Assoc Prof Tan Cher Ming wins 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.

A/P TAN Cher Ming

Dr Mou Shouxian, Dr Ma Kaixue and Prof Yeo Kiat Seng win the Bronze Award at the Chip Design Competition, held in conjunction with ISIC 2011

Dr Mou Shouxian, Dr Ma Kaixue and Prof 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. 

Dr MOU Shouxian, Dr MA Kaixue and Prof YEO Kiat Seng

Asst Prof Kim Tae-Hyoung, Tony wins Best Paper Award at ISOCC 2011

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).

Ast/P KIM Tae-Hyoung, Tony

Congratulations to our faculty, Boon Chirn Chye and Chang Chip Hong together with other facullty/associates, won Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART) Inter-disciplinary Research Group (IRG) proposal with a grant total of S$25million

The 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. 

Ast/P BOON Chirn Chye and A/P CHANG Chip Hong

Li Fei wins PrimeAsia 2010 Gold Leaf Certificate Award

Mr Li Fei, the PhD student under the supervision of Assoc Prof Chang Chip Hong, was awarded Gold Leaf Certificate at the Asia Pacific Conference on Postgraduate Research in Microelectronics & Electronics (PrimeAsia) held in Shanghai on 22-24 September 2010.

The paper entitled “A Very Low Power 0.7 V Subthreshold Fully Programmable Gaussian Function Generator” is authored by Mr Li Fei, Assoc Prof Chang Chip Hong and Assoc Prof Siek Liter. It presents the first sub 1 V very low power fully programmable Gaussian function generator for use in the training of artificial neural networks. 

Li Fei (Postgraduate)

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. 

Ast/P YU Hao

Assoc Prof Zhang Yue Ping has been selected as Fellows of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) with effect on 1 January 2010

Assoc Prof ZHANG Yue Ping is cited for his contributions to integrated antennas and subsurface radio. He said, “It is a great honour to be elevated to IEEE Fellow. As a radio scientist, I have been working actively in the field of radio science and technology for more than 30 years. I have made several original contributions to the theory of propagation of radio waves, miniaturization of antennas, integration of radio transceivers, and advancement of wireless chip area networks. This recognition shows that my work has had significant impact on the international scientific community.” 

A/P ZHANG Yue Ping