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IEEE SSCS Establishes Educational Fund
in Honor of Prof. James D. Meindl
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The IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society
(SSCS) has established the IEEE SolidState
Circuits Society James D. Meindl
Memorial Educational Fund in honor
of Prof. James D. Meindl. The fund will
provide long-term support to enable
the SSCS to nurture, encourage, and
celebrate students and early career
innovators in the field of solid-state
circuits. The SSCS intends to use the
fund to support the establishment of a
new award named for Prof. Meindl that
perpetuates his passions. The award
will celebrate the accomplishments of
young innovators and financially support
the awardees to engage high school
and undergraduate students through
research projects related to IC technology.
In addition to recognizing and
encouraging future SSCS leaders, the
Society would like the award to increase
excitement about the solid-state circuits
profession among young people.
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tions of the International Solid-State
Circuits Conference.
Prof. Meindl had an infectious
Prof. Meindl, a giant in the world of
semiconductors and among the founding
fathers of Silicon Valley, passed
away on 7 June 2020. He was an active
member of the IEEE Solid-State Circuits
Council, the predecessor of the
SSCS. He was a past president of the
Society, served as the founding editor
of IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits,
and chaired the 1966 and 1969 edispirit
and was passionate about nurturing
future generations of solidstate
circuits innovators. Mentoring
over 90 Ph.D. candidates during his
time at Stanford, the Rensselaer
Polytechnic institute, and Georgia
Tech, Prof. Meindl was a trusted confidante
and had a profound impact
on his students, some among whom
went on to found companies, including
Cypress Semiconductor, Etron
Technology, Lattice Semiconductor,
Maxim Integrated Products, SanDisk,
SunPower, and Zoran.
If you are interested in donating
to Prof. Meindl's fund, you can do so
through the IEEE Foundation (https://
www.ieeefoundation.org/Meindl).
If you have questions or wish to
hold a personal consultation regarding
the fund or ways to contribute,
please call +1 732 562 3915 or email
donate@ieee.org.
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SSCD Runs Inaugural Workshop on Hardware Security
Solid-State Circuits Directions (SSCD)
is a new technical committee within
the IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society
[1]. Its charter is to promote forwardlooking
topics, build new communities,
and stimulate interaction with
others. The committee's inaugural
workshop event on 7 December 2020
drew 380 online attendees and featured
two visionary talks on hardware
security and its relevance to
chip design.
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FIGURE 1: Prof. Christopher Fletcher presents his talk at SSCD's inaugural Workshop on
Hardware Security.
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