Technology Review, 2012 class of TR35@Singapore
Asst Prof Arindam Basu has been conferred the inaugural “TR35@Singapore Award” on 16 March 2012. He was awarded for his outstanding research on neuro-inspired reconfigurable analog integrated circuits.
Organized by MIT’s Technology Review magazine, this award recognizes innovators under the age of 35 in the Asia-Pacific region. The 2012 TR35@Singapore were selected from more than 200 submissions by the editors of MIT’s Technology Review in collaboration with a prestigious panel of judges from leading organizations across India, Singapore, and Australia.
NTU News Hub: Four NTU researchers named in the elite list of researchers under 35 years of age
Media Reports: The Straits Times, 17 March 2012, page B10
About TR35
Established in 1999 as the TR100, the TR35 list of Technology Review published by Technology Review Inc., an independent media company owned by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), recognizes the outstanding innovators under the age of 35 each year. The awards span a wide range of fields, including biotechnology, materials, computer hardware, energy, transportation, and the Internet. Now, we are are announcing the 2012 class of TR35@Singapore.
3 Mar 12
Congratulations to Assoc Prof SIEK Liter for being awarded the 2011 Nanyang Award for Excellence in Teaching
Assoc Prof SIEK Liter has been honoured with the Excellence in Teaching Award at the 2011 Nanyang Awards on 2 March 2012. The Nanyang Awards are NTU’s most prestigious awards given to honour faculty, staff and students for their outstanding accomplishments in Teaching, Research, Innovation, Service, Teamwork, Humanitarian Work and Meritorious Achievement. He was one of eighteen professors and lecturers being awarded for his outstanding achievements in teaching. He is known to be an excellent teacher whose lessons are not only educational but very entertaining.
About the Excellence in Teaching Award
The Excellence in Teaching Award (ETA) is the highest honour conferred by the University to faculty members of NTU and NIE in the field of teaching. It recognizes the dedication and achievements of faculty members who displayed excellent teaching practices and enriched the learning experiences of NTU undergraduates and NIE Trainee Teachers. These award recipients inspire students through their deep passion to teach well and their genuine concern for their students' learning.
24 Feb 12
Paper presented at ISSCC 2012 - Congratulations to Assoc Prof GOH Wang Ling and her student, WANG Yong
Assoc Prof GOH Wang Ling’s postgraduate student, WANG Yong recently presented a paper at the prestigious IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) held in San Francisco from 19 – 23 February 2012. The reported work is a collaboration with Dr XIONG Yong-Zhong from MicroArray Technologies, Chengdu, China. Dr Xiong was formally working in the A*STAR Institute of Microelectronics, Singapore.
The title of their ISSCC paper is: "A 9 % Power Efficiency 121-137 GHz Phase-Controlled Push-Push Frequency Quadrupler in 0.13µm SiGe BiCMOS”. Using a phase-controlled push-push (PCPP) technique to directly synthesize the 4th harmonic, they are able to substantially enhanced the efficiency of the frequency quadrupler core. And in an ideal situation, the reported quadrupler circuit is able to generate almost no other harmonics, attaining an efficiency of 50%. The 121 to 137GHz frequency quadrupler is designed based on a 0.13µm SiGe BiCMOS process.
The IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) is universally recognised and respected as the world's foremost forum for showcasing advances in solid-state circuits and Systems-on-a-Chip.
31 Jan 12
Assoc Prof SEE Kye Yak has been appointed as the Technical Editor of IEEE EMC Society Magazine
Assoc Prof SEE Kye Yak has been appointed as the Technical Editor of IEEE Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Society Magazine with effect from 1 Jan 2012. The IEEE EMC Society Magazine has taken a new transition from newsletter to magazine starting Jan 2012 and has an estimated circulation of more than 4,600.
