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fee (and IEEE membership for that matter) is small for what you get. One of
the greatest parts of SSCS is belonging
to a community that has contributed so
much to advancing humanity. It's a relatively small community, and we're all in
this together. I can't emphasize the networking aspect enough. In a time where
the industry is moving fast and job
security is nonexistent, the network of
people you'll meet through SSCS is the
only real insurance you have to make
sure you're gainfully employed.
Alvin Loke

Alvin Loke
Alvin Loke received the B.A.Sc. degree in
engineering physics with highest honors

from the University of British Columbia
and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electri-

cal engineering from Stanford University.
He worked on complementary metal--oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) integration
for several years and has been designing circuits for a variety of wireline links
and addressing next-generation CMOS
design concerns while at Agilent, AMD,
and now at Qualcomm, where he is a
principal engineer. He has authored several dozen publications and 21 patents.
He has served as a Custom Integrated
Circuits Conference committee member,
IEEE Chapter chair, guest editor of IEEE
Journal of Solid-State Circuits, and IEEE
Distinguished Lecturer.
-Abira Sengupta

JxCDC Editor-in-Chief Ian Young Receives
the IEEE Frederik Philips Award

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IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society
member and IEEE Journal on Explorator y Solid-State Computational
Devices and Circuits (JxCDC) Editor-inChief Dr. Ian Young is the recipient of
the 2017 IEEE Frederik Philips Award.
The IEEE Frederik Philips Award, sponsored by Philips Electronics N.V., was
established in 1971. The award is
given for outstanding accomplishments
in the management of research and
development resulting in effective
innovation in the electrical and electronics industry. Young received the
IEEE Frederik Philips Award "for leadership in research and development on
circuits and processes for the evolution of microprocessors." A short
interview with Young follows.

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this award. I am very thankful to the
people who went out of their way to
support my nomination. What made it
even more special was that Dr. Gordon
Moore, the cofounder of Intel, was a
recipient of this award in 1979. He
has been my inspiration throughout
my career.

How Will Winning This Award Affect
Your Work at Intel and with the IEEE?

Ian Young

How Did You Feel After Winning
This Award, Was it a Total Surprise?
I had never expected to be considered
for such a prestigious IEEE award,
let alone becoming a recipient. I
feel very fortunate since there are
plenty of other people who deserve

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I hope that the IEEE recognition of
my work will show Intel engineers
and scientists that our work contributes not only for the benefit of our
company but also toward the progress of the semiconductor industry
as a whole. To me, this IEEE award
reaffirms that we are part of a large
industry all working together to
make products that improve the
society. While software engineering has been getting much attention
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