The FIRST Interdisciplinary Conference 2023 (FIRST)

1.CONFERENCE INFORMATION

Website: http://sme.tju.edu.cn/info/1095/2265.htm

Registration（注册网址）: 中文站 - https://www.aconf.cn/conf_194081.html

                                         English - https://www.aconf.org/conf_194081.html

Date: 30 Oct 2023 (Mon) to 31 Oct 2023 (Tue)

Main Organizer: Tianjin University

Venue: Online

 

2.CONFERENCE INTRODUCTION

Theme: Interdisciplinarity: The Fusion of Technologies (Semiconductor, Artificial Intelligence, Internet-of-Things, and Communications)

The inaugural FIRST international conference will be held online on Monday, 30th and Tuesday 31st October 2023. Many world-renowned professors, experts and researchers in communication and semiconductor technologies and other related fields at home and abroad will attend this conference. This international conference aims to discuss the open problems and present new solutions that address the challenges of future communication systems, artificial intelligence, internet-of-things, and chip design. Specifically, the role of semiconductors in future communications will be presented and how can the semiconductor and communication industry emerge stronger after the pandemic will be discussed.

This FIRST international conference will be open to relevant enterprises and experts in the field of semiconductors and integrated circuits, providing a professional multi-disciplinary and multi-field exchange and cooperation platform for enterprises, universities and research institutes in the field of semiconductors and integrated circuits, providing innovative ideas for today's increasingly complex and difficult product development, combining cutting-edge scientific research and product innovation more effectively. At the same time, it lays a solid foundation for more in-depth school-enterprise cooperation.

 

3.KEYNOTE

Conference Leader

Professor Kiat Seng YEO

IEEE Fellow, Singapore Academy of Engineering Fellow, Singapore National Academy of Science Fellow, AAIA Fellow. He was previously Associate Provost for Research and International Relations and Chairman of the University Research Board (URB) at the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD). He is currently advisor (Global Partnerships) at SUTD, and distinguished professor at the School of Microelectronics, Tianjin University. Additionally, he is the Chairman of the interdisciplinary subject of integrated circuit science and engineering.

 

 

Program Schedule

FIRST 2023 Program Schedule (China/Singapore Time)
Time	Event
DAY 1	30 October 2023 (Monday)
9.00am – 9.30am	Opening Address / Welcome Speech Professor Gong Jinlong Standing Committee Member of the Party Committee, Vice President of Tianjin University
9.30am - 10.30am	Keynote 1 Professor Lin CAI IEEE Fellow; NSERC E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fellow; Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC) Fellow; Professor of University of Victoria; College Member of Royal Society of Canada KEYNOTE: Self-Evolving and Transformative (SET) Protocol Architecture for 6G
10.30am - 11.30am	Keynote 2 Professor T. Russell HSING IEEE Life Fellow; Fellows for the British Computer Society, AAIA and SPIE; Adjunct Professor in the Chinese University of Hong Kong; Visiting Professor in UC Davis KEYNOTE: Where Technologist and Entrepreneur Meet to Stimulate Academic Spin-Offs
11.30am - 12.30pm	Lunch
12.30pm - 1.30pm	Keynote 3 Professor Pui-In MAK IEEE Fellow; IET Fellow; RSC Fellow; Deputy Director (Research) Institute of Microelectronics of University of Macau; Chinese Academy of Sciences Overseas Expert KEYNOTE: Passive-Intensive Bluetooth LE Receiver for Internet of Everything
1.30pm – 2.30pm	Keynote 4 Professor Chau YUEN IEEE Fellow; Professor of Nanyang Technological University, Singapore; Editor-in-Chief for Springer Nature Computer Science KEYNOTE: Stacked Intelligent Metasurfaces Enabled Joint Computing and Communication in the Wave Domain
2.30pm - 3.00pm	Tea Break
3.00pm - 4.00pm	Keynote 5 Professor Howard Cam LUONG IEEE Fellow; Professor of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; Associate Editor of IEEE Solid-State Circuits Letters (SSCL) and IEEE Virtual Journal on RFIC; Technical program committee member of IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) KEYNOTE: CMOS Frequency Generation - From RF to Millimeter-Wave and Sub-THz
4.00pm - 5.00pm	Keynote 6 Professor Kin K LEUNG IEEE Fellow; Professor of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Computing Departments, Imperial College London KEYNOTE: Machine Learning for Optimized Use of Network Resources
5.00pm	End of Programme for Day 1

 