17 Dec 11
Congratulations to Assoc Prof TAN Cher Ming for being awarded the IEEE 2011 Region 10 Outstanding Volunteer Award
The IEEE Region 10, also sometimes referred as the Asia Pacific Region, is one of the largest regions in IEEE. It comprises of about 57 Sections. The Region 10 Outstanding Volunteer Award aims to recognize those volunteers who have made outstanding contributions to a particular Region 10 section. Assoc Prof TAN Cher Ming (Singapore Section) was selected as one of the five recipients of this award after the review by the R10 Awards & Recognition Committee.
15 Dec 11
Congratulations to Dr MOU Shouxian, Dr MA Kaixue and Prof YEO Kiat Seng for winning the Bronze Award at the Chip Design Competition, held in conjunction with ISIC 2011
Dr MOU Shouxian, Dr MA Kaixue and Professor YEO Kiat Seng have won a bronze award that comes with a cash prize of S$3,000 at the inaugural Chip Design Competition, held in conjunction with the International Symposium on Integrated Circuits (ISIC) 2011. Their winning entry is “A 900MHz RFID Reader Chip with RC Calibration”. The Team won because of the design innovations they have introduced to reduce chip performance degradation due to process and temperature variation. The theme of the Chip Design Competition was Energy and Variability Aware Circuits and Systems. This Chip Design Competition aimed to address many complex issues associated with chip design, which include improving the chip design productivity and developing new design methodologies, and creative circuit and system designs to circumvent variations in process technology and power/energy.
29 Nov 11
Best Paper Award at ISOCC 2011 - Congratulations to Asst Prof KIM Tae-Hyoung, Tony
Asst Prof KIM Tae-Hyoung, Tony received a Best Paper Award (IEEE SSCS Seoul Chapter Award) in 8th International SoC Design Conference 2011 (ISOCC' 2011). The title of his work is " Impacts of NBTI/PBTI on SRAM VMIN and Design Techniques for SRAM VMIN Improvement". The award was one of several selected papers (~top 5%) from ~ 200 applicants. The award includes a cash prize of KRW300,000 and the paper will be invited for publication in the Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science (JSTS).
12 Oct 11
Paper Accepted in the ISSCC 2012 - Congratulations to Assoc Prof GOH Wang Ling and her student, WANG Yong
A paper has been accepted for presentation at the 2012 International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) which is known as “the Chip Olympics”, in San Francisco in February 2012.
The paper titled “A 9 % Power Efficiency 121-137 GHz Phase-Controlled Push-Push Frequency Quadrupler in 0.13um SiGe BiCMOS”, by Assoc Prof GOH Wang Ling’s postgraduate student WANG Yong, has been accepted into the mm-Wave and Terahertz Techniques session of ISSCC 2012.
ISSCC is the flagship conference of the Solid-State Circuits Society, and is the premier forum for the presentation of advances in solid-state circuits and systems-on-a-chip. The Conference offers a unique opportunity to network with leading experts in the field.
13 Jun 11
Congratulations to our faculty, BOON Chirn Chye and CHANG Chip Hong, who took part in SMART-CREATE programme with MIT, have won big research grant
National Research Foundation (NRF) announced 3 more research centres to be set up by top international research universities under its CREATE programme - the Campus for Research Excellence And Technological Enterprise.
The first project, “Low Energy Electronics Systems (LEES)” will be carried out by MIT scientists under the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART) Centre. This is the 5th Inter-disciplinary Research Group (IRG) set up by MIT. The research involves identifying new technologies in semi-conductor electronic systems that greatly reduce energy use and hence lower power consumption as compared to current products. This research will be carried out by teams from both MIT and Singapore, possessing expertise in materials, engineering, and electronic devices and circuits. This research would allow our local semiconductor industry to tap on the scientific expertise of the research team to maintain competitiveness in this technologically-intensive industry.
Said MIT Prof Eugene Fitzgerald, Lead Principal Investigator of the ‘Low Energy Electronic Systems’ IRG, “This programme brings together MIT, NTU, NUS and other researchers from Singapore to develop disruptive new semiconductor and integrated circuit technologies that could define innovative paths for the industry. Materials, device, and circuit researchers will innovate together in this unique research program and further improve energy efficiency.”
