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SUMMARY:Lean Techniques in a Fabless Workflow
DTSTART:20190806T131500
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Prof. Wim Bogaerts\, Ghent University\nThis event constists of
  two parts: First a presentation and second an interactive session. The in
 teractive session is limited to 24 participants and sign-up is required (f
 or the interactive session only).\n\nPresentation: Using Lean techniques i
 n a Fabless Research Workflow (13h15-14h15)\nLean is a collection of conce
 pts and techniques that originated in the Japanese automobile industry but
  gained widespread adoption in many branches of manufacturing. Its philoso
 phy revolves around reduction of ‘waste’ and continuous improvements\,
  and translates itself in a more motivated and empowered workforce. Princi
 ples of Lean have gradually found their way into project management\, nota
 bly under the umbrella of ‘Agile’\, most notably in software developme
 nt and startup environments. One of the last places where Lean is adopted 
 is in Research\, both academic and corporate. This is contradictory\, sinc
 e the principles of Lean should be extremely compatible with the scientifi
 c method. This presentation will introduce the concepts and basic principl
 es of Lean and contrast them with traditional project management.\n \nInt
 eractive Session: The Fab game (14h30-18h)\nAfter the presentation\, we wi
 ll apply the LEAN techniques in a specific research flow\, taken from the 
 world of Silicon Photonics. In this field\, researchers doing a PhD often 
 rely on an external foundry to fabricate chips. This creates bottlenecks i
 n bringing their ideas all the way to a published papers. Through a series
  of simulation games\, we will see ow we can apply the techniques to impro
 ve our workflow.\n\nAbout the Speaker: Wim Bogaerts is a full professor in
  the Photonics Research Group of Ghent University and IMEC\, Belgium. He s
 pecializes in silicon photonics\, complex photonics integrated circuits an
 d their design\, and programmable photonics. Wim Bogaerts studied engineer
 ing (applied physics) in Ghent\, and did a PhD in the Photonics Research G
 roup of Ghent University-IMEC\, building the design and technology foundat
 ions for IMEC's first silicon photonics technology platform on 200mm CMOS 
 tools. This led to collaborations with tens of partners\, growing into a s
 ilicon photonics multi-project-wafer service in IMEC\, eventually known as
  ePIXfab. To enable the design of these photonic chips\, Wim and his colle
 agues developed the software package IPKISS\, a parametric design framewor
 k for photonic circuits.\nIn 2010\, Wim became Professor at Ghent Universi
 ty\, specializing in advanced design methodologies for integrated photonic
 s\, tackling the challenges that form the design gap for silicon photonics
 . With the growing industrial interest in silicon photonics\, this know-ho
 w became ever more relevant for a larger community. In June 2014\, he co-f
 ounded Luceda Photonics\, a Ghent University - IMEC- VUB spin-off to bring
  the IPKISS software and other advanced design tools to the rapidly growin
 g photonics market.\nWith Luceda Photonics successfully established in the
  Integrated photonics market\, Wim returned in 2016 to his fundamental res
 earch interest\, establishing a research activity in large-scale silicon p
 hotonics and programmable photonic circuits. On this topic he received the
  ERC consolidator grant PhotonicSwarm. He also teaches design and technolo
 gy of photonic integrated circuits\, both at the level of the M.Sc. progra
 m in Ghent\, as in specialization courses. He is a very strong adept of Ag
 ile and Lean philosophies\, with a passion to apply them to the peculiar e
 cosystem of academic research. He holds a black belt in lean. He is a memb
 er of IEEE\, OSA\, SPIE and the Scrum Alliance\, as well as a travelling l
 ecturer of the Optical Society (OSA).
LOCATION:MED 2 1522 https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==MED%202%201522
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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