Well said Jim ! On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 11:40 AM, Jim Nadolny <jim.nadolny@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Thanks for the heads up Dan - > > I wanted to expand a bit on the "Industry Papers Track". When most people > think of an IEEE publication they think of academia. So a paper on a novel > Greens function expansion of a differential via which results in a 10:1 > computation time reduction over brute force FDTD methods would be a classic > IEEE SI paper. It's also well suited for the academic community as the > math is rigorous. Not to say that industry experts can't handle the math > but this type of research is generally not done in industry. At least here > at Samtec we are not planning to develop any Greens function expansions of > differential vias. > > The Industry Papers Track is an acknowledgement by the IEEE that > measurements, tolerance issues, material characteristics, manufacturing > tradeoffs and even cost are part of the SI engineering discipline. In > other words, the problems that SI engineers deal with every day are indeed > "worthy" of publication, in fact they are often the most well attended > papers because other engineers can relate to it. Sure, all your > competitors will attend your paper but so will a few customers. > > I encourage folks on this list to at least consider the benefits of > participating. Speaking from experience, preparing and presenting a paper > makes you realize how little you really know. Or maybe phrased another > way, you find out that others are working in the same field as you and > maybe they have already considered alternate approaches. In some cases you > actually help someone out and maybe advance our discipline. I find it > motivating, humbling and rewarding all at the same time. > > Regards, > Jim Nadolny > Principle SI & EMI Engineer > Samtec > > -----Original Message----- > From: si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > On Behalf Of Dan Oh > Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2014 9:51 PM > To: si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Cc: jun.fan@xxxxxxxx > Subject: [SI-LIST] 2015 EMC/SI/PI Call for Industry Papers > > Greetings, SI/PI/EMC Friends and Colleagues! > On behalf of the EMC/SIPI technical program committee, we are very pleased > to announce a new technical program for SI/PI engineers and researchers: > Industry Papers track. Industry Papers track provides a unique opportunity > to share experiences and ideas among SI/PI engineers and researchers within > the renowned IEEE conference environment. > > Paper acceptance is based on abstract submission only. Upon acceptance, > the final manuscript, however, must follow the regular EMC paper format. > Please refer to the Call for Industry Papers document for details. The > deadline for submission is October 19, 2014. > > The 2015 IEEE Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility and Signal > Integrity will be held in Santa Clara, CA, from March 15 to 21. We invite > you to submit an abstract for this exciting conference and program. We look > forward to meeting you at the heart of Silicon Valley in 2015. > > Please don't hesitate to contact us, if you have any questions. > > Best Regards, > > Dan Oh, TPC Vice Chair on Industry Papers, doh@xxxxxxxxxx<mailto: > doh@xxxxxxxxxx> > Jun Fan, TPC Chair, jun.fun@xxxxxxxx<mailto:jun.fun@xxxxxxxx> > __________________________________ > Dan (Kyung Suk) Oh, Ph.D. > (408) 544-8103 > Signal and Power Integrity Architect > Altera Corporation > > > > ________________________________ > > Confidentiality Notice. > This message may contain information that is confidential or otherwise > protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, you are > hereby notified that any use, disclosure, dissemination, distribution, or > copying of this message, or any attachments, is strictly prohibited. If you > have received this message in error, please advise the sender by reply > e-mail, and delete the message and any attachments. 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