12 May 11
Gear up for 4,500 new skilled electronics jobs, says EDB
The Economic Development Board (EDB) of Singapore says it expects to generate more than 2,600 [updated on May 13, 6.50PM] skilled electronics jobs from the investments attracted this year.
"The companies are excited as there are really job openings available in the industry. Applied Materials announced that they will set up a huge collaboration with Institute of Microelectronics to do R&D work for the forefront of technology and that really opens up R&D jobs for the people," said Mr Chong Joon-Woon, deputy director of electronics at the EDB.
Singapore's semiconductor industry grew by almost half (49.8 per cent) to bring in around S$60 billion in sales last year.
14 Mar 11
MediaTek expands operations in Singapore (EE Times Asia News Blast - EDA)
To strengthen support for the growing Southeast Asian customer base, MediaTek has chosen to expand its operations in Singapore and make it its regional hub for RF design.
"We are pleased that MediaTek, Asia's largest fabless semiconductor company, has chosen to expand its operations in Singapore. This will further strengthen our semiconductor ecosystem, which comprises of many major IC design companies, foundries, and assembly and test houses. Besides generating spin-offs to Singapore-based semiconductor manufacturers, MediaTek's partnerships with local research centers such as VIRTUS at the Nanyang Technological University, will further strengthen our pool of analog and RF IC design talent," said Leo Yip, chairman, Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB).
11 Mar 11
Singapore takes R&D initiatives to green its electronics (EE Times Asia News Blast - Spotlight: Green Technologies)
The demand for environmentally-friendly products and energy efficient solutions is increasing because of rising awareness of climate change. This has given rise to various R&D initiatives to reduce the amount of energy required to provide products and services.
Recognising this, VIRTUS, Singapore's IC Design Centre of Excellence, is establishing joint collaborations with universities, research institutions and companies to develop power management and energy harvesting technologies, which are critical elements for power optimization and higher energy efficiency in electronic devices.
One such project is an energy-aware design for wireless applications. By dynamically adjusting the performance of the receiver circuit according to the received signal strength and combining it with electromagnetic energy harvesters, VIRTUS successfully implemented an energy-aware receiver front-end for low-power, low-data-rate applications in the 2.4GHz ISM band.
Other research projects in VIRTUS include sub-threshold SRAM, sub-threshold circuit optimization, probabilistic CMOS design, low power true single phase clock prescalers, and energy efficient sensors for wide body area networks.
17 Jan 11
Agilent to supply test equipment to Singapore university (EE Times Asia News Blast - Design Test)
Agilent Technologies Inc. has been chosen to supply RF test equipment for the VIRTUS, IC Design Center of Excellence of Singapore's Nanyang Technological University (NTU). The partnership will support efforts to establish a long-term relationship focusing on the growing education market in Asia.
VIRTUS aims to be a world-class design house, developing key technologies required to design ICs and systems for use in consumer electronics, medical equipment and clean energy generation.
The equipment, including signal generators, a network analyzer, and IC characterization and analysis software, will be used for research projects approaching the terahertz range, starting with WiGig applications and higher-frequency 325GHz projects.
24 Nov 10
Meeting the Challenges for Low-Power Analog and Mixed-Signal IC Design
Nanyang Technological University (NTU) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Technische Universität München (TUM) to advance research in the area of Analog and mixed-signal IC design; Low-power RF/mm-wave ICs; Energy harvesting; VLSI design; Sensors; and Low-power integrated circuits and systems; System-on-chip; System-in-package; and the corresponding design methodology and automation.
A collaborative effort between Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and Technische Universität München (TUM) has been initiated and will focus on new discoveries on innovative circuit design techniques to reduce the power consumption with better reliability and yield through optimization for circuits, systems, and devices. The relationship between the two institutions was clarified in a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on 6 October 2010.
