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Schaffer, Po-Hsuan Wei, and Sergio
Bampi. We thank last year's speakers
for their time and dedication!
Webinars are held once a month
and are open to all SSCS members
free of charge. If you've missed
a webinar, you can catch it on demand
at the SSCS Resource Center
(https://resourcecenter.sscs.ieee.org).
Check the SSCS website for information
on upcoming webinars (https://
sscs.ieee.org/education/upcoming
-webinars).
-Danielle Marinese
SSCS Webinars for Young Excellence (WYE)-
A Virtual Bridge for YPs and Students
A
Around the beginning of 2020-
when the pandemic had just started-a
group of IEEE Solid-State
Circuits Society (SSCS) young professionals
(YPs) initiated the idea
of using virtual webinars to deliver
nontechnical yet critical skills to
the YP members. In addition, the
webinars can also bridge the YPs
and senior members. With generous
help from the SSCS Webinar Committee
and support from the senior
members, the Webinar for Young Excellence
(WYE) commenced its first
webinar in 2020 May. After almost
three years, the WYE program has
become one of the staple programs
within the SSCS and has reached out
to thousands of young members
and students through the quarterly
webinar series. The webinars are offered
free to both IEEE and non-IEEE
members to benefit a wider community
and potentially increase membership.
Through the webinars, we
can also reach members from all
corners of the globe.
During these years, the WYE planning
team grew to five members from
industry and academia worldwide
(Figure 1). Since its inauguration, the
program has successfully offered 11
episodes. Topics have covered various
aspects concerning YPs, graduates,
and even senior members,
Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/MSSC.2023.3265965
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FIGURE 1: The WYE Planning Committee.
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including soft skills, paper writing,
job hunting, and grant proposal
writing, along with trendy topics
such as the roles of artificial intelligence
(AI) in IC design. All recordings
of the webinars are available on the
SSCS YouTube channel (the QR code
is available in Figure 1); anyone interested
in the topic but unable to attend
can access it afterward anytime.
On 8 April 2022, the SSCS held its
seventh episode of the WYE. It was a
panel-like webinar titled " Grant Proposal
Writing Tips and Strategies:
Securing Funds for Your Brilliant Research
Idea "
(Figure 2). It featured
three distinguished professors: Prof.
Jane Gu (University of California Davis),
Prof. Dennis Sylvester (University
of Michigan), and Prof. Mohamad
Sawan (Westlake University). It was
also featured in IEEE Education Week
(Figure 3). The speakers started by
sharing their experiences and personal
views on how to write a good
grant proposal. During the interview,
they answered questions such as the
differences between writing a paper
versus a proposal, government funding
versus industry funding, dealing
with rejections, and more. Through
this webinar, YPs who just launched
their academic journeys learned tips
and strategies to maximize their
chances of attracting their first funding
as independent researchers. The
speakers also addressed the audience's
questions in the live Q&A

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