“Under 30 Series - Meeting Young Research Scientist” was one of the highlights seminars organized in the Hong Kong Electronics Fair (Autumn Edition) and ElectronicAsia on the first day. With the support of the host University of ACCESS, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), two professors from Department of Electronic & Computer Engineering (ECE) are invited. Prof. Yuan Xie, Chair Professor of Department of ECE and the Associate Director of ACCESS as well as Prof. Fengbin Tu, Assistant Professor of Department of ECE and Faculty Member of ACCESS to be keynote speakers to share their research experiences. The topic were “Technology Transfer in High Tech Industry” and “Reconfigurable Digital Computing-In-Memory: Innovative Architecture Paradigm for AI Chips” respectively.
Prof. Xie shared his personal experience in technology transfer, including several examples of transferring research ideas into commercial products. This included his research in 3D IC, AI chip design, and emerging storage technologies. He also discussed the differences in technology transfer between startup companies and large tech companies.
To meet the growing demands for computation and storage, academia and industry have developed many efficient AI chips. However, as the scale of AI models increases, data transfer between computation and storage has become a bottleneck. Prof. Tu introduced an innovative architecture called Reconfigurable Digital Computing-In-Memory, which achieves high efficiency, high accuracy, and high flexibility simultaneously.
The seminar which targeted at young research scientists and undergraduate/ postgraduate students were well received and the audience participated actively during the Question-and-Answer sessions.
Taking this opportunity, we extend a hearty welcome to Prof. Xie to HKUST and joining ACCESS as our Associate Director to further empower our research capabilities!