20 Oct 10
World's Smallest On-chip Low-pass Filter developed by NTU Researchers is unveiled at the official opening of VIRTUS, Integrated Circuit Design Centre of Excellence
A research team from NTU has a new invention that can increase the voice clarity for mobile phone users even in a crowded train. The world’s smallest on-chip low-pass filter by NTU is 1,000 times smaller than existing off-chip filters. Compared to existing off-chip filters, the new invention occupies a small area on integrated circuit chips, which can be found in portable devices such as mobile phones, laptops, vehicle-mounted radars and speed guns used in traffic monitoring. The filter also consumes less power and can be incorporated into existing integrated circuit chips at almost no cost. The design is unveiled at the official opening of VIRTUS, the new Integrated Circuit Design Centre of Excellence at NTU. The man behind the invention, Professor Yeo Kiat Seng, who is the Head of Circuits and Systems at NTU’s School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, described it as a breakthrough that is set to revolutionise wireless communication. This filter project is jointly funded by NTU and Exploit Technologies Pte Ltd, the marketing and commercialisation arm of the Agency for Science, Technology and Research. Six leading industry players - Exploit Technologies Pte Ltd, Infineon Technologies, Mediatek Inc, SiliconCore Technology, Systems on Silicon Manufacturing Co Pte Ltd, and Verigy, have pledged to contribute S$5.5 million to VIRTUS to support advanced integrated circuit design research.
Speech by Dr Su Guaning, NTU President
Speech by Senior Minister of State for Trade and Industry and Education Mr S Iswaran
Media Reports:-
The Straits Times, page D12, 23 October 2010
The Straits Times online, 20 Oct 2010
TODAY online, page 14, , 21 Oct 2010
TODAY online, 21 Oct 2010
Channel NewsAsia online, 20 Oct 10
Online News Service & Magazines Reports:-
e! Science News, 20 Oct 2010
EurekAlert, 20 Oct 2010
FirstScience.com, 20 Oct 2010
Insciences Services, 20 Oct 2010
PhysOrg.com, 20 Oct 2010
News was released at Singapore EDB site.
Photos for Official Opening of VIRTUS can be found at NTU Gallery and VIRTUS site.
10 Aug 10
Assoc Prof GOH Wang Ling receives the National Day Award
Congratulations to Assoc Prof GOH Wang Ling for being honoured with National Day Awards 2010 - The Public Administration Medal (Bronze).
2 Aug 10
Meeting the Challenges for Low-Power System-on-Chip (SoC) Design
Nanyang Technological University (NTU) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the University of Michigan to advance research in the area of low-power RF/mm-wave ICs; energy harvesting; ultra-low power wireless sensor node design; and biomedical ICs.
A collaborative effort between Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and the University of Michigan (U-M) has been initiated and will focus on new discoveries and innovative circuit design techniques to reduce the power consumption at three levels, namely circuits, systems, and devices. The relationship between the two institutions was clarified in a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), 26 April 2010.
7 Jul 10
Singapore aims to boost high-tech presence (EE Times Asia News Blast - Top Story)
Singapore EDB director for electronics Damian Chan talks about the nation's future directions for the electronics industry and competition with other countries for attracting tech investment.
"We also recently set up an IC center of excellence at one of our major universities, Nanyang Technological University. The center is called Virtus, which means excellence in Latin. It's meant to be an IC design center of excellence, focusing on analog design specifically looking at low power management. Over the next five years it will train 50 PhDs and 50 masters......" - EE Times' interview with Damian Chan.
18 Apr 10
Asst Prof YU Hao wins 2010 ACM TODAES Best Paper Award
Congratulations to Asst Prof YU Hao on receiving the 2010 ACM TODAES Best Paper Award for his article titled Allocating Power Ground Vias in 3D ICs for Simultaneous Power and Thermal Integrity, ACM Transactions on Design Automation of Electronic Systems (TODAES), Volume 14, Issue 3, May 2009, Article No. 41.
|
