Speakers

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Tuesday, September 27
Wednesday, September 28

Tuesday, September 27

Joerg Borchert Vice President, Chip Card & Security ICs Infineon Technologies North America

On Tuesday, September 27, Joerg will be discussing security strategies to manage risk in embedded design, covering such pressing issues as:

• The security ecosystem in the embedded world
• New attack classes in hardware and software
• Upgrades and connectivity
• The evolution of security for connected devices
• Evolving counterstrategies
• The realities of embedded design that hinder or help address security issues
• Lessons learned from the PC ecosystem and more

Joerg Borchert has a broad perspective on the state of security in embedded computing. He currently is Vice President of Chip Card & Security ICs for Infineon Technologies North America and during 2011 he also is serving as President and Chairman of the Trusted Computing Group.

Born in Hamburg, Germany, Borchert studied Mechanical Engineering and Business Administration at the Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany, then achieved his PhD in Economics before he joined Siemens AG in 1988. In 1992 he joined Siemens Semiconductor which became Infineon Technologies in 1999. A US resident since 1998, Borchert now leads a team working on chip-based security for the smart grid and mission critical embedded systems. Along the way, he contributed to four patent filings in this area and was instrumental in the implementation of smart cards for payment applications and the U.S. electronic Passport program.

Thomas T. Eby Vice President of Embedded Solutions Micron Technology, Inc.

Every aspect of our lives is becoming internet and app enabled. From being able to update your Facebook via audible texting in your car to twittering and video chatting with your friends from your internet enabled TV. And it doesn't just stop with social media and entertainment. 2011 is being called the "year of the app." With the improvements in embedded performance and connectivity coupled with ease of integration, "internet enabled everything" is the new catch phrase promising to save consumers time, money and open up unlimited possibilities for every class of embedded application on the planet.

So what does this mean for the embedded designer? New challenges emerge as products become more connected, more complex and explode with content. Now more than ever, the stakes are high to make smart design choices today that pay off in meeting the needs of the embedded apps revolution in high performance, low cost, compatibility and product longevity.

Join Tom Eby, Vice President of Micron's Embedded Solutions Group for a discussion on the apps revolution and other mega-trends impacting the future of embedded designs and learn more about the key considerations every designer should be aware of when it comes to memory technology and architecture. Whether your products use DRAM, NAND or NOR today, gain new insight on these memory technologies to put your next embedded design ahead of the rest!

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Keynote Speaker
9:30am - 10:30am

Charles G. Sodini LeBel Professor EECS MIT

Revolutionizing Medical Device Design

On Wednesday, September 28, Dr. Sodini will discuss specific areas that show promise for medical devices. This could include wearable or minimally invasive monitoring devices, medical imaging, laboratory instrumentation, and the data communication from these devices and instruments to healthcare providers and caregivers.

Other areas of discussion will include medical electronic systems for monitoring and imaging, systems that require state-of-the-art mixed-signal ICs and systems with extremely low energy dissipation.

Charles G. Sodini received the B.S.E.E. degree from Purdue University, in 1974, and the M.S.E.E. and the Ph.D. degrees from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1981 and 1982, respectively.

He was a member of the technical staff at Hewlett-Packard Laboratories from 1974 to 1982, where he worked on the design of MOS memory. He joined the faculty of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in 1983, where he is currently the LeBel Professor of Electrical Engineering. His research interests are focused on medical electronic systems for monitoring and imaging. These systems require state-of-the-art mixed signal integrated circuit and systems with extremely low energy dissipation. He is the co-founder of the Medical Electronic Device Realization Center at MIT.

Along with Prof. Roger T. Howe, he is a co-author of an undergraduate text on integrated circuits and devices entitled "Microelectronics: An Integrated Approach." He also studied the Hong Kong/South China electronics industry in 1996-97 and has continued to study the globalization of the electronics industry.

Dr. Sodini was a co-founder of SMaL Camera Technologies a leader in imaging technology for consumer digital still cameras and machine vision cameras for automotive applications. He has served on a variety of IEEE Conference Committees, including the International Electron Device Meeting where he was the 1989 General Chairman. He has served on the IEEE Electron Device Society Administrative Committee and was president of the IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society from 2002-2004.

He is currently the Chair of the Executive Committee for the VLSI Symposia and a Fellow of the IEEE.