Time	Event
DAY 2	31 October 2023 (Tuesday)
9.30am - 10.30am	Keynote 7 Professor Raafat MANSOUR IEEE Life Fellow; Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering (CAE); Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC); Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Waterloo KEYNOTE: Applications of Phase Change Material (PCM) Technology in Tunable Filters and in Other Reconfigurable Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Devices
10.30am - 11.30am	Keynote 8 Professor Rui Paulo Da Silva MARTINS IEEE Fellow; Expert in Microelectronics; Academician of Academy of Sciences of Lisbon, Portugal; Vice President (Global Affairs); Chair Professor of University of Macau; Dean of Institute of Microelectronics, University of Macau KEYNOTE: Analog and Mixed-Signal CMOS Circuits at the core of the A/D Interface in the Internet-of-Everything (IoE)
11.30am - 12.30pm	Lunch
12.30pm - 1.30pm	Keynote 9 Professor Tzong Lin WU IEEE Fellow; Associate Dean and Distinguished Professor at Department of Electrical Engineering & Graduate Institute of Communication Engineering, National Taiwan University (NTU) KEYNOTE: Signal Integrity Design for Air-filled Interconnect in 5G/6G Communication Network
1.30pm – 2.30pm	Keynote 10 Professor Yongxin GUO Fellow of IEEE; Singapore Academy of Engineering; Full Professor at National University of Singapore (NUS); Director, Center for Peak of Excellence on Smart Medical Technology at NUS Suzhou Research Institute; Co-Director, Center for Smart Sensing and Artificial Intelligence, NUS Chongqing Research Institute KEYNOTE: Electromagnetics in Medicine: Current Status and Challenges of Wireless Power Transfer, Antennas and Wireless Sensing
2.30pm - 3.00pm	Tea Break
3.00pm - 4.00pm	Keynote 11 Professor Chip Hong CHANG IEEE Fellow; Professor at the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering of Nanyang Technological University, Singapore KEYNOTE: A Knife Cuts Both Ways – Attacks and Defenses of Deep Neural Networks
4.00pm - 5.00pm	Keynote 12 Professor Kiat Seng YEO IEEE Fellow; Singapore Academy of Engineering Fellow; Singapore National Academy of Science Fellow; AAIA Fellow; Advisor (Global Partnerships) of Singapore University of Technology and Design; Distinguished Professor of School of Microelectronics, Tianjin University  KEYNOTE: Fusion of Technologies
5.00pm	End of Programme for Day 2

 

4.SPONSOR PROFILE

 

Diamond Sponsorship

 

 

 

XIN RUI Technology Co. LTD

Tianjin XINRUI Technology Co., Ltd. is a service provider focusing on global semiconductor testing technology, promoting the rapid growth of semiconductor industry in China, and providing electrical, optical, magnetic measuring instruments, system integration and technical support for semiconductor research and manufacturing.

The products operated by the company are mainly used in semiconductor and photoelectric industries, widely used in integrated circuit design, verification, packaging and testing, especially precision device testing and other laboratory products, to ensure the quality and reliability of laboratory products, reduce research and development time and cost.

The company's business purpose is "focus on demand", "provide service", "realize value", "create a better future".

The company's business principle is a high sense of responsibility, quality service and leading solutions to help customers truly solve the test problems, and to establish and maintain long-term cooperative relations with customers. Bring services to customers and the wider external community, achieve win-win results and achieve outstanding brand. Facing the vast market and increasingly fierce market competition in the future, the company will uphold the values of "people-oriented, innovation and sharing", establish long-term cooperative partnership with customers with professional services, and jointly witness the take-off and development of China's science and technology.

 

Website: http://www.tjxinruitech.com/

 

Sino-singapore Tianjin Eco-City Investment and Development Co., LTD

Established in July 2009, Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City Investment and Development Co., LTD. (Eco-City Joint Venture) is the main developer of Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City. It is jointly invested by the Chinese consortium led by Tianjin Urban Infrastructure Construction Investment Group Co., LTD and the new consortium led by Keppel Group, with each party holding 50% shares.

The Eco-City Joint Venture Company works closely with the Chinese and Singapore governments, private enterprises and other international partners to plan and develop the Tianjin Eco-City, and is committed to making it an eco-friendly, socially harmonious, resource-conserving and sustainable eco-city. Its specific business involves the development and sale of residential, industrial and commercial projects, land transfer, industrial project leasing, infrastructure construction and property management.

The Eco-city Joint venture company will continue to play the four important roles of China-Singapore cooperation platform, eco-city main developer, project developer and park operator, seize the new opportunities of China's "dual carbon" strategy, constantly promote urban development, embrace the new future of China's leading low-carbon smart city construction, and continue to write a new chapter of China-Singapore cooperation.

 

Website: www.tianjineco-city.com

 

 

Platinum Sponsorship

 

 

Realtek Semiconductor Corp.

Through strength, persistence, and adaptability, Realtek follows in the spirit of the crab.

From establishment in 1987 by seven skilled and committed engineers, through several years of tough times, to today's success as a premier IC design house, Realtek has overcome numerous challenges to achieve consistent growth. We value our ability to foresee market trends and demands and to commit ourselves to technological innovation to meet those demands.

We have positioned ourselves as designers and distributors of IC products developed through extensive research into market and customer needs. We recognize that the key to our success is in the value we provide to new technologies, products, applications, and markets.

Employees are Realtek's most important asset, and as the pillars of a culture of confidence and trust, are recognized as the key to our success. Growing and optimistic individuals have demonstrated a positive impact on the company's growth.

Realtek employees are empowered with authority and given freedom to make decisions to determine the best methods to approach issues. Employees are encouraged to develop freely and work autonomously, and are evaluated on ability and performance, under healthy and fair competition standards, allowing each individual to progress and achieve advanced corporate and personal goals. This philosophy has created a strong common identity and cohesiveness throughout Realtek, benefiting the pursuit of corporate success.

In line with the Realtek culture of "Self-confidence and trust in people", we believe that we can achieve our best, and trust our colleagues can also do the same. Working and learning in Realtek, we openly share knowledge and experience with one another to inspire innovation and pursue growth of the company, as well the individuals.

 

Website: https://www.realtek.com/en/

 

 

Gold Sponsorship

Beijing Dahua Radio Instrument Co. Ltd.

Beijing Dahua Radio Instrument Co. Ltd. (formerly state-owned 768th Factory) was founded in 1958 and is one of the earliest large-scale backbone enterprises of microwave measurement instruments in China. It is now under the jurisdiction of Beijing Electronics Holding Co., Ltd. Dahua has a first-class research and development team in China, with technology reaching international advanced levels. The enterprise has passed ISO and GJB quality system certification, and has been recognized by national laboratories and defense technology industry laboratories. It has also led or participated in the preparation of multiple national and industry standards.

Dahua focuses on the instrumentation industry and provides high-quality and reliable industry solutions. At present, Dahua Electronics' products have covered programmable AC/DC power supplies, electronic loads, automation testing systems, industrial automation instruments such as flow, level, pressure, and safety detection instruments such as combustible and toxic gas detection alarms. They have been widely used in fields such as aerospace, scientific research institutes, university education, 5G communication, industrial control, automotive electronics, new energy, smart water, municipal chemical, metallurgy, and so on.

 

Website: http://www.dhelec.com.cn/

 

 

Wintech Nano (Suzhou) Co. Ltd

Wintech Nano is an internationally leading third-party commercial laboratory in the field of semiconductor chip analysis and testing, as well as a testing center that has mastered the advanced process failure analysis line earlier in China. The company's business focuses on the field of electronics and semiconductor, providing one-stop material analysis (MA), failure analysis (FA), reliability analysis (RA), destructive physical analysis (DPA), vehicle gauge level chip testing and auxiliary research and development TD services, known as the "chip hospital" in the semiconductor industry chain.

Wintech Nano was founded in Singapore in 2004 and came to Suzhou in 2012 as part of China-Singapore cooperation. At present, there are more than 500 team laboratories in Suzhou, Nanjing, Fujian, Singapore and Malaysia. Wintech Nano has CMA/CNAS Laboratory certification, It has been awarded as high-tech Enterprise, Jiangsu Province Specialized and special small and medium-sized Enterprise, Jiangsu Province service-oriented Manufacturing Demonstration Platform, Jiangsu Province strategic emerging Industry and Service industry standardization pilot enterprise, Jiangsu Province R&D Enterprise, Jiangsu Province Semiconductor Chip Analysis and Testing Engineering Technology Research Center, Jiangsu Province Small and medium-sized Enterprise Public Service Platform, Suzhou Leading Producer Service Enterprise, and Suzhou Gazelle Enterprise Industry and unicorn breeding enterprises and other honorary titles.

 

Website: https://www.wintech-nano.com/

 

 

Premium Sponsorship

 

World Scientific Publishing Company

World Scientific Publishing Company is the largest English science and technology publishing company in the Asia-Pacific region and one of the major science and technology publishing companies in the world. Headquartered in Singapore, the company has branches in New Jersey, London, Munich, Chennai, India, Tokyo, Israel and Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Taiwan. World Science and Technology Publishing Company specializes in publishing high-tech books and periodicals. It publishes more than 600 new books and 130 academic journals every year, among which 62 journals are included by SCI. Since its official launch in October 2006, World Scientific has published more than 6,600 high quality e-books and is on track to add at least 300 e-books with 100,000 pages of content per year. Ebook resources cover a wide range of natural and social hotspots, including: mathematics, physics/nonlinear science, chemistry/materials science/nanotechnology, computer science, engineering, environmental science, Medicine & Healthcare, life science, business and financial economics, popular science, social science and Asian studies.

 

Website: https://www.worldscientific.com/

 

 

STRATEGIC PARTNERS

 

International Electronics Manufacturing Initiative (iNEMI)

The International Electronics Manufacturing Initiative (iNEMI) is a not-for-profit, highly efficient R&D consortium of 86 leading electronics manufacturers, suppliers, associations, government agencies and universities.

iNEMI roadmaps the future technology requirements of the global electronics manufacturing industry, identifies and prioritizes technology and infrastructure gaps, and helps eliminate those gaps through timely, high-impact collaborations among our members. These collaborations support our members' businesses and help drive the industry by accelerating the deployment of new technologies, developing industry infrastructure, stimulating standards development, and disseminating efficient business practices.

 

Website: https://www.inemi.org/

 

 

 

MDPI

A pioneer in scholarly, open access publishing, MDPI has supported academic communities since 1996. Based in Basel, Switzerland, MDPI has the mission to foster open scientific exchange in all forms, across all disciplines. Our 427 diverse and open access journals, including 418 peer-reviewed journals and 9 conference journals, are supported by more than 115,000 academic experts who share our mission, values, and commitment to providing high-quality service for our authors.

 

Website: https://www.mdpi.com/

 

 

 

IEEE IoT Technical Community Steering Committee (TCSC)

The IEEE Internet of Things is a multi-disciplinary, cross-platform technical community comprised of individuals involved in research, implementation, application and usage of this Internet-enabled vision of our future. The Internet of Things (IoT) is one of the most exciting technological developments in the world today and the global technical community is coalescing around the thought-leading content, resources, and collaborative opportunities provided by the IEEE IoT Technical Community.

 

Website: https://iot.ieee.org/

 

IEEE Tianjin AP/MTT/SSC Joint Chapter

The IEEE Tianjin AP/MTT/SSC Joint Chapter (CH11041) was founded in 2022 under the leadership of Tianjin University. Its purpose is to provide a platform for researchers and engineering professionals in the Tianjin region specializing in areas such as antennas and propagation, microwave theory and technology, integrated circuits, and related industries to exchange ideas, promote the development of related talents, the research and development of technology, and the growth of industries. The chapter welcomes both professional and student members of AP/MTT/SSC from the industry and academia. Additionally, it will continue to organize high-quality workshops, lectures, and academic presentations on advanced technologies.

 

Website: https://www.ieeetianjin.com/

 

 

Chuangchenghui

Chuangchenghui (www.cchccc.com) platform was founded in 2018, headquartered in Shenzhen. The platform takes the online system as the service carrier, adopts big data intelligent matching technology, integrates high-quality double and innovation resources at home and abroad, and builds an industrial ecological chain integrating government, enterprises, talents, capital, parks and creative services.

The platform has served 358 government agencies, settled more than 210,000 innovative enterprises, more than 50,000 high-level innovative talents, settled more than 1,000 well-known domestic institutional investors such as Qifu Capital, Meihua Venture Capital and Cornerstone Capital, and helped 1,000 enterprises settle in all over the country.

Relying on the online service system and the offline park carrier, the Chuangcheng Hui platform provides a series of professional services such as creative competition activities, policy declaration, investment and financing, landing incubation, talent introduction, and entrepreneurship counseling for the settled technology enterprises and entrepreneurial teams, helping start-ups and industrialization projects "from 0 to 1".

Chuangcheng Hui platform builds a "talent pool", gathers high-level talents at home and abroad, and helps talents to obtain project funds, home subsidies, honors and qualifications, office space, research and development subsidies, tax incentives and other support through policy declaration and guidance; By docking leading enterprises and scientific research institutions, publish all kinds of high-quality job recruitment information for middle and senior management and senior scientific research talents; Smooth high-tech talent in the field of entrepreneurship and employment "last mile".

 

Website:www.cchccc.com

 

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