Hi all, I forgot to mention that DesignCon is a good example of what we want to achieve. With help from active DesignCon members, we can repeat the same success in IEEE conferences. Best Regards, -Dan Oh -----Original Message----- From: si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Alfred P. Neves Sent: Friday, August 29, 2014 12:23 PM To: awm2@xxxxxxx Cc: jfan@xxxxxxx; si-list Subject: [SI-LIST] Re: 2015 EMC/SI/PI Call for Industry Papers Mr Morales, We are heavily involved with DesignCon (I started the Test/Measurement track and co-chair it now), but want to explore other conferences, including the SI Center conference. Is there a good time to talk this next week? - Al Products for the Signal Integrity Practitioner Alfred P. Neves Chief Technologist Office: 503-679-2429 www.wildrivertech.com On Aug 29, 2014, at 11:38 AM, ALDO W MORALES <awm2@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Thanks Jun. Ditto here in the Center for Signal Integrity at Penn State > Harrisburg. Fully support working closely with industry > > > Cheers, > > Aldo > > _____________________________________________________________________________________________ > > > Aldo W. Morales, Ph.D. IEEE Senior Member > Co-Director, Center of Excellence in Signal Integrity > http://www.hbg.psu.edu/csi > NSF: MRI Principal Investigator > NSF-STEM Project Co-Principal Investigator > http://harrisburg.psu.edu/scholarships/nsf-stem-scholarship-program > Professor of Electrical Engineering > Penn State Harrisburg > 777 West Harrisburg Pike > Middletown, PA 17057 > U.S.A. > Phone: (717)-948-6379 > Fax: (717)-948-6352 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jun Fan" <jfan@xxxxxxx> > To: si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Friday, August 29, 2014 2:25:48 PM > Subject: [SI-LIST] Re: 2015 EMC/SI/PI Call for Industry Papers > > Thank Dan and Jim for the announcement and discussions. I will share some of > my own experience and perspective as a university professor. We need to > spend some time working on the Green's functions and some similar fundamental > research work as we should in academia; however, I fully support getting > industry involvement into the IEEE symposium. To us, we benefited a lot over > the years by working tightly with industry. We feel this is especially > important in our fields of Signal/Power Integrity and EMC. We wouldn't learn > about the real-world problems and conduct relevant research without our > industry partners. Making the IEEE symposium a venue for the industry and > academia coming together will greatly benefit university research, students, > and their future employers from our side of the view. > > Thanks, > > Jun Fan > Director, Missouri S&T EMC Laboratory > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dan Oh [mailto:doh@xxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2014 12:17 PM > To: jim.nadolny@xxxxxxxxxx; si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Cc: jun.fan@xxxxxxxx > Subject: RE: 2015 EMC/SI/PI Call for Industry Papers > > Thanks Jim for sharing your opinion. > > Yes, the motivation of this program is to "transform" modern IEEE conference > to accommodate new changes in electronic industry. It is funny that you > mentioned Green's function which was my Ph.D. topic two decades ago. Now, my > work is more focused on applications. There is so much stuff that SI/PI > engineers can contribute in IC or system design and also learn each other > from experience. We need a conference to share those experiences (of course, > without disclosing company trade secrets). It is indeed win-win for both > engineers and companies even including research institutions including > universities. > > It would nice to hear more opinions from others also. I hope we are not the > only ones thinking this way :). > Best, > -Dan Oh > > -----Original Message----- > From: si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On > Behalf Of Jim Nadolny > Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2014 8:40 AM > To: Dan Oh; si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Cc: jun.fan@xxxxxxxx > Subject: [SI-LIST] Re: 2015 EMC/SI/PI Call for Industry Papers > > 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. 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