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research ability to solve new and difficult
engineering problems.
Sheikh is the SSCS Oregon Chapter
Chair, is a Senior Member of IEEE, and
holds TPC and cochair positions in
multiple solid-state circuits (the VLSI
Symposium, IEEE European Conference
on Solid-State Circuits/European
Solid-State Devices and Circuits
Conference, and IEEE Custom Integrated
Circuits Conference) and
signal processing conferences (the
TPC cochair of the IEEE International
Workshop on Signal Processing Systems
2020 and 2021). She chaired and
co-organized the first SSCS Women
in Circuits " Rising Stars " Workshop at
ISSCC 2020.
Frank Omahony leads
the I/O Circuit Technology
group within
Advanced Design at
Intel in Hillsboro, Oregon,
where he is a senior
principal engineer. His team
coordinates circuit-process co-design
for wireline I/O at Intel. It also
designs and tests the first I/Os on
each new CMOS process technology.
From 2003 until 2011, he was a member
of the Signaling Research group
in Intel's Circuit Research Lab. His
past work includes high-speed and
low-power transceivers, clock generation
and distribution, equalization,
analog circuit scaling, and on-die
measurement techniques. He received
his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees
in electrical engineering from Stanford
University.
Omahony has been on the ISSCC
TPC since 2012, including five years as
the Wireline Subcommittee chair. He
currently serves as the ISSCC Forums
chair. Since 2003, he has published
more than 40 papers in peer-reviewed
conferences and journals on the topic
of wireline transceivers and clocking.
He received the ISSCC Jack Kilby
Award, IEEE Journal on Solid-State
Circuits Best Paper Award, and TCAS
Darlington Best Paper Award. He is a
Senior Member of IEEE and served as
an IEEE Distinguished Lecturer.
D
Mentors and Mentees Connect Virtually at ISSCC 2022
Despite the annual mentoring event
at the IEEE International Solid-State
Circuits Conference (ISSCC) 2022 being
held virtually, the enthusiasm for
the mentors and mentees this year
was unmatched. The event was held
virtually on the GatherTown platform
on 26 February 2022 (Figure 1)
and sponsored by the IEEE SolidState
Circuits Society (SSCS) Young
Professionals and IEEE SSCS Women
in Circuits (WiC) Committee.
SSCS Young Professionals Committee
member Konstantinos Vasilakopoulos
opened the event by talking
about the benefits of IEEE and SSCS
membership to young professionals.
SSCS WiC Committee member Zeynep
Toprak Deniz gave a brief introduction
about the WiC program.
Attendees then had the opportunity
to move from room to room based on the
topics they were interested in, similar to
breakout rooms. The topics included " Academia
Versus Industry: The Age-Old diDigital
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FIGURE 1: The mentoring event at ISSCC 2022 was held virtually on GatherTown.
lemma, " " Ace That Interview: How to Best
Prepare for the Next Step, " " Productivity
Hacks for Engineers, " " Feeling Stuck:
What Are My Options?, " Balancing Work
and Family Time for Busy Engineers, " and
" Engineering Finance 101: Who Said You
Can't Become Wealthy? "
The GatherTown platform allowed
the mentoring session attendees to
interact via webcam and audio, making
the event a little bit more intimate.
For details on the next SSCS mentoring
event, check the SSCS website.
-Abira Altvater
IEEE SOLID-STATE CIRCUITS MAGAZINE
SPRING 2022
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