SANTA CLARA, CA--(Marketwired - February 24, 2016) - The 17th International Symposium on Quality Electronic Design (ISQED), the premier electronic design quality conference, today announced an industry and panel to explore the challenges of Hardware and System Security in IoT Era. The panel includes members from Cisco Systems, Florida Institute for Cybersecurity, Intel, Intrinsic-ID, Mentor Graphics, and NXP Semiconductors and is moderated by Prof. Gang Qu of University of Maryland.

The 2016 program consists of talks by experts that cover multiple topics related to electronic design and semiconductor technology. The speakers and attendees include designers, users, and providers of integrated circuits (IC) and systems, semiconductor advanced packaging, assembly and test technology, as well as Electronic Design Automation (EDA) tools.

ISQED convenes Tuesday, March 15 through Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, CA. The event includes free admission to select presentations and exhibits. To register, please visit www.isqed.org.

Conference Highlights
ISQED features 22 technical sessions with near one hundred papers, as well as keynotes, invited speeches, embedded tutorials, and exhibits, all with a focus on the latest innovations and developments in electronic design and manufacturing.

Keynote Speaker
New Frontiers in Hardware Security and Trust
Prof. Mark M. Tehranipoor - Charles E. Young Professor in Cybersecurity at the ECE Department, University of Florida

Avoiding The Dark Side of the Cloud Using Secure And Reliable IoT Devices
Navraj Nandra - Senior Director of Interface IP, Synopsys

Panel Discussion
Hardware and System Security in IoT Era

Prof. Gang Qu - University of Maryland (Moderator)
Dr. Seetharam Narasimhan - Intel
Prof. Mark M. Tehranipoor - Florida Institute for Cybersecurity
Tom Katsioulas - Mentor Graphics
Michele D. Guel - Cisco Systems
Mohit Arora - NXP Semiconductors
Dr. Pim Tuyls - Intrinsic-ID

Embedded Tutorials
On-Chip Nonvolatile Memory Designs for Energy-Efficient IoT
Prof. Meng-Fan (Marvin) Chang - National Tsing Hua University (NTHU), Taiwan

Pattern Recognition and Learning with Neuromorphic Cognitive Systems
Prof. Giacomo Indiveri - University of Zurich, Switzerland 

Low Power SoC System Design - A Systems Approach to Power Management Techniques, Power and Performance Optimizations, Thermal and Energy Management of Systems-on-Chip
Rajiv Muralidhar - Intel Corporation

Building Neuromorphic Computing Systems with Emerging Device Technologies
John Paul Strachan - Hewlett Packard Laboratories

Co-Located Events

• IoT Summit 2016

About ISQED
The 17th International Symposium on Quality Electronic Design (ISQED 2016) is the premier interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary Electronic Design conference -- bridges the gap among Electronic/Semiconductor ecosystem members providing electronic design tools, integrated circuit technologies, semiconductor technology, and packaging, to achieve design quality. ISQED is held with the technical sponsorship of IEEE CASS, IEEE EDS, and IEEE Reliability Society. The event is organized by International Society for Quality Electronic Design. Financial sponsorship has been by Synopsys, Innovotek, and Silicon Valley Polytechnic Institute.

For more information, please visit www.isqed.com.

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