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Dr. Van der Spiegel gave a talk at the
opening ceremony of the ACSS.

Rakesh Kumar

Yervant Zorian

The general cochair of ACSS 2017,
Dr. Milin Zhang (right), thanked Dr. Van
der Spiegel.

Cor Claeys

Alan Hasting

ACSS 2017 were Dr. Milin Zhang,
Dr. Hanjun Jiang, and Dr. Liyuan
Liu. The Student Chapter members
took care of the itinerary: planning
for the speaker, preparing tutorial handouts, and overall organization of the attendees. A summary of
each day's events was posted on the
SSCS WeChat public account, and
the organizers created a discussion
group so participants could keep in
touch after the school's conclusion.
ACSS received good publicity and
was reported in various media outlets, including Xinhua News, one
of the most popular news channels
in China.
On 23 July, an opening ceremony
for invited guests and sponsors
was held, and the following individuals spoke: Dr. Jan Van der Spiegel, professor at the University of
Pennsylvania and SSCS president;
Aiguang Ren, director at Ministry of
Industry and Information Technology of China; Guangming Su, secretary-general at China International
Talent Exchange Foundation; Dr.
Shaojun Wei and Dr. Zhihua Wang,
professors at Tsinghua University;
Qun Ge, China country manager at

Synopsys; and Jun Miao, chair at
Beijing IC Park. In Dr. Van der Spiegel's opening speech, he said he was
very happy to see the growth of the
China IC industry over the past few
years. He said that the SSCS would
be very happy to have future conferences in China.
On 24 July, the first official day
of the school, Van der Spiegel spoke
about the importance of the IEEE
and the SSCS. He encouraged attendees to join the Society. He also gave
a keynote speech, "Integrated Circuits: Past, Present and the Road
Ahead-The Best Is Still to Come."
He started his speech with a review
of key milestones of the semiconductor industry over the past 70 years
that have changed the world and
will continue to change it at an
even faster pace. He reviewed how
inexpensive low-power transistors
have opened the door to many
new applications and enabled the
IC revolution.
Van der Spiegel discussed the
challenges of current complementary metal- oxide-semiconductor
devices and new technologies on the
horizon. He claimed that the revo-

lution has just started, and the best
is still to come. He suggested that
circuit designers need to be able
to w o r k i n a m u lt i d i s c ip l i n a r y
environment and adopt new technologies. He also shared his opinion
on the future of China's IC industry and told the audience that he
believes the future is very promising through the great support from
the government and the great effort from all the smart and aspiring engineers.

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Leading Experts Presented
at ACSS 2017
Ten leading experts presented at
ACSS 2017, including one IEEE Life
Fellow, seven IEEE Fellows, and two
IEEE Senior Members. Six hours of
lectures were given to the audience
daily, covering topics such as process technology, simulation, and
design skills.
On 24 July, IEEE Life Fellow and
president and chief executive officer of TCX Technology Connexions,
Dr. Rakesh Kumar, gave the lecture
"Semiconductor Innovation-A Continuum of Opportunities." He talked
about the booming semiconductor

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