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Date: Wednesday, December 4, 2024

Time: 08:00 AM Pacific time

Speaker: Kevin Roche, Research Engineer & Quantum Ambassador, IBM Research Almaden

Organizer: TC 10 Co-Chair, Josef Weinbub

Title: A Practical Introduction to Quantum Computing

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Abstract:

Quantum Computing is a developing technology that promises the exciting possibility of solving computational challenges not accessible with classical processors. It can also be the subject of a great deal of hype and exaggerated claims. This webinar will offer a practical view of the technology, beginning with a brief, accessible, introduction to the unusual physics harnessed by quantum processors, followed by a summary of the actual, practical technology currently available to the public and others, focusing on IBM Quantum’s offerings, then a short live demonstration (connectivity permitting) of interacting with the systems both via the web and Qiskit software libraries.

Bio:

Kevin Roche is a research engineer at IBM Research Almaden, specializing in materials for magnetoelectronics, spintronics, and other related fields. He is an expert in ultra-high-vacuum systems and thin-film deposition, data acquisition and laboratory automation. A native of the San Francisco Bay Area, Kevin earned his Bachelor’s degree in Physics at the University of California, Berkeley in 1983. He first joined IBM Research in 1982 as an American Physical Society intern; after completing his degree, he returned to IBM Research.

Since 2002, Kevin has been introducing and explicating his work in physics and materials science publicly, making it accessible to audiences with a wide range of technical education; he was a featured expert on magnetic levitation for Episode 4 of Science and Star Wars. In 2017 he added quantum computing concepts to that role and is now both an official IBM Quantum Ambassador and a Qiskit Advocate. Kevin has been a dedicated science fiction fan since he learned to read, and his hobbies include building bartending robots, designing and making costumes, and running science fiction conventions; he was Chair of the 76th World Science Fiction Convention in August 2018.

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Date: Wednesday, November 13

Time: 17:00 CET (UTC+1) Vienna (Austria) time (8AM PT/11AM ET)

Speaker: Dr. Zlatan Stanojevic, CTO, Global TCAD Solutions

Organizer: TC 10 Co-Chair, Josef Weinbub

Title: Advanced Nanoscale MOSFET Simulation with the Subband Boltzmann Transport Equation

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Abstract:

Join us for an in-depth exploration of Nanoscale MOSFET Simulation using the Subband Boltzmann Transport Equation (SBTE), powered by the advanced GTS Nano Device Simulator (NDS). This webinar will guide you through the fundamentals of simulating MOSFETs at the nanoscale, focusing on device performance and transport phenomena. We will demonstrate live simulations and cover not only traditional silicon-based MOSFETs but also cutting-edge 1D and 2D materials like transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs), graphene, and carbon nanotubes. Attendees will gain hands-on insights into modeling these materials and learn how to leverage the SBTE for advanced device design.

Bio:

Zlatan Stanojević holds MSc and PhD degrees in Microelectronics from the Vienna University of Technology, completed in 2009 and 2016, respectively. An expert in TCAD and advanced device simulation, he co-developed the Subband Boltzmann Transport Equation (SBTE) simulation method. As the Chief Technology Officer at Global TCAD Solutions, he oversees the company’s R&D efforts. A Senior IEEE member, he is actively engaged in the electron devices and nanotechnology communities, contributing to major journals and conferences such as IEDM, ESSDERC, SISPAD, or NMDC, on some of which he has also served as reviewer and technical committee member.

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IEEE Nanotechnology Council TC10 – Modeling and Simulation 2023 webinar series.

Organizer: Josef Weinbub, TC 10 Vice Chair, weinbub@iue.tuwien.ac.at
Format: 1 hour Webex webinars

Webinar 2

Date: October 12, 2023
Time: 16:00 PDT, 1:00 CEST, 08:00 JST

Speaker: Gerhard Klimeck, Professor and nanoHUB Director, Purdue University

Topic: nanoHUB for Research and Education in Nanoelectronics

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Abstract

Over 200,000 nanoHUB users have run over 7 million simulations in Apps mostly focused on semiconductor devices and materials modeling. These apps provide very simple and intuitive interfaces to community and research codes that are hard to install, operate, and to maintain even for experts.   As such nanoHUB created the first end-to-end scientific cloud enabling users to focus on solving problems rather than installing and maintaining software (before “the cloud” was a thing).  Any portal provides access, installation, and compute cycles, however, usability is most often neglected.  Most scientific tools focus on solving “any” simulation problem in a specific problem range.  Such comprehensiveness makes these tools usable by experts only, typically after intensive training.  nanoHUB has instead focused on delivering a spectrum of apps that individually have a limited capability compared to the underlying toolset, but as a whole set cover a vast swath of problems. Hundreds of community members have contributed over 700 Apps into nanoHUB.

We assembled some of these Apps that are essential for specific courses into small sets such as ABACUS (crystals, bandstructure, drift-diffusion, pn-junctions, BJTs, MOScaps, MOSFETs) [1].  The usability results are stunning.  Our user analytics prove that over half of the simulation users participate in structured education through homework/project assignments.   We can identify classroom sizes and detailed tool usage [2,3]. We can begin to build mind-maps of design explorations and assess depth of explorations for individuals and classes. While parts of academia struggled to innovate curricula, we have measured the median first-time App insertion into a class to be less than six months.  Over 180 institutions have utilized nanoHUB in their curriculum innovation in over 3,600 classes.   2 million nanoHUB visitors explore lectures and tutorials annually.  Over 2,700 papers cite nanoHUB in the scientific literature resulting in 68,300+ secondary citations and an equivalent h-index of 121.

With such a community presence we believe nanoHUB is the platform of choice to deliver online modeling, simulation, virtual environments, and lectures for the US initiative on workforce development and chip design [4]. We are in the process to build chipshub.org as a group inside nanoHUB.  Chipshub hosts commercial and open-source chip design tools and associated apps and learning materials.   It is hosted in Purdue’s hardware cloud.

[1] https://nanohub.org/groups/abacus ABACUS – Assembly of Basic Applications for Coordinated Understanding of Semiconductors.  A one-stop-shop for teaching and learning semiconductor fundamentals.

[2] Krishna Madhavan, Michael Zentner, Gerhard Klimeck, “Learning and research in the cloud”, Nature Nanotechnology 8, 786–789 (2013)

[3] TEDx Talk, Klimeck, “Mythbusting Scientific Knowledge Transfer with nanoHUB.org”, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PK2GztIfJY4 .

[4] https://chipshub.org

Speaker:

Dr. Gerhard Klimeck is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University; Director of the Network for Computational Nanotechnology; Reilly Director of the Center for Predictive Materials and Devices. He helped to create nanoHUB.org, the largest virtual nanotechnology user facility serving over 2.0 million global users, annually. Dr. Klimeck is a fellow of the Institute of Physics (IOP), the American Physical Society (APS), the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), and the German Humboldt Foundation. He has published over 525 printed scientific articles; he has been recognized for his co-invention of a single-atom transistor, quantum mechanical modeling theory, and simulation tools. His NEMO5 software has been used since 2015 at Intel to design nano-scaled design transistors. The nanoHUB team was recently recognized by a top 100 by R&D award – Making simulation and data pervasive.

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