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SISPAD abstracts due April 9 |
The International Conference on Simulation of Semiconductor Processes and Devices (SISPAD) will accept abstracts of original papers through April 9.
One of the longest-running conferences devoted to technology computer-aided design and advanced modeling of novel semiconductor devices and nano electronic structures, SISPAD solicits papers on electronic transport in semiconductor materials and devices; device modeling and simulation; sensors, biosensors, and electromechanical systems simulation; process and equipment modeling and simulation; compact models; physical-level circuit simulation; new algorithms for process and device modeling; simulation of nano and quantum devices; user interfaces and visualization; simulation of power devices; and photovoltaics and other green technologies.
A nanoHUB overview and tutorial will be presented at SISPAD, which will be held September 5-7 in Denver.
More information is available from the SISPAD 2012 website. |
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Computational science and engineering conference requests abstract submissions |
Undergraduate or graduate students interested in giving short presentations at the upcoming computational science and engineering student conference may submit abstracts until March 23.
The Purdue chapter of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM@Purdue) will host the fourth annual conference on April 6. The location is yet to be determined.
The conference will focus on interdisciplinary research related to computational science, engineering and life sciences. It will feature keynote speakers, professional networking, monetary awards for undergraduate and graduate students, dinner, refreshments and research presentations.
Abstracts for presentations must include a brief description of the student's work, which may be a paper or a poster. Abstracts should not exceed 300 words and should not include any formulas or pictures.
Deadline for submitting abstracts is March 23. To submit an abstract or register for the conference, go to http://www.csesc2012.wordpress.com. Abstracts also may be emailed to
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SIAM@Purdue will host a call-out for the conference from 4 to 5:30 p.m. today (Feb. 29) in the Physics Building, Room 331. More information about the conference and about submitting an abstract will be available there. |
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Supriyo Datta elected to National Academy of Engineering |
The National Academy of Engineering has elected into its society Supriyo Datta, a Purdue University engineering professor who is teaching two courses on the Fundamentals of Nanoelectronics on nanoHUB.org.
Datta, the Thomas Duncan Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, was among the 66 new members and 10 foreign associates elected to the academy this year.
"Election to membership in the National Academy of Engineering is one of the highest distinctions that can be bestowed on an engineer," said Leah Jamieson, Purdue's John A. Edwardson Dean of Engineering and a 2005 academy inductee. "This is a well-deserved honor for Dr. Datta and an honor for Purdue and the College of Engineering." Full story
Datta was elected to the academy for his work on quantum transport modeling in nanoscale electronic devices. He is presenting his work on quantum models in an online course beginning March 19. The course is designed for engineers, academics, graduate students, and others who need to understand both the basics and the latest developments in the field. |
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One and done: Single-atom transistor is end of Moore's Law; may be beginning of quantum computing |
The smallest transistor ever built - in fact, the smallest transistor that can be built - has been created using a single phosphorous atom by an international team of researchers at the University of New South Wales, Purdue University and the University of Melbourne.
The same research team announced in January that it had developed a wire of phosphorus and silicon - just one atom tall and four atoms wide - that behaved like copper wire.
Simulations of the atomic transistor to model its behavior were conducted at Purdue using nanoHUB technology, an online community resource site for researchers in computational nanotechnology.
Gerhard Klimeck, who directed the Purdue group that ran the simulations, says this is an important development because it shows how small electronic components can be engineered.
"To me, this is the physical limit of Moore's Law," Klimeck says. "We can't make it smaller than this."
Read more in The New York Times, BBC, Red Orbit, Nanowerk, Nanotechnology Now, Purdue University Newsroom.